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Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate falls as miners shift capital to AI infrastructure

For the first time in six years, the bitcoin BTC$67,728.31 hashrate, the total computational power securing the network, fell during the first quarter. It...

Bitcoin miners are becoming AI companies and selling their BTC to fund the transition

The bitcoin mining industry is undergoing the most fundamental transformation in its history, and the clearest sign isn't the hashrate or the difficulty adjustments....

The Economics of Small Miners in a Changing Market

Share Share Share Share Email A Different Industry Now In March 2026, the 20 millionth Bitcoin was mined. The remaining million will take roughly 114 years to issue – at...

Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%

The math has turned against bitcoin miners, and the war is making it worse every week.Checkonchain's difficulty regression model, which estimates average production costs...

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 find blocks over the...

Bitcoin Hit a Major Milestone—Most Miners Won’t Be Around for the Next One

In brief The Bitcoin network mined its 20 millionth coin this week, leaving just 1 million remaining—a supply that could take 115 years to fully...

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 to pivot to artificial...

An AI Pivot Won’t Save You, Wintermute Tells Bitcoin Miners

Bitcoin miners are caught in the tightest squeeze of the network’s history, and a new Wintermute report argues that simply waiting for...

South African Utility Company Considers Cheap Power For Bitcoin Miners

Eskom, a South African electricity public utility,  is exploring plans to sell excess daytime electricity to Bitcoin mining companies as rooftop solar...

AI Power Demand Fuels Nuclear Revival — Bitcoin Miners Were Early Adopters

Nuclear power is gaining renewed attention in the United States as artificial intelligence and data center expansion drive demand for reliable, large-scale electricity.According to...

Public Bitcoin Miners Are Dumping Bitcoin For AI, A Historic Mistake

There is no doubt about it, this is the age of AI. Corporations are cutting their workforces in half to invest cash...

Why this fired OpenAI employee is betting $1bn on Bitcoin miners – DL News

Leopold Aschenbrenner runs a $5.5 billion hedge fund.The 24-year old’s fund has nearly 20% of the portfolio in Bitcoin miners.His bet, however, is on...