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Jan 22, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani |Colin Harper
Hello world!Today, we're thrilled to announce that we've published our 2024 Bitcoin Mining Year in Review. You can download the report here:If you have any feedback or questions, please don't hesitate to drop a line to [email protected]. - Hashrate Index TeamHashrate MarketsAll in all, record-high network difficulty and historically low transaction fees post-halving turned out to weigh more heavily on mining economics than Bitcoin price action.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani
Hello world, happy Monday!TLDRAn uptrend for this week's update. Hashprice is up, hashrate and difficulty are slowing down due to weather conditions in mining hotspots in the US. Miners collected a total of ~3,110 BTC in block rewards, equivalent to ~$311 million. Transaction fees constituted 1.63% of block rewards totalling 51 BTC, equivalent to ~$5.1 million. BitcoinBitcoin trended up throughout the past week, increasing by 9.71% from ~$94,559 to a current price of ~$103,736.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani
Hello world, happy Monday!TLDRA mixed bag for this week's update. Hashprice is down, hashrate and difficulty are slowing down. Miners collected a total of ~3,159 BTC in block rewards, equivalent to ~$302 million. Transaction fees constituted 1.26% of block rewards totalling 46 BTC, equivalent to ~$4.4 million. BitcoinBitcoin trended down throughout the past week, decreasing by 7.24% from ~$101,731 to a current price of ~$94,365. Year-to-date performance stands at 0.97%.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani |Jaran Mellerud
The Ethereum merge of 2022 marked a significant shift in the cryptocurrency mining landscape, cementing Bitcoin's dominance as the primary cryptocurrency to mine. Bitcoin mining accounts for the majority of global cryptocurrency emissions, offering substantial opportunities for large-scale operations. However, for small-scale miners looking beyond Bitcoin, there are several other cryptocurrencies that have proven to be profitable. Let’s explore the top five cryptocurrencies to mine in 2025. 1.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani |Jaran Mellerud
Bitcoin mining has become one of the hottest topics in technology and finance, and the podcast world is buzzing with insightful discussions. With the global adoption of Bitcoin accelerating and the mining industry hitting new milestones, 2024 saw a surge in high-quality coverage dedicated to the sector. Public companies entering the space have brought new audiences, and podcasts have stepped up to provide nuanced, in-depth content.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Ben Harper |Kaan Farahani |Jaran Mellerud
Luxor’s Monthly Lookback Series is a deep dive into Bitcoin hashrate market activity. In this post, we cover December 2024’s hashrate and hashprice trends, forward market participation, trading activity and contract performance. Tune in to our X Spaces session discussing these results here. SummaryBitcoin Continues to Boom: December 2024 saw Bitcoin price hit another new all-time high, driving an 8% increase in hashprice despite other challenges to mining economics.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani |Jaran Mellerud
Hello world, happy Monday!TLDRA mixed bag for this week's update. Hashprice is up, hashrate and difficulty continue to break new ground. Miners collected a total of ~3,297 BTC in block rewards, equivalent to ~$317 million. Transaction fees constituted 1.25% of block rewards totalling 41 BTC, equivalent to ~$4 million. BitcoinBitcoin trended up throughout the past week, increasing by 9.28% from ~$93,170 to a current price of ~$101,821. Year-to-date performance stands at 8.94%.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani
We started our Bitcoin Mining Around The World Series as a way to bring more coverage to the less-covered countries that could present unique opportunities for investors, miners, energy companies and researchers. Throughout 2024, the continued adoption of Bitcoin has attracted interest from jurisdictions. Geopolitical issues, environmental concerns, regulatory changes and more have made for consistently evolving landscape in the distribution of hashrate around the world.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani
Since their introduction in 2011, mining pools have been a vital piece of the Bitcoin mining industry as a way to increase the cadence and certainty of receiving mining rewards. This was a direct result of fierce competition: an exponentially increasing global network hashrate forced individual miners to form groups, in an effort to have a greater chance of winning anyone of the 144 blocks appended onto the Bitcoin blockchain every day.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
hashrateindex.com | Kaan Farahani
From AI/HPC pivots to hostile takeovers, investment bankers had their work cut out for them in 2024. A few bankers pushed their lead of experience and reputation in the space by securing more mandates and solidifying themselves as trusted advisors in the industry. Here is Hashrate Index’s list for the top Bitcoin mining investment bankers in 2024. 2024 Bitcoin Mining Merger and Acquisition (M&A) DealsIn 2024, Riot attempted to take over Bitfarms while acquiring Block Mining in Kentucky.
