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Bitcoin Mining Firm Bitfarms Faces $27 Million Net Loss in Q2 2024

Toronto-based Bitcoin mining company Bitfarms reported a total revenue of $42 million, marking a 16% decline quarter-over-quarter. This decrease is attributed to the reduction in block rewards resulting from the BTC halving event on April 19, 2024. Q2 Financial Result Bitfarms reported a net loss of $27 million, or $0.07 per share, which includes a $1 million non-cash expense for revaluing warrant liabilities from financing activities in 2021 and 2023. This compares to a net...

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Riot Platforms Registers Q2 Losses, Increases Mining Revenue

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms revealed a net financial loss of $84.4 million during Q2 2024, registering its first quarterly loss since Q4 2022. The loss witnessed this quarter comes due to April’s Bitcoin halving event, cutting down mining rewards in half, and the Bitcoin network’s increased hash rate. Miners industry-wide had a hard time since the halving, registering losses and missing estimates. Riot increased selling the bitcoin it received as rewards for mining to cover rising expenses,...

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This is Why Bitcoin Could See Less Selling Pressure From Miners: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin (BTC) could be seeing less selling pressure from miners in the near term due to an increase in the profitability of this cohort of market participants and the recovery of their hashrate following the cryptocurrency’s rally to the $69,000 range. According to a CryptoQuant report, the Bitcoin network hashrate recovered while BTC had its latest rally. The metric’s drawdown from its all-time high is now 3%, compared to 8% on July 9. Bitcoin Network Hashrate Recovers On...

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Marathon Digital Falls Short of Revenue Prediction, Shares Plunge 8%

Marathon Digital (MARA) saw its shares drop over 8% in after-hours trading on Thursday following a second-quarter revenue report that fell short of Wall Street’s forecasts. However, the stock has since recovered some of these losses. Marathon Digital Sees a Revenue Miss Marathon Digital reported second-quarter revenue of $145.1 million, falling short of Wall Street’s forecast of $157.9 million, approximately 9% lower. The company attributed the revenue miss to operational...

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Marathon Digital’s Stock Price Drops as Its Profits Fail to Meet Wall Street Estimates

Marathon Digital (MARA) observed declining stock price as it did not meet Wall Street’s profit expectations. The price fell as much as 8% on Thursday with the announcement of its second-quarter revenues. It reported $145.1 million, falling short of the $157.9 million estimate. Marathon faced numerous obstacles, including operational ones that hampered its ability to mine at its usual capacity and the reduced mining rewards caused by April’s halving event. In a statement, Marathon CEO Fred...

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Riot Platforms Acquires Block Mining for $92.5M, Expands Hash Rate and Market Reach

The leading American Bitcoin mining company – Riot Platforms – has acquired the Kentucky-based firm Block Mining in a transaction valued at $92.5 million. The deal, announced on July 24, includes $18.5 million in cash from Riot’s reserves and $74 million in Riot common stock. Additionally, Block Mining could receive up to $32.5 million more, based on performance metrics through 2025. Riot Platforms Drops $92.5M on Block Mining In its official press release, Riot said that it...

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US Senator Elizabeth Warren Criticizes Foreign Crypto Miners, Says They Threaten National Security

Well-known cryptocurrency critic and United States Senator Elizabeth Warren is waging war on digital asset miners, especially foreign-owned facilities, for their supposed risks to environmental and national security. During a recent Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing, Warren questioned the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for investment security, the Honorable Paul Rosen, about the threat such entities pose on U.S. soil. A Threat on U.S....

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Marathon Digital Increases Bitcoin Stash With $100M Purchase

Marathon Digital, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining company, has announced its latest purchase of $100 million worth of BTC, increasing its stash to more than 20,000 BTC. According to a press release, Marathon is changing its approach to its Bitcoin treasury policy and adopting a full HDOL strategy. This means that the miner will hold all BTC produced during its operations and will periodically make more open-market purchases going forward. Marathon Adopts BTC HODL Strategy...

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Senator Cynthia Lummis Criticizes Biden Administration’s Proposed 30% Tax on Bitcoin Miners

On July 23, Cynthia Lummis released a report arguing against the Biden administration’s proposed 30% excise tax on the energy consumed by Bitcoin miners. Lummis argues that this tax could severely impact the growing Bitcoin mining industry in the U.S., based on what she describes as “unfounded concerns” about environmental pollution and risks to the energy grid. Lummis’ Critique “Even if we assume the administration’s goals are genuine, this tax should still be rejected,”...

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