The previous record of $1.74 billion was set in May 2021. Of the $2 billion earned by miners in March 2024, approximately $85 million came from transaction fees, while $1.93 billion was from block rewards.
A total of 4,412 blocks were mined. The leading company was Foundry USA, whose devices mined 1,312 blocks. Foundry also accounted for about 30% of the total Bitcoin sales volume.
In second place was Antpool, which discovered 989 blocks, representing about 23% of the total blocks mined globally in March. The top five was completed by miners from Viabtc, F2pool, and Binance Pool.
Currently, the top cryptocurrency by market capitalization is trading between $65,400 and $69,500. On the weekly timeframe, Bitcoin has lost more than 8% of its initial value. The daily market capitalization of BTC has decreased by 6.7%.
Recently, Arkham Intelligence analyst reported that Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin USDT, purchased $627 million worth of Bitcoin on the Bitfinex exchange, increasing its BTC reserves to a record $7.5 billion.