Mining

Marathon Digital’s hash rate target of 50 EH/s by the end of 2025 may be achieved a year sooner than expected, CEO says

As some bitcoin miners turn to AI to diversify their revenue streams, a competition may be brewing

AI might be enough to lure institutional investors to miners that have diversified their revenue

The scheme would lock extra bitcoin in transactions that only environmentally friendly miners can unlock

Research analyst Mark Palmer starts coverage of the bitcoin miner and puts its price target 50% higher than its current level

Bitcoin’s price was mostly unchanged following the event that occurs roughly every four years 

Short-term “sell the news” reactions could follow new BTC price peaks months from now, industry watchers say — but only if history repeats itself

Bitcoin miners need to explore unconventional energy avenues or be buried by the financial realities created by this halving

Miner stocks have historically underperformed bitcoin before the halving and outperformed the asset after the event, analysts note

Bitcoin mining is dominated by pools — with one industry veteran anticipating some will be flushed after the halving

Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms each have more than $1 billion in cash and BTC to deploy, while CleanSpark has said it could be “one of the most aggressive acquirers”

Ore’s price more than tripled as the supply of new tokens paused

Though some expect most public miners to survive the halving, the segment’s most vulnerable could fall victim to consolidations and defaults

Industry giants Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms together have roughly $3 billion in combined cash and BTC on their balance sheets

Using ASIC warmth for home heating can make mining worth the cost, some say

CEO Asher Genoot said Hut 8 is looking at ways to boost its presence in the high-performance computing and AI realms

Elsewhere, Bitfarms is hiring a new CEO and Tether is staffing an AI division

Public mining companies have been acquiring sites, refreshing machine fleets and diversifying business models in preparation for the event

The final Bitcoin halving, where the mining reward becomes smaller than one satoshi, is expected to occur in 2140

Ethereum mainnet is slowly losing active addresses but its growing web of layer-2s are more than making up for it

Crypto stocks start the week in the red

The planned $87 million deal follows Marathon’s purchase of two mining facilities in January

The market is grappling with the impact of BTC price and hash rate on miner profitability about a month before the bitcoin halving, analyst says

Treasury on Monday released its 2025 revenue proposals, known as the “Greenbook,” detailing many of the same plans it unveiled last year