Bitcoin miners Riot Platforms and CleanSpark increased BTC production in August 2025, mining 477 and 657 BTC respectively, while average operational hash rates doubled year‑over‑year; mining difficulty rose 44.9%, pressuring margins but encouraging scale and diversification.
Riot mined 477 BTC and CleanSpark 657 BTC in August 2025.
Riot sold 450 BTC for net proceeds of $51.8 million; CleanSpark sold 533.5 BTC for $60.7 million.
Bitcoin mining difficulty rose 44.9% year‑over‑year to 129.7 trillion; Riot and CleanSpark hash rates jumped 116.6% and 103.3% respectively.
Bitcoin miners surge: Riot and CleanSpark boosted BTC production in August 2025; hash rates doubled and difficulty rose 44.9% — read key takeaways.
What happened with Bitcoin miners in August 2025?
Bitcoin miners Riot Platforms and CleanSpark reported higher BTC production in August 2025 and materially expanded operational hash rates year‑over‑year. Riot mined 477 BTC (up from 322 BTC), and CleanSpark mined 657 BTC (up from 478 BTC), even as Bitcoin mining difficulty climbed sharply.
How much BTC did Riot and CleanSpark mine and hold?
Riot mined 477 BTC in August 2025, a 48% increase versus August 2024, and reported selling 450 BTC for net proceeds of $51.8 million. Riot now holds 19,309 BTC, up 92.7% year‑over‑year. CleanSpark mined 657 BTC, a 37.5% rise, sold 533.5 BTC for $60.7 million, and holds 12,827 BTC (up 69.7%).
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Bitcoin mining difficulty increased 44.9% year‑over‑year to 129.7 trillion in 2025, per CoinWarz data. That measure rises when network hashrate grows, making individual block solves harder.
Despite harder conditions, Riot’s average operational hash rate rose to 31.4 EH/s in August 2025 from 14.5 EH/s a year earlier (+116.6%). CleanSpark’s operational hash rate climbed to 43.3 EH/s from 21.3 EH/s (+103.3%). These gains indicate aggressive capacity expansion and equipment upgrades.
Some miners are pursuing alternate revenue to offset margin pressure from rising difficulty and capital costs. Examples include developing high‑performance computing data centers for AI workloads and other enterprise services.
Hut 8 is building new U.S. data centers for HPC and AI compute. Hive Digital Technologies and Iren have diversified operations, and Riot added an adviser with experience pivoting mining assets to AI workloads. These moves aim to stabilize revenue and capture growth in adjacent compute markets.
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