After the 2024 halving crushed margins, Bitcoin miners secured over $70B in AI/HPC contracts by 2026. Their power sites now deliver 3–25x revenue per MW with 80–90% margins. AI revenue is projected to reach 70% of total income by late 2026.

VALR, South Africa’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has launched the Bitcoin and Gold Bundle (BITGOLD)—a simplified investment product combining Bitcoin (BTC) and tokenised gold (XAUT) in a single, automatically rebalanced portfolio for diversified exposure.

Markets rally despite increasingly bearish macro sentiment

Heightened CPI and lacklustre earnings set the stage for an unprecedented rate hike