Tether to Use Ocean for Decentralized Bitcoin Mining

Ocean is a decentralized bitcoin mining pool launched by longtime Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr in 2023 and backed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Ocean to Power Tether’s New Decentralized Bitcoin Mining Strategy Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in the world, has teamed up with Ocean, a decentralized Bitcoin mining pool founded by veteran … Read more

Senate Democrats Propose Emissions Caps on Crypto Mining and AI Data Centers

Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman introduced the “Clean Cloud Act of 2025” this week, proposing regional emissions limits and financial penalties for cryptocurrency mining operations and artificial intelligence (AI) data centers that exceed environmental standards. Senate Bill Aims to Impose Fines on High-Emitting Crypto Mines and Data Centers The bill, formally titled the … Read more

HPC Gold Rush Continues: Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Secures Québec Site for Tier 3 Data Center

Bit Digital, Inc. has secured a lease-to-own agreement for a 202,000-square-foot site in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, to develop a Tier 3 data center supporting its 5MW colocation contract with artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure firm Cerebras Systems. Cerebras, Bit Digital Partner on Tier 3 Data Center Near Montréal The publicly listed bitcoin mining entity Bit Digital (Nasdaq: … Read more

Trump Tariff Relief Covers Consumer Tech; Bitcoin Miners May Face Classification Hurdles

U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed over the weekend that certain electronic devices will be exempt from the ongoing tariffs imposed on China. This move is likely to ease the concerns of technology firms that have been engaged in a logistical tug-of-war, shipping components across borders under increasing pressure. U.S. Spares Electronic Devices From China Tariffs, … Read more

Top Bitcoin Mining Stocks Close the Week Higher After Tariff-Driven Dip

Financial markets shimmered with cautious optimism as U.S. equities closed positively Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 2.06% and the digital asset sector vaulting 3.72% to a $2.63 trillion valuation. Publicly listed bitcoin miners likewise enjoyed a rebound, as nine of the top twelve leading firms by market capitalization advanced. Publicly Traded Bitcoin Miners Pop … Read more

Pakistan Explores Allocating its Surplus Electricity to Bitcoin Mining

Pakistan is exploring bitcoin mining and AI data centers as a way to utilize its surplus electricity, with plans to foster innovation, boost exports, and create tech jobs through crypto regulation and infrastructure support. Turning Watts into Wealth: Pakistan Leverages Excess Energy for Crypto Mining Pakistan is looking to bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence (AI) … Read more

Tariffs Threaten US Bitcoin Mining as Firms Race to Import Mining Equipment

U.S. bitcoin miners are racing against time to import mining equipment to mitigate Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. With application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) prices expected to surge up to 36%, companies are chartering multimillion-dollar flights to sidestep looming costs. Bitcoin Miners Charter $3M Flights to Combat Trump’s Tariff Hike U.S. bitcoin miners are scrambling to import … Read more

Zettahash on the Horizon: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Nears 1 ZH/s as Miners Face Squeeze

As bitcoin’s valuation languishes near its weakest point since last year—with hashprice, the projected daily earnings for one petahash per second (PH/s) of mining capacity, receding to $40—the network’s computational muscle has paradoxically swelled to a historic peak. Bitcoin Hashrate Hits Historic High Amid Price Plunge This stretch has proven arduous for bitcoin miners, with … Read more

900 EH/s and Counting: Bitcoin Network Power Reaches Unprecedented Heights

Bitcoin’s hashrate has soared to unprecedented heights, hitting an astonishing 900 exahash per second (EH/s) as of April 6. 900 EH/s Milestone: Bitcoin’s Security Fortress Grows Stronger Merely a day earlier, at block 891,072, the network’s difficulty adjusted upward from 113.76 trillion to 121.51 trillion—a striking 6.81% leap. Conventional wisdom suggests that as difficulty climbs, … Read more