Hashrate

A recent U.S. winter storm knocked roughly 12% of Bitcoin hashrate offline, exposing supply‑side vulnerabilities that rippled through block times, fees and market liquidity during a sharp BTC sell‑off. This piece investigates the technical effects, the market interplay with liquidations and practical contingency steps for miners and exchanges.

Hashrate has slipped while improbable solo-mining windfalls still happen — and corporate Bitcoin buys are reshaping miner economics. This piece explains why these trends co-exist and what mining operators and analysts should do next.

China’s latest mining enforcement in Xinjiang removed roughly 400k ASICs and knocked hashrate down near 8–10%, forcing a complex mix of miner selling and hashprice repricing. This piece examines immediate network effects, miner economics, migration options, and scenarios institutions should model for BTC into 2026.