<p>HIVE Blockchain Technologies (HIVE), a
publicly-listed crypto mining firm, has released its Bitcoin (BTC) production
figures for February 2023, reporting a 4% drop in the number of the foremost
digital currency mined. The firm produced 250 BTC last month compared to <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/hive-blockchain-reports-btc-production-and-bets-od-grid-balancing/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>260 BTC mined in January</a>.
However, the February production is 17% higher than the 214 BTC produced in
December 2022.</p><p>The decrease in HIVE’s BTC production
comes as <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/terms/m/mining-difficulty/” class=”terms__main-term” id=”9e325df6-c04c-4420-81ce-73de10dcf8f9″ target=”_blank”>mining difficulty</a> continues to bite harder, jumping from a 39.4
trillion record at the beginning of February 2023 to an all-time high of
43.1 trillion on February 28th. In other words, miming difficulty increased by 9%
during the month. </p><p>In addition, HIVE produced a BTC HODL
balance of 2,340 BTC last month, which is a 4% decrease from 2,430 BTC balance it held in January. However, HIVE said it now has approximately 2,365 BTC with
a market value of over $56 million as of Thursday (March 2nd). The firm, which
went public in 2017, also noted that it sold a total of 267.7 BTC in February, generating total net proceeds of $6.6 million.</p><p>HIVE’s Hashrate Increases in February</p><p>Despite the increased mining
difficulty in the Bitcoin network in February, HIVE said it managed to increase its overall hashrate by 16% month-over-month. <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/terms/h/hash-rate/” class=”terms__secondary-term” id=”427967e8-9807-479a-b9d0-f5dcdee58c91″ target=”_blank”>Hashrate</a> is a measurement of the speed at which a
cryptocurrency mining device operates. </p><p>The crypto miner produced BTC at a
monthly average of 2.75 exahash per second (EH/s) in February 2023 compared to January’s 2.38
EH/s average hashrate. The February hashrate translates to 91 BTC per Exahash, HIVE said.</p><p>“We are continuously looking to optimize
our allocation of energy as a resource. This month we did not sell energy back
to the grid, but rather increased our operating hashrate as this was the most
profitable operating mode,” Aydin Kilic, HIVE’s President and Chief Executive
Officer, noted in a statement. </p><p>HIVE Produces More BTC in 2022, Losses $90M during Q4</p><p>Meanwhile, HIVE <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/hive-blockchain-increases-its-bitcoin-production-mines-4752-btc-in-2022/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>produced 4,752 BTC in 2022</a>, which
is an 18% year-on-year increase. The company described the output as a “modest” jump in production despite growing mining difficulty and declining
profitability amidst a <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/whats-next-for-crypto-after-the-chaos-of-2022/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>prolonged cryptocurrency winter</a> last year. </p><p>However, during the last quarter of 2022,
HIVE <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/hive-blockchain-reports-90m-loss-in-q4-2022-amid-lower-bitcoin-prices/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>reported a $90 million loss</a>, which
is a 143% increase from the $37 million loss posted during the prior quarter.
The crypto miner’s revenue also slumped by 51.6% year-over-year to $14.1
million at the end of last year. HIVE blamed the shrink in revenue on <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/ethereum-merge-goes-live-eth-touches-1600/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>The Ethereum Merge</a>, prolonged cryptocurrency
winter, rising mining difficulty and <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/crypto-winter-are-we-really-in-front-of-a-bear-market/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>tumbling crypto prices</a>. </p>
This article was written by Solomon Oladipupo at www.financemagnates.com.
