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Mining Firms Flock to AI, but Wall Street Cools Valuation Enthusiasm. The Earnings Season Reveals Who's 'Swimming Naked'?

Bitcoin mining companies are increasingly pivoting to AI and HPC (high-performance computing) infrastructure, but Wall Street is growing skeptical, demanding proof of a viable business model over mere announcements. An analysis shows that while early AI-related announcements triggered significant stock price movements (average absolute change of 24.1%), recent similar news has had a much smaller market impact (average ~10.2%), despite the underlying business value of AI/HPC hosting contracts improving. A review of Q2 2024 earnings from five major mining firms reveals a mixed picture: * **Marathon Digital (MARA):** Reported declining revenue ($175M, down 27%) and a large net loss ($610M+). Its AI/HPC transformation remains in the building phase, contributing negligible revenue so far. * **Core Scientific:** Successfully shifted its business model, with AI/HPC hosting now dominating revenue (83% of total $164.2M). However, this came with high capital expenditure and negative shareholder equity. * **TeraWulf:** Showed early results from its pivot, with HPC leasing generating 71% of its total revenue ($44.77M). It secured major long-term contracts but also reported a significant net loss. * **Hut 8:** Achieved substantial revenue growth ($74.9M, up 81.4%) driven by computing operations and completed commercialization of its first major AI data center campus. It remains unprofitable on a net income basis. * **CleanSpark:** Revenue still relies entirely on Bitcoin mining ($138M, down 30.5%). Its main AI highlight was signing a $6.6 billion, 20-year data center lease, but revenue from it is not expected until late 2027. The key takeaway is that the market's focus has shifted from the "AI story" to tangible execution, project delivery capabilities, customer quality, and the ability to generate future cash flow.

marsbit6 saat önce

Mining Firms Flock to AI, but Wall Street Cools Valuation Enthusiasm. The Earnings Season Reveals Who's 'Swimming Naked'?

marsbit6 saat önce

Bitcoin Miners Face a Crucial Moment in August After Revenue Recovery

Bitcoin miners are facing a pivotal moment in August following a partial recovery in revenues in July. After mining income plummeted 23% in June to $836.41 million, it saw a modest rebound to $875.35 million in July, supported by a slight 1.6% increase in Bitcoin's price over the previous 30 days. However, revenues remain well below May's peak of $1.086 billion. The key metric of "hashprice"—the spot value of hashpower—has also improved slightly from $29.01 to $31.59 per PH/s over 30 days, but profit margins remain thin. The coming weeks introduce new variables: the BIP-110 proposal is entering a key signaling phase around August 8-9 but with low support, likely causing only short-term chain instability rather than significant fee revenue changes. Concurrently, an expected Bitcoin network difficulty adjustment of around 1.87% will add pressure. Potentially more impactful is the upcoming eCash fork by Paul Sztorc later in August. New SHA-256 chains often attract speculative hashpower due to initially low difficulty, offering miners a chance for higher short-term profits before economic realities redirect them back to Bitcoin. This shift could temporarily improve profitability for miners who remain on the main Bitcoin chain. Ultimately, the weeks ahead will reveal where miners believe the greatest profit lies as they navigate these competing events.

cryptonews.ru08/03 09:26

Bitcoin Miners Face a Crucial Moment in August After Revenue Recovery

cryptonews.ru08/03 09:26

"Avoid Telegram Token," Urges Russian MP Amidst Charges Brought Against Durov

Russian lawmaker Andrey Svintsov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, has advised citizens against purchasing Telegram's Gram cryptocurrency, urging them to await official guidance from Roskomnadzor and the FSB before making any financial transactions via Telegram channels. He reiterated demands for Telegram to open a Russian office, store user data locally, and cooperate with security services. This warning follows reports that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been charged in Russia with facilitating terrorist activity. The FSB alleges Telegram failed to remove channels and bots used by Ukrainian intelligence and extremist groups to coordinate acts of terrorism, sabotage, and cyber fraud, resulting in casualties and billions in damages. Russia's Investigative Committee linked the case specifically to a dating bot with over 13 million users, allegedly used for recruitment. Durov, detained by French authorities, confirmed the terrorism-related charges in late February. In June, he announced the rebranding of his 2019 crypto project back to its original name, Gram, with Telegram taking full control. Following the accusations, Gram's price dipped but has since partially recovered, though it remains well below its May peak and is down 14% over the past year.

cryptonews.ru07/30 20:24

"Avoid Telegram Token," Urges Russian MP Amidst Charges Brought Against Durov

cryptonews.ru07/30 20:24

Aurora EVM Network Halts Mainnet Operations as TVL Collapses 99% From Peak

On July 20, 2026, the Aurora EVM network, which runs on the NEAR Protocol, suffered a complete mainnet outage after block production unexpectedly halted. This caused an immediate stop to all transactions and smart contract executions. Despite securing investments from top venture firms, Aurora's team remained silent for hours and failed to provide a technical explanation or recovery timeline, leaving developers and users in suspense. The incident occurs as part of a broader decline in the NEAR ecosystem. Aurora's total value locked (TVL) has collapsed by over 99% from its 2022 peak of nearly $2.5 billion to just around $4.65 million. This prolonged low liquidity meant fewer users were active during the outage, which garnered minimal reaction from the broader crypto market, highlighting the platform's diminished presence. To rebuild confidence, Aurora's team must resume block production, conduct a root cause analysis, and establish clear communication regarding the network's recovery.

TheNewsCrypto07/20 09:29

Aurora EVM Network Halts Mainnet Operations as TVL Collapses 99% From Peak

TheNewsCrypto07/20 09:29

CLARITY Act Delays Bring Imminent Corporate Compliance Crisis, Not Just Political Deadlock

The CLARITY Act, which would clarify whether digital assets are regulated by the SEC or CFTC, remains stalled in the Senate a year after being passed by the House. This delay is no longer just political gridlock but an urgent compliance deadline for corporate boards and risk officers. While related stablecoin and anti-CBDC bills have become law, the market-structuring CLARITY Act faces four main Senate hurdles: ethics concerns over official holdings, law enforcement opposition to certain liability shields, potential stablecoin yield loopholes, and vacancies at the CFTC and SEC. With the Senate's pre-recess voting window closing fast and slim margins, failure to pass the bill risks postponing clear rules until 2030, leaving "regulation by enforcement" as the default. This uncertainty forces companies to build compliance on shifting jurisdictional lines and inflates legal costs. Regardless of the legislative outcome, compliance leaders are advised to immediately map all digital asset exposures, document their classification rationale, prepare board briefings for both regulatory scenarios, and stress-test their arrangements. The promise of regulatory clarity from Congress hangs in the balance, but corporate preparedness does not.

marsbit07/18 14:10

CLARITY Act Delays Bring Imminent Corporate Compliance Crisis, Not Just Political Deadlock

marsbit07/18 14:10

From Auto Finance to Bitcoin to AI Engines: An Analysis of Cango's 'What Not to Do' Strategy

From Auto Finance to Bitcoin and Now AI: Cango's "What Not to Do" Strategy Cango, a Chinese auto finance platform that went public on the NYSE in 2018, is undergoing its third major transformation. After selling its entire auto business in 2024, it pivoted to become a large-scale Bitcoin miner, acquiring 50 exahash of mining rigs from Bitmain. However, its true goal was never Bitcoin, but owning and controlling energy infrastructure. Now, Cango is pivoting again. While most listed Bitcoin miners are leasing power to giant hyperscalers for AI training clusters, Cango is taking the opposite path. It has launched an AI inference subsidiary called EcoHash, focusing not on training but on distributed inference. The company's strategy hinges on the insight that over 70% of mining industry power is controlled by small, independent sites (10-50 MW), which are too small for hyperscalers but ideal for low-latency AI inference. Cango aims to partner with these small operators, providing the AI technology, customers, and financing through its EcoLink software layer, which can distribute workloads across sites for reliability. Cango maintains a hybrid model, running roughly 31.7 EH/s of Bitcoin mining for cash flow while aggressively cleaning its balance sheet—slashing long-term debt by 94.5% to $30.6 million and raising $75 million for its AI venture. Its first AI deployment will be at a 50 MW site in Georgia. The strategy faces skepticism, given the high costs of converting mining sites and the potential for an AI bubble. However, Cango's leadership believes discipline around "what not to do"—avoiding direct competition with hyperscalers in training—positions it to capture the long-tail demand for distributed AI inference power.

Foresight News07/11 07:56

From Auto Finance to Bitcoin to AI Engines: An Analysis of Cango's 'What Not to Do' Strategy

Foresight News07/11 07:56

Anthropic Employees Leave to Start a Business, Valued at $1 Billion, Also Focused on 'Recursive Self-Improvement'

Former Anthropic employees Behnam Neyshabur and Harsh Mehta have founded a startup named Mirendil, securing $200 million in seed funding at a $1 billion valuation from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and NVIDIA. The company, staffed by researchers from Anthropic, xAI, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI, aims to accelerate scientific discovery by focusing on "recursive self-improvement" for AI. Their vision, described as "AI for AI for Science," is to build a platform enabling research labs in fields like medicine and materials science to develop and iteratively improve their own specialized AI models, rather than relying on general-purpose models from large tech firms. Neyshabur argues this approach, involving AI that can optimize its own code under human supervision, is the fastest path to AI-accelerated science. The founders believe a market opportunity exists because major AI companies, while increasingly using AI to advance their own research, restrict external developers from using their models to train competing products. Mirendil plans to release its first models soon to gather early user feedback, with the goal of empowering thousands of labs to tackle critical scientific challenges.

marsbit06/26 03:26

Anthropic Employees Leave to Start a Business, Valued at $1 Billion, Also Focused on 'Recursive Self-Improvement'

marsbit06/26 03:26

STRC 跌破面值，比特币财库实验进入下半场

The price of STRC, Strategy's dividend-paying preferred stock, has fallen below its $100 face value, triggering a re-evaluation of the "bitcoin treasury" corporate model. This highlights a critical tension: the company's asset base consists of high-volatility, non-cash-flow-generating Bitcoin, while its capital structure requires continuous cash payouts for dividends and interest. The decline of STRC signals that market pressure is shifting from asset price volatility to the pricing of the company's financing tools. Strategy's core model involves a three-step conversion: turning equity into Bitcoin exposure, converting Bitcoin holdings into capital market credit, and packaging non-yielding BTC into cash-paying securities like STRC. While Strategy holds a massive 847,363 BTC, the focus is now on cash flow mismatches. The company faces annual preferred stock dividend obligations of approximately $1.7 billion, far exceeding the cash flow from its legacy software business. Its ability to meet these obligations relies on continued access to capital markets. The market is now scrutinizing which of three potential costs becomes untenable first: rising dividend costs to attract investors, dilution costs from issuing more common stock, or the reputational cost of selling BTC—a move contrary to its "hodl" narrative. For the broader crypto market, a constrained Strategy means the potential loss of a predictable, narrative-driven marginal buyer for Bitcoin. The STRC discount serves as a reminder that the longevity of such models depends not just on Bitcoin's price, but also on financing windows, cash reserves, and investor willingness to pay a "trust premium" for the structure.

marsbit06/25 12:43

STRC 跌破面值，比特币财库实验进入下半场

marsbit06/25 12:43

Zama Public Sale Too Complicated? A Guide to Understanding Sealed-Bid Dutch Auctions

Zama, a fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) network that has raised $130 million, is conducting a sealed-bid Dutch auction for 10% of its ZAMA token supply. The auction, running from January 12–15, uses FHE to keep bids confidential, ensuring fairness with no front-running, bots, or gas wars. Participants convert stablecoins into encrypted assets before bidding. The clearing price is determined by accumulating demand from highest to lowest bids; those who bid above it get full allocation with refunds, those at the price get pro-rata shares, and those below are refunded. All purchased tokens are fully unlocked at claim. Zama’s mainnet is expected by year-end. The article also highlights ongoing guild tasks for community engagement before the token generation event.

Odaily星球日报12/09 02:45

Zama Public Sale Too Complicated? A Guide to Understanding Sealed-Bid Dutch Auctions

Odaily星球日报12/09 02:45

Bitcoin's Dormant Capital Has Finally Awakened

Bitcoin, the largest and most secure cryptocurrency, has historically been underutilized, with over 60% of its supply dormant for more than a year and less than 1% engaged in DeFi. While other ecosystems like Ethereum and Solana evolved with smart contracts and vibrant economies, Bitcoin’s largely remained a passive asset due to its security-first architecture, limited scripting capabilities, slow upgrade processes, and cultural conservatism. Previous workarounds—wrapped BTC, federated systems, cross-chain bridges, and sidechains—introduced trust assumptions, custodial risks, and security vulnerabilities, failing to align with Bitcoin’s trust-minimized ethos. Recent breakthroughs are changing this. Innovations like BitVM enable Bitcoin to verify off-chain computations without executing them, allowing for Bitcoin-backed rollups, trust-minimized bridges, and programmable vaults. Upgrades like Taproot have expanded Bitcoin’s capabilities, enabling native assets (e.g., Taproot Assets for stablecoins) and more complex cryptographic structures. New models also allow Bitcoin to earn yield natively—through staking, restaking, and Lightning Network-based liquidity provision—without leaving self-custody. This emerging BTCFi ecosystem comprises infrastructure for secure execution environments, verifiable bridges, yield markets, and Bitcoin-native assets, all without compromising Bitcoin’s core security or self-custody principles. This marks the first time Bitcoin has a financial ecosystem capable of supporting its trillion-dollar market cap, potentially unlocking vast dormant capital and integrating it into a productive, decentralized economy.

深潮12/09 01:34

Bitcoin's Dormant Capital Has Finally Awakened

深潮12/09 01:34

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