Bitcoin mining difficulty fell by 9.55%, the second-largest drop in 2025, due to a decline in network hashrate from nearly 1 ZH/s to about 861 EH/s in early June. This reduction lowers the work needed to mine blocks, increasing bitcoin output per active hashrate by over 9% and pushing hashprice above $30 per PH/s, improving miner margins. The hashrate drop partly results from seasonal power curtailments in Texas and a structural shift as miners reallocate power to AI and high-performance computing workloads for more stable revenue. While some hashrate has recovered, the ongoing shift toward AI workloads is expected to keep downward pressure on mining difficulty in the near term.
Kraken is preparing to introduce a regulated perpetual futures product for US traders through its platform Bitnomial. This move aims to bring one of the largest cryptocurrency derivatives products under US regulatory oversight by the Commodity Future...
The US government has identified 16 minerals it produces none of, making the country 100% reliant on imports for these critical materials, which poses national security and economic risks. Financial expert Jim Rickards highlights this dependency, esp...
Litecoin's price has entered a significant Fibonacci support zone, historically linked to accumulation phases, signaling potential long-term value despite short-term weakness. Whale and shark wallets holding over 10,000 LTC have increased by 7% in fi...
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, stated at Bitcoin Corporate Day that investor confidence in Ethereum has collapsed as Bitcoin's market dominance surged from 41% in 2021 to nearly 70% by mid-2026. This shift indicates a structural move...
Anthropic's advanced AI model, Mythos, conducted a full security audit of the Zcash protocol at Shielded Labs's request and found no new critical vulnerabilities as of June 12, 2026. This follows a recent crisis caused by a critical bug in the Orchar...
