Tag: Bitcoin Mining
95% Mined, One Century Left: Bitcoin's 20 Millionth Coin Is About to Be Mined — The Most Consequential Supply Event in Monetary History Since Gold Hit Peak Production
Sometime around March 11–14, 2026, Bitcoin will mine its 20 millionth coin — the moment when 95.24% of all BTC that will ever exist crosses into permanent circulation. As of March 3, 19,996,994 BTC had been confirmed at block height 939,111 by the Clark Moody Dashboard. The remaining 1 million coins will take 114 years to mine. Between 2.3 and 3.7 million BTC are already permanently lost. ETFs and corporate treasuries hold millions more in long-term lockup. Daily new issuance has collapsed to 450 BTC. This is the inflection point where Bitcoin's scarcity transitions from a design principle into an irreversible mathematical reality.
Brazil's Wind Giants Are Coming For Bitcoin: Three Operators Poised to Launch Mining Pilots Before Q3 2026 Ends
Brazil lost BRL 6.5 billion to curtailed renewable energy in 2025. Now three of its biggest wind and solar operators are eyeing Bitcoin mining as the most deployable solution available — and Q3 2026 may be the quarter it becomes official.
Brazil's Stranded Power Problem: How Grid Bottlenecks Are Turning Utilities Into Bitcoin Miners
Brazil sits on one of the most abundant renewable energy grids on the planet — nearly 90% clean generation, vast hydroelectric basins and a wind corridor in the Northeast that ranks among the world's cheapest sources of electricity. Yet transmission infrastructure has not kept pace with generation capacity, leaving hundreds of gigawatt-hours of clean electricity stranded every year, curtailed and wasted because the wires simply do not exist to carry it to demand centers. Now, a growing number of Brazilian utilities, energy traders and mining startups are reaching for an unconventional answer: deploy Bitcoin mining rigs directly behind the meter, converting electricity that would otherwise evaporate into digital assets — turning a grid liability into a revenue stream.