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Bitcoin’s 15% difficulty spike allows one on-chain metric to flip miners from sellers to hoarders in days
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (1477+ words) Difficulty increased sharply while Bitcoin traded sideways, and the drop in hashprice compresses margins. Bitcoin difficulty just reset about 15% higher to roughly 144.40T. While this is neither the first nor the last, it is the largest since around 2021. The timing is…...
Brazil cuts Bitcoin miner import duty to zero and companies may plug them into stranded solar next
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (1373+ words) A narrow ASIC exemption runs to 2028, and a state utility is eyeing mining to monetize curtailment. On Feb. 20, Brazil's foreign trade council published a technical resolution reducing import duties to zero for a narrow class of hardware: SHA256 Bitcoin miners exceeding…...
Is China using US Bitcoin ETFs as a backdoor? Mystery Hong Kong firm invested $436M in BlackRock’s IBIT
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1206+ words) As Chinese crypto regulations tighten, Hong Kong firms increasingly invest in US ETFs for Bitcoin exposure. An obscure Hong Kong firm has disclosed a $436 million position in BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF, a revelation that is fueling speculation about Chinese capital flowing…...
Bitcoin difficulty just printed a historic -11.16% — if the next epoch stays red, miners are in trouble
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1368+ words) The biggest drop since 2021 is backward-looking, and CoinWarz's projected 12% snapback will confirm if miners are returning. Bitcoin's mining difficulty decreased by 11.16% to approximately 125.86 trillion at the most recent retarget boundary around block 935,424. That marks the largest negative adjustment since the…...
Bitcoin miners have the one thing AI still needs and Big Tech has $500 billion to buy it
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1230+ words) For struggling Bitcoin miners, big tech companies' massive AI capital expenditure plan offers a potential lifeline through infrastructure repurposing and financial support. Big Tech companies' planned $500 billion war chest to dominate artificial intelligence could offer a lifeline to a Bitcoin…...
Bitcoin mining revenue hits historic low as infrastructure is sold to AI giants permanently altering the network's security
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1554+ words) Rising energy expenses and declining prices drive Bitcoin miners towards sustainable AI opportunities. The euphoria of October's record highs has evaporated, leaving the industrial backbone of the Bitcoin network facing a brutal reality check. According to CryptoSlate's data, Bitcoin is…...
Bitcoin miners are making millions by shutting down because of a massive US winter storm
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1717+ words) A storm, a spike in power prices, and a wave of voluntary shutoffs turned block times into a lesson in miner incentives. Earlier this week, a sweeping US winter storm pushed Bitcoin miners to curtail, pulling a noticeable chunk of…...
Exposing a dirty secret: What uses more power, Bitcoin, streaming, AI, or social media?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1629+ words) Terrifying new data shows Bitcoin is significantly greener than the AI and social platforms you use every day Bitcoin mining consumed around 171 TWh in 2025, representing 16% of total data center energy use. All traditional data centers worldwide consumed between 448 and 1,050 TWh…...
Bitcoin difficulty just retreated, but a more critical "survival metric" signals the mining sector is bleeding out
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1703+ words) Data centers are outbidding crypto operators for electricity, turning the "cheap power" moat into a desperate liability for anyone without long-term contracts. Bitcoin's first difficulty adjustment of 2026 was anything but dramatic. The network nudged the dial down to about 146.4 trillion,…...
Bitcoin's hashrate continues to fall as the price spike doesn't convince miners to turn machines back on
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1596+ words) Even amid a rally Bitcoin miners are bleeding cash as this critical profit metric hits a level that forces massive shutdowns. Bitcoin miners entered early 2026 in a familiar but increasingly unforgiving setup: network hashrate is slipping from late-2025 highs, difficulty…...