Bitcoin Hashrate Slips 17% Off Record as Miners Chase AI
Bitcoin’s network hashrate has fallen as much as 17% below its all-time high, per CryptoQuant, as publicly listed miners redirect power and capital toward artificial intelligence data centers instead of chasing new minin...
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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