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The revised estimate that extreme storms may be twice as impactful highlights a growing risk to critical infrastructure, including satellite communications and power grids, which underpin crypto mining and network operations. This could become a material factor for institutional investors assessing long-term operational risks.

A study published in Nature explains that the saturation of geomagnetic storms can be attributed to a regression to the mean effect, suggesting that extreme storms may be twice as impactful as previously estimated.

Nature Study: Extreme Geomagnetic Storms Pose Twice the Risk to Bitcoin Mining

Geomagnetic storms are the overlooked black swan for Bitcoin mining – the study suggests extreme events are twice as likely to cause grid failures, yet no one is pricing this risk into hash rate or mining stocks.