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Bitcoin Mining Under Pressure: Hash Price Drop Spurs AI Diversification

Friday Nov 7 2025 22:10

2 min

Table of Contents

1. Bitcoin Mining at a Crossroads: Hash Price Decline Threatens Industry
1.1 Hash Price in Steady Decline
1.2 Impact on the Supply Chain
1.3 The Shift to Artificial Intelligence
1.4 Diversification as a Necessity
1.5 The Future of Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin Mining at a Crossroads: Hash Price Decline Threatens Industry

The Bitcoin mining industry faces increasing challenges as the hash price, a key profitability metric, experiences a significant decline. This downturn threatens to push smaller operators out of the market and strain the entire supply chain.

Hash Price in Steady Decline

The hash price is currently around $42 per petahash per second (PH/s). This metric has been steadily decreasing since July, when it surpassed $62 per PH/s. The drop forces Bitcoin mining operations, already facing razor-thin profit margins, to consider shutting down their mining rigs.

Impact on the Supply Chain

The decline in hash price affects not only miners but also the mining supply chain. Hardware providers are fulfilling fewer orders for struggling miners and are incurring losses on BTC-denominated sales due to price drops following the market crash in October.

The Shift to Artificial Intelligence

Razor-thin profit margins, high capital expenditure on upgrading hardware, and rising energy costs have driven many Bitcoin miners to shift to AI and high-performance computing data centers to generate revenue.

Diversification as a Necessity

As the hashrate continues to increase, Bitcoin miners are guaranteed to have their rewards slashed by 50% every four years during the Bitcoin halving. These economic challenges have pushed many miners to diversify into AI and computing data centers, generating billions of dollars in revenue for companies that made this shift. For instance, Cipher Mining signed a $5.5 billion deal with Amazon to provide computing power for Amazon Web Services over 15 years. Similarly, IREN signed a similar deal with Microsoft in November to provide GPU computing services, valued at $9.7 billion.

The Future of Bitcoin Mining

The future of Bitcoin mining appears to be heading toward diversification and the shift to AI and high-performance data centers. As the hash price continues to decline and competition increases, miners will need to find new ways to generate revenue and stay in the market.

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Written by:

Sophia Claire

Bitcoin Mining Under Pressure: Hash Price Drop Spurs AI Diversification

Bitcoin Mining at a Crossroads: Hash Price Decline Threatens Industry

Hash Price in Steady Decline

Impact on the Supply Chain

The Shift to Artificial Intelligence

Diversification as a Necessity

The Future of Bitcoin Mining

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