32 stories about Mining from across the crypto press, curated and summarized daily. Most recent: Aug 16, 2026.
Kazakhstan is halting Bitcoin mining in its capital to ease power shortages. The country is the world's second-largest mining hub, producing 18.1% of global Bitcoin. The ban is effective immediately and applies year-round.
Two mining pools controlling most of Ravencoin's network are planning to reverse transactions from the past four days due to a critical block flaw. This could affect deposits, withdrawals, and payments made since Friday.
Bitcoin's mining difficulty has dropped 14% from its 2026 peak, as falling revenues force miners to shut down operations. Forward markets suggest no immediate relief, signaling continued pressure on the industry.
Poolin, a Singapore-based company that once controlled nearly 20% of Bitcoin's global hashrate, is filing for bankruptcy. The company owes $173 million and is selling off its remaining assets.
Kazakhstan is creating a national strategic crypto reserve funded by its bitcoin miners, following a presidential decree signed July 7 and a government resolution approved July 18. This move aims to regulate and supervise the country's large mining industry under a state-supervised system.
Foundry Digital is allowing its Bitcoin mining pool clients to vote on BIP-110, a proposed soft fork. The proposal aims to improve transaction efficiency, and the vote gives miners a direct role in protocol governance.
New Hampshire's newly-signed crypto law introduces protections for users, miners, and stakers within its boundaries.
MARA Holdings has agreed to purchase a sizable plot of land in Texas to power its Bitcoin mining and growing AI compute ambitions.
A new blockchain called Glyph repurposes mining power to run AI inference tasks instead of solving meaningless math problems. The project is live on GitHub and invites developers to test and attack its claims.
Kazakhstan's president has signed a decree to boost crypto adoption by promoting gas-powered mining and offering tax exemptions. The move includes plans for cross-border stablecoin payments and aims to position the country as a crypto hub.
Companies paid to secure Bitcoin sold a record 32,000 coins and signed $70B in contracts to pivot to AI. Bitcoin's hashing power dipped briefly then recovered.
Bitcoin miners, who have secured long-term access to large amounts of power, are being courted by AI companies in desperate need of electricity. However, retrofitting mining campuses into high-performance data centers is a difficult and capital-intensive process facing technical and regulatory hurdles.
Bitplanet signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Antalpha to enter the Bitcoin mining space. This partnership aims to leverage Antalpha's expertise and equipment to establish Bitplanet's mining operations.
DMND mining pool and GoMining mined the first known Bitcoin block using Stratum V2's Job Declaration feature, allowing a miner—not the pool—to select transactions and build its own block template, a milestone for decentralizing transaction control in Bitcoin mining.
An estimated 20% of miners are now unprofitable at current prices, and the stress shows up at the network level, too.
Major crypto advocacy groups are pushing the U.S. House tax committee to pass a bill clarifying tax rules for mining and staking. This could reduce uncertainty for crypto miners and stakers in the U.S.
JPMorgan reports that more Bitcoin miners are operating near breakeven levels, making the network's hashrate and mining difficulty more reactive to Bitcoin's price changes. This increased sensitivity could lead to more volatility in the mining sector.
Bitcoin is trading about 19% below its estimated $78,000 production cost, making mining unprofitable for roughly 20% of the industry and forcing public miners into record coin sales.
Oman has introduced a mandatory state-backed Bitcoin mining pool for all licensed miners, part of a $700 million-plus push into industrial-scale mining. This move aims to tighten regulatory oversight and solidify the country's position in the Bitcoin mining industry.
VanEck says Bitcoin miners pursuing AI data center businesses face a roughly $50 billion funding gap, with investors increasingly rewarding companies that have already secured and energized AI infrastructure capacity while punishing those still relying on unproven pipeline projections.
Nvidia’s $20 billion bond sale underscores the surging demand for AI infrastructure, reinforcing why Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI data centers. This transition could stabilize an industry facing volatility in crypto markets.
Bitcoin's mining difficulty has dropped by 10%, the 11th largest downward adjustment ever. This makes it easier for miners to earn rewards, potentially attracting more participants to the network.
Bitcoin's mining difficulty dropped by 10%, the second-largest negative adjustment this year. This means surviving miners can earn roughly 11% more bitcoin per unit of hashrate, but all-in production economics remain underwater at current prices.
The House Ways and Means committee will review draft crypto tax bills covering staking, mining, network fees, and reporting. This discussion could shape future tax policy for crypto users.