Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops by 1.2%

On January 8, the mining difficulty of the leading cryptocurrency decreased by 1.2%, reaching 146.47 TH.

Source: CloverPool.

Previously, the metric increased slightly by 0.04%, temporarily halting a series of declines.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin's hash rate remains above 1 EH/s. According to Glassnode, the seven-day moving average is at 1.04 EH/s.

Source: Glassnode.

The share of public mining companies in Bitcoin's computational power has surpassed 40%. The largest is MARA Holdings, accounting for 5.9% of the global hash rate.

In terms of mining pools, Foundry USA holds 29%, AntPool has 15.5%, and ViaBTC accounts for 12.9%.

Source: CloverPool.

According to Hashrate Index, the hash price is currently at $38 per PH/s per day. Just before the difficulty drop, the miners' revenue metric exceeded $40 for the first time since November 2025.

Source: Hashrate Index.

Recall that in December, institutional investors began purchasing Bitcoins faster than miners could produce them.