Bitcoin Miners Feel the Heat After 6.31% Difficulty Jump and Falling Hashprice

Bitcoin miners just got hit with a hefty 6.31% bump in difficulty this week, pushing the rating to a hefty 155.97 trillion. Even so, miners kept the hashrate roaring above the 1,100 exahash per second (EH/s) mark, with block times clocking in close to the classic 10-minute rhythm. Bitcoin Miners Face the Squeeze Despite Modest … Read more

Crypto and Carcasses: Undercover Sting Recovers $700K in Bitcoin Miners, Foils $75K Frozen Turkey Heist

An operation led by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office successfully recovered 1,000 stolen bitcoin mining rigs worth $700,000 and thwarted an attempted $75,000 frozen turkey heist. Tracing the Cargo from Grant County to Chicago A multi-agency investigation led by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office successfully recovered a hijacked shipment of 1,000 Bitcoin mining rigs valued … Read more

Canaan Launches Avalon A16 Miner Delivering 300 TH/s and 12.8 Joules per Terahash

Canaan Inc. has pulled the curtain back on its next-generation Avalon A16 series bitcoin miner, revealing the A16XP model at the Blockchain Life 2025 summit in Dubai. The new ASIC-powered machine flexes 300 terahash per second (TH/s) with a lean energy efficiency rating of 12.8 joules per terahash (J/TH). Canaan Launches 300 TH/s Avalon A16 … Read more

Bitcoin Miner Terawulf Secures 25-Year AI Compute Contract Worth $9.5B

Terawulf has inked a 25-year joint venture with Fluidstack to build a 168-megawatt (MW) high-performance computing (HPC) facility in Abernathy, Texas — a deal valued at roughly $9.5 billion and backed by Google’s $1.3 billion credit support. Terawulf and Fluidstack Launch $9.5B AI Compute Venture Backed by Google The agreement reportedly deepens Terawulf’s relationship with … Read more

Hive Digital’s Bitcoin Hashrate Hits 22 EH/s, Expands AI Cloud Data Center in Sweden

Hive Digital Technologies Ltd. has achieved a new milestone, surpassing 22 exahash per second (EH/s) in bitcoin-mining capacity while fast-tracking its artificial intelligence (AI) Cloud expansion through a Tier-3 data center conversion in Sweden. Hive Digital Advances Toward 25 EH/s Hive Digital Technologies Ltd. (TSX.V: HIVE | Nasdaq: HIVE | FSE: YO0) announced Monday that … Read more

Q4 Hashrate Heatmap Reveals US and China’s Exahash Expansion Powering Bitcoin’s Zettahash Push

Since the start of 2025, Bitcoin’s hashrate has kicked into high gear—rising from 801 exahash per second (EH/s) on Jan. 1 to a blazing 1,100 EH/s today. Data shows the big three—the United States, Russia, and China—are all dialing up their hashpower, with the U.S. and China topping the charts in exahash gains amid this … Read more

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Hits the Stratosphere: Miners Flex 1.164 Zettahash of Pure Power

Bitcoin’s hashrate just cranked things up another notch, blasting to 1,164 exahash per second (EH/s) on Sunday at 2:40 p.m. Eastern time. Bitcoin’s Hashrate Rockets While Revenue Improves Fresh off its 1,157 EH/s high just two days back, Bitcoin’s hashrate has casually leveled up—adding another 7 EH/s to hit 1,164 EH/s, or for those who … Read more

All Gas, No Brakes: Bitcoin Hashrate Blasts to a Lifetime High of 1,157 EH/s

According to the latest data, Bitcoin’s computing firepower has cranked up to a blazing all-time high of 1,157 exahash per second (EH/s). This climb in hashrate hasn’t taken a coffee break, even as prices dip and mining profits feel more like leftovers than a feast. Bitcoin’s Computational Power Game Levels Up Heading into the weekend, … Read more

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Nears Peak as Mining Difficulty Finally Eases

Bitcoin miners finally caught a breather at block height 919,296 as mining difficulty eased up for the first time since June. The difficulty dipped 2.73%, landing at a still-hefty 146.72 trillion. After Brutal Months, Bitcoin Miners Breathe Easier With 2.73% Difficulty Cut With bitcoin prices sliding amid the difficulty cranking up to 150.84 trillion, miners … Read more