Bitcoin2026-08-23 00:52:00Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 1.31% to 127.48TBitcoin’s mining difficulty was adjusted lower by 1.31% to 127.48T on Aug. 23 at block height 963648, according to data from CloverPool, formerly Bitcoin.com. The latest change came as the network’s seven-day average hash rate stood at 903.96 EH/s. Bitcoin automatically recalibrates mining difficulty every 2,016 blocks, or roughly once every two weeks, to keep average block production close to 10 minutes. This latest downward adjustment points to a recent pullback in network hash rate. The update offers a fresh snapshot of mining conditions on the Bitcoin network, with both difficulty and hash rate remaining key indicators for miner activity and network competition.1050
Bitcoin2026-08-16 05:16:42Bitcoin Miner Holdings Fall to 1.1919 Million BTC, Lowest Since May 31Bitcoin miner reserves fell to about 1.1919 million BTC as of Aug. 15, according to ChainCatcher. The figure was down by 885 BTC from a week earlier, marking the lowest level recorded since May 31. Over the same period, the Bitcoin network’s total hash rate also moved lower. ChainCatcher added that the Puell Multiple, a metric often used to track miner revenue conditions, remained at 0.75. The update points to a decline in miner-held Bitcoin and a simultaneous easing in network hash rate, while the Puell Multiple stayed unchanged at the reported level.1040
Bitcoin2026-08-12 08:58:30Listed Bitcoin Miners Sold 28,000 BTC This Year, Holdings Drop to 99,000According to a report from Odaily Planet Daily, listed bitcoin miners have reduced their combined holdings to 99,000 BTC from 127,000 BTC at the start of this year, selling 28,000 BTC worth approximately $1.78 billion. This represents roughly 22% of their initial holdings. The sell-off is considered an underestimated factor in bitcoin's weak price performance in 2026. Even though this selling volume is smaller than the $4.4 billion net outflow seen from ETFs, the marginal selling pressure still has a notable impact in a downtrend where buying interest is soft. Many mining companies are now facing squeezed profit margins, with an average production cost of about $74,300 per BTC. A growing number of these firms are also turning to artificial intelligence (AI) operations, utilizing their existing power capacity to support the transition. Meanwhile, bitcoin mining difficulty has fallen about 18% from its November peak, and the hash rate has recorded its longest consecutive decline on record.1570
F2Pool2026-08-10 00:19:31F2Pool Co-Founder: OCEAN Pool CTO Luke Dashjr's BIP-110 Fork Failed, Financial and Reputational BankruptcyWang Chun, co-founder of F2Pool, said OCEAN Pool co-founder and CTO Luke Dashjr is both financially and reputationally bankrupt. His remarks follow the Bitcoin BIP-110 fork struggling just eight hours after launch, securing too little hash power to produce more than two blocks.1900
Michael Saylo2026-08-09 09:50:29Michael Saylor: Bitcoin Fork Without Security, Utility, Capital and Users Is MeaninglessOn August 9, Strategy founder Michael Saylor said Bitcoin is operating exactly as designed. The BIP-110 fork attracted only about 0.15% of Bitcoin's hash rate, mined just 2 blocks, and now trails the main network by more than 80 blocks. At the current block production rate, the fork would need roughly 25 years to mine the 2,015 blocks before the first difficulty adjustment. Saylor stressed that consensus must be earned, not declared.1620
BitFuFu2026-08-07 12:15:08BitFuFu reports 112 BTC mined in July, holdings fall to 1,314BitFuFu Inc., the bitcoin mining hardware and mining services company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker FUFU, released its unaudited bitcoin production and operating metrics for July 2026 on Aug. 7. The company said it produced 112 BTC during the month. That total included 40 BTC from cloud mining and 72 BTC from self-mining operations. Average daily production came in at 3.6 BTC, with the company stating that the monthly figures declined from the prior month. BitFuFu also reported a drop in its bitcoin treasury. Its holdings fell from 1,671 BTC in June to 1,314 BTC in July. According to the company, the reduction was mainly tied to an advance payment for newly added hash rate capacity. BitFuFu said that capacity is scheduled to begin in August 2026 and will run for 330 days. The figures disclosed were unaudited.1880
Bitcoin2026-08-03 02:00:00Bitcoin miner capitulation deepens as listed mining stocks break away from BTCBitcoin’s mining sector is showing one of the longest miner capitulation signals in the asset’s history, even as listed mining companies post unusually strong stock performance. According to an article by Matt Crosby, translated by Baihua Blockchain and published by PANews, the network hash rate has been falling for 287 straight days and miner difficulty is now 19.9% below its peak, the third-deepest pullback since ASIC machines replaced GPUs as the dominant mining hardware. The split is unusual. Over the past year, BTC has fallen about 46%, while several large publicly traded miners have rallied sharply, with the best-performing name up more than 430%. The article argues that the driver behind that divergence is the AI trade, as investor interest in artificial intelligence has lifted parts of the mining-equity complex even while Bitcoin weakened. At the same time, miners’ economics have deteriorated. Block reward income measured in BTC has hit a record daily low, while the Puell Multiple sits near 0.75, implying miner revenue is around three-quarters of its one-year average. Daily miner revenue is estimated at roughly $30 million, versus a longer-term average near $40 million. Transaction fees remain too small to fill the gap: miners are collecting only about $200,000 per day in fees, and the 28-day average fee revenue still does not cover even one block subsidy.1910
Bitcoin2026-07-23 23:30:15Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 11.16% in Largest Cut Since 2021 China CrackdownBitcoin mining difficulty fell 11.16% to 125.86T on Feb. 7, marking the biggest downward adjustment since China's 2021 mining crackdown as hash rate, miner revenue, and fee income weakened.1860
