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 260 BTC mined in January.
However, the February production is 17% higher than the 214 BTC produced in
December 2022.
The decrease in HIVE’s BTC production
comes as mining difficulty 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.
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.
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. Hashrate