Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hovers Near Yearly Lows Amid Ongoing Miner Capitulation
Bitcoin's latest difficulty adjustment fell by 1.31%, leaving the network's mining difficulty sitting just 0.7% above its 2026 low.
Read articleArthur Hayes has outlined a new “Yen-quake” macro thesis, arguing that efforts to support the Japanese yen could ultimately inject fresh dollar liquidity into global markets and become bullish for Bitcoin.
Solana climbed roughly 7% from its August 7 low to an August 10 intraday high, breaking above a descending trendline that had shaped price action since July.
Jupiter has introduced a Smart Debt feature through Jupiter Lend, allowing borrowed assets to be deployed into DEX liquidity pools where they can earn trading fees.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared a comparison between Ethereum’s earlier roadmap and a newer L1 “Strawmap,” highlighting privacy and quantum safety as higher-priority research areas.
National Bank of Canada has disclosed holdings in US-listed crypto investment products, including shares tied to an XRP ETF and several Bitcoin ETF positions.
Coinbase has launched futures, options, and perpetuals for professional clients in the United Kingdom, expanding its derivatives offering through its MiFID authorization.
Riot Platforms has signed a long-term data center lease agreement tied to Anthropic, giving the Bitcoin miner another route into AI and high-performance computing as miners continue looking beyond block rewards.
BlackRock has reduced the in-kind conversion minimum for its iShares Bitcoin Trust from $25 million to $1 million, potentially making the mechanism available to a wider group of institutional participants.
BitMine Immersion Technologies has added another 7,391 ETH to its balance sheet, pushing its Ethereum treasury to about 5.81 million ETH.
Strategy has added $650 million to its USD reserve and repurchased $109 million of STRC preferred stock, showing again that the company’s Bitcoin strategy is no longer just a simple accumulation story.