Dormant 4,000 BTC Miner Wallet Awakens Amid Potential Quantum Attack Fears

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Data from Lookonchain shows an early bitcoin BTC$111,379.36 miner wallet holding 4,000 BTC (around $442 million) has become active for the first time in 14 years. The wallet, identified as 18eY9o, transferred 150 BTC (roughly $16.6 million) after years of dormancy. These coins were originally mined in 2009 and consolidated into the wallet in 2011. […]

Companies Absorb BTC at 4x Daily Miner Supply, Per River’s Research

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River says companies are taking in far more bitcoin each day than miners create. The U.S.-based bitcoin financial services firm, which runs brokerage and mining operations and publishes research, released a Sankey-style flow infographic dated Aug. 25 in a post on X. In this layout, outflows are shown on the left, inflows on the right, […]

Bitcoin (BTC) Miner Price Targets Raised to Reflect Improved Mining Economics: JPMorgan

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JPMorgan (JPM) raised its price targets for a number of bitcoin mining companies to reflect first-quarter results and changes to the bitcoin price and the network hashrate, the bank said in a report Friday. The bank lifted its CleanSpark (CLSK) price target to $14 from $12, its Riot Platforms (RIOT) objective to $14 from $13 […]

Bitcoin Miner MARA Stock Surges Despite Earnings Miss as Analysts Applaud Cost Cutting

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Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings (MARA) stock outperformed peers on Friday, even after its first quarter results missed Wall Street’s estimates, as the company’s focus on lowering costs is seen as positive by analysts. Jefferies analysts said that with the bitcoin BTC$103,177.52 price improving in the second quarter of this year and MARA focusing on more […]

Bitcoin Miner MARA Starts Massive $2B At-the-Market Stock Sale Plan to Buy More BTC

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Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings (MARA) is launching a fresh $2 billion stock offering to buy more bitcoin, continuing its plan of buying BTC in the open market through capital raise while sticking to its “Hodl” strategy. According to a Form 8-K and a new prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), […]