Bitcoin’s Great Unplug: $1.5 Billion in Hardware Behind the AI Pivot
The hashrate public bitcoin miners shed in the first half of 2026 carries an uncomfortable price tag: roughly $1.5 billion in equivalent hardware investment, even at an assumed acquisition price of just $20 per terahash...
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