Bitcoin crash forced Riot to pledge 1,825 BTC, but this huge rally may now free up 1,500 BTC
Riot Platforms entered 2026 with 3,977 BTC pledged against a $200 million Coinbase loan. Bitcoin then fell far enough that...
Mining
Bitcoin mining news: hashrate, difficulty, miner revenue, public miners and the shift to AI data centers.
Treasury ‘Not-QE’ Fuels Bitcoin Rally
Bitcoin and the broader digital asset market got a taste of “not-QE” this week — and liked it.The price of...
Winklevoss-Backed Cypherpunk Seizes 18% of Total Zcash Hashrate
Cypherpunk launched 4.2 GSol/s of zcash mining capacity through a $33.33 million transaction.Cypherpunk said its fleet represents about 18%...
Bitcoin miner Ionic gets 90% of revenue from AI lease as BTC drives $35M loss
Ionic Digital, a Bitcoin miner repositioning its power sites for AI infrastructure, generated 90% of its second-quarter revenue from leasing....
Riot Platforms Sold 9,665 Bitcoin in H1 2026 to Fund AI Pivot
Riot Platforms sold 4,300 BTC in Q2 2026, cutting its treasury to 11,380 BTC by H1 end.Riot’s 191 megawatt...
Peter Todd reopens the 21M cap debate
Early Bitcoin developer and self-proclaimed “Bitcoin thought leader,” Peter Todd, has revived debate over Bitcoin's 21 million-coin limit and whether...
Public Miners Shed 21% of Bitcoin Hashrate as AI Revenue Accelerates
This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocks Bridge Consulting, curating the latest news in energy,...
Bitcoin made KULR’s real battery business harder to value
KULR Technology Group has exited Bitcoin mining, repaid its Coinbase debt, and begun selling its BTC holdings as the battery...
Keel shuts US Bitcoin mining operations as Q2 revenue falls 50%
Keel completed the shutdown of its US Bitcoin mining operations as it pivots toward AI and high-performance computing infrastructure Source...
OCEAN Pledges BTC Refunds After Chain-Split Error
OCEAN misrouted miners to the BIP-110 chain for 18 hours due to a Stratum configuration flaw.Developer Peter Todd slammed...
Bitcoin miner HIVE’s $79M quarter runs into an $80M Swedish tax problem
Bitcoin miner HIVE Digital Technologies missed the Aug. 10 deadline for its quarter-ended-June 30 Form 10-Q even as preliminary revenue...
Bitcoin Miner Squeeze In Focus As Fees Make Up Under 0.7% Of Revenue
Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees now account for just 0.69% of miner revenue as major players pivot to AI.Key points:Bitcoin miners...
Keel Shuts All Bitcoin Mining With $819M Ready for AI Pivot
Keel shut all U.S. bitcoin mining as Q2 revenue fell 50% to $30.4M during its AI pivot.Keel sold 1,085...
MGT issued 1.65 billion shares as mining revenue fell to zero
MGT issued about 1.65 billion shares by Aug. 6 as the inactive Bitcoin miner with no operating business reported no...
CleanSpark misses Wall Street revenue estimates as shares sink
CleanSpark’s shares fell 5.5% on Thursday after the Bitcoin miner reported $138 million in quarterly revenue, narrowly missing Wall Street’s...
MARA Reports $611M Loss While Miners Deposit 581 BTC to NYDIG
MARA’s Q2 revenue fell 27% to $174.9 million, missing Wall Street estimates by more than 16%.Riot Platforms and MARA...
MARA’s $600M Long Ridge financing
MARA Holdings sold 2,213 Bitcoin during the second quarter, equal to 91.37% of the 2,422 BTC it mined, before adding...
MARA Opens Slipstream to the Public as Coldcard Victims Race to Escape
MARA Foundation opened Slipstream to the public on August 3, 2026, dropping its client code requirement.A Coldcard firmware flaw...
Texas tests Bitcoin miners’ power plans
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Public Utility Commission and ERCOT to audit every data center project seeking a grid...
Celsius-linked Bitcoin miner Ionic Digital gains 26% in Nasdaq debut
The Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure company closed at $62.90, giving it a market capitalization of about $2.8 billion after...
Bitcoin Miners Face August Showdown After Revenue Rebound
Bitcoin mining revenue rose to $875.35M in July, rebounding $38.93M from June.Hashrate Index shows hashprice climbed to $31.59 per...
A major Japanese Bitcoin mining pool just pulled the plug on its Bitcoin service just as 3 mega-miners claimed 60% of the network
By the time SBI Crypto pulled the plug on its Bitcoin pool in Japan on July 31, its seven-day average...
