20M Bitcoin Mined, 1M Left: Public Miners Are Pivoting to AI Before the Finish

With 20M BTC mined and 1M left over ~115 years, many public miners could exit by 2027-28, selling BTC to fund AI/HPC pivots. Here’s how that may reshape mining and price.

Iran conflict oil spike hits Bitcoin miners via BTC price, not electricity costs

Oil disruptions tied to the Iran conflict lifted Brent above $100, but miners face more risk from BTC price swings than fuel costs, with hashprice already under pressure, Hashrate Index finds.

Rotation Returns: TRUMP, Pi, and Render Pop as Bitcoin Holds Its Range

Bitcoin steadies near $72.3k as ETF inflows anchor sentiment. TRUMP spikes 48%, while Pi and Render jump ~15% on fresh catalysts, signaling targeted, narrative-driven rotation.

Tether joins $5.2M seed for Ark Labs to scale Bitcoin-native stablecoin and programmable finance rails

Ark Labs raises $5.2M with Tether to grow Arkade, a Bitcoin Layer 2 using VTXOs for offchain stablecoin and asset settlement, team expansion to ~25, and production-scale liquidity.

Bitcoin’s Quantum Risk: Real, Distant, and Demanding a Coordinated Bitcoin Response

Ark Invest and Unchained say Bitcoin faces a long-term quantum risk, not an immediate threat. Up to 35% of BTC could be exposed; BIP 360’s P2MR lays groundwork for post-quantum upgrades.

Bitcoin Climbs to Weekly High as Oil Spikes, Stocks Slide—Crypto-Native Flows Take the Wheel

Bitcoin rose 2.6% to ~$71,500 while Brent crude jumped 9.2% above $100 and equities fell. Analysts point to strong crypto-native inflows, led by an 11.5% BTC-linked yield product.

Bitcoin ETFs pull assets as gold bleeds since Iran conflict—JPMorgan flags a new hedging regime

Since Feb. 27, GLD shed ~2.7% of AUM while IBIT gained ~1.5%. Options, short interest, and breadth show institutions reshaping bitcoin’s risk profile against gold.

Bitcoin Climbs as Yields Rise: Why Institutions Are Reassessing BTC’s “Safe-Haven” Role

Bitcoin is up ~6% since the Iran crisis began, beating gold and stocks. With Treasury yields rising and three straight weeks of net inflows, institutions appear to be re-rating BTC’s role.

Tether Backs Ark Labs’ $5.2M Seed to Reboot Bitcoin Stablecoins with Arkade

Ark Labs raises $5.2M, backed by Tether and Anchorage Digital, to expand stablecoins and tokenized assets on Bitcoin via Arkade—an off-chain, programmable layer with fail-safes.

Bitcoin Miners’ AI Pivot Exposes a Valuation Gap—and a New Role in the Power Grid

VanEck’s Matthew Sigel says Bitcoin miners can repurpose power and sites for AI at scale, offering grid flexibility and trading at discounts to data-center peers as BTC holds a range.