Bitcoin hash rate slides during U.S. winter storm while markets shrug off mining disruption

Jan 26, 2026 - 12:15
Bitcoin hash rate slides during U.S. winter storm while markets shrug off mining disruption
A sharp drop in the Bitcoin blockchain’s hashrate, down 10% on Sunday, during this week’s U.S. winter storm, is offering a real-time stress test of a concern long flagged by researchers: mining centralization has turned local infrastructure failures into system-level risks. Hashrate is the amount of computing power available to process transactions required to keep...

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