Crypto Mining
Crypto Miners Struggle: MARA and Riot fall as rising energy costs and the shift to AI processing pressure margins
As of March 20, 2026, the landscape of digital infrastructure has reached a critical inflection point. The once-dominant titans of the Bitcoin mining industry, MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) and Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), are currently grappling with a punishing "double-squeeze." The combined pressure of post-halving economics