The year 2025 presented a strategic turning point for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining. The sector stopped behaving like a speculative side bet and started operating as core infrastructure. A convergence ...

Russia is planning criminal penalties, including forced labor, to curb widespread unregistered bitcoin mining after legalization. Russia is preparing to escalate its crackdown on unregistered ...

Post-halving stress is reshaping Bitcoin mining. As margins compress, miners turn to AI, HPC and consolidation to survive heading into 2026. The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...

A 4-year-long dispute between residents of rural Hood County and a nearby Bitcoin mining operation has exposed the social costs of Texas’ crypto boom. Homeowners turned against one of the state’s ...

Some Bitcoin mining companies are turning away from cryptocurrency and embracing artificial intelligence. NPR's "The Indicator" podcast explains why. There is a big shift happening in the world of ...

The owner of a former bitcoin mining company in Philadelphia allegedly stole more than $48.5 million from investors in a scheme that promised "passive income" for supporters of the firm's ...

Bitfarms is abandoning Bitcoin mining because powering AI data centers is more lucrative. Many Bitcoin miners are switching their attentions to energy supply. 10 stocks we like better than Bitfarms › ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Apparently, there's no more money in mining. It's perhaps not a huge surprise, therefore, to learn that some of the largest bitcoin operations in the US are pivoting away from mining to AI processing.

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...

Traditionally, thieves usually targeted some form of tangible good — whether it’s physical or digital currency, jewelry, or a car. But when it comes to mining cryptocurrencies, things get a little ...