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blockonomi.com Understanding RTP, Volatility, and Bonus Features in Bitcoin Slots

Bitcoin slots are packed with giant multipliers, fast bonus rounds, and huge payout potential, but most players still ignore the mechanics behind the game. RTP, volatility, and bonus features shape how often wins appear, how risky the gameplay feels, and where the biggest payouts usually come from. Understanding those three things makes it much easier [...] The post Understanding RTP, Volatility, and Bonus Features in Bitcoin Slots appeared first on Blockonomi.

forklog.media Bitcoin miners’ shares rally after Nvidia’s results

Shares of bitcoin miners rose after the release of Nvidia’s results. The company reported revenue of $81.6bn for the first quarter of fiscal 2027—85% higher than a year earlier. Data-centre revenue reached $75.2bn. For the current quarter Nvidia guided to about $91bn in revenue, announced an additional $80bn share buy-back and raised its dividend to $0.25 a share. Markets are betting on AI infrastructure again The main catalyst for mining stocks was not Nvidia’s growth per se but confirmation of durable demand for AI infrastructure. Investors again focused on companies with access to electricity, sites for data centres and infrastructure for high-performance computing. Against this backdrop, the market began to re-rate Core Scientific, Cipher, IREN and others not merely as bitcoin miners but as potential beneficiaries of the AI-compute boom. At the close on May 20: IREN rose by about 10.4%; MARA—by 5.6%; CleanSpark—by 4.9%; Riot—by 4.4%; Cipher—by 3.6%; Core Scientific—by 1.2%. IREN share price. Source: Yahoo Finance. Nvidia’s own shares ended roughly flat after intraday swings, suggesting the market reacted more to the report’s infrastructure implications for related companies. A key driver was the data-centre segment. Nvidia’s CFO, Colette Kress, said that large companies accounted for more than half of quarterly revenue. The remainder came from ACIE, which includes cloud providers, industry and enterprise customers. Core Scientific and IREN are already pivoting to AI hosting For some miners, the shift to AI infrastructure has crystallised into concrete projects. In 2025 CoreWeave signed a definitive agreement to acquire Core Scientific, valuing it at $9bn. Core Scientific’s total potential alternative compute capacity was put at nearly 500MW. It is one of the clearest examples of miners monetising not just hashrate but land, cooling and grid connections. IREN has gone further. In March the company said it plans to expand its AI cloud to 150,000 GPUs. Deployment is expected in the second half of 2026. The firm forecasts more than $3.7bn in annual revenue. In May Nvidia and IREN also announced a strategic partnership to deploy up to 5GW of AI infrastructure. AI as a valuation driver Previously, miners’ valuations hinged chiefly on bitcoin’s price and post-halving economics. Now some enjoy a second multiple—as owners of scarce AI infrastructure. The more convincingly Nvidia demonstrates durable demand for accelerators, cloud storage and enterprise AI roll-outs, the more actively markets reprice such assets at former “pure-play” miners. Not all will benefit. Investors are prioritising players with: ready-to-use sites; substantial power capacity; a clear HPC and AI-hosting strategy; access to data-centre infrastructure. Nvidia’s strong quarter showed that AI infrastructure remains one of miners’ key development avenues alongside bitcoin mining. Not so straightforward In a conversation with ForkLog, Arseniy Grusha, founder of the Dataprana data centre in the US, said that miners’ pivot to AI does not spell the end of crypto mining. "Mining is not going anywhere, but the industry is undergoing a major transformation. Over the past five years we have seen industrialisation and the arrival of large public companies, which triggered a rally in Bitcoin network difficulty. Today giants have entered the AI market, and they need enormous capacity. The profitability figures in this sector work much better, so miners are massively refitting their data centres for new tasks. This process will only gain momentum," he said. He said refitting mining data centres for AI is very difficult and costly because entirely different builds are required. The main value miners hold is pre-allocated power and a legal grid connection. Everything else has to be built from scratch with a different approach. "The difference in costs is colossal: a bitcoin data centre averages $400,000 per MW, whereas an AI facility costs about $10m per MW. The 20–25-fold increase is due to strict requirements for 100% redundancy. AI needs full backups: massive batteries and diesel generators ready to take over the load within seconds," he noted. The design and liquid-cooling systems for GPU capacity are also more complex. All these systems require professional engineering and strict certification to ensure uninterrupted operation. He noted that the payback for traditional mining is faster. "As a business, traditional mining hosting lets you recoup investment in three to four years, which is very fast. Investments in an AI data centre cost 25 times more. Therefore their payback period reaches six to seven years," Grusha stressed. He added that mining is a niche business with high instability due to its dependence on bitcoin’s exchange rate, where contracts run for at most a couple of years. AI is a global market with long contracts. A 10-year deal with, say, Microsoft offers the stability that makes it easy to raise bank financing for such projects. Back in November 2025, MARA CEO Fred Thiel predicted tough times for miners amid rising competition and shrinking margins.

forklog.media Quantinuum and BP Launch Quantum Subsurface Exploration

Quantinuum and energy giant BP have initiated a joint project to apply quantum computing for subsurface probing and mapping of the Earth's interior. The initiative aims to address fundamental wave physics challenges underlying seismic imaging. The firms intend to modernize methods for exploring oil and gas resources. Subsurface probing requires processing vast amounts of data and solving complex wave propagation equations. In classical computing, memory and power demands grow proportionally with spatial resolution: doubling it may require a significant increase in HPC cluster resources. Quantinuum claims that using quantum systems will achieve higher data detail at lower costs. Theoretically, adding just one qubit doubles the dimensionality of the quantum state space, enabling exponential scaling without inflating infrastructure. “This is potentially an important industrial case. We can offer a more efficient path for energy exploration, providing high data accuracy at lower computational costs compared to classical methods,” said Quantinuum President and CEO Rajib Hazra. Currently, the project is in its early stages. The parties have not disclosed specific algorithm types or exact timelines for achieving "quantum supremacy" over traditional geophysical systems. The energy sector is becoming a major testing ground for quantum technologies. In 2025, Saudi Aramco also launched the specialized quantum emulator Dammam 7Q for similar subsurface studies. Back in May 2026, Cisco's Global Director of Innovation Guy Diedrich announced that the company would prepare network infrastructure ahead of the quantum leap.

forklog.media How to Retain Your Identity When AI Takes Over Your Job

In the past, individuals measured their worth by productivity. The advancement of artificial intelligence has led to the automation of routine tasks and altered business norms, prompting a reevaluation of our existence's purpose. ForkLog spoke with JetUp's COO, Georgy Fomchenkov, about why written code has become a burden, how to prevent neural networks from taking authorship of one's life, and what the world might look like in 2040. ForkLog (FL): Georgy, in your essay “The End of the Useful Human”, you state that AI threatens not the individual, but their social role — “the HR department form.” Why is that? Georgy Fomchenkov (G. F.): The fact is that this “historical contract” and social roles emerged literally a few hundred years ago. Before the industrial era, people defined themselves differently: “I am a father,” “I am a husband,” “I engage in creativity.” There were many facets. Over the past 200 years, we have merged with our professions: “I am a lawyer,” “I am a journalist.” Roles and people became one. When we say AI will replace us, we mean it will primarily replace these roles. The main question now is: what to do when a person wakes up, there is no work, food is available, but they are deadly bored? If people are not taught from childhood to seek inner meaning, they will find themselves empty and start looking for substitutes. FL: In your lecture “Programming in the Era of Grey Boxes”, you claim that AI has completely changed the development paradigm. G. F.: The main shift is that programmers need to adapt to working with a system they do not fully control. This is the “grey box.” Instead of understanding every line of code, a strong engineer today is one who can surround it with the right metrics and tests to prove its safety and functionality. FL: In large companies, directors are already widely imposing vibe coding on developers, although programmers complain that checking generated code takes more time. What's the catch? G. F.: Company management believes neural networks will replace everything right now. But programmers also need to adapt. The main savings today lie not in the speed of writing code but in reducing unnecessary communications. My team lead saved a lot of time simply because we let go of weak employees, and he no longer needs to spend 40% of his day on calls and mentoring. Minor tasks are now handled by AI. FL: Modern AI assistants are becoming incredibly empathetic and caring. How can a person not lose “authorship of their own life” when it is so psychologically comfortable to let the machine make decisions? G. F.: If a child is told from a young age that AI is only a helper and friend, they will grow up to be someone who relies entirely on algorithms and will always choose the easiest path. AI is like a chainsaw. I enjoy using it to cut wood, but we wouldn't give a chainsaw to a child, would we? Because they might cut off their leg. AI is a fantastic tool, but it is a tool of increased danger that needs strict regulation. Otherwise, it will simply replace other people and human life itself. FL: Let's look into the future. What will an average person's typical weekday look like in 2040? G. F.: I think people will wake up and spend two to three hours on some activity. This could be a craft, community service, or teaching — something involving people. The rest of the time will be spent on communication without any agenda and the ability to work with boredom, using it as an opportunity to be alone with oneself. The future is not about flying cars. It's about waking up in the morning and enjoying life again. However, there is one unpleasant nuance. Due to the abundance of very cheap machine intelligence, genuine interaction with a living, intelligent person may become a premium service. The conversation has been significantly shortened. Watch the full episode: Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Deezer Yandex Music YouTube Music

blockonomi.com Cardano (ADA) Eyes Recovery as Whales Accumulate 250M Tokens and TD Sequential Signals Buy Opportunity

Cardano (ADA) holds $0.25 support as whales buy 250M tokens. TD Sequential buy signal emerges amid mixed technicals. Key levels and targets analyzed. The post Cardano (ADA) Eyes Recovery as Whales Accumulate 250M Tokens and TD Sequential Signals Buy Opportunity appeared first on Blockonomi.

bitcoinist.com By The Numbers: How Much Bitcoin Supply Is Exposed To Quantum Risk?

Analytics firm Glassnode has broken down how much of the Bitcoin supply is at risk due to Quantum Computing and what its composition looks like. 6.04 Million Bitcoin Is Estimated To Be Exposed To Quantum Risk In a new X article, Glassnode has talked about the part of the Bitcoin supply in circulation that’s exposed […]

news.bitcoin.com Community Is King: Why Wadoozie Is Ditching Online Hype for Real-World Participation

Wadoozie is a narrative-driven, on-chain attention network built on Ethereum, pairing a native ERC-20 token ($WADZ) with a real-world 48-state U.S. tour, 576 Signal Fragments redeemable for tokens (336 hidden across the 48 states, 240 in an online pool), and a Publishers Network that pays creators directly from a dedicated 7% of total supply. This […]

blockonomi.com Market Wrap: Nvidia (NVDA) Earnings Disappoint Bulls While Bitcoin (BTC) Clings to $77K Support

Nvidia earnings beat but stock falls 1%. Bitcoin holds $77K support as Fed rate concerns mount. SpaceX files S-1. Euro stablecoin consortium expands to 37 banks. The post Market Wrap: Nvidia (NVDA) Earnings Disappoint Bulls While Bitcoin (BTC) Clings to $77K Support appeared first on Blockonomi.

news.bitcoin.com Soluna Buys out Dorothy 1B as Bitcoin-to-AI Campus Conversion Advances

Soluna (NASDAQ: SLNH) Holdings has acquired full ownership of another portion of its flagship Texas campus, continuing a broader effort to transform a bitcoin mining complex into an AI and high-performance computing site backed by owned renewable energy. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy […]

cryptobriefing.com South Korea’s KOSPI surges 8% as Samsung averts strike, sending ripples through AI token markets

Samsung's strike avoidance stabilizes chip supply, boosting AI infrastructure growth and positively impacting both tech equities and AI-related crypto tokens. The post South Korea’s KOSPI surges 8% as Samsung averts strike, sending ripples through AI token markets appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

forklog.media SpaceX Discloses Bitcoin Holdings in IPO Filing

Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has submitted a public filing to the SEC for an IPO. According to the S-1 form, as of March 31, the firm held 18,712 BTC, acquired for $661 million. The average purchase price was $35,300 per coin, and the market value of the reserve at the end of the quarter was estimated at $1.29 billion. SpaceX plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX. If the Commission approves the stock offering, SpaceX will become one of the largest public companies with a corporate reserve in the leading cryptocurrency. By the volume of bitcoins, the company already surpasses Coinbase, which holds 16,492 BTC. The IPO is set to be the largest market debut in the U.S. in recent years. WSJ and Reuters report that the company's valuation is around $1.75 trillion, with potential fundraising of $75-80 billion. Connections Within Musk's Ecosystem The filing details SpaceX's relationships with other Musk assets. The documents mention commercial and financial ties with: Tesla; xAI; X; The Boring Company. This means investors will evaluate not only SpaceX's space and satellite business but also the broader network of interconnections within Musk's companies. The cryptocurrency reserve mentioned in the filing is particularly intriguing in light of Tesla's past. In 2021, the automaker purchased bitcoins worth $1.5 billion, later selling a significant portion of the position. It now emerges that SpaceX has also been holding a substantial reserve of digital gold all this time. Earlier in February, SpaceX acquired another of Musk's AI startups, xAI, creating the world's most valuable private company valued at $1.25 trillion.

bitcoinist.com Bitcoin Quantum Exposure: Glassnode Says 30% of Supply Is Highly Vulnerable

A new study by Glassnode is putting fresh focus on a security risk for the wider Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem—one that relates not to today’s cryptography, but to what could happen if quantum computers become powerful enough to run the right algorithms.  According to the research, 6.04 million Bitcoin, or 30.2% of the issued supply, is […]

bitcoinist.com Bitcoin Rally May Have Been A Trap – Here’s What Demand Data Reveals

Bitcoin is struggling as the price loses the $80,000 level and the market faces a wave of selling pressure that has erased the confidence built during weeks of recovery. The breakdown raises an immediate question that a CryptoQuant report has now answered with uncomfortable precision: what was actually driving the rally that carried Bitcoin back […]

news.bitcoin.com Ontop Uses Opentrade APIs to Turn Idle Payroll Cash Into 3% APR Rewards

Fintech payroll platform Ontop has partnered with stablecoin yield infrastructure provider Opentrade to launch a platform-wide ~3% APR rewards program for its remote workforce users. Mitigating Risk for Cross-Border Workers Ontop has rolled out a ~3% APR rewards program for its global workforce users after integrating stablecoin yield infrastructure from Opentrade. Under the program, Ontop […]

cryptobriefing.com China’s yuan slides to 2.38% of global SWIFT payments in April, dropping two spots to sixth place

China's struggle to increase its global payment share highlights the resilience of existing financial systems and the challenges of RMB internationalization. The post China’s yuan slides to 2.38% of global SWIFT payments in April, dropping two spots to sixth place appeared first on Crypto Briefing.