Index Update
5-D Volatility: Bitcoin mining stocks mirrored Bitcoin鈥檚 price movements in a more volatile way. Here鈥檚 how they performed compared to other major stocks 馃憞
Major Company Updates
- Riot announces fee simple land acquisition and its first data center lease agreement with AMD at the Rockdale site, marking a key step in its AI infrastructure expansion strategy (link)
- Bit Origin Ltd announces 1-for-60 reverse stock split effective January 20, 2026 (link)
- NIP Group bitcoin mining operations produce 151.4 BTC during the initial operating period; capacity reaches 9.66 EH/s (link)
- Applied Digital appoints co-founder Jason Zhang as president (link)
- Soluna and Metrobloks to partner to unlock 100+ MW of AI and HPC capacity at Project Kati (link)
- CleanSpark expands Texas footprint with major power acquisition near Houston to support scaled AI and HPC development (link)
- Bitfarms announces board chair transition in anticipation of U.S. redomiciliation (link)
- HIVE Digital Technologies expands into Paraguay, launching one of the country鈥檚 first purpose-built AI BUZZ cloud platforms (link)
As of January 18, 2026, 10 of 30 public miners have released their December updates. One standout development: Bitdeer reported 71 EH/s in total hash rate under management, which surpassed MARA Holdings' 60.4 EH/s reported as of September 30, 2025. Its self-mining reached 55.2 EH/s, up 549.41% YoY. With the ongoing deployment of its in-house SEALMINER units, Bitdeer is positioning as the largest public miner by hash rate- if not already, then very soon. Below is the default view of the latest reported hash rate by each company. View details here.
P.S. NIP Group (Nasdaq: NIPG) is new addition to the public bitcoin mining list. Still under radar for many, the company reported 9.66 EH/s of installed hash rate as of January 2026.
By the way, if you鈥檙e looking to get a sense of where mining economics are heading, don鈥檛 miss this episode of podcast hosted by Abundant Mines.
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