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Either way, we mine. Market up? We mine. Market down? One dramatic chart check — then we mine. All roads lead back to EMCD Mining Pool 🏭 Today’s mood: 🔥 — hodling ⚡️ — mining 👀 — watching from the sidelines 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

Bitcoin mining and AI want the same two things: cheap power and somewhere to put the racks ⚡️ 🐲 Kin Fung, Partnerships Director APAC at EMCD, is speaking at Bitcoin Asia on the panel: The Convergence of AI and Mining Infrastructure The panel looks at what happens when mining sites and AI workloads start competing for the same grid connection — and what that means for miners, energy markets, and how sites get built from here. ♦️ August 27, 11:30 AM ♦️ Genesis Stage See you in Hong Kong 🤟 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

Could the AI boom push Bitcoin to $1 million? 📈 Arthur Hayes thinks it could — indirectly. His logic: AI companies are spending heavily on chips, data centers and energy, with much of that expansion financed by debt. If AI revenues don’t grow fast enough, some borrowers may struggle to repay — putting pressure on lenders and the wider credit market. Hayes expects governments and central banks to respond with more liquidity to stabilize a strategically important sector. And when liquidity enters the system, some of it may flow into scarce assets like Bitcoin 🚀 AI debt stress → government intervention → more liquidity → higher BTC 🌝 He isn’t calling for a straight line up, though: before that cycle plays out he sees BTC holding $60,000–70,000, with a possible drop to $50,000. Do you think the AI credit cycle could become a major catalyst for Bitcoin? Drop your comments below ⤵️ 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

Two partnership directors walk into Bitcoin Asia… No punchline yet — come help us write one in Hong Kong. Meet the EMCD team: 🐲 Kin Fung — Partnerships Director APAC 🥸 Mikael Abgaryan — Partnerships Director EMEA/EU We’ll be at Bitcoin Asia on August 27–28 for mining talk, new connections, and conversations that deserve more than a LinkedIn message. See you in Hong Kong ❤️ 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

🤟 AMA time: EMCD x Pepecoin 100% Proof-of-Work. Feels good man 🐸⛏️ We’re going live with Pepecoin to talk $PEP, merged mining, and what’s next for its mining community. What’s on the agenda: ♦️ The story behind Pepecoin — and what sets it apart  ♦️ The tech behind merged mining  ♦️ Why $PEP is interesting for miners  ♦️ Beyond the hype: what’s next for Pepecoin ⏰ August 11, 7 PM CET 📍 X Space Join us live and bring your questions 🔥 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

📰 What happened in mining last week EMCD Digest | August 3–9, 2026  ♦️ Bitcoin mining difficulty edges up 0.99% At block 961,632 difficulty rose from 126.23 T to 127.48 T. It is the first increase after two consecutive drops, with network hashrate back near 950 EH/s.  ♦️ BIP-110 supporters end up on a minority chain Just 2.53% of blocks had signaled for the data-limit proposal, so its backers split onto a separate chain when mandatory signaling began at block 961,632. That chain produced two blocks in about eight hours while the main chain ran 48 blocks ahead.  ♦️ ViaBTC shuts down ETC mining ViaBTC stopped Ethereum Classic mining and deposits on August 4 and gave users until August 25 to manage their remaining ETC assets, meaning affected miners will need to redirect their hashrate to another pool. ♦️ CleanSpark signs a 20-year, $6.6 billion data center lease The lease covers 175 MW of critical IT load at the company's Sandersville, Georgia campus, with deliveries starting in Q4 2027. CleanSpark also mined 586 BTC in July at an average 38.6 EH/s.  ♦️ Bitdeer signs a $4.7 billion AI/HPC lease in Norway The 16-year agreement covers 121 IT MW at the Tydal campus and could reach $8 billion with an extension. Long-term AI contracts are becoming a second revenue line for miners with power and data-center capacity.  ♦️ MARA's Q2 revenue falls 27%  Revenue came in at $174.9 million with a $611.3 million net loss, even as energized hashrate rose 22% to 70.3 EH/s. The company also cut its bitcoin treasury by 29% to 35,577 BTC, a reminder of how quickly a weaker BTC price compresses mining margins.  See you next week with another mining roundup. 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

Happy International Cat Day 🎉 Meet the EMCD Mining Pool employees of the month 🐈‍⬛ And honestly, they seem perfectly suited to the crypto lifestyle: watching something move on a screen, staying awake at questionable hours, and remaining completely confident no matter what happens next. We respect the expertise. Now we want to meet the cats of our community too. Drop yours in the comments 👇 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

A new chapter for EMCD miners is here ⬛️ We’re launching a dedicated app for miners — a focused space designed to make everyday mining management simpler, clearer, and more convenient. ⛏️ Introducing EMCD Mining app — a dedicated space built for daily mining operations, with a clean interface, transparent data, and the tools that matter most. ✔️ Your current EMCD app stays right where it is No changes to your experience — your accounts, funds, and data remain exactly where they are. The app continues as the EMCD Coinhold Wallet app — your space for payments and digital asset management. ℹ️ No action required for existing miners There’s no need to switch — your mining setup remains unchanged, and payouts to both internal and external wallets will continue as usual. Explore the new EMCD Mining app if you are after a more miner-centric experience. For over nine years, EMCD has been providing reliable mining services worldwide. This launch is the next step in making your mining experience even more convenient and focused. The new EMCD Mining app is now available on the App Store and Google Play.* The EMCD web version continues to operate without any changes. 😇 Learn more in our blog 😇 *Geographic restrictions may apply. 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

EMCD Mining Pool 🤝 Pepecoin Network Frogs and miners agree on one thing: everything works better in a pool 😎 EMCD has formed a strategic partnership with Pepecoin Network — a community-driven chain powered by Scrypt PoW, built for simple, decentralized payments and secured through merged mining. With EMCD Mining Pool, you can mine $PEP alongside $LTC and $DOGE using the same hardware and hashrate — no need to split your computing power. 😇 Mine $PEP through merged mining on EMCD 😇 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support

Bitcoin difficulty is now lower than it was a year ago. That has happened only once before — after China banned mining in 2021. Back then, roughly half of the network’s computing power went offline within weeks, and difficulty recovered as miners relocated. This time, there is no single trigger: months of tight margins, lower revenues and the shift toward AI and HPC have gradually pushed part of the hashrate offline. 🌝 Difficulty now stands at 126.23T — around 14% below its January peak, and 19,9% below its November 2025 all-time high. For miners still running, that means less competition for the same block reward*. 😇 Make every terahash count with EMCD Mining Pool 😇 *Rewards still depend on BTC price, fees, and your power cost. 🔳 Community / Website / EMCD App / Twitter / Support