Bitcoin fell roughly 2% on Thursday, trading at $64,760, but major U.S. Bitcoin mining companies — Hut 8, CleanSpark, and MARA — all gained between 3-7% despite a broader market sell-off. Hut 8 signed a 15-year lease for 352 megawatts at its Beacon Point campus in Texas, doubling the site’s capacity to 704 MW. IREN Limited announced $2.8 billion in new AI cloud contracts. As Bitcoin mining becomes more difficult, several miners are pivoting to high-performance computing services to capitalize on surging AI demand.
Source: Read the original article
