This week's top mining news highlights: Ethiopia explores Bitcoin mining deployment; two independent miners each produce blocks and earn approximately $300,000 in rewards.
Odaily Planet Daily Report for Week 4 of 2026 (January 16 - January 22):
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According to cloverpool, the average hash rate of the Bitcoin network is 1039 EH/s, with a peak of 1164 EH/s and a low of 947 EH/s, representing a 3.4% increase from last week’s average hash rate of 1005 EH/s.
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According to blockchain.com, the average price of Bitcoin is $92,872, with a high of $95,830 and a low of $87,156, up 0.61% from last week’s average price of $92,312.
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Notable mining industry news:
(1) Ethiopia seeks partners to explore Bitcoin mining deployment;
(2) Two independent miners each produced blocks this week and earned approximately $300,000 in rewards;
(3) NIP Group disclosed an initial Bitcoin mining output of 151.4 BTC during the startup phase;
(4) Bitdeer sold 146.8 BTC this week, reducing Bitcoin holdings to approximately 1502 BTC;
Data partner: Cango Inc. (CANG), a Bitcoin mining company listed on the NYSE.