WhiteBIT has added Bitcoin Lightning deposits, withdrawals, QR payments and account top-ups for its 10 million users, with the infrastructure powered by Voltage.
Texas is reviewing the 4CP transmission-cost methodology that rewards large flexible loads for curtailing during four summer peaks, a change that could materially alter Bitcoin mining economics in ERCOT.
Cango cut operating hashrate about 25% from Q1 to Q2 while reducing average cash cost per Bitcoin another 4.7%, as it phased out lower-efficiency S19 miners and shifted some capacity to leasing.
Bitcoin’s seven-day hashrate average rose by 49 EH/s in September as ERCOT’s summer 4CP period ended and curtailed mining capacity returned to the network.
Publicly traded Bitcoin miners now report about 413.8 EH/s, roughly 42% of Bitcoin’s network hashrate, up from 35.26% at the end of 2024 and about 21% in 2023.
BitFuFu’s 51 MW Oklahoma mining site cleared CFIUS review, but a national security agreement limits the facility to specified crypto-mining operations and restricts advanced computing hardware.
Hut 8’s court-approved Poolin deal is worth up to $180 million, with $100 million at closing and as much as $80 million tied to future AI and data-center milestones.
Bitcoin miner revenue rebounded as much as 78% from July’s low, but hashprice is only about 41% above June’s low and transaction fees remain under 1% of block rewards.