Bitcoin hash rate has declined for 287 consecutive days with mining difficulty down nearly 20%, but miner stocks are rising as companies like Marathon Digital shift focus to AI infrastructure.
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Bitcoin's hash rate has declined for 287 consecutive days, the longest such streak on record, while mining difficulty has fallen nearly 20% from its peak—the third-largest decrease ever. Despite these declines, stocks of mining companies have risen as firms redirect focus toward artificial intelligence infrastructure, which has begun generating substantially more revenue than cryptocurrency mining for at least one major U.S. public miner.