Bitcoin mining faces its toughest test yet. As post-halving margins shrink, miners pivot to AI, HPC and M&A in a high-stakes 2026 outlook.

Bitcoin BTC $84,970.10 mining profitability slid more than 7% in Sept. as the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency fell 2% while the network’s hashrate jumped about 9%, according to investment ...

After the 2024 halving, Bitcoin mining entered its fifth epoch and block rewards were reduced from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. This forced miners to rethink their operations, optimize efficiency, cut ...

Individual miners occasionally win full block rewards despite rising network difficulty and corporate dominance. Profitability hinges on hashrate, energy cost, hardware efficiency, difficulty level, ...

Bitcoin BTC $87,575.66 mining profitability declined for the fourth month in a row in November, according to a Monday report by JPMorgan (JPM). Daily block reward gross profit also slumped 26% from ...