Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Becca Bratcher is an author and journalist specializing in crypto. Over the past few years, the United States, specifically Texas, ...

Bitcoin's energy appetite has long worried climate scientists, but the latest wave of research and criticism has turned that ...

The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating environment since the 2024 halving, a core feature of Bitcoin’s monetary design that cuts block rewards roughly every four years to enforce ...

There is a big shift happening in the world of cryptocurrency. Companies that mine for bitcoin are finding their resources are better spent on artificial intelligence. Our colleagues from The ...

Post-halving stress is reshaping Bitcoin mining. As margins compress, miners turn to AI, HPC and consolidation to survive heading into 2026. The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating ...

Bitcoin miners Marathon Digital Holdings, Riot Platforms and Hut 8 are already in the top ten largest public companies holding Bitcoin. Bitcoin miners, which can acquire the cryptocurrency at ...