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Hashrate Index Roundup (April 23, 2023)

Bitcoin fell while difficulty rose last week, squeezing hashprice down to $72/PH/day.

23 Apr 2023

Happy Sunday, y'all!

Bitcoin is taking a breather after a running upward for more than a month. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is ~$27,500, a 10% decrease from the local top on April 14 of $30,800.

Bad news for hashprice obviously, which was also met by a difficulty all-time high on Thursday. This difficulty adjustment contributed to the compression of hashprice, which is two bucks away from revisiting $70/PH/day.

That last difficulty adjustment makes five in a row, the longest streak since difficulty rose 6 times in a row between December 2021 and February 2022.

This streak could come to an end, though, next difficulty adjustment, as Bitcoin's hashrate somewhat plateaued at the end of last week. Bitcoin's hashrate surged to an-all-time high of 360 EH/s on April 19. When April 20 difficulty adjustment kicked in and Bitcoin's price slipped, hashprice fell over 10%, and now every miner's breakeven costs are lower (a 100 TH/s S19j Pro's breakeven power right now is $0.072/kWh).

Bitcoin's 7-day average hashrate (April 16 - April 23, 2023)

So all of that said, we may be in for some reprieve come the next difficulty adjustment, because all of the profitability headwinds indicate that a negative adjustment should be around the corner.

Bitcoin Mining Market Update (April 23 2023) | Source: Hashrate Index

ICYMI: We released our Q1-2023 report this week, a 40+ page document that provides data and analysis for hashprice trends, ASIC prices, Bitcoin mining stock financials, and more. You can download the report (and check out a synopsis) from the blog post below.

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Bitcoin Mining Stocks Update

Bitcoin dumped this week, so the Bitcoin mining stocks market posted some dismal returns. Our Crypto Mining Stock Index, for instance, fell 7.5% last week, a decline that followed the prior week's 30% rise.

This week, every stock but one in our Bitcoin mining stocks fell.

RIOT: $10.52 (-15.43%)
HUT: $1.69 (-15.08%)
BITF: $1.04 (-7.56%)
HIVE: $3.23 (-14.78%)
MARA: $8.93 (-18.82%)
CLSK: $3.87 (+1.04%)
ARBK: $1.44 (-3.36%)
IREN: $3.97 (-5.92%)

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Have a great week, and Happy Hashing!

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