#hashrate BITCOIN DROPS TO 4-MONTH LOW: MINERS SELLING BTC TURN TO AI

Bitcoin's hashrate has just fallen below the 1 zetahash/second mark, the lowest in 4 months, despite recent signs of improved mining profitability. According to Leon Lyu (CEO of StandardHash), the main reason is not due to BTC price or network difficulty, but rather… AI.

Many mining companies are shifting electricity, machinery, and cooling infrastructure to serve AI data centers for higher and more stable profits. In the context of 2025 being viewed as the most challenging period in the history of the mining industry – declining revenue, rising debt, thin profit margins – AI becomes a reasonable economic “escape”.

This creates two opposing consequences for Bitcoin.

In the short term, the decrease in hashrate may make the network slightly less secure and reflects the financial pressure on miners.

In the long term, this is a positive signal for price: when a portion of new supply (miner selling) weakens, structural selling pressure decreases. Bitcoin is becoming less dependent on weak miners, and the network is self-rebalancing into the hands of those with the lowest electricity costs.

“Crypto to the ground” may sound negative. But in reality, this is a natural cleansing process of a scarce system.

Do you believe in $BTC during this difficult period?