AI data centers are learning the power trick Bitcoin miners mastered first
Every answer you get from an AI chatbot begins with electricity. The words appear on your screen, but the actual...
Mining
Kazakhstan Approves Strategic Crypto Mining Framework
Kazakhstan, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining hubs, approved a new framework for large-scale crypto mining that links access...
US Bitcoin Mining Grip Slips From Q1 to Q3 as Rival Nations Gain
Key TakeawaysU.S. Bitcoin hashrate share fell 0.823% in 2026, with roughly 55 EH/s lost.Russia and China gained Bitcoin mining share...
How Bitcoin just proved it could survive a quantum attack
Bitcoin has confirmed a quantum-resistant transaction on mainnet using its existing consensus rules, showing that some holders could migrate funds...
Anthropic Strikes $9B Compute Deal with Bitcoin Miner Riot: Report
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Bitdeer Cranks up Bitcoin Mining Power While Rivals Stampede Into AI
Key TakeawaysBitdeer deploys 28 MW and 1.93 EH/s at Soluna’s Kati 1 beginning in September 2026.Soluna keeps 83 MW Kati...
Soluna’s 1 billion-share proposal exposes the funding challenge behind its AI and Bitcoin expansion
Soluna Holdings is asking shareholders to substantially expand its ability to issue stock as the data-center developer tries to finance...
Bitdeer signs $400M AI cloud computing deal for Malaysia facility
Bitdeer expects revenue from the five-year agreement to begin in early 2027 as it builds toward 350 megawatts of AI...
Bitcoin Mining Hits a Crossroads as Difficulty Hovers Near the Floor
Key TakeawaysBitcoin logged ten difficulty drops versus seven increases in 2026, leaving difficulty at 125.81 trillion.Bitcoin difficulty sits just 0.7%...
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...
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...
Riot Platforms Sold 9,665 Bitcoin in H1 2026 to Fund AI Pivot
Key TakeawaysRiot Platforms sold 4,300 BTC in Q2 2026, cutting its treasury to 11,380 BTC by H1 end.Riot’s 191 megawatt...
Bitcoin treasury Hyperscale sells 686 BTC to clear loans but says cash won’t cover next 12 months
In August 2026, Hyperscale Data sold approximately 686 Bitcoin for about $43.4 million, then used part of the proceeds to...
Cypherpunk Expands Zcash Bet With $33M Mining Deal
Cypherpunk Technologies is expanding its footprint in the Zcash ecosystem, launching what it says is the world’s largest Zcash mining...
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
Key TakeawaysOCEAN 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
Key TakeawaysKeel shut all U.S. bitcoin mining as Q2 revenue fell 50% to $30.4M during its AI pivot.Keel sold 1,085...
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is back, but its backers want to replace the miners and change PoW
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 push failed to gain meaningful mining support over the weekend, leaving the proposal stranded on a minority chain...
