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Mining news and original analysis with dated primary sources.
CBI reports 150 S21+ miners offline in September and plans share buybacks
The October 8 mining update identifies a technical outage in Missouri and a planned October 12 buyback. Its annualized cash yield excludes depreciation; the release also contains month and currency inconsistencies.
Bitcoin ETFs record $89.8 million net outflow on October 5
Farside’s completed October 5 row shows IBIT inflows offset by FBTC and ARKB redemptions. The first three completed October trading days still total a $202.8 million net inflow.
Bluebird reports Texas Bitcoin revenue and closes its hashrate contracts
Bluebird’s October 5 update reports $43,881 of additional Bitcoin-denominated Texas revenue for July–September. A separate contract test produced $13,929 against about $15,004 of costs and was terminated.
Canaan maps the shift from hashrate indexes to tokenized compute claims
The manufacturer’s October 1 newsletter links mining’s hashprice and hashrate derivatives with emerging GPU and tokenized-asset markets, while stressing that financial claims move faster than physical power and chips.
Bitdeer reports mining and selling 292.3 BTC in one week
The company’s weekly update for the period through October 2 shows output and sales matching at 292.3 BTC, with zero net additions and zero “pure holdings.” Sale price, proceeds and weekly mining costs were not disclosed.
Bitcoin difficulty slips 0.03% at block 969,696
Bitcoin began difficulty epoch 481 with a target of 132.716 trillion, almost unchanged from the previous 132.757 trillion. The tiny adjustment confirms that recent block production stayed close to the protocol schedule.
DataBank buys the building that houses its MSP2 data center near Minneapolis
The operator converted the previously leased Eagan facility into owned real estate to gain long-term control; the purchase price, capacity changes and expansion budget were not disclosed.
Sharon AI signs a $356 million GPU-backed debt facility at 9.95%
Two Australian subsidiaries can borrow through secured tranches totaling $356 million to fund contracted compute deployments; the fixed rate excludes fees and the full amount is capacity, not cash already spent.
Ault & Company buys 10.4 million Hyperscale Data shares for about $5.2 million
The private transaction transferred existing Class A and Class B shares at $0.50 each; Hyperscale Data issued no new stock and received no financing proceeds.
PowerCompute repays Arch facility and releases all pledged bitcoin
The miner settled about $22.45 million of obligations on the scheduled reset date, received about 39.6 BTC back and reduced secured debt to roughly $1.25 million.
Riot Platforms closes Coinbase credit facility after full voluntary prepayment
Riot says it paid all outstanding principal and accrued interest on September 21, terminated the Coinbase facility without an early-exit fee, and obtained release of the related security interests.
Strategy acquires 1,665 BTC and repurchases $152 million of STRC
Strategy disclosed the acquisition of 1,665 BTC and a $152 million repurchase of its STRC preferred stock in a September 28 Form 8-K. The transaction is a treasury and capital-structure event, not a change in Bitcoin network production.