Mining News

Updated April 20, 2026 · 10:40 AM UTC

Track Bitcoin mining news, hash rate, public miners, energy policy, hardware trends, and network economics.

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Why Bitcoin mining profitability sunk to 2-year low

AI boom reshapes Bitcoin mining as difficulty surges blur lines between data center operators and pure miners.

6 months ago

rows of crypto miners stretching toward solar panels, wind turbines, and power lines beside an AI warehouse with a Microsoft truck and NVIDIA crates under clear skies.

Mining

Bitcoin miner to AI landlord: Microsoft signs $9.7B deal with BTC miner IREN

The five-year, $9.7B contract and a separate $5.8B Dell equipment buy will stand up ~200MW of GB300 capacity in Texas, answering Microsoft’s compute crunch into mid-2026.

6 months ago

Mining

Bitcoin miners are transforming into AI utilities based on math

With 500MW and 168MW hosting deals inked, miners get financing-friendly dollars while hashrate and fee trajectories determine who captures the upside.

6 months ago

Ultra-realistic high-key scene of a gleaming gold Bitcoin standing at the junction of a branching blockchain made of translucent blue cubes and glowing green-red candlesticks, symbolizing a potential soft fork inside a bright glass-walled tech atrium.

Technology

How this conflict sets up Bitcoin to undergo another major fork in 2026

The Luke Dashr-backed BIP-444 proposal raises tough questions about Bitcoin’s long-standing principles of neutrality and transparency.

6 months ago

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Crypto

Mt. Gox repayments due Oct. 31: Will a supply wave hit BTC?

Mt. Gox repayment deadline raises questions about whether exchanges will absorb a late-month supply wave or creditors will route coins through custody and over-the-counter channels.

6 months ago

Mining

New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone – Report

Record difficulty and $0.06 power costs collide with a $90 billion debt-driven boom, testing whether miners’ AI pivots can outlast hashprice compression.

6 months ago

data center shows stacks of gold Bitcoins moving along a conveyor into a clear Binance vault beside gleaming AI GPU racks, symbolizing miners selling reserves while pivoting to high-performance computing.

Mining

Bitcoin miners just moved $5.6B to exchanges under AI escape plan

Mining operators are increasingly exploring AI hosting to counteract plummeting hashprice and shrinking Bitcoin margins.

6 months ago

Mining

Are miners buying Bitcoin again? Marathon adds 400 BTC after the crash

What MARA's Bitcoin acquisition says about hashprice, cash balances, and miner-led flows.

6 months ago

a remote Bitcoin mining farm with satellite dishes under a blue sky as satellites beam mixed red “unlocked” and blue “locked” data streams toward a large BTC emblem, symbolizing how unencrypted traffic could expose miners.

Technology

How $800 hardware can sniff Bitcoin miner traffic via satellite

New research shows many GEO downlinks are unencrypted. If your pool uses Stratum V1 over satcom, passive eavesdroppers can read job templates and IDs.

6 months ago