Hashrate Index Roundup (March 27, 2023)

Happy Monday, y'all!

Last week's difficulty adjustment put a damper on Q1's hashprice rally, and given that hashrate is at an all-time high, the damper could just be a sampling of what's to come.

Bitcoin's difficulty rose 7.56% last Thursday, and hashprice immediately reacted by dropping below $80/PH/day. With Bitcoin itself down ~2% over the last week as well, hashprice is now back below $75/PH/day.

Even as difficulty chips away hashprice, Bitcoin's hashrate has never been higher. Sitting at an all-time high of 353 EH/s, Bitcoin's 7-day average hashrate grew by 31 EH/s in the last week alone.

That's roughly 4,852 tons of equipment. For perspective, 31 EH/s is the equivalent of:

• 227,941 S19 XPs
• 310,000 S19j Pros
• 584,905 S17s
• 2,384,615 S9s

All of this hashrate growth almost guarantees that the next adjustment will be to the upside, so Bitcoin's price needs to keep up with this growth if we don't want hashprice to shrink back to Q4-2022 levels soon.

Hope y'all enjoyed those $80/PH/days, because they could be behind us for a while...

Mining Market Update  

Bitcoin Mining News

• Bitcoin Mining Industry Is Well Positioned to Participate in a New Cycle: Bernstein
• Core Scientific Bankruptcy Judge Approves Transfer of Over $20M of Equipment to Its Exclusive Energy Negotiator
• BlockFi to sell $4.7 million of physical mining assets amid bankruptcy
• Immersion Cooling Firm LiquidStack Secures Series B Funding to Build Manufacturing in U.S.

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Bitcoin Mining Stocks Update

Bicoin's own price is wavering, so it's not surprising to see Bitcoin mining stocks selling off to start the week. Week-over-week returns have been mixed, with most stocks falling while some are flat over the week (Hashrate Index's Crypto Mining Stock Index was flat over the week as well).

Here's the week-over-week performance of popular Bitcoin mining stocks:

• RIOT: $8.32 (-1.70%)
• HUT: $1.66 (-10.75%)
• BITF: $0.91 (-0.85%)
• HIVE: $2.94 (-4.85%)
• MARA: $7.32 (-6.85%)
• CLSK: $2.60 (-0.77%)
• ARBK: $1.53 (-17.30%)
• IREN: $2.81 (-8.47%)

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Have a great week, and Happy Hashing!