Cipher Mining is entering the largest wholesale electricity market in the United States by acquiring a 200 MW data center site in Ohio — the company’s first expansion outside of Texas.

The facility is designed not only for Bitcoin mining, but also for high-performance computing and data center hosting, reflecting growing demand from major cloud players.

The deal fits into a broader trend in which public miners are increasingly diversifying their businesses toward energy, HPC, and AI infrastructure.

In a trading tournament organized by Aster, the human team lost to neural networks.

By the end of the competition, humans posted a result of −32.21% (a total loss of about $225,000), while the AI team limited its drawdown to just −4.48% (around $13,000).

Bitmain has significantly slashed prices on some of its ASIC miners amid a deteriorating mining economy. With the network hash rate near record highs and the simultaneous drop in the BTC price, miner profitability has declined, leading to a noticeable weakening in demand for new equipment.

This is forcing manufacturers to revise their pricing policies in order to support sales.

Only about 30% of Polymarket's 1,730,000 trading addresses ended up in profit. Meanwhile, nearly all the profit is concentrated within a very narrow group—just 0.04% of addresses accounted for over 70% of the total profit ($3.7 billion).

The majority of profitable participants earned very little: roughly a quarter of them made no more than $1,000.

In the end, the market profits from a handful of players, while the vast majority of traders remain at a loss.

Santiment reports a sharp surge in whale activity for XRP

CNBC recently called XRP the hottest trade since the beginning of 2026

On Polymarket, the probability that Bitcoin will reach $150,000 by 2027 is currently estimated at around 21%.

At the same time, a number of prominent analysts, including Standard Chartered and Bernstein, expect BTC to rise to $150,000 in 2026, with some predicting a price range of $200,000–250,000.

glassnode:
The $BTC VDD Multiple remains in a low-frequency range.

This accumulation pattern reflects limited long-term spending by coin holders and subdued pressure from profit distribution.
The market continues to absorb the previously achieved gains, demonstrating a structurally constructive approach.

The average daily number of transactions on the ETH network is hitting record highs — historically bullish

The world's top investors.

In its 2026 outlook, BlackRock notes that Ethereum could benefit significantly from tokenization, as around 65% of all tokenized assets are already issued on its blockchain.

The head of BlackRock emphasizes that tokenization is a trillion-dollar market that is still only at the very beginning of its development.

Tether announced the launch of USA₮, a federally regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin made in America.

Tether has open-sourced its mining operating system

Tether announced the open-sourcing of Mining OS (MOS) — an operating system designed for managing, monitoring, and automating Bitcoin mining.

According to the press release, MOS allows for control not only over computing power (hashrate) but also over energy consumption, the technical condition of devices, and the related infrastructure of the mining farm. The software is suitable for both small-scale operations and industrial-scale facilities.

The system includes plugins for integration with many popular models of miners, electrical and cooling systems, thermostats, and other equipment.

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Analyst: BTC implied volatility has jumped to 88%.

Such large spikes are extremely rare.

Futures liquidations have also reached extreme levels.

We are likely at or very close to the peak of the pain.

Bitcoin mining difficulty has decreased by 11.2% — this is the largest drop in the metric since the July 2021 crash caused by China’s mining ban.

Analyst: The MVRV z-score peaked around 8 in 2013, around 7 in 2017, and around 6 in 2021.

Each cycle: lower peaks. The diminishing returns thesis is being confirmed in real-time on the blockchain.

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart reported that, according to 13F filings, hedge funds and asset managers (the two largest holder categories) were net sellers of spot BTC ETFs in Q4 2025.

However, the amount of BTC they sold in equivalent terms was relatively small — only about 25,000 BTC.

The community “buried” within a day the idea of former Mt. Gox CEO rewriting the Bitcoin code to return 79,956 BTC (over $5 billion at current prices). Mark Karpelès proposed to “move” the coins to creditors, but developers and even some of the victims gave a firm “no.”

The argument is simple and strict: once you rewrite the rules for the sake of $5 billion, the principle “your keys = your money” will no longer remain a law.

Whale activity in BTC has dropped to a three-year low. Traders are waiting for clarity on the conflict in the Middle East and for clarity on the CLARITY Act bill — Santiment.