Bitcoin climbed above $85,000 on Monday, reaching its highest price since January. Improving risk sentiment, lower oil prices and renewed interest in crypto markets helped extend a recovery that has gathered pace since late August.
A new CoinShares report shows that Bitcoin mining is still adjusting after a difficult first half of 2026. Network hashrate remains well below its long-term trend, while tighter mining margins are pushing several large operators to devote more power and infrastructure to AI and high-performance computing.
Bitcoin is trading near $64,600 after moving between approximately $63,250 and $65,040 during the latest session. The market remains caught between recovering institutional demand and macroeconomic uncertainty, with the $65,000–$66,700 region acting as an important resistance zone.
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty decreased by approximately 5% during the network’s latest adjustment, falling from 133.87 trillion to 127.17 trillion. The reduction eases mining conditions for operators that remain connected to the network.
Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark announced that it mined 614 BTC during June 2026. The company’s operational hashrate reached 50 exahashes per second, while its total Bitcoin holdings increased to 13,924 BTC by the end of the month.
With Bitcoin mining economics under pressure from historically low hashprice levels of mining revenue and rising network competition, AI and HPC infrastructure revenue has emerged as a stabilizing and, in some cases, significantly larger growth driver.
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