Why is Bitcoin hashrate near ATHs as miners pivot to AI?

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June 9, 2026 10:13am EDT

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June 9, 2026

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI, so why is the hashrate near ATHs?

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure for billions in new revenue, but the network’s hashrate continues to tread near record highs.

Industry stakeholders say fears that a mass exodus of major miners to AI infrastructure will weaken the Bitcoin network are overblown, and the hashrate figures back them up.

The apparent contradiction between miners switching over to AI and the high hashrate continuing is because the hashrate and the hardware of the departing miners doesn’t dissipate into thin air.

The machines get resold, redistributed and eventually switched back on, now aided by a new generation of hobby miners hitting the jackpot from their living rooms.

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