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Bitcoin Miners Press on as Difficulty Climbs 1.42% in Early Saturday Adjustment

Bitcoin Miners Press on as Difficulty Climbs 1.42% in Early Saturday Adjustment

Around 4 a.m. Eastern time Saturday, when Bitcoin’s block height reached 893,088, the network difficulty ratcheted upward to a new all‑time high, making the quest for new blocks considerably more difficult for miners. Block 893,088 Triggers Another All‑Time High in Mining Complexity After the prior adjustment delivered a 6.81% gain, Bitcoin’s difficulty has climbed anew. […]

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Public Bitcoin Miners Sell 40% of Mined BTC Amid Rising Cost Pressures

Public Bitcoin Miners Sell 40% of Mined BTC Amid Rising Cost Pressures

Public bitcoin miners offloaded over 40% of their mined BTC in March, signaling renewed financial pressure amid low hash price and rising operational costs. Mining Firms Resume BTC Liquidations to Fund Operations and Growth Public bitcoin mining companies resumed heavy selling in March, parting with over 40% of their monthly BTC output, the highest liquidation

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Hashbranch and Merkle Standard Deploy Massive 1.3 Exahash Bitcoin Mining Operation

Hashbranch and Merkle Standard Deploy Massive 1.3 Exahash Bitcoin Mining Operation

Bitcoin Magazine Hashbranch and Merkle Standard Deploy Massive 1.3 Exahash Bitcoin Mining Operation [San Diego, April 16, 2025] – Merkle Standard, a leading sustainable cryptocurrency mining company, and Hashbranch, the software-enabled Bitcoin mining investment platform, today announced the successful deployment of 13,000 Bitcoin mining units, representing 1.3 Exahash of computing power across 30MW of capacity.

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Bitdeer Bets Big on Bitcoin Mining as Crypto Market Cools and Tariff Turmoil Grows

Bitdeer Bets Big on Bitcoin Mining as Crypto Market Cools and Tariff Turmoil Grows

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining firm Bitdeer Technologies Group is ramping up its self-mining operations and advancing U.S.-based manufacturing plans as it navigates a cooling crypto market and escalating trade policy uncertainty. The company, which is headquartered in Singapore and operates one of the world’s largest mining facilities in Texas, is adapting to a new landscape where

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Tether to Use Ocean for Decentralized Bitcoin Mining

Tether to Use Ocean for Decentralized Bitcoin Mining

Ocean is a decentralized bitcoin mining pool launched by longtime Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr in 2023 and backed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Ocean to Power Tether’s New Decentralized Bitcoin Mining Strategy Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in the world, has teamed up with Ocean, a decentralized Bitcoin mining pool founded by veteran

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Bitcoin Miners Are Doubling Down

Bitcoin Miners Are Doubling Down

With all the current bearish sentiment and macroeconomic uncertainty swirling around both Bitcoin and the broader global economy, it might come as a surprise to see miners as bullish as ever. In this article, we’ll unpack the data that suggests Bitcoin miners are not just staying the course, they’re accelerating, doubling down at a time

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US Senate Democrats Draft Bill to Curb Crypto Mining Emissions

US Senate Democrats Draft Bill to Curb Crypto Mining Emissions

Two Democratic Senators have introduced the “Clean Cloud Act of 2025” to address the escalating energy emissions from crypto mining. On April 11, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman drafted the bill, seeking to curb emissions from crypto mining and AI data centers. The legislation aims to impose fines on facilities that use non-renewable energy

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HPC Gold Rush Continues: Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Secures Québec Site for Tier 3 Data Center

HPC Gold Rush Continues: Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Secures Québec Site for Tier 3 Data Center

Bit Digital, Inc. has secured a lease-to-own agreement for a 202,000-square-foot site in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, to develop a Tier 3 data center supporting its 5MW colocation contract with artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure firm Cerebras Systems. Cerebras, Bit Digital Partner on Tier 3 Data Center Near Montréal The publicly listed bitcoin mining entity Bit Digital (Nasdaq:

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Trump Tariff Relief Covers Consumer Tech; Bitcoin Miners May Face Classification Hurdles

Trump Tariff Relief Covers Consumer Tech; Bitcoin Miners May Face Classification Hurdles

U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed over the weekend that certain electronic devices will be exempt from the ongoing tariffs imposed on China. This move is likely to ease the concerns of technology firms that have been engaged in a logistical tug-of-war, shipping components across borders under increasing pressure. U.S. Spares Electronic Devices From China Tariffs,

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Top Bitcoin Mining Stocks Close the Week Higher After Tariff-Driven Dip

Top Bitcoin Mining Stocks Close the Week Higher After Tariff-Driven Dip

Financial markets shimmered with cautious optimism as U.S. equities closed positively Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 2.06% and the digital asset sector vaulting 3.72% to a $2.63 trillion valuation. Publicly listed bitcoin miners likewise enjoyed a rebound, as nine of the top twelve leading firms by market capitalization advanced. Publicly Traded Bitcoin Miners Pop

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