HIVE said it is scaling back ASIC-based bitcoin mining in Sweden amid tax-related uncertainty while expanding liquid-cooled AI data center capacity in Canada through its BUZZ HPC unit.

Bitcoin slipped after failing to hold above $76,000, with analysts flagging weak US spot demand and open interest divergence as risks for a bull trap while resistance sits around $78,300 to $82,500.

A 2013-era bitcoin whale sold another 1,000 BTC as large holders continued to dominate exchange deposits during bitcoin's sharp pullback.

VanEck's Matthew Sigel said bitcoin has stabilized after a 19% drawdown as leverage cooled, options hedging surged, onchain activity weakened, and miner selling remained restrained.

Bitcoin mining difficulty fell 7.7% on March 20 after block production slowed, offering temporary relief to miners facing tighter margins and rising competition from AI data centers.

Jimmy Song and Samson Mow have launched ProductionReady, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit aimed at funding a new conservative Bitcoin client and developer education to reduce reliance on a single dominant implementation.

Charles Edwards of Capriole Investments says the Bitcoin Yardstick metric hit record lows in February 2026, signaling the deepest value reading ever recorded as price diverges sharply from hash rate.

Bitcoin experienced a rare two-block reorganization on March 24 after Foundry USA Pool extended its competing branch past blocks mined by AntPool and ViaBTC, with the network resolving the fork by adopting the chain with the greatest cumulative proof of work.

Jimmy Song, co-founder of ProductionReady, argues Bitcoin needs a conservative node client to preserve its monetary properties and decentralization, as Bitcoin Core 30's removal of the OP_Return data limit sparked a historic surge in Bitcoin Knots adoption.

Bitcoin hovered around $67,000 on Sunday as traders warned of downside risk, with Bollinger Bands signaling an imminent volatile move and Binance order-book data showing unusual selling activity across investor classes.

Samson Mow cautioned against rushing Bitcoin's transition to post-quantum cryptography, warning it could introduce new vulnerabilities and trigger a repeat of the block size wars.

Prominent Bitcoin developers including Samson Mow and Adam Back are cautioning against hasty post-quantum cryptography upgrades, arguing that rushed changes could introduce greater risks than quantum computing itself.

Sensor networks could improve capacity faster than they grow

CryptoQuant's head of research says bitcoin and ether's post-ceasefire rally was driven by fresh long positions in perpetual futures, not short liquidations.

Bitcoin's mining difficulty fell 1.1% to 135.5 T but is projected to climb to 137.43 T in the next adjustment, even as public miners sold a record 32,000+ BTC in Q1 2026 to cover operating costs.

A new documentary titled 'Finding Satoshi' presents a four-year investigation concluding that Hal Finney and Len Sassaman jointly created Bitcoin as Satoshi Nakamoto.

Admiral Samuel Paparo told Congress the U.S. military is operating a Bitcoin node to test cybersecurity and network defense applications, framing the asset as a computer science tool rather than a reserve asset.

Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc announced a hard fork of the Bitcoin network called eCash, set to launch in August, featuring seven layer-2 drivechains and a controversial plan to reassign a portion of Satoshi Nakamoto's bitcoin holdings.

A zero-day vulnerability in Litecoin's MWEB privacy layer allowed attackers to validate invalid transactions and execute double-spending attacks, prompting developers to carry out a 13-block chain reorganization.

MARA Holdings has launched the MARA Foundation to support Bitcoin network security, self-custody education, and financial sovereignty, starting with a community vote on a $100,000 contribution.