5月全球加密挖矿新闻：Hut 8签署9.8B美元AI协议、各大矿商报告一季度净亏损、Bitdeer算力同比飙升400%等1、根据比特币法，新罕布什尔州“区块链基础”法案HB639已取得进展，州参众两院就折衷版本达成一致。该法案此前以不同形式通过了参众两院，现在采用统一版本，将保护与加密货币支付、运行节点和挖矿相关的权利。阅读更多2、据 Bits Media 报道，俄罗斯政府扩大了矿工和挖矿基础设施运营商必须向税务机关提交的信息范围。根据新法令，用于挖矿硬件（ASIC 矿工）的网络地址（IP 地址）将被添加到矿工和运营商的国家注册表中。俄罗斯财政部表示，这一措施将有助于简化对数字资产交易的监管和对违规行为的调查，同时还允许电网运营商监控矿机密度高的地区的基础设施负载。根据现行法规，俄罗斯矿商已被要求定期更新
包括矿机制造商、型号、序列号、算法、算力、能耗、运行模式、开采的加密货币、产量、矿池和在线统计链接。阅读更多3、据 CriptoNoticias 报道，委内瑞拉当局于 5 月 18 日查获了阿拉瓜州马拉凯圣维森特工业区的一个比特币采矿设施。该地点包含约 4,000 台 ASIC 矿机，主要是 MicroBT Whatsminer M30S 型号，以及工业冷却系统。官员称，该农场“非法”运营，消耗约8至10兆瓦电力，影响国家电网。报道指出，委内瑞拉能源部门于 5 月 7 日重申了在全国范围内全面禁止比特币挖矿的禁令。阅读更多4、据
Global Crypto Mining News in May: Hut 8 Signs $9.8B AI Deal, Major Miners Report Q1 Net Losses, Bitdeer Hashrate Surges 400% YoY, etc
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According to Bitcoin Laws, New Hampshire’s “Blockchain Basics” Act HB639 has advanced, with the state House and Senate reaching an agreement on a compromise version. The bill, which previously passed both chambers in different forms, now features a unified version that will protect rights related to cryptocurrency payments, running nodes, and mining.
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According to Bits Media, the Russian government has expanded the scope of information that miners and mining infrastructure operators must submit to tax authorities. Under the new decree, network addresses (IP addresses) used for mining hardware (ASIC miners) will be added to the national registry for miners and operators. The Russian Ministry of Finance states that this measure will help streamline the regulation of digital asset transactions and investigations into compliance violations, while also allowing power grid operators to monitor infrastructure loads in areas with high densities of mining rigs. Under existing regulations, Russian miners are already required to periodically update information including miner manufacturers, models, serial numbers, algorithms, hashrate, energy consumption, operational modes, mined cryptocurrencies, production outputs, mining pools, and online statistics links.
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According to CriptoNoticias, Venezuelan authorities seized a Bitcoin mining facility in the San Vicente industrial zone of Maracay, Aragua state, on May 18. The site contained approximately 4,000 ASIC miners, primarily MicroBT Whatsminer M30S models, along with industrial cooling systems. Officials stated that the farm was operating “illegally,” consuming about 8 to 10 MW of electricity and affecting the national power grid. The report noted that Venezuela’s energy department had reiterated a comprehensive nationwide ban on Bitcoin mining on May 7.
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According to Bitcoin.com, as Venezuela’s electricity demand hit a 9-year high, the government released a statement reiterating its comprehensive nationwide ban on cryptocurrency mining. Data shows that driven by factors such as high temperatures, the country’s power grid demand surged to 15,579 megawatts (MW) on May 7. Venezuelan authorities made it clear that they will impose legal sanctions on those illegally involved in digital mining, and a supporting oversight plan has been established to strictly enforce the ban.
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According to Livecoins, the São Paulo state property crime investigation department (DEIC) and power company CPFL Piratininga seized approximately 1,400 Bitcoin miners suspected of operating on stolen electricity in Jundiaí and Louveira, Brazil, on May 20. CPFL stated that the equipment was powered by nine three-phase transformers with a total capacity of 8,470 kVA. The initial estimate of the stolen electricity is around 2 GWh, enough to power approximately 2,000 households for a month. The report noted that Brazil does not prohibit Bitcoin mining, and this operation primarily targeted the suspected electricity theft.
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Brazil’s Foreign Trade Chamber (Gecex) published a new regulation in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU), approving import tax exemptions for specific Bitcoin mining cooling equipment. The policy aims to streamline the entry of high-power liquid cooling systems used in mobile data centers into the Brazilian market, covering equipment with a maximum electrical power of 1,700 kW and a thermal capacity exceeding 1,000 kW. This tax incentive exclusively targets equipment dedicated to the SHA256 algorithm (such as Bitcoin mining) and will remain valid until the end of April 2028.
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According to Bits Media, a Russian State Duma committee has recommended the passage of a bill in its first reading regarding criminal liability for illegal crypto mining. The proposed legislation seeks to add unregistered mining and the unlicensed provision of mining infrastructure to the Criminal Code. Depending on the severity of the offense, entities with illegal revenues exceeding 13 million rubles (approximately $140,000) could face up to five years in prison, and all illegally mined crypto assets will be confiscated. Official data shows that there are currently about 50,000 mining entities in Russia, but fewer than 1,500 are legally registered; the new law aims to force illegal miners into regulatory compliance.
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According to a May 20 report by Decrypt, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has signed Senate Bill 163 into law. The legislation prohibits the use of any Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) within the state and bars the state government from participating in CBDC testing. Conversely, it permits individuals and businesses to accept digital assets for purchasing lawful goods or services, and to secure their digital assets using self-custodial or hardware wallets.
Furthermore, the bill protects digital asset mining operations that meet industrial zoning, noise, and power grid requirements, while stipulating that miners, node operators, and blockchain software developers do not require money transmitter licenses.
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According to The New Times, the Rwandan parliament approved a draft law governing virtual assets on May 5, aiming to establish a formal licensing and regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. Under the proposed framework, the Capital Market Authority of Rwanda will serve as the primary regulator, while the National Bank of Rwanda will coordinate supervision regarding financial stability.
Companies operating virtual asset services without a license could face fines of up to approximately $68,000. Individuals operating without a license could face fines ranging from roughly $21,000 to $34,000, imprisonment for three to five years, or both. The law states that illegal payments, crypto ATMs, mining, and mixing services will also face penalties.
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According to Zhejiang Daily, the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of Ningbo Customs recently cracked multiple cases of cryptocurrency miner smuggling, dismantling several criminal syndicates and seizing over 400 mining rigs, including models such as Antminer L9 and IceRiver KS3.
The report noted that the involved groups disassembled the miners and falsely declared them as items like “industrial blockers.” They smuggled the equipment into the country through international express channels via ports in Ningbo and Guangzhou. The rigs were subsequently reassembled and sold domestically or transported for hosted mining operations at farms in regions like Xinjiang and Hunan.
Investigators stated that the syndicates also utilized USDT for cross-border payment settlements to evade financial oversight.
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According to The Block, analysts at investment bank Bernstein state that driven by the rapidly rising demand for AI data centers, Bitcoin mining companies are shifting from traditional mining operations to becoming providers of AI infrastructure power and computing capacity.
Bernstein has assigned an “Outperform” rating to IREN, Riot Platforms, CleanSpark, and Core Scientific, while maintaining a “Market Perform” rating for MARA Holdings. The report notes that currently announced AI infrastructure deals exceed $90 billion, covering approximately 3.7 GW of power capacity. In contrast, Bitcoin mining companies collectively control over 27 GW of planned power capacity, giving them a distinct advantage at a time when the U.S. power grid access is highly constrained and a single gigawatt-scale project can face grid connection queues of up to nearly 50 months.
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According to CoinDesk, the latest U.S. SEC 13F filing submitted by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner reveals that his disclosed portfolio size has grown to $13.67 billion from $5.5 billion at the end of 2025, with massive bets placed on Bitcoin miners and AI infrastructure firms.
His primary long positions include companies such as IREN, Core Scientific, Riot Platforms, CleanSpark, Bitfarms, Bitdeer, and Hive Digital. Concurrently, he has established approximately $7.46 billion in put option positions on chip stocks, including large bearish positions against Nvidia, Oracle, Broadcom, and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF.
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Crypto mining firm Riot Platforms reported Q1 2026 revenue of $167 million, with its data center business contributing revenue for the first time at $33.2 million. The company produced 1,473 BTC during the quarter, with an average mining cost of approximately $44,600 per Bitcoin. Additionally, AMD exercised an option for an extra 25 MW expansion, increasing Riot’s contracted power capacity to 50 MW. The company states that it is transitioning from mining to data center operations while maintaining a reserve of approximately 15,679 BTC.
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Crypto mining firm MARA reported its preliminary unaudited Q1 2026 financial results, with quarterly revenue at $174.6 million, down 18% year-on-year. The company recorded a net loss of approximately $1.3 billion, primarily driven by fair value adjustments on its Bitcoin assets.
As of the end of the quarter, MARA held 35,303 Bitcoins. Concurrently, MARA states that it is advancing its energy and data infrastructure footprint, including its previously announced acquisition of Long Ridge Energy, while continuing to expand its AI and high-performance computing (HPC) businesses.
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Bitcoin mining firm CleanSpark reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, ended March 31, 2026: quarterly revenue stood at $136.4 million, down 24.9% YoY. The net loss widened to $378.3 million, compared to a net loss of $138.8 million in the same period last year.
As of the end of the quarter, the company’s total HODL value reached $925.2 million, which includes current and non-current Bitcoin assets, as well as Bitcoin held by counterparties under collateral arrangements. Cash reserves were $260.3 million, with total assets at approximately $2.9 billion and total long-term debt of around $1.8 billion. Concurrently, CleanSpark states that it has secured 585 MW of power capacity approved by ERCOT and is advancing infrastructure and site development for AI and high-performance computing (HPC).
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Bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific (CORZ) released its Q1 2026 financial report, showing total quarterly revenue of $115.2 million, up 45% YoY. Gross profit reached $30.1 million, significantly higher than the $8.2 million reported in the same period last year. Notably, hosting revenue surged to $77.5 million from $8.6 million a year ago, while proprietary mining revenue dropped to $30.1 million, impacted by the company’s strategic transition and declining cryptocurrency prices.
Despite the top-line growth, the company still recorded a net loss of $347.2 million (compared to a net income of $576.3 million in the same period last year). This was primarily driven by $266.5 million in non-cash impairment charges and a $30.8 million loss related to changes in the fair value of warrants. The company’s stock fell 7% in after-hours trading on Wednesday.
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Canaan released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2026, reporting total revenue of $62.7 million, which is in line with previous guidance. The company posted a net loss of $88.7 million and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $76.3 million.
Canaan states that as of March 31, its cryptocurrency reserves had increased to 1,807.60 BTC and 3,951.53 ETH. It produced 257 BTC during the first quarter. The financial report shows that Canaan’s Q1 product sales revenue was $42.9 million, and proprietary mining revenue was $19.1 million. The cost of revenue stood at $85.6 million, resulting in a gross loss of $22.9 million.
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According to Decrypt, Bitcoin mining firm and data center operator TeraWulf reported a Q1 2026 net loss of approximately $427 million, widening from $61.4 million in the same period last year. Quarterly revenue stood at roughly $34 million, with about 60% generated from its AI high-performance computing (HPC) business. This HPC revenue surged 117% QoQ to approximately $21 million, while Bitcoin mining revenue fell 50% QoQ to around $13 million. The company states that its future revenue structure will shift increasingly toward long-term, contract-driven AI computing services to reduce reliance on the volatility of Bitcoin mining.
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Bitcoin mining firm and cloud mining service provider BitFuFu released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2026. Q1 total revenue was $72.66 million, down 6.8% YoY. The net loss stood at $35 million, compared to a net loss of $16.9 million in the same period last year.
The company states that it recorded a fair value loss of $35.6 million on digital assets and related receivables/payables during the quarter. As of March 31, BitFuFu held 1,794 BTC, with combined cash and digital assets totaling $141.5 million.
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According to Decrypt, Keel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms) reported its Q1 2026 financial results, with quarterly revenue at approximately $37 million, down 23% YoY. Its net loss widened to $145 million, primarily impacted by changes in the fair value of digital assets and losses related to the termination of its Macquarie credit facility.
Keel states that the company has completed its transition from a Canadian Bitcoin miner to a U.S. AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure developer, having sold non-core assets such as its mining facility in Paraguay. As of May 8, the company’s liquidity stood at approximately $533 million, comprising $336 million in cash and about $197 million in unencumbered Bitcoin assets. It is currently advancing the development of three data center projects in Pennsylvania and Washington.
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According to Bloomberg, American Bitcoin Corp., a Bitcoin mining company backed by the Trump family, recorded a loss for the second consecutive quarter, with a Q1 2026 net loss of approximately $82 million, widening from $59 million in the previous quarter. Revenue for the same period fell about 20% YoY to $62 million, primarily impacted by a decline in average mining revenue per Bitcoin and a drop in the value of its Bitcoin holdings.
The company states that it added approximately 1,600 BTC to its holdings in the first quarter, increasing its total Bitcoin reserve by about 30%, and continues to accumulate more through treasury purchases. Since making its Nasdaq debut in September 2025, American Bitcoin’s stock price has plummeted nearly 90% from its peak.
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According to Decrypt, Bitcoin mining firm Hut 8 announced the signing of a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease agreement for Phase 1 of its Beacon Point AI data center campus in Nueces County, Texas. The deal covers 352 MW of IT capacity, with an undisclosed highly investment-grade company as the tenant, to support large-scale AI training and inference workloads.
This agreement increases Hut 8’s contracted AI data center capacity to 597 MW, bringing the total base-term contract value to approximately $16.8 billion, with an average annual net operating income of roughly $1.1 billion. AEP Texas has signed an interconnection agreement for the entire 1,000 MW campus, with initial energization expected in Q1 2027 and the delivery of the first data hall anticipated in Q3 of the same year.
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According to The Block, Core Scientific announced it will acquire Oklahoma-based Bitcoin mining firm Polaris DS LLC for $421 million. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.
Polaris holds 440 MW of contracted power through Oklahoma Gas & Electric, and its 40-acre campus is currently energized and operational, situated adjacent to Core Scientific’s existing operations in Muskogee. Core Scientific states that the acquisition will enable it to rapidly scale its AI operations and support the retrofitting and expansion of its legacy Bitcoin mining infrastructure into high-density hosting services for AI and compute-intensive workloads.
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Bitcoin mining firm HIVE Digital announced it has acquired approximately 25 acres of land in Toronto for $58 million to construct an industrial-scale AI data center. The project is expected to support a capacity of around 320 MW and over 100,000 GPUs.
HIVE states that this move represents a significant step in its transition from pure-play Bitcoin mining toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure.
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Bitcoin mining firm IREN announced a proposed offering of $2 billion in convertible senior notes due 2033. The proceeds will be used to fund data center expansion, AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure development, debt repayment, and general corporate purposes.
IREN states that the offering will be made to qualified institutional buyers, and it plans to grant the initial purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional $300 million in notes.
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CleanSpark released its unaudited Bitcoin mining and operations update for April 2026. The company produced 640 BTC in April, with a daily maximum of 22.38 BTC and a daily average of 21.33 BTC, bringing its total production for 2026 to 2,439 BTC.
During the month, CleanSpark sold 53 spot BTC, 550 BTC related to call option exercises, and 145 BTC tied to Delta-neutral basis trades, at an average selling price of $74,807. As of April 30, its total Bitcoin holdings stood at 13,453 BTC, of which 1,565 BTC were held as collateral or receivables related to derivative transactions.
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Bitdeer (BTDR) released its production and operations update for April 2026. Its self-mining hash rate reached 65.5 EH/s, representing a 400% year-on-year increase, while it mined 783 BTC during the month, up 372% YoY.
The company states that its next-generation SEALMINER A4 mining rigs have entered the mass production phase, featuring a power efficiency of 9.45 J/TH. Additionally, negotiations for a hosting lease agreement in Tydal, Norway, have reached an advanced stage. The AI Cloud business achieved an annualized recurring revenue (ARR) of $69 million, marking a 60% quarter-on-quarter increase, with a utilization rate of 92%.
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According to TheMinerMag, BitFuFu released its operational data for April 2026. Bitcoin production for the month was 145 BTC, down approximately 32% from 214 BTC in March. This decline was primarily driven by power outages at its mining facilities in Ethiopia and a reduction in the company’s third-party hash rate purchases.
As of the end of April, BitFuFu’s total managed hash rate dropped 13.5% month-over-month to 22.4 EH/s, while its proprietary hash rate remained unchanged at 3.3 EH/s. The company states that the average cash cost for proprietary mining in April was approximately $59,000 per Bitcoin, and its total Bitcoin holdings increased from 1,794 to 1,812 BTC during the same period.
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Cango released its operational update for April 2026. The company mined a total of 230.04 BTC, all from its proprietary mining operations, with an average cash cost of approximately $68,061 per Bitcoin.
As of the end of April, the company’s total operating hash rate stood at 31.58 EH/s, comprising 20.43 EH/s of proprietary hash rate and 11.15 EH/s of leased hash rate, with total Bitcoin holdings reaching 1,057.46 BTC. Cango states that it is continuously phasing out some of its older S19 mining rigs and gradually deploying S21 series equipment.
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Italian energy company Alps, in partnership with Qurubiqa, is restarting an idle 127 MW gas-fired thermal power plant in Cochabamba Cercado, Bolivia, and repurposing it into a Bitcoin mining project. This project abandons the government natural gas subsidy model heavily relied upon by previous Bolivian mining firms, transitioning instead to a fully USD-denominated commercial operation.
Currently, the facility has energized 27 MW of power, with plans to gradually scale up and fully utilize the plant’s 127 MW installed capacity. However, as Bolivia’s natural gas reserves shrink, ensuring a continuous and economical fuel supply will be a key challenge for the long-term profitability of this mining operation.
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According to Bitcoin.com, seven top global Bitcoin mining organizations — Antpool, F2Pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, Block, MARA Foundation, and DMND — have officially joined the Stratum V2 Working Group, marking an accelerated shift in Bitcoin mining toward the next-generation open-source protocol.
Compared to the current V1 version, where mining pools control transaction packaging, Stratum V2 introduces end-to-end encryption. This not only reduces bandwidth usage (by 60% on the pool side and 70% on the miner side) and the risk of hash rate hijacking, but also allows miners to construct their own block templates. Tests show that through lower latency and optimized fee selection, the V2 protocol can increase miner revenue by up to 7.4%.
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According to The Block, Bitcoin mining firm Bitdeer announced that Chief Financial Officer Jianchun Liu will step down at the end of June to transition to the role of Chief Advisor, with former Corsair Gaming CFO Michael Potter set to succeed him.
Bitdeer states that Jianchun Liu is resigning for personal reasons. Michael Potter previously served as CFO of Corsair Gaming from 2019 to 2025, where he participated in the company’s 2020 IPO. Prior to that, he held senior roles at various technology and semiconductor companies, including Lattice Semiconductor, Honeywell, NeoPhotonics, and STATS ChipPAC.
Bitdeer has recently been expanding its focus from Bitcoin mining into AI and cloud computing infrastructure, with its annualized AI cloud revenue recently approaching $70 million.
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Russian police and the Federal Security Service (FSB) uncovered an underground crypto mining farm near Yegoryevsk in the Moscow region, detaining a 68-year-old local man.
Police state that the man deployed 30 mining rigs on his property in the village of Pochinki, which overloaded the nearby power grid, caused voltage fluctuations in residential homes, and damaged household appliances, resulting in over 4 million rubles in property damage.
Authorities also seized two routers, one laptop, one mobile phone, and eight fans at the scene. The man is currently under house arrest.
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According to the Financial Times, the latest DEF14A filing from Bitcoin mining firm MARA Holdings shows that the company paid approximately $4.3 million in personal security-related expenses for CEO Fred Thiel under its security program. This includes a one-time cost of $430,000 for vehicle armor and $58,000 for home security installation.
Additionally, the company paid about $3.946 million in personal security expenses for CFO Salman Khan, which includes approximately $438,000 for vehicle armor.
The MARA board of directors states that due to the company’s large, publicly disclosed Bitcoin holdings, its executives face ongoing “direct security threats.”
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According to Decrypt, nine Texas residents have filed a lawsuit against Bitcoin mining firm MARA Holdings, alleging that its facility in Granbury has long generated persistent noise, vibrations, and low-frequency sounds that disrupt daily life, impact health, and damage property values. The plaintiffs are seeking over $1 million in damages.
The lawsuit comes as mining companies accelerate their transition toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC), a shift that has seen related data centers face intensifying regulatory and community pressure across various U.S. locations over noise, power, and resource consumption.
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According to Newsfile, Nasdaq-listed pharmaceutical company Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Dogecoin mining firm United Dogecoin and integrate it into a wholly-owned subsidiary.
The transaction is backed by $11 million in PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) financing and is expected to close on May 4, 2026. United Dogecoin plans to purchase up to 3,000 next-generation ElphaPex mining rigs, which are expected to go online within 60 days. The deployment will deliver a maximum hash rate of 43,200 GH/s, representing approximately 1.5% of the current global Dogecoin mining network.
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