Solo Bitcoin Miner Wins $210K Block Reward
A solo Bitcoin miner secured a roughly $210,000 block reward on Thursday, proving that the so-called “mining lottery” is still...
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Why MARA Just Laid Off 15% of Its Staff – Mining Bitcoin News
Internal Restructuring Bitcoin mining giant MARA, formerly Marathon Digital Holdings, has laid off roughly 15% of its workforce as part...
Here’s why Bitcoin registered its worst quarterly performance
With the first quarter of 2026 over, Bitcoin’s weak showing looks less like a single crypto-specific break and more like...
Bitcoin Mining Squeeze Narrows Viable Operators: CoinShares
Bitcoin mining economics are tightening to levels that are pushing a portion of the global fleet below profitability, according to...
A rare Bitcoin reorg just showed why six confirmations may not guarantee a final payment
The Bitcoin network experienced a rare two-block reorg on Mar. 23, at block height 941,880. Foundry mined six consecutive blocks,...
Nvidia Faces Investor Class Over Misstatements on Crypto Mining Sales
A California federal judge has certified an investor class in a securities lawsuit accusing Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang of...
Bitcoin miners start funding pivot to AI with debt while selling BTC to stay liquid
Bitcoin miners' identity is fracturing on four fronts simultaneously: crushed margins, accelerating AI pivots, expanding debt loads, and a treasury...
MARA Sells $1.1B in Bitcoin to Cut Debt by 30%
MARA Holdings sold more than $1 billion of Bitcoin in March to repurchase convertible debt at a discount, using its...
Power struggle hits Bitcoin network over anti-spam proposal with claims of ‘faked’ node support
A new chart from Jameson Lopp has reopened one of Bitcoin's oldest internal debates: whether visible node counts reflect real...
MicroBT Targets Large-Scale Mining Farms With New Hydro ASIC Machines
MicroBT has rolled out two new hydro-cooled bitcoin mining rigs aimed squarely at industrial operators, pairing higher hashrates with tighter...
Difficulty Drop Incoming: Bitcoin Miners Catch a Break While Revenues Stay Ugly
Bitcoin’s miners just got hit with a one-two punch—price slipping under $71,000 and network difficulty preparing to ease up like...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 7.7% in Biggest Cut Since February
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell by around 7.7% at the latest adjustment on March 20 to 133.79 trillion at block 941,472,...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 7.76% as Hashprice Struggles to Support Miners
As projections anticipated, Bitcoin’s difficulty adjusted downward at block height 941472, falling 7.76% and easing the path for miners to...
AI Data Centers Outpay Bitcoin Mining, Triggering Major Industry Shift
Bitcoin miners are ditching hashpower for hyperscale as multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) contracts outpay mining by a wide margin, forcing...
Differently Secured: Bitlease Founder Nima Beni on Why Falling Hashrates Aren’t a Threat
The bitcoin mining industry is undergoing a significant transformation as it matures into more institutional structures. Nima Beni of Bitlease...
Cango Reports $452M Net Loss Despite $688M Revenue in First Full Year of Bitcoin Mining
Cango Inc.’s first full year as a bitcoin miner delivered $688.1 million in revenue but ended with a $452.8 million...
Largest US Bitcoin miner dumps entire BTC stash as margin pressure intensifies
Bitdeer, the largest Bitcoin mining company by hashrate, wiped its BTC ledger clean this week.Its corporate Bitcoin treasury now shows...
Bitcoin Hashrate Slips Below 1 Zettahash as Miner Revenue Remains Thin
Bitcoin’s hashrate has slipped beneath the 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s) mark as miner income remains painfully thin, with the...
Bitcoin mining companies sell $348M BTC as power costs grow
Public Bitcoin miners collectively held 115,335 BTC as of Feb. 20, worth roughly $7.4 billion at the recent price, but...
Bitcoin Miners Need AI, Yield Strategies to Survive
Many Bitcoin miners are struggling to turn a profit this market cycle due to diminishing returns, so they may need...
Hash2cash Bets on Tokenized Hashrate; Executive Rejects AI Pivot
The bitcoin mining industry is facing a severe hashrate shakeout, leading many independent operators to cease operations. In response, Hash2cash...
A developer hid an image inside one Bitcoin transaction — and it bypassed every major filter
A Bitcoin developer embedded a 66-kilobyte image inside a single transaction without using OP_RETURN or Taproot.The transaction followed consensus rules....
