Mining
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits New All-Time High Again in September
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, a metric that tracks the relative challenge of adding new blocks to the ledger, climbed to a new all-time high of 142.3 trillion on Friday. Mining difficulty hit successive all-time highs in August and September, driven by an influx of freshly deployed computing power over the last several weeks. Bitcoin’s […]
Cloud Mining vs Staking 2025
Cloud mining vs staking: Key differences In 2025, cloud mining and crypto staking are often mentioned in the same sentence when talking about passive crypto income, yet they represent two very different paths to earning. Cloud mining involves renting remote Bitcoin mining hardware, while staking means locking tokens to validate proof‑of‑stake networks. On trusted platforms […]
AI power crunch may lead to more institutional investment in Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin mining companies and artificial intelligence data centers are increasingly competing for access to cheap, sustainable energy, which could trigger renewed institutional investment in the mining sector over the next decade. AI data centers with deep capital reserves are beginning to outbid miners for power infrastructure, with more Bitcoin (BTC) miners getting “priced out” or […]
American Bitcoin Orders Bitmain Mining Rigs Amid Trade Tensions
American Bitcoin, a Bitcoin (BTC) mining company backed by members of US President Donald Trump’s family, exercised an option to purchase up to 17,280 application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), hardware for crypto mining, from Bitmain earlier this month. The mining company purchased a fleet of 16,299 Antminer U3S21EXPH units from Bitmain, capable of 14.02 exahashes per […]