BlackRock is telling clients to stop looking at artificial intelligence as software and start treating it as energy. In its 2026 Global Outlook, the BlackRock Investment Institute argued that the AI buildout is pushing against physical limits and highlighted electricity as the constraint investors are underpricing. The report’s headline-grabber is its warning that AI-driven data […]
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Talk of the United States buying Greenland has returned to Washington, and miners are tracking the power projects on the island. The White House said a U.S. purchase of Greenland is an “active discussion,” according to Reuters. For Bitcoin miners, the more actionable clock is Greenland’s industrial power planning. How Greenland’s hydropower translates into real […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
This signals a shift in one of the world's most controlled economies, which has been largely dependent on its natural gas resources.
At the start of 2025, crypto's biggest names issued bold forecasts: Bitcoin to $200,000, Ethereum to $7,000, a US strategic reserve, and stablecoins going mainstream. Twelve months later, the scoreboard reveals a pattern. The price targets mostly crashed and burned, while the structural calls on regulation, ETFs, and payments infrastructure quietly came true. Here's who […]
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Russia is tightening its grip on crypto mining and this time, the consequences are serious. Just weeks after officially legalizing cryptocurrency mining, the Russian Ministry of Justice has proposed new criminal penalties targeting miners who operate outside the system. If approved, illegal crypto mining could carry fines, forced labor, and even prison sentences of up …
Bitmain cut prices on Bitcoin mining rigs on Dec. 23 after miner revenue per unit of hashrate fell in November. The discounts, which extend to current-generation hydro and immersion products, are landing in a cycle in which Bitcoin’s price strength has not translated into the kind of mining-margin expansion that previously drove hardware scarcity and […]
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The plant is located in Ukraine and has been under Russian control since 2022, with its future management a key issue in peace talks.
VanEck analysts said bitcoin has historically been more likely to post positive returns following periods of declining mining activity.
Bitcoin’s “miners are dumping” story is comforting in the way simple stories always are. Price slides, miners run out of oxygen, coins hit exchanges, and the price is shoved around by a single, easy villain. But miners are not a single actor, and selling pressure isn't just a mood. It's math, contracts, and deadlines. When […]
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Oracle shares jumped 6% in pre-market on Friday as TikTok's U.S. agreement helped calm AI bubble fears after a volatile macro week.
Search engine giant Google has emerged as a silent architect behind Bitcoin miners' rapid pivot towards artificial intelligence (AI). Instead of acquiring mining firms, the Alphabet-owned company has provided at least $5 billion of disclosed credit support behind a handful of BTC miners' AI projects. While markets often frame these announcements as technology partnerships, the […]
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Eric Trump said the company has become one of the fastest-growing bitcoin accumulators since its Nasdaq listing three months ago.
Russia is moving to formally include cryptocurrency in its economic calculations. According to Russian media reports, Maxim Oreshkin, a top aide to President Vladimir Putin, said crypto should be reflected in the country’s balance-of-payments statistics. At present, cross-border payments made with digital assets aren’t counted in official data, even though they influence the ruble and …
Bitcoin (BTC) clawed back from $86,286 on Dec. 2 to $93,324 as of press time, up by 8%, while the Trump family’s American Bitcoin (ABTC) shares tumbled. The BTC price increase can be attributed to improved macro conditions and Vanguard’s opening of crypto ETF access to tens of millions of clients. At the same time, […]
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The US government has opened a security review into Bitmain, the Beijing-based manufacturer that sells most of the world’s Bitcoin mining rigs. A months-long federal investigation, known internally as Operation Red Sunset, has been probing whether Bitmain’s machines can be remotely steered for spying or used to interfere with the American power grid. The question […]
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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s blunt reminder about buying low and selling high landed at a tense time for crypto traders. His line — “Sell when there is maximum greed, and buy when there is maximum fear” — was posted as markets showed fresh signs of strain and debate over whether now is a buying moment or another stall. Related Reading: Bitcoin Miners Face A Harsh December: Rising BTC Difficulty, Falling Hashprice CZ’s Message Meets Extreme Fear According to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, sentiment recently climbed to 20, moving out of “Extreme Fear” after a streak of low readings. The index had hit a yearly low of 10 on Nov. 22 and the market had spent eighteen days stuck in extreme fear. Unpopular opinion, but it’s better to sell when there is maximum greed, and buy when there is maximum fear. ????♂️ — CZ ???? BNB (@cz_binance) November 29, 2025 Analysts called that stretch unusually deep. Matthew Hyland described it as the “most extreme fear level” of the cycle, and other traders argued that calling it extreme was being generous. Bitcoin Holds But Mood Is Fragile Based on reports, Bitcoin was trading at $91,780, a far cry from the all-time high of $126,000 reached in October. Prices remain up from 2024 lows of just over $40,000, yet confidence is thin. Santiment tracked online chatter and found talks focused more on volatility and institutional moves than on excitement. The Altcoin Season Index sat at 22/100, a clear sign that traders are favoring safety. Market Psychology Overrules Charts Traders reacted fast to CZ’s post. One user said emotion often beats logic in real trading. Another noted that markets tend to move on psychology well before technical signals line up. That gap between what traders know and what they do was on full display: many agree with the rule, and few actually follow it when prices slip. History Offers A Hint, Not A Guarantee Reports have disclosed that some analysts see a pattern. Nicola Duke pointed out that in the last five years, every time the market reached extreme fear, Bitcoin found a local bottom within weeks. While past stretches can offer context, they do not promise the same result now. Bitwise researcher André Dragosch warned that current pricing reflects a recession-level global growth outlook — the most bearish setting since 2020 and 2022 — which raises real risk for buyers. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s November Slump Could Trigger A 2026 Revival, Analysts Say Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Turns Positive After 29 Days Meanwhile, the Bitcoin (BTC) Coinbase premium finally flipped back into positive after nearly a month of staying in the red. Data from Coinglass on the 30th showed the premium at 0.0255%, marking the first positive reading in 29 days. For almost a month, the negative premium had suggested that selling pressure dominated the US market, with traders and investors leaning toward caution. The Coinbase premium tracks how Bitcoin’s price on Coinbase, a major US exchange, compares to the global average. When it’s positive, it means the US price is above the worldwide average. This is often seen as a sign that buying is picking up in the US, more institutions are getting involved, dollar liquidity is recovering, and overall investor confidence is improving. Featured image from Gemini, chart from TradingView
The company had planned to invest up to $500 million in Uruguay, but cited high energy prices and regulatory hurdles as reasons for its pullout.
For two centuries, factories chased cheap hands and dense ports. Today, miners roll into windy plateaus and hydro spillways, asking a simpler question: where are the cheapest wasted watts? When computing can move to energy rather than energy to people, the map tilts. Heavy industry has always chased cheap energy, but it still needed bodies […]
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Bitcoin’s hashrate is near record levels, yet miner revenue per unit of compute has fallen to record lows, pushing the network into a ‘high-security, low-profitability’ phase. While the network’s hashrate has pinned itself above the one-zettahash watermark, which is a record for aggregate computing power, the revenue underpinning that security has disintegrated to historic lows. […]
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Underground activity expands as cheap power, miner demand and softer policy signals support a renewed mining push in key provinces in China.
A Solo CKpool miner contributing approximately 0.0000007% of the total Bitcoin network hashpower discovered a block on Friday.
AI lease commitments are stacking up, with Cipher’s total contracted HPC revenue climbing just weeks after sealing $5-billion deal with AWS.
Nvidia reported Q3 earnings and guidance above expectations, sending both the price of Bitcoin and mining stocks higher late Wednesday.
Transaction fees currently contribute approximately $300,000 per day to miner revenue, comprising less than 1% of total miner income.
Malaysia's national utility firm has identified 13,827 premises that illegally siphoned power to mine crypto between 2020 and August 2025.
Bitcoin crossed a watershed moment in its monetary history on Nov. 17, surpassing 19.95 million mined coins and pushing the network past 95% of its immutable 21 million supply cap. This leaves the network with less than 1.05 million BTC to mine over the next 115 years. On the surface, the milestone appears to be […]
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Power markets are starting to price Bitcoin mining that can switch on and off as a grid service. Curtailment remains elevated in regions with high renewable penetration, and short scarcity bursts continue to set value for fast demand reduction, which creates room for load that soaks midday surplus and idles during tight hours. According to […]
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Bitfarms reported revenue of $69 million, which was up 156% year over year but missed most estimates by around 15%.
CleanSpark just sold $1.15 billion of zero-coupon convertible notes to buy more power and machines in the most brutal mining environment yet. The deal is a 144A private placement due in 2032, with an initial conversion price of around $19.16, roughly a 27.5% premium to the $15.03 stock price at the time of announcement. Approximately […]
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