Mining


Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Pierre Rochard, the Bitcoin Maximalist OG, on Mining, Markets and Modern Finance

Pierre Rochard, now CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company, reflects on over a decade in the space, from early education to policy battles and his latest mission to bring bitcoin to traditional finance. He is a speaker at this year’s Consensus gathering in Toronto.

Pierre Rochard

Markets

CoinShares' Bitcoin Mining ETF Is the Worst Performing Fund of This Year

IREN, the ETF’s top holding at 15%, is down more than 40% year-to-date.

Bitcoin Mining ETF, WGMI down over 40% Year-to-date (Shutterstock)

Markets

Trump Family Enters Bitcoin Mining With New Venture, American Bitcoin

Eric and Donald Trump Jr. have partnered with Hut 8 to launch a major U.S.-based bitcoin-mining company.

Eric, Donald and Donald Trump Jr. (Desiree Navarro/WireImage)

Finance

Pi Network's Token Debuts at $195B Value Despite Minimal Liquidity

There are definite liquidity concerns as 2% market depth on OKX fails to reach $100,000..

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Markets

Riot Platforms Bucks Trend of Weak Bitcoin Production in January

Riot mined 527 bitcoin in January, the highest amount since December 2023.

Mining Stocks YTD Share Price Performance (TradingView)

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Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin Mining Will Be Different in 2025

ETFs, hashrate markets and AI have fundamentally reshaped the bitcoin mining industry, reducing miners' dependence on bitcoin’s price.

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Markets

Bitdeer Buys 101 MW Gas Power Plant in Alberta, Canada for BTC Mining

The $21.7 million cash deal would give BitDeer the ability to mine BTC at some of the lowest costs in the industry.

A farmer's field in Alberta, Canada (Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Cipher Surges on $50M SoftBank Investment

SoftBank said it will buy $10.4 million shares of Cipher.

Mining machines (GreenBelka/Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Targeted by Second Activist Investor: Reuters

The move comes after another activist investor, Starboard, had taken a stake in the miner late last year.

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Markets

Publicly Traded U.S. Crypto Miners Double Bitcoin Holdings to Almost 100K in a Year

Bitcoin holdings for public U.S.-listed companies have more than doubled since January 2024.

Miner Performance YTD (TradingView)