Key Highlights: Tokyo-listed IORE Inc. has decided to liquidate its entire 151.21 Bitcoin reserve to reallocate roughly ¥1.831 billion into its AI data center and compute operations. The company projects a roughly ¥254 million loss against the asset’s September book value, citing mounting digital supply chain cyber risks and capital prioritization. IORE’s move mirrors recent ...
Key Highlights: Bitcoin network hashrate has reclaimed the 1 zettahash per second (1,000 EH/s) milestone on a seven-day average, driving consecutive upward difficulty adjustments. The computational rebound persists even as publicly traded mining firms pivot infrastructure away from crypto toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC). Hashrate gains are being fueled by aggressive expansion from ...
Key Highlights Publicly traded bitcoin miners have secured more than $70 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) contracts while offloading over 15,000 BTC to finance facility construction. High infrastructure expenses create significant capital strain, with AI-ready data centers costing between $8 million and $15 million per megawatt, compared to $700,000 to $1 ...
Key Highlights The United States, Russia, and China maintain a dominant grip on Bitcoin mining, collectively accounting for 65.4% of the global hashrate, down slightly from 66.2%. U.S. mining market share dropped from 36.7% to 35.6%, while Russia’s share expanded from 17.2% to 18.1% and China fell from roughly 115 EH/s to 110 EH/s. Shifting ...
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has raised an additional $1.75 billion through its fifth growth fund, just days after closing its $1.1 billion AI hardware fund. The…