Miners


Markets

Bitcoin Miners Approach $40B Market Cap as Difficulty Set for Fifth Straight Increase

The bitcoin hashrate is still soaring as mining difficulty looks to increase for a fifth consecutive time.

Coinmint, a crypto data center in upstate New York, is set to host a portion of new miners from Riot’s Oklahoma City facility. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Policy

Miners Going Nuclear: A Symbiotic Synergy

Beyond the increasing proliferation of bitcoin within investment portfolios, mining operations have become a focus of a new wave of mergers and acquisitions on Wall Street, says Taylor Krystkowiak.

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Markets

Crypto Equities Surge More Than 10% as U.S. Political Uncertainty Diminishes With Trump Victory

MicroStrategy and Coinbase both added 12%, with bitcoin miners also gaining more than 10% in pre-market trading.

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Markets

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits All-Time High as Mining Revenue Rises; Signals Upcoming Bull Run

Bitcoin mining difficulty jumps 3.9%, hits 95.67T on Tuesday, amid record hashrate.

Miner Revenue vs Yearly Average (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners at a Crossroads: Gain Market Share or Go All-In on AI?

Investors rewarded mining companies that've diversified into AI and high-performance computing.

Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia. (BitCluster)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon's Anduro Unveils Tokenization Platform, Starts With Whiskey

Anduro has developed the real-world assets (RWA) project Avant alongside tokenization platform Vertalo, and they will tokenize whiskey barrels in a pilot project.

Whiskey (eitamasui/Pixabay)

Markets

Mining New Bitcoin Is More Difficult Than Ever. Here's How it Could Impact BTC Prices

The next difficulty adjustment is expected to decrease mining difficulty, potentially relieving some pressure on miners.

Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia. (BitCluster)

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Profitability Is Stuck at Record Lows, JPMorgan Says

Miners earned an average of $43,600 per exahash a second in daily block rewards last month, the lowest rate on record, the report said.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner Capitulation and Record High Hashrate Point to Possible Price Bottom: CryptoQuant

Such expansion comes despite a recent drop in bitcoin (BTC) prices, indicating positive sentiment among miners after a bout of selling in the past few months.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Markets

Iren Is Positioned to Become One of the Biggest Listed Bitcoin Miners: Canaccord

The broker raised its price target for the shares to $15 from $12 and reiterated its buy rating.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)