CRYPTOSTORY 494· JUNE 9, 2026

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Falls 10% in Second-Largest Negative Adjustment of 2026

Bitcoin's mining difficulty — the network's self-regulating measure of how hard it is to earn the right to add a new block — fell 10% in its latest scheduled recalibration, the second-largest downward adjustment of 2026. The drop is a signa

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