Mining difficulty for Bitcoin has risen to 148.2 trillion in the latest 2025 difficulty reset, the highest level since miners’ and adversarial network forces collided in earnest.

“In October, we increased our energized hash rate 1% to 19.2 exahashes as the facility in Garden City, Texas, where we have 4.1 exahashes of miners installed, began to come online,” said Fred Thiel, ...

Riot Platforms has carried out the largest bitcoin selloff in its history, dumping $161.6 million worth of BTC in December as deteriorating mining economics forced a sharp shift in treasury strategy.