Mining

On Saturday, at block height 897,120, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased by 2.13%, reaching 121.66 trillion and marginally raising the computational challenge required to uncover new blocks.…

Kazakhstan is pushing forward with plans to modernize its energy system through digital mining and expand crypto trading beyond the Astana International Financial Centre economic zone. In an op-ed…

Nebraska’s state legislature just unanimously passed a bill that slightly restricts Bitcoin mining. It doesn’t impose any serious limits, but introduces new requirements, handicaps, and added costs to…

Bitfarms, one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies, has suspended all operations at its mining facility in Argentina. The shutdown follows a notice from its electricity supplier,…

American Bitcoin, Hut 8’s majority-owned unit backed by the Trump family, will go public via a merger with Gryphon Digital Mining (GRYP). Shares of Hut 8 Corp. (HUT) jumped 12% in pre-market trading,…

In its Q1 2025 report, blockchain intelligence company Messari highlights significant developments in Rootstock, a bitcoin sidechain, including a record-high merged mining participation rate of 81%,…

Malaysia's largest national electric utility company, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), is helping authorities crack down on electricity theft tied to illegal crypto mining operations in the country,…

Hive Digital Technologies, the Canadian company, specialized in Bitcoin mining, has decided to invest heavily in Latin America, identifying Paraguay as a strategic partner for the long term. According…

Riding bitcoin’s climb to levels last glimpsed in early February, the network’s raw processing muscle has rocketed to a record-setting 929 exahash per second (EH/s), a horsepower figure that…

Public Keys is a weekly roundup from Decrypt that tracks the key publicly traded crypto companies. This week: Bitcoin miners wrangle with malaise, Coinbase tries a little misdirection ahead of its…