Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Adjusts Amid Industry Challenges

According to Cointelegraph, the Bitcoin (BTC) network mining difficulty, which measures the computational challenge of adding a new block to the blockchain, slightly decreased to 146. 4 trillion on Thursday. This marks the first difficulty adjustment of 2026. The next adjustment is anticipated to occur on January 22, 2026, at 04:08:12 AM UTC, with an expected increase in difficulty from 146 source: https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/34913083228953?utm_source=BinanceNewsRSS