📰 What happened in mining last week
EMCD Digest | June 29–July 5, 2026

♦️ SBI Crypto Pool to wind down on July 31

With miners having less than a month to move their hashrate EMCD is ready to help with a transition. Former SBI Crypto miners can get 3 months of fee-free mining with EMCD.

♦️ Bitdeer moves closer to AI colocation in Norway

Its Norway unit signed a conditional lease for the Tydal site, another sign of miners trying to monetize power and data-center capacity for AI workloads.

♦️ HIVE closes a $130 million notes offering

The company said net proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes, capital investment including GPUs, and data center development.

♦️ American Bitcoin sets a 1-for-15 reverse stock split

The company expects to split on July 2, with ABTC shares starting to trade on a split-adjusted basis on Nasdaq from July 6.

♦️ AI may challenge bitcoin mining’s grid-flexibility pitch

New research suggests GPU clusters can reduce or shift some power use over to AI, but the evidence is still early and small-scale.

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Looks like we mined a trophy 🏆

EMCD has won the Best Crypto Mining Pool award at the CoinGape Web3 Innovation Awards 2026.

We’ll admit it: seeing EMCD take home this award feels pretty good. But the real achievement is building a pool miners trust for stable performance, secure operations, and consistent payouts.

Thank you for choosing EMCD and growing with us. This award has your hashrate written all over it.

❤️ — to many more blocks ahead

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If your ASICs could talk, they’d probably ask one question:
💭Are we connected to the right pool?💭

In 2026, that question matters more than ever.

CryptoSlate takes a closer look at how the mining pool landscape is changing, with a widening gap between institutional-scale operators and miners who still need flexibility, transparent terms, and reliable operational support.

EMCD is a part of that story as a global top 10 mining pool focused on independent miners, small farms, and mid-size mining businesses.

🔗 Read the full article

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📰 What happened in mining last week
EMCD Digest | July 6–12, 2026

♦️ Bitcoin mining difficulty drops by 5%

At block 957,600, Bitcoin mining difficulty fell from 133.87T to 127.17T after the network’s average hashrate declined, giving miners some short-term relief from competitive pressure.

♦️ TeraWulf signs a 20-year agreement with Anthropic

TeraWulf will provide approximately 401 MW of capacity at its Kentucky data center. The deal adds a long-term AI infrastructure revenue stream alongside the company’s Bitcoin mining operations.

♦️ MARA adds a 2 GW site for mining and HPC

The Texas site is expected to support both high-performance computing and flexible workloads, such as Bitcoin mining, giving MARA more options for utilizing and monetizing its power capacity.

♦️ Bitdeer expands SEALMINER production in the US

The Nevada facility will be able to produce up to 10,000 machines per month, helping Bitdeer bring manufacturing closer to US customers and strengthen its supply chain.

♦️ CleanSpark mines 614 BTC in June

CleanSpark ended June with 614 BTC mined, 50 EH/s of operational hashrate, and 13,924 BTC in reserves while continuing to develop its HPC business alongside large-scale Bitcoin mining.

♦️ BitFuFu’s output falls despite growth in self-owned hashrate

June production fell by 29.4% as total hashrate under management dropped from 19.5 EH/s to 15.3 EH/s, even as BitFuFu expanded its self-owned mining capacity to 3.5 EH/s.

See you next week with another mining roundup.

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👉 EMCD on BIP-110

BIP-110 is back in focus as its planned signaling window approaches.

If activated, BIP-110 would introduce tighter rules for storing non-financial data on Bitcoin for about a year. The changes would affect Ordinals-related transactions, among others.

At EMCD, we don’t see how BIP-110 can add any real value to the network. Since Ordinals emerged, miners have adapted, the fee market has discovered a new balance, and the Bitcoin network has continued to operate as usual.

With less than 1% of the hashrate signaling for change and no clear beneficiary, the case for altering Bitcoin’s consensus rules is hard to stand by.

Protecting Bitcoin’s “purity” isn’t a strong enough reason either. For now, BIP-110 seems more like a political initiative than a practical one.

EMCD Mining Pool will not signal support for BIP-110.

What’s your take on BIP-110? Let’s discuss it in the comments 👇

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Mining Disrupt doesn’t end when the expo floor closes 🌐

EMCD × VNISH are hosting Samba Party during Mining Disrupt — a private side event where the mining community can unwind, connect, and enjoy a true Miami evening.

🗓 July 21, 8 PM

Expect a live DJ, samba performances, and conversations with the people you’ll want to meet after a full day of mining.

Spots are limited 👉 RSVP now

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Bitcoin has no boardroom. So who gets the final say ⁉️

🖤 At Mining Disrupt, Michael Jerlis, CEO of EMCD, will present:

Bitcoin Governance: Who Really Decides the Future? Lessons from BIP-110

As the August signaling window approaches, BIP-110 raises an important question: who benefits from a rule that adds nothing to hashprice or block revenue, while placing the implementation risk squarely on miners?

🗓 July 23, 10:50 AM
📍 Theater room

Planning to join us? Use promo code EMCD_20 to get 20% off your ticket.

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