In 2010, a Bitcoin miner estimated that mining a block with a 140-watt CPU would cost about $5.68 in electricity for an expected 50 BTC reward, calling it a "net loser" due to Bitcoin's low market price and liquidity at the time. This calculation reflected the probabilistic nature of mining, where the $5.68 was an expected cost over an average 14-day wait, not a guaranteed expense or profit. Since then, Bitcoin mining has evolved with specialized ASIC hardware and reduced block rewards, making home CPU mining uneconomical. Despite massive growth in Bitcoin's value and mining scale, the core challenge remains balancing mining costs against uncertain block rewards, with the next subsidy halving expected around 2028.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) won nearly 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, securing 39 of 83 state parliament seats, strengthening its stance against removing Germany's one-year tax exemption on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This election r...
Zcash's price surged to around $1,130 after a 2,300% gain over the past year, entering the crypto top ten. F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang publicly criticized Zcash's funding structure, governance disputes, and optional privacy model, highlighting concer...
Cronos blockchain suffered a $120.4 million exploit when an attacker manipulated the price of TONIC token to borrow funds from Tectonic lending markets. Validators halted the network and rolled back nearly two hours of transactions, restoring $111.2 ...
Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin launchpad, has reclaimed the top spot in 24-hour protocol revenue with about $1.23 million in fees, overtaking Pons, a newer competitor that had briefly led earlier in 2026. Pons gained rapid traction by leveraging R...
Boyaa Interactive purchased about 205 Bitcoin for $14.3 million between June and September 2026, increasing its total Bitcoin holdings to approximately 4,316 BTC at an average cost of $68,280 per Bitcoin. The company funded these purchases with cash ...
