Hive Digital chairman Frank Holmes says Bitcoin miners moving into high performance computing face a capital intensive race ...

Large-scale cryptocurrency firms, including companies founded in Maryland, are repurposing their frameworks into data centers ...

The hardware is small, quiet, and designed to run continuously in the background. Setup is no advanced configuration required ...

Russia is planning criminal penalties, including forced labor, to curb widespread unregistered bitcoin mining after legalization. Russia is preparing to escalate its crackdown on unregistered ...

Bitcoin mining electricity costs could fall if Venezuelan oil production increases, though it may take several years before the benefits are fully realized, Bitfinex analysts say. US companies moving ...

Cipher Mining is upgraded to Buy, reflecting resilience to Bitcoin volatility and strong AI pivot momentum. CIFR's all-in electricity cost per coin is $34,200, providing a substantial margin even if ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. Bitcoin mining looks like a heavy industrial process—rows ...

That's the estimated surge in the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF this year, despite the decline in cryptocurrency prices. The spike reflects a pivot by miners to retool their electricity-hungry data ...

Bitcoin has often surged after sustained hashrate drops, a trend that would provide much-needed relief to many struggling Bitcoin miners at current prices. Bitcoin’s hashrate fell 4% over the month to ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...

Cipher Mining CIFR and IREN Limited IREN are U.S.-based Bitcoin miners that began as pure-play miners, with revenues tightly linked to Bitcoin prices, network difficulty, and hash rate growth. Both ...

Bitcoin mining in 2026 looks very different from what it was a few years ago. Rising mining difficulty, expensive ASIC machines, and high electricity costs have pushed most individual investors away ...