The company announced plans to raise between $200 million and $300 million to build up a reserve of Solana (SOL) tokens. The decision to stop mining Bitcoin was explained as a “strategic move to adapt to a changing market and ensure long-term returns for shareholders.”
Bitcoin miners finally had a reason to celebrate as their revenue posted its strongest growth in four months, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the first time since January. However, the momentum has slowed dramatically as Bitcoin fell below $66,000 on Tuesday before staging only a modest recovery the following day.
As a result of the latest adjustment, mining difficulty increased to 138.96 T (trillion), according to Cloverpool. This means miners need to calculate about 139 trillion hash functions on average to mine the new 3.125 BTC — roughly $229,000 at the current price of about $73,600.
After the hashprice metric approached the $40 per petahash per second (PH/s) mark, the latest decline in Bitcoin’s price caused hashprice to fall, reducing mining profitability since May 14. The following day, the situation worsened further due to a difficulty adjustment, which increased mining difficulty by 3.12% compared to the previous epoch.
On May 15, following the latest network adjustment, Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by 3.12%, reaching 136.61 T.
In April 2026, the Bitcoin mining market continued its recovery after the winter correction period. The mining economics were influenced by the dynamics of Bitcoin network difficulty, the rise in $BTC market value, and the equipment placement parameters, as stated in the monthly equipment profitability report by Intelion.
On May 2, following the latest network adjustment, Bitcoin mining difficulty decreased by 2.3%, falling to 132.47 T.
In the Bitcoin network, mining difficulty has dropped to 135.5 T, but it is expected to rise again in the next cycle, reflecting increasing pressure on the crypto mining industry.
Bitdeer has launched sales of its SEALMINER A4 series mining units for Bitcoin. The flagship model of the new series is claimed to have an energy efficiency of 9.45 J/TH.
After a 7.76% decrease in the previous difficulty epoch, Bitcoin’s network difficulty increased by 3.87% at block height 943488. This latest adjustment marks the third increase recorded this year.
Bitcoin ($BTC) mining profitability has significantly declined due to rising costs and geopolitical tensions. According to data from the analytics platform Checkonchain, the average cost of producing one bitcoin had risen to approximately $88,000 by mid-March. At the same time, the price of bitcoin is trading around $69,000. This means that miners are losing an average of about $19,000 per mined $BTC, operating with a negative margin of approximately 21%.
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A miner rented 450 PH/s of computing power for 90 minutes and managed to find a block containing 3,278 transactions. According to estimates by AtlasPool, the probability of such an outcome was only 0.4485%.
According to GoMining, at the end of 2025 the average daily hashrate of the Bitcoin network remained above the 1 ZH/s level for seven consecutive days. The increase in computing power was the result of large-scale hardware upgrades and the expansion of data centers.
One of the key parameters in the network of the first cryptocurrency has decreased for the second consecutive time. On the morning of November 27, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell by 1.95%. According to Cloverpool, the indicator dropped to 149.3 T (trillion). This means that miners now need to compute about 149 trillion hash functions on average to add a single block to the Bitcoin network and receive the reward of 3.125 BTC (around $285,000 at the current rate).
The cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC) continues to hold strong and is trading at $585. Despite a weekly decline of 18%, the privacy coin is up 108% over the past 30 days. This surge has pushed the Zcash network to the top of the PoW segment, and the Equihash algorithm in ZEC is now more profitable than Bitcoin’s SHA256.
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