According to @rovercrc, Bitcoin network difficulty has reached a new all-time high, indicating record mining competition. Source: @rovercrc tweet dated Aug 10, 2025. Bitcoin difficulty retargets every 2016 blocks to keep ~10-minute block intervals, so a new high typically reflects rising aggregate hash rate and stronger network security. Source: Bitcoin Core documentation. At an unchanged BTC price and fee environment, higher difficulty lowers BTC earned per unit of hash and reduces USD revenue per TH/s, pressuring miner margins and increasing the likelihood of treasury drawdowns. Source: Luxor Hashprice Index methodology. Traders should watch miner reserves and exchange inflows for potential selling pressure, alongside hashprice trends and mining-exposed equities such as MARA, RIOT, and CLSK for sensitivity to mining economics. Source: Glassnode research on miner balances; Hashrate Index by Luxor on hashprice and miner equity sensitivity.