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US Winter Storm Weighs on Bitcoin Mining Network, Cryptoquant Finds

Bitcoin mining took a direct hit from January’s U.S. winter storm, with Cryptoquant data showing sharp declines in hashrate, production, and miner revenue across the network. Bitcoin Mining Production Falls…

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Massive Bitcoin Difficulty Cut Looms After Hashrate Loses Nearly 250 EH/s

As an Arctic storm front batters multiple U.S. states, bitcoin mining activity across the country has pulled back sharply, with American-based operators scaling down operations to ease pressure on the…

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Report: Arctic Storm Front Disrupts US Bitcoin Mining, Block Times Stretch Past 12 Minutes

On Sunday morning around 10 a.m., theminermag.com—a platform tracking bitcoin mining news, data, research, and analysis—reported that Foundry USA has seen roughly 60% of its hashrate vanish as miners dial…

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Bitcoin Difficulty Slides to September 2025 Levels as Miner Margins Stay Squeezed

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty eased on Thursday, sliding 3.28% from 146.47 trillion to 141.67 trillion—a level not seen since September 2025, and a welcome breather after months of grind. The adjustment…

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Bitcoin Miners End 2025 in the Red, but Early 2026 Offers a Path Forward

After a lackluster November, bitcoin miners collected even slimmer proceeds in the final month of 2025, with revenue tallying roughly $1.21 billion—marking the year’s second-softest monthly showing. December Delivers Pain…

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2025: The Year Bitcoin Mining Reached Zettahash Scale and Redefined Network Security

Bitcoin’s mining sector spent 2025 rewriting the record books, powering the network from an already massive 801 exahashes per second at the start of the year into the historic zettahash…

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