<p>In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the biggest Bitcoin mining stories of the week: why public miners are selling Bitcoin to fund AI pivots, what that means for difficulty and hash rate, and why the miners still online are quietly winning.</p> <p>Topics covered: Wintermute's Epoch 5 report on the structurally different mining cycle, mullet mining (AI in the front, SHA-256 in the back), oil price impact on global hash rate, MicroBT's new M7D series, Hive expanding AI data centers in Canada, Bitdeer hitting 68 EH/s and launching a Scrypt miner, Kango's $450M net loss and $305M Bitcoin sell-off, Simple Mining's $13.6M unsecured claim in the Blockville bankruptcy, and Bitcoin difficulty set for an 8% drop.</p> <p>🛠 Sponsored by:</p> <p>Hashbranch – Hosting & hardware made simple </p> <p>Code: HASHRATEUP100 </p> <p><a href="https://hashbranch.com">https://hashbranch.com</a></p> <p>SoloMining – Home & solo mining made easy </p> <p>Code: HASHRATEUP </p> <p><a href="https://solomining.de">https://solomining.de</a></p> <p>Altair Technology – Buy Bitcoin Mining Solutions </p> <p>Code: HASHRATEUP </p> <p><a href="https://altairtech.io">https://altairtech.io</a></p> <p>📲 HashrateUp Hardware Deals </p> <p>Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/hashrateup">https://t.me/hashrateup</a></p> <p>📩 Learn Bitcoin Mining (Free 5 Day Course) </p> <p><a href="https://hashrateup.com/newsletter-sign-up/">https://hashrateup.com/newsletter-sign-up/</a></p>