
Bitcoin Miners Are Losing 19,000 Dollars on Every BTC They Produce
Average Bitcoin production cost hits $88,000 while BTC trades near $69,000. Network difficulty drops 7.8% as miners bleed cash and pivot to AI.
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Average Bitcoin production cost hits $88,000 while BTC trades near $69,000. Network difficulty drops 7.8% as miners bleed cash and pivot to AI.

Resolv Labs USR stablecoin exploit on March 22, 2026. 50 million USR minted with 100K USDC, triggering a 74% depeg. Official response pending.

Grayscale submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a HYPE ETF on Nasdaq under ticker GHYP. Coinbase is the custodian. Bitwise and 21Shares filed earlier.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $253M in two days as the broader equity sell-off hit $64B in 3 months, the largest SPY/QQQ outflow on record. One analyst sees BTC at $55K.

The DarkSword exploit chain uses six iOS vulnerabilities to deploy Ghostblade, a data stealer targeting 13 crypto exchange and wallet apps on unpatched iPhones.

A class-action lawsuit alleges Gemini concealed plans to pivot to prediction markets, exit three regions, and cut 25% of staff before its September 2025 IPO.

Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive flipped CleanSpark and Tesla to become a top 10 corporate BTC holder, but Q4 brought a $393.6 million net loss.

Morgan Stanley's amended S-1 reveals MSBT will trade on NYSE Arca with Coinbase, Fidelity, and BNY Mellon as custodians and a fee waiver on the first $5B.

Coinbase Asset Management puts a tokenized share class of its Bitcoin Yield Fund on Base, using ERC-3643 for on-chain identity and compliance.

Bitcoin is down 35% while global money supply grew 12%, creating a $66,000 valuation gap. CF Benchmarks says energy costs and tight rates are the bottleneck.