Bitcoin mining stocks faced a sea of red Monday as a sharp decline in cryptocurrency prices collided with analyst skepticism regarding the sector’s expensive transition to AI. Stock prices have dropped alongside bitcoin’s 10% correction over the last week despite a flurry of announcements regarding data center expansions. HIVE dropped 8.2% to $2.56 on Monday’s open. The miner recently announced plans to grow its Paraguay operations by 100 megawatts in 2026 and launched a new high-performance computing b ...