MicroBT Enters the Petahash Club, Taking Bitcoin Mining Rigs to a New Extreme

Over the past year, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology has advanced substantially, and this month, Shenzhen, China-based MicroBT introduced its newest mining machine, boasting an unprecedented hashrate of 1,035 terahash per second (TH/s), equivalent to 1.35 petahash per second (PH/s) of raw computing power. MicroBT Crosses the Petahash Rubicon With a New Whatsminer At the … Read more

Sangha Energizes 20 MW Texas Solar Bitcoin Mine Amid Record-Low Hashprice Pressure

Sangha Renewables has energized a 20-megawatt bitcoin mining facility in West Texas, marking the company’s latest effort to pair renewable generation with flexible data-center load. This article is from Theminermag, a trade publication for the cryptocurrency mining industry, focusing on the latest news and research on institutional bitcoin mining companies. The project, located in Ector … Read more

Bitcoin Mining Revenue Remains Thin — Yet Hashrate Refuses to Blink

Bitcoin has logged a third consecutive difficulty cut, and even with miner revenues under pressure, the network’s computing muscle is still holding firm above the 1.1 zettahash per second (ZH/s) mark. Bitcoin Hashrate Holds the Line as Difficulty Slides for the Third Time and Revenues Remain Tighter Than Ever Miners have successfully kept the network … Read more

Miner Weekly: AI Boom Floods Texas Grid With 164 GW of Power Requests

Texas is heating up again — not because of weather or bitcoin miners, but because AI developers are flooding the ERCOT grid with power requests at a pace the state has never seen before. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, Blocksbridge Consulting’s weekly newsletter curating the latest news in bitcoin mining and data analysis … Read more

American Bitcoin Adds to BTC Treasury While Shares Face Prolonged Pressure

American Bitcoin Corp. has expanded its bitcoin reserve to 4,783 BTC, even as its stock continues to slide across several timeframes. ABTC Lifts Holdings to 4,783 BTC American Bitcoin Corp. has expanded its bitcoin reserve to 4,783 BTC as of Dec. 8, according to new disclosures from the company published Wednesday. The increase includes 416 … Read more

Kremlin Aide: Crypto Mining is a ‘Hidden Export’ Skewing Ruble Forecasts

An aide to the Russian President has stated that cryptocurrency mining is a major factor causing inaccurate ruble exchange rate forecasts, calling it a “new, undervalued export item.” Undervalued Export and Hidden Currency Flows Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and a key economic aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, … Read more

Eric Trump-Backed Miner Snags More Bitcoin Amid a Brutal Month for ABTC Stock

The Eric Trump-backed digital asset treasury (DAT) firm and publicly traded miner American Bitcoin said it has lifted its stash to 4,367 BTC. Even with the added coin count, the company’s stock ABTC has spent the past 30 days sliding more than 50%. ABTC Snaps up 502 BTC Over 38 Days Another bitcoin-focused DAT has … Read more

Bitcoin Hashrate Holds Firm Above 1 ZH/s Following a Painful Few Weeks for Miners

Bitcoin miners are finally catching a breather as hashprice lifts off the basement floor after hitting punishing lows just days ago that squeezed operations to the edge. Even with that revenue dip, the network’s hashrate has held its ground, hovering in a tight band between 1,050 exahash per second (EH/s) and 1,100 EH/s. Miners Welcome … Read more

Bitcoin Miners Dealt With a Brutal November as Monthly Revenue Taps Fourth-Lowest of 2025

Bitcoin miners trudged through November, with data showing it was the fourth least profitable month of 2025. Mining pools processed around 453 blocks from start to finish, collecting a combined $1.262 billion in revenue — a total that folds in both the subsidy and the fees gathered along the way. Miners Grapple With Bitcoin’s Steep … Read more