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At block height 901,152 on Friday, the Bitcoin network logged its 12th difficulty adjustment of the year, slipping a slight 0.45%, which lowered the difficulty to 126.41 trillion. The next day, Saturday, miners pushed the network’s computational power to yet another peak, eclipsing the previous high recorded last month. Difficulty Drops, Hashrate Soars, but Miners … Read more
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The Trump-affiliated firm American Bitcoin disclosed in a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it has acquired “approximately 215 bitcoin” to bolster its reserves. American Bitcoin’s Crypto Bet Grows American Bitcoin, a mining venture established in early 2025, emerged through a collaboration between Hut 8—a North American digital asset mining firm—Eric Trump, … Read more
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced that the company will work towards open-sourcing its Bitcoin Mining Operating System (MOS), aiming to enable a new wave of bitcoin mining companies to enter the market and enhance network security. The MOS is designed to create a level playing field by reducing the reliance on third-party hosted software, thereby … Read more
Over the past three years, bitcoin mining gear has evolved dramatically—from machines cranking out massive terahash to widely available rigs boasting efficiencies under 20 joules per terahash (J/TH). At the World Digital Mining Summit last month, Bitmain pulled back the curtain on a machine delivering over a petahash per second (PH/s) with an energy use … Read more
Bitcoin’s hashrate hit a record-setting 943 exahash per second (EH/s) on May 31, but in the days since then, the network’s processing power has dipped by more than 75 EH/s. Bitcoin’s Block Time Slows as Miners Buckle Under Difficulty Spike Bitcoin miners wrapped up May on a high note, notching their best earnings since the … Read more
When 2024 wrapped up, the SHA256 consensus algorithm used by Bitcoin ranked third in profitability, but now, as we kick off June 2025, it shares the top spot, matched up with Litecoin’s Scrypt. SHA256 and Scrypt Tie for Top Mining Profits in June 2025 Dec. 29, 2024 saw Scrypt, the mining method for litecoin ( … Read more
Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) has appointed Jonathan Gibbs as its new Chief Data Center Officer (CDCO) as the company pushes deeper into high-performance computing (HPC) and AI hosting. 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. Gibbs, a … Read more
In May, bitcoin miner Riot Platforms produced 514 bitcoins, marking an 11% increase from the 463 mined in April and more than double the 215 produced in May 2024. Prioritizing Operational Excellence Bears Results Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms produced 514 bitcoins in May 2025, an 11% increase from the 463 bitcoins mined in April and … Read more
In May 2025, MARA Holdings produced 950 BTC, marking a 35% increase from April, and achieved a record 282 blocks mined. The company’s total bitcoin holdings rose to 49,179 BTC, with no sales during the month. MARA Holdings’ Bitcoin Production Increases by 35% in May MARA Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: MARA) reported a significant uptick in … Read more
