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Bitcoin Mining Profits Crushed by Record Difficulty and Historic Hashprice Drop

Bitcoin Mining Profits Crushed by Record Difficulty and Historic Hashprice DropOn Aug. 7, 2024, bitcoin’s price moved within a 24-hour range between $55,742 and $57,607. This lower price bracket has significantly reduced bitcoin mining revenue, causing the estimated daily value of 1 petahash per second (PH/s), also referred to as the hashprice, to drop below $36 two days prior. Miners Grapple With Unprecedented Low Hashprice […]

VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’

Block Reward Cut: Miners Must Stake Bitcoin, Plug into Depins to Offset Revenue Loss

Block Reward Cut: Miners Must Stake Bitcoin, Plug into Depins to Offset Revenue LossAccording to one expert, bitcoin currently needs to trade above $55,000 for miners to break even and $94,000 for them to return to profitability levels seen before the halving. To compensate for the revenue loss caused by the halving of Bitcoin’s block reward, miners are resorting to mergers or hostile takeover of rivals. Others have […]

VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’

Core Scientific shares climb 12% after CoreWeave expands GPU hosting deal

Core Scientific will add 112 megawatts for CoreWeave’s GPUs and projects $2 billion in additional revenue from the 12-year hosting agreement.

Core Scientific’s stock (CORZ) jumped over 12% in the first hours of trading on Aug. 6, following the expansion of a billion-dollar deal with artificial intelligence cloud provider CoreWaeve. 

CoreWaeve is increasing its hosting deal with Core Scientific, seeking additional resources for its Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs). According to an announcement on Aug. 6, Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific will modify its infrastructure to supply approximately 112 incremental megawatts to CoreWeave’s GPUs.

Core’s shares are up 12.1% at the time of writing, trading at $9.22 on the Nasdaq. The company projects to generate about $2 billion in additional revenue from the 12-year hosting agreement with the AI company.

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Paraguay’s Power Chief: No Cryptocurrency Mining Company Has Left Yet

Paraguay’s Power Chief: No Cryptocurrency Mining Company Has Left YetFelix Sosa, president of the National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE), has disregarded reports indicating that a mass exodus of cryptocurrency mining companies could be brewing. Sosa stated that no cryptocurrency company had left the country yet and that there were over 400 MW in projects awaiting approval by the institution. No Cryptocurrency Mining Companies […]

VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’

Historic Drop in Bitcoin Revenue Leaves Miners Struggling

Historic Drop in Bitcoin Revenue Leaves Miners StrugglingAfter peaking at 677 exahash per second (EH/s) on July 25, Bitcoin’s network hashrate declined to 629 EH/s as of Aug. 4. The recent uptick in Bitcoin’s mining difficulty, coupled with the subsequent drop in its price, has driven bitcoin mining revenue to record lows. Monthly Bitcoin Fee Revenue Drops 75%, Hashrate Slides 48 EH/s […]

VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’

Bitcoin Mining Squeeze: July Revenue Hits Lowest Monthly Intake of the Year

Bitcoin Mining Squeeze: July Revenue Hits Lowest Monthly Intake of the YearIn July, bitcoin miners earned $951.11 million, marking the lowest monthly revenue of the year. Out of this total, $24.9 million was generated from transaction fees, reflecting a trend of low onchain fees. July Bitcoin Mining Revenue Plummets to a 2024 Low The month was particularly challenging for bitcoin miners, as earnings hit their lowest […]

VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’

Airbnb Host Imposes No Mining Rule After Guests Rent Her Property to Mine Crypto

Airbnb Host Imposes No Mining Rule After Guests Rent Her Property to Mine CryptoAn Airbnb host, Ashley, shared her experience on Tiktok about guests who accumulated a $1,500 electricity bill by setting up an electric vehicle station and mining cryptocurrency during their three-week stay. Despite leaving the property in excellent condition, the guests’ excessive energy use, captured on external security cameras showing them bringing in 10 computers, prompted […]

VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’

The USA can (and should) dedicate more energy to Bitcoin mining

Donald Trump is right: The United States could easily ramp up the amount of energy it expends on Bitcoin mining.

Depending on who you listen to, crypto is a blessing or a curse. Many, like Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, have convinced themselves our near future will be marked by a massive growth in energy demand to support Bitcoin (BTC) mining that may ultimately break the electrical grid. On the other hand, former President Donald Trump has gone from skeptic to calling on the United States to become the “crypto capital of the planet.”

And is he worried about what that means for energy in America? Nope. Here’s what he had to say:

And Trump is right. In fact, the United States can — and should — put more energy into Bitcoin mining.

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VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’

MARA Reports Q2 2024 Earnings: Revenue Surges Amid Rising Losses and Hashrate Increase

MARA Reports Q2 2024 Earnings: Revenue Surges Amid Rising Losses and Hashrate IncreaseMARA, a leader in digital asset compute, reported a significant revenue increase of 78% to $145.1 million for the second quarter of 2024. Despite this growth, the company faced a substantial net loss of $199.7 million, driven by a $148 million fair value loss on digital assets. MARA Reports Q2 Earnings: Revenue Rises 78% Despite […]

VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’

Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark Acquires Wyoming Mining Site

Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark Acquires Wyoming Mining SiteCleanspark Inc. has completed the acquisition of its first bitcoin (BTC) mining site in Wyoming and secured 75 megawatts (MW) of power contracts. The Las Vegas-based company plans to add over 2 exahash per second (EH/s) to its mining capacity through a 30 MW immersion-cooled data center expected to be operational by the end of […]

VanEck Doubles Down on Big Bitcoin Price Target, Says Key Indicators Continue To ‘Signal Green’