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Bitcoin Holds $63K as Miner Stress Builds Near Production Cost Floor
Bitcoin trades near estimated production costs, pressuring weaker miners and raising selling pressure fears as technical charts show demand holding at $60K–$62K.
Barrick Chairman Thornton Faces Shareholder Revolt Over North American Spin-Off
Van Eck, Mackenzie and Franklin Equity oppose Thornton's plan to float North American gold assets, with at least one major holder calling for his resignation.
Bitcoin Anti-Spam Fork Stalls at Two Blocks as Miners Reject BIP-110 Chain
The BIP-110 minority chain last produced a block at height 961,633 and has sat idle for hours, with fewer than 3 percent of miners ever signaling support.
Bitcoin's BIP-110 Mandatory Window Opens Aug. 9 With 2.6 Percent Miner Support
A soft fork restricting transaction data begins mandatory signaling at block 961,632, setting up a clash between enforcing nodes and a network majority that has largely refused to signal.
MARA Posts $611 Million Q2 Loss as Bitcoin Price Drop Erases Record Output Gains
The miner hit its highest quarterly Bitcoin production in over a year, but a 28 percent drop in average Bitcoin price drove a $611 million net loss.
Indonesia's Conflicting Nickel Quota Shows Drive Price Swings, Complicate Supply Outlook
Official denials of broad 2026 quota increases clashed with earlier expansion reports, whipsawing spot nickel prices and leaving traders without a clear read on Jakarta's production strategy.
Glencore's H1 EBITDA Surges 86 Percent on Copper Rally and Trading Desk Arbitrage
The diversified miner's first-half earnings jumped on a 39 percent copper price increase and near-record trading profits fueled by Middle East tensions and new tariff regimes.
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Falls 14% From Peak as Operators Exit
Network hash rate has dropped sharply since January, squeezing margins for high-cost miners with no forward market relief in sight.
Bitcoin Difficulty Falls 0.74% as Miners Redirect Power to AI Deals
The 15th difficulty adjustment of 2026 puts mining margins under pressure, with hashprice at $32.21 as operators chase AI and cloud computing contracts.
Poolin Bankruptcy Auction Targets Texas Mining Sites to Cover $163.7M Debt
The Singapore-based Bitcoin mining pool, once a sector leader, filed Chapter 11 on July 22, two years after freezing user withdrawals.
U.S. Secures Bitcoin Dominance With $1.8B ETF Inflows
Institutional capital via spot ETFs and growing domestic mining sector position the United States as the dominant force in global digital asset markets
Bitcoin Miner Revenue Drops 9.4% as Difficulty Hits New High
The network's latest 6.7% difficulty adjustment squeezed post-halving profitability, forcing miners to re-evaluate operational efficiency
Major Bitcoin Mining Pools Adopt Stratum V2, Improving Decentralization
Foundry USA, Antpool and F2Pool signal commitment to the upgraded Stratum V2 protocol, enhancing network security and miner autonomy across Bitcoin
Bitcoin Miners Target AI Revenue Exceeding Block Rewards by 2026: BTC Holds $78,801
The evolving landscape for Bitcoin miners indicates a significant revenue shift towards artificial intelligence compute by 2026, creating new dynamics for the digital asset ecosystem and strengthening miner profitability.
Bitcoin Solo Miner Beats 100,000-to-1 Odds, Wins $222,000 Block Reward
A single Bitcoin miner with minimal computing power secured block 944,306 and earned 3.128 Bitcoin worth $222,012