Bitcoin Mining & ASIC News: Market, Hardware and Energy · Page 2
Mining news and original analysis with dated primary sources.
Braiins Price Adapt early access ends September 30: what automated power targeting actually changes
Braiins says Price Adapt can adjust each supported miner to a profitable power target or curtail it when expected revenue no longer covers electricity. Free early access runs through September 30, while published gains are modelled results that operators should validate against their own tariff, fleet and pool data.
IEA September data update shows solar supplied a record 22.5% of OECD Europe electricity in June
The IEA’s September 16 monthly update reports 285.1 TWh of net generation in OECD Europe during June 2026. Solar produced 64.0 TWh, or a record 22.5% share, while Spain, Türkiye and France recorded the largest absolute year-on-year increases.
Hashrate Index September 26 snapshot highlights spot hashprice and the forward curve miners must read separately
Hashrate Index dated its live Bitcoin Hashprice Index and forward-curve view September 26. The dashboard distinguishes spot revenue per PH/s/day from contracts trading at premiums or discounts, giving operators a way to compare today’s mining income with market expectations without treating the curve as a forecast guarantee.
Sphere 3D becomes DarkHorse Technologies and shifts Nasdaq ticker to DRK after mining asset sales
Sphere 3D completed its corporate renaming as DarkHorse Technologies and moved to the Nasdaq ticker DRK. The company says it has divested its Iowa site and legacy mining fleet and now expects 50 MW operating across four Tennessee and Kentucky data centres, with further Kentucky expansion still proposed.
Sequans sells its remaining 314 BTC and completes its Bitcoin treasury exit
Sequans Communications reported that it sold the remaining 314 Bitcoin held at June 30, completing the treasury exit that followed a May convertible-debt redemption. The chipmaker says the move strengthens its balance sheet and redirects attention to semiconductor products, licensing and next-generation radio technology.
Luxor Commander adds LuxOS installation support for Bitmain HBH1500 hashboards
Luxor’s September 22 product changelog says Commander can now install LuxOS on Bitmain HBH1500 hashboards. The note expands a deployment tool, but does not by itself prove support for every miner, control board or firmware image that may contain a similarly named board.
Braiins OS 26.09.1 fixes a T5 sensor fault that paused Antminer S19 and S21 mining
Braiins released OS 26.09.1 for Antminer S19 and S21 machines after some miners upgraded to 26.09 encountered T5 temperature-sensor errors and stopped hashing for 60 seconds. The patch is narrow, but operators should still stage it, verify compatibility and compare pool-side results.
K1Pool and GMiner release SHA-256 ASIC firmware 1.30 with hot-chip frequency control
K1Pool lists GMiner firmware 1.30 as the latest release. It can automatically lower frequency on hot BM1368 chips, expands chip and hardware-error visibility, adds temperature sorting and moves less-used controls into advanced panels. Operators should test claims on their own hardware.
White House ratepayer pledge lists Bitdeer and sets five rules for data-centre power costs
Bitdeer appears among data-centre signatories to the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge. The framework says large facilities should procure added supply, pay delivery upgrades and special rates, invest locally and support resilience. It is a public commitment, not a substitute for tariffs or permits.
Bitdeer reports 288.1 BTC mined, 288.4 BTC sold and zero pure holdings
Bitdeer’s weekly update for the period ending September 25 lists 288.1 BTC produced, 288.4 BTC sold and no net addition to its own Bitcoin balance. The figures show an operating and treasury choice, while sale proceeds, costs and the 0.3 BTC reconciliation remain undisclosed.
Bitcoin difficulty holds at a record 132.76T after a 4.16% retarget
Bitcoin mining difficulty reached 132.76 trillion at block 967,680 on September 19 and remained there on September 26. The higher target preserves the block schedule but reduces expected BTC per terahash until the next retarget, making electricity cost and measured efficiency more important.
Open-source audit finds a fixed hashrate offset in Bitfortun BS-1 firmware
A public-code review found Bitfortun BS-1 display paths adding 400 GH/s to measured hashrate and a separate 0.4 TH/s offset in one-minute history. The main API value was reportedly unchanged, so owners can compare pool-side and API measurements with the screen.