Bitcoin

Corporate Bitcoin treasuries face hidden conditional supply risks as companies like CleanSpark, PowerCompute, and USBC utilize options, collars, and secured loans that can assign rights over coins or connect them to future settlements.

Bitcoin mining and treasury firm PowerCompute increased its debt by $3.765 million after an early Bitcoin collar reset involving 307 BTC, establishing a new 30-day balance with Arch Lending.

Luke Dashjr has left the OCEAN mining pool following a buyout of his equity, stepping down from all leadership roles and prompting questions about potential hash rate migration as he plans to launch a new initiative called CONVOY.

IREN reported that Bitcoin mining still accounts for 82% of its revenue, bringing in $578.2 million despite decommissioning mining hardware to transition data center locations into AI infrastructure for Microsoft.

Bitcoin Knots is organizing a test for a BLAKE2b proof-of-work fork following the failure of its previous BIP-110 chain, aiming to bypass reliance on SHA-256d miners.

StarkWare executed the first quantum-resistant transaction on the Bitcoin mainnet using a hash-based security design by Avihu Levy. However, millions of coins with exposed public keys remain vulnerable to future quantum threats.

A July 2026 NBER working paper reveals that wider fee discrepancies between consecutive Bitcoin blocks correlate with increased competing blocks and wait times, highlighting new security risks.

Cryptocurrency mining firm Sphere 3D faces a potential $2.2 million US tariff claim on 2022 Bitcoin mining hardware after customs classified the machinery as Chinese goods. The company plans to contest the ruling amid liquidity pressures.

Tether's abandoned Bitcoin mining venture in Uruguay, which reportedly cost $120 million, casts doubt on its new renewable-energy pilot in Brazil with Adecoagro following a bitter dispute with state utility UTE.