Bitcoin’s (BTC) hashrate has spiked to a new all-time high amid the current bear struggles of the broader crypto market. According to Glassnode data, as analyzed by CryptoSlate, BTC’s hashrate touched 244.25 EH/s on Oct. 3. Bitcoin mean hash rate (Source: Glassnode) In the seven days, the miners responsible for most of the hashrates were…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) mining difficulty will reach a new all-time high by 8:21 PM GMT on Sept. 13, as Glassnode data analyzed by CryptoSlate predicts a 3.5% increase within the next few hours. Bitcoin: Mining Difficulty (Source: Glassnode) The mining difficulty refers to how difficult it gets for miners to validate transactions on the network. The…
Bitcoin’s highly volatile price has devastated the majority of the crypto market and is now dragging miners down with it. While often considered the foundation of the Bitcoin network and its most resilient players, miners are suffering from rapidly decreasing profit margins. Bitcoin mining difficulty currently stands at just 1% below its all-time high and…
The White House has proposed that the crypto mining industry have some standards to mitigate its environmental effects. In a report titled Climate and Energy Implications of Crypto-assets in the United States, the White House called for standards like miners using clean energy and the need for low energy intensities. The report is a result…
Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty has spiked by 9.26% to 30.98 trillion at block height 751968, the highest since January 2022, according to Glassnode data. Source; Glassnode The metric suggests more miners are joining the network despite the relatively poor performance of the asset in August. Bitcoin mining difficulty is a metric used to measure how…
Riot Blockchain, one of Texas’s largest Bitcoin mining operations, earned around $9.5 million in power credits last month by turning off its miners. According to the company’s monthly report, Riot voluntarily curtailed its energy consumption in order to ensure more power would be available to ERCOT, which supplies power to 25 million Texans. Jason Les,…
Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate dropped to as low as 159.41 exahashes per second (EH/s) on July 13, its lowest in five months, as Texas-based miners were forced to go offline. According to data from BTC.com, the 27% drop in hashrate is the largest since February 2022. Bitcoin hashrate, which signifies the network’s computing power, has been…
The US has become the dominant country for crypto mining, but that dominance isn’t reflected in the crypto mining stocks, which continue to perform poorly as the market plunges, Barrons reported. The Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) had revealed that the US accounts for around 38% of the global Bitcoin hash rate in January…
Kazakhstan has imposed new reporting requirements that seek to determine the energy consumption rate by crypto miners. The order requires every crypto-miner in the country to provide detailed information about their operations 30 days before commencing operations. Kazakhstan requests new information from miners The new rules aim to determine how crypto mining affects the country’s…
The New York State Assembly has passed a mining moratorium bill to pause all crypto mining development for two years. The essence of the moratorium is to give the state enough time to examine the impact of mining in the state. Two-year moratorium on carbon-fueled mining Assemblymember Anna Kelles sponsored the Bill designed to prevent…