Mining


Opinion

Bitcoin Mining Is So Back (Except It's AI Now)

Hurting for revenue and profit, bitcoin miners are looking to activities outside mining bitcoin, such as hosting AI computers, to make up the difference. It's paying off, at least in their stock prices.

Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Policy

As DOE Preps for Take Two of Controversial Crypto Mining Survey, Industry Weighs in

The DOE dropped an earlier attempt to compel commercial crypto mining outfits to cooperate with an “emergency” energy-usage survey.

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Markets

Drop in Bitcoin Mining Difficulty 'Comparable to FTX Collapse,' CryptoQuant Says

Miners’ profitability has been hit as the daily revenues fell from $78 million pre-halving to $26 million currently, one market analyst noted.

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

Markets

As Bitcoin Bellyflops to $54K Only Five Mining Rigs Remain Profitable, Says F2Pool

Miners need to continually sell bitcoin rewards to keep operations afloat, and they are stressed during a market downturn.

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)