Mining


Markets

Nebius-Microsoft $17.4B Deal Lifts AI Mining Stocks in Pre-Market Trading

Nebius surges 47%, Cipher Mining and IREN both advance on speculation of more AI infrastructure partnerships.

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Markets

MARA Mines 705 BTC in August as Treasury Holdings Top 52,000

Company holds 52,477 BTC, advances Texas wind farm and European growth while shares face year-to-date decline.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

IREN Posts First Full-Year Profit on AI Cloud Growth, Mining Expansion; Shares Climb

The stock rose 13% pre-market with IREN closing in on MARA as the world’s biggest bitcoin and AI miner by market cap.

IREN (TradingView)

Tech

The Protocol: Bitcoin Mining Faces New Challenges as Power Costs Eat Profit

Also: Bitcoin Liquid Staking News, Optimism and Flashbots Team Up, Hemi Labs Raises $15M.

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Policy

Senator Seeks to Waive U.S. Taxes on Small-Scale Crypto Activity in Big Budget Bill

The effort from Senator Cynthia Lummis is one of several crypto tax provisions in an amendment aimed at reducing tax burdens in core areas of the industry.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Core Scientific Could Top $30 on CoreWeave Buyout Deal: Cantor Fitzgerald

A new Cantor Fitzgerald report argues that bitcoin miner Core Scientific is worth far more than the markets believe thanks to its strategic role in powering AI.

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Finance

Russian Police Arrest Suspect in $3.2M Illegal Mining Operation: Report

A similar mining scheme occurred in the region in 2022.

The Russian flag waves against an almost cloudless sky. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Bitlayer Joins Forces With Antpool, F2Pool, and SpiderPool to Supercharge Bitcoin DeFi

Bitlayer has partnered with major Bitcoin mining pools to promote the adoption of BitVM, a technology enabling Bitcoin-native DeFi.

Bitlayer founders Charlie Hu and Kevin He.

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Eric Trump Says He Got Into Crypto Amid Political Attack, Calls Bitcoin 'Digital Gold'

He became interested in cryptocurrency when politics connected the Trump family with the crypto community.

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Policy

Malaysia Power Theft by Illegal Crypto Miners Rose 300% Since 2018

Nationwide raids have shut down an average of 2,300 miners a year operating on stolen power since 2020.

The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia ( Patrick Langwallner / Unsplash)