Bitcoin Miners Bet Billions on AI as Revenue Trails 15-to-1
Nine public Bitcoin miners spent $5.11 billion on capital assets in the first half of 2026 while earning $341.2 million from artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
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18 stories · 27 May 2025 – 23 Aug 2026
Russia Pulls the Plug on Bitcoin Mining in Moscow Through 2032
Russia banned crypto mining and mining-pool activity in Moscow, the Moscow Region and parts of Kursk from 15 August 2026 until the end of 2032.
Bitcoin Miner Riot Bets 20 Years on AI With $9.1 Billion Anthropic Lease
Riot Platforms signed a 20-year lease to supply 191 megawatts of computing capacity from its Rockdale, Texas campus, a deal expected to generate about $9.1 billion.
Bitcoin's BIP-110 Forks a Minority Chain Backed by 2.5% of Miners
Bitcoin split at block 961,632 on 8 August 2026 after nodes backing BIP-110 rejected a non-signalling block.
Bitcoin's BIP-110 Fork Nears August Deadline With Miners Nowhere in Sight
BIP-110, a proposed one-year limit on non-financial data in Bitcoin, faces an early-August activation deadline with miner support at zero.
SBI Crypto to Shut Down Bitcoin Mining Pool Holding 2% of Hashrate
SBI Crypto will shut down its Bitcoin mining pool on July 31, 2026, ending a service that handles about 2% of the network's hashrate.
Russia Crypto Mining Registry Expands to Include IP Addresses
Russia's Government Decree No. 556, dated 16 May 2026, adds IP address fields to crypto mining registry records from 30 May.
Riot Platforms Sells 3,778 Bitcoin in Q1 2026, Nets $289M
Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC in Q1 2026 for net proceeds of $289.5 million.
Cango Posts $452.8M Net Loss in First Year of Bitcoin Mining
Cango Inc. posted a net loss of $452.8 million in 2025, its first full year as a Bitcoin miner.
ABTC Director Richard Busch Buys 68,000 Shares at $1.15
American Bitcoin Corp director Richard Busch bought 68,000 Class A shares on 05 March 2026.
Bitcoin miners sell reserves and pivot to AI as volatility bites
Bitdeer has sold its entire 1,132.9 BTC treasury to fund AI and high-performance computing data centers.
Brazil sets zero import duty on high‑efficiency Bitcoin miners
Brazil’s foreign trade council has set import duty at 0% for a narrow class of high‑efficiency Bitcoin mining servers until January 2028.
Bhutan sells $22M Bitcoin as mining costs double post-halving
Bhutan sold over $22 million in Bitcoin this week in two transactions to QCP Capital.
Tether released MiningOS, an open-source Bitcoin mining operating system under Apache 2.0 license on 2 February 2026
Tether released MiningOS on 2 February 2026, an open-source operating system for Bitcoin mining.
Japan’s New Experiment: Bitcoin Mining Directly Powers Grid Efficiency and Resilience
Japan launches national Bitcoin mining pilot, using Canaan's hydro-cooled rigs to absorb surplus renewable energy and balance utility grid loads.
Galaxy Digital Secures $460M to Turn Texas Bitcoin Mine Into AI Data Center
Galaxy Digital is investing $460 million to convert its Texas Bitcoin mining site into a large-scale AI data center.
Google Backs Cipher Mining’s $3B AI Hosting Deal With Warrants
Cipher Mining agreed to a $3B AI hosting deal with Fluidstack.
Ethiopia’s $1B Crypto Power Surge
Ethiopia is transforming its surplus hydroelectric energy into Bitcoin profits, now earning nearly a fifth of its power income from crypto mining.
