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Low hash price, soaring energy costs spell tough Q3 for Bitcoin miners

Energy problems in North America and Europe and prevailing market conditions have spelled another bleak quarter for Bitcoin (BTC) mining operators on both continents.The latest Q3 mining report from Hashrate Index has highlighted several factors that have led to a significantly lower hash price and higher cost to produce 1 BTC.Hash

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Bitcoin’s discount to hash rate highest since early 2020 — Mike McGlone

Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone says Bitcoin's (BTC's) relative discount to its high hash rate in October — the largest since the first quarter of 2020 — could soon see Bitcoin return to "its propensity to outperform most assets."In an Oct. 19 Twitter post, the Bloomberg analyst suggested that

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SBI lost 40% of hash rate after stopping mining in Russia: Data

Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has partly terminated cryptocurrency mining in Russia due to geopolitical uncertainty and the crypto winter.SBI Holdings suspended mining operations in Russia’s crypto mining-rich region of Siberia, citing reasons like the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the ongoing bear market, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.The Japanese online brokerage shut

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Australia-based crypto miner doubles hash rate after energizing Canadian rigs

Australian Bitcoin miner Iris Energy said it had increased its hash rate to more than 2.3 exahashes per second following the completion of phase two of its operations in Mackenzie, Canada.In a Monday announcement, Iris Energy said it had brought 41 megawatts of operating capacity in the British Columbia municipality

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Bitcoin network difficulty drops to 27.693T as hash rate eyes recovery

The difficulty in mining a block of Bitcoin (BTC) was reduced further by 5% to 27.693 trillion as network difficulty maintains its three-month-long downward streak ever since reaching an all-time high of 31.251 trillion back in May 2022. Network difficulty is a means devised by Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto to ensure

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