{"id":8200,"date":"2025-01-17T09:48:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=8200"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:48:40","slug":"bitcoin-miners-have-started-2025-on-a-strong-footing-jpmorgan-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=8200","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Miners Have Started 2025 on a Strong Footing, JPMorgan Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC) mining stocks tracked by JPMorgan have enjoyed a strong start to the year, with 12 of the 14 companies outperforming the world&#8217;s largest cryptocurrency in the first two weeks, the Wall Street bank said in a research report Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The network hashrate has risen 2% month-to-date to an average of 793 exahashes per second (EH\/s) and is 51% higher than a year ago, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/opinion\/2024\/08\/14\/the-coming-financialization-of-hashrate-markets\" target=\"_blank\">hashrate<\/a> refers to the total combined computational power used to mine and process transactions on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/learn\/what-is-proof-of-work\" target=\"_blank\">proof-of-work<\/a> blockchain and is a proxy for competition in the industry and mining difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>The hashprice, a measure of daily mining profitability, has dropped less than 1% since the end of December, the bank noted, as &#8220;hashrate growth outpaced BTC price movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Miners earned ~$54,900 in daily block reward revenue per EH\/s over the first two weeks of January,&#8221; analysts Reginald Smith and Charles Pearce wrote, which was 2% less than last month.<\/p>\n<p>The combined hashrate of the 14 U.S.-listed miners in the bank&#8217;s coverage has more than doubled in the last 12 months and now accounts for roughly 30% of the global network.<\/p>\n<p>The total market cap of the mining stocks that the bank tracks has increased 16%, or $4.5 billion, in the first two weeks of the year. Riot Platforms (RIOT) outperformed, with a 32% gain, and Bitdeer underperformed, with a 4% decline.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin has increased about 56% since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2024\/04\/20\/bitcoin-blockchain-has-fourth-halving-in-15-year-history-in-show-of-monetary-policy-set-by-code\" target=\"_blank\">halving event<\/a> in April, around 44% since the U.S. presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2024\/11\/05\/2024-election-trump-harris-bitcoin-crypto-live-updates\" target=\"_blank\">election<\/a> in November, and is up 134% year-on-year, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/01\/10\/u-s-listed-bitcoin-miners-accounted-for-25-of-global-network-in-december-jefferies\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.-Listed Bitcoin Miners Accounted for 25% of Global Network in December: Jefferies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (BTC) mining stocks tracked by JPMorgan have enjoyed a strong start to the year, with 12 of the 14 companies outperforming the world&#8217;s largest cryptocurrency in the first two weeks, the Wall Street bank said in a research report Thursday. The network hashrate has risen 2% month-to-date to an average of 793 exahashes per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-8200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}