Amid a bearish trend in the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin mining difficulty has fallen to its lowest level since 2021.
Over the past 24 hours, BTC mining difficulty has decreased by 11,2%, a record high since China banned digital asset mining nearly five years ago. China led the world in terms of BTC blockchain hashrate, so government-mandated equipment shutdowns have led to repeated decreases in mining difficulty by 12,6-27,9% from May to July 2021.
As the editorial staff found out Happy Coin News, BTC mining difficulty began to decline a month after the coin’s market downtrend began in early October 2025. Over three months, this figure has decreased by 19,3%, and given the correlation with the bearish trend, it can be assumed that mining difficulty will continue to decrease if Bitcoin will become cheaper.
Changes in BTC mining difficulty
In addition to the downward trend in the Bitcoin market, adverse weather conditions in the United States impacted mining difficulty. In January, severe snowstorms hit 34 states, knocking out power lines. As a result, some digital asset mining operations were forced to suspend operations.
As a result, the computing power of the world’s largest mining pool, Foundry USA, fell by 60%. By February 8 hashrate The platform’s output has increased, but its current level of 354 EH/s is 11,5% lower than the value recorded before the power supply disruptions.