{"id":17068,"date":"2025-10-17T02:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T00:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/?p=17068"},"modified":"2025-10-17T02:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T00:09:27","slug":"bitcoin-mining-and-crypto-stocks-decline-amid-bitcoins-ongoing-downtrend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/bitcoin-mining-and-crypto-stocks-decline-amid-bitcoins-ongoing-downtrend\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bitcoin Mining and Crypto Stocks Decline Amid Bitcoin&#8217;s Ongoing Downtrend&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> &#8220;`html<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"nitro-lazy\">Bitcoin mining equities experienced a downturn today as the wider market responded to a third consecutive day of declines for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous significant miners are incurring double-digit losses, with Bitfarms ($BITF) at the forefront, dropping over 18%. Riot Platforms ($RIOT) and Marathon Digital Holdings ($MARA) also faced steep declines of 10%\u201311%, while Hut 8 and Strategy trailed with minor falls.<\/p>\n<p>The setback has dampened the <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/bitcoin-mining-stocks-are-ripping\">momentum miners enjoyed<\/a> over the previous months, as robust BTC prices and increasing hash rates propelled the sector to multi-year peaks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenging day, a significant portion of the Bitcoin mining sector remains firmly in the green over the week, with entities such as Applied Digital and Cipher Mining witnessing 3-4x increases in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>According to bitcoinminingstocks.io (image below), a large number of bitcoin mining industry\u2019s stocks concluded the day in the negative, some by more than 10%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinminingstock.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image Credit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin mining equities typically track bitcoin\u2019s direct pricing movements. Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/bitcoin-price-crashes-to-107000\">bitcoin fell<\/a> into the $107,000 range, causing several BTC mining equities to finish in the negative.<\/p>\n<p>This price movement <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/bitcoin-price-surges-back-to-116000\">follows<\/a> a tumultuous fortnight that witnessed over $19 billion in leveraged positions liquidated, forcing more than 1.6 million traders out of their holdings as cascading margin calls occurred across exchanges. Investors are monitoring closely to determine if miners can stabilize or if additional BTC weakness will cause further distress across the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Bitcoin mining equities extended their multi-month surge, elevating the sector\u2019s total market capitalization above $90 billion \u2014 over double from two months ago. Bitdeer Technologies spearheaded gains with a 30% spike after announcing a 32.9% rise in realized hashrate and mining 452 BTC in September.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crypto equities faced significant losses as well<\/h2>\n<p>Crypto-related shares were in the negative Thursday as selling pressure affected the sector broadly. Coinbase (COIN) dipped 1.8% to $330.25, prolonging its recent descent alongside the wider crypto market.<\/p>\n<p>Robinhood (HOOD) also declined 2.0% to $131.44 as risk appetite among retail investors continued to diminish. Strategy (MSTR) decreased by 4.3% throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin miners are companies that conduct extensive bitcoin mining operations \u2014 many powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/elon-musk-touts-bitcoin-and-inflation\">renewable resources<\/a> \u2014 where they authenticate transactions and earn bitcoin rewards. Their profitability significantly hinges on bitcoin\u2019s price, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/bitcoin-mining\/bitcoin-miner-canaan-can-to-turn-flared-gas-into-computing-power-in-canada\">mining efficiency<\/a>, and energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>In recent times, several have started diversifying by <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/bitcoin-mining\/iren-stock-soars-bitcoin-mining-firm-surges-on-wall-street-ai-cloud-optimism\">repurposing<\/a> their computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence and other high-performance data center applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/bitcoin-mining-stocks-tumble\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;`html Bitcoin mining equities experienced a downturn today as the wider market responded to a third consecutive day of declines for Bitcoin. Numerous significant miners are incurring double-digit losses, with Bitfarms ($BITF) at the forefront, dropping over 18%. Riot Platforms ($RIOT) and Marathon Digital Holdings ($MARA) also faced steep declines of 10%\u201311%, while Hut 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[3932],"class_list":["post-17068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin","tag-gptreturn-a-list-of-comma-separated-tags-from-this-title-bitcoin-mining-and-crypto-stocks-fall-as-bitcoin-slumps-more-gpt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Bitcoin Mining and Crypto Stocks Decline Amid Bitcoin&#039;s Ongoing Downtrend&quot; - WSJ-Crypto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/bitcoin-mining-and-crypto-stocks-decline-amid-bitcoins-ongoing-downtrend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Bitcoin Mining and Crypto Stocks Decline Amid Bitcoin&#039;s Ongoing Downtrend&quot; - WSJ-Crypto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;`html Bitcoin mining equities experienced a downturn today as the wider market responded to a third consecutive day of declines for Bitcoin. 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