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 ...

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is once again edging closer to uncharted territory as the network prepares for its first adjustment of 2026. Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is likely to rise again in January ...

Crypto asset manager VanEck has recently released a report noting that the dip in Bitcoin mining activity suggests that the bottom is already here. Citing historical trends, they noted that miner ...

The founder and CEO of a bitcoin mining operation is facing allegations that he fraudulently raised almost US$100 million from investors and misappropriated more than half of investors’ money. The U.S ...

Bitcoin mining firm Hut 8 is the latest crypto infrastructure company to lock in large-scale, Google-backed financing, as miners increasingly pivot toward artificial intelligence data centers to ...

Recently, analyst Mark Palmer from Benchmark raised the price target for Bitcoin-miner-turned-AI company Hut 8. The change in price target was due to the company’s latest push into AI data center ...

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 ...

A solo miner on NiceHash mined Bitcoin block #928,351 for less than $100 in rental hashpower. The miner earned a reward of 3.152 BTC, equivalent to approximately $271,000. Mempool statistics confirmed ...

Anna's passion for drawing evolved into a fascination with colorful lines and shapes, which later inspired her interest in the stock market. Ripple (XRP) is trading sideways above support at $2.00 ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has flagged in a lawsuit that third-party Bitcoin mining hosting services can be a securities offering, a position strongly opposed by one industry executive.

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Simply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Companies run by Tether’s secretive founder bought a crypto miner from an AI business owned by the stablecoin ...