BTC Mining Profitability Slumps as Hashprice Falls to Multi-Month Low

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Hashprice has plunged to its lowest level since April, when bitcoin was trading around $76,000, now sitting at $43.1 per petahash/second (PH/s). Hashprice, a term coined by Luxor, refers to the expected value of one terahash per second (TH/s) of hashing power per day, representing how much a miner can earn from a specific amount […]

Canadian Province British Columbia to Permanently Ban New Crypto Mining Projects From Grid

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British Columbia said it plans to permanently ban new cryptocurrency mining operations connecting to its electricity grid, citing the need to protect power supplies for industries that drive jobs and public revenue. The move from the government of Canada’s third-most populous province is part of a broader legislative and regulatory overhaul unveiled Monday that also […]

BTC Mining Firm Marathon (MARA) Scoops Up 400 BTC After Price Crash, On-Chain Data Show

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Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) appears to have taken advantage of Friday’s market turmoil to load up on bitcoin BTC$112,873.59, according to data curated by Arkham Intelligence. Marathon Digital Holdings, which holds about 52,850 BTC (worth roughly $6.06 billion), purchased an additional 400 BTC valued at about $45.9 million through FalconX early Monday, according to […]

Nebius-Microsoft $17.4B Deal Lifts AI Mining Stocks

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Nebius Group (NBIS) shares soared 47% in pre-market trading after the company said it signed an agreement to supply Microsoft (MSFT) with graphic processing units (GPUs) in a deal Reuters valued at $17.4 billion over five years. The contract is worth more than the Amsterdam-based company’s entire market capitalization, currently $15.29 billion. According to Reuters, […]

Trump Family Expands Crypto Bets as Thumzup Pivots Into Dogecoin Mining

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Thumzup Media Corp. (TZUP), which counts Donald Trump Jr. as a large shareholder, said it will acquire Dogehash Technologies, Inc. in an all-stock deal, pivoting from digital marketing into industrial-scale crypto mining Under the agreement, Dogehash shareholders will receive 30.7 million Thumzup shares, according to a Tuesday release, valuing the transaction at $153.8 million, based […]

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 […]

CoinShares Valkyrie BTC Mining (WGMI) ETF Is the Worst Performing ETF of 2025

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CoinShares’ Valkyrie Bitcoin Mining (WGMI) exchange-traded fund (ETF) is the worst-performing ETF of 2025, down 43% year-to-date, according to Senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. The ETF is made up of several publicly traded bitcoin (BTC) miners. IREN (IREN) is the largest holding at 15%, which is down 42%. Core Scientific (CORZ) follows with a […]

Belarus President Lukashenko Muses About National Crypto Mining Plans Following Trump’s Reserve Plans

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The President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, raised the possibility yesterday that the Eastern European country could begin mining cryptocurrencies. “Look at this mining. More and more people are turning to me. If it is profitable for us, let’s do it. We have excess electricity. Let them make this cryptocurrency and so on,” Lukashenko told Alexei […]