IREN rebounds after AI cloud revenue reaches $200 million
IREN shares recovered sharply following a quarterly revenue shift that saw AI cloud sales more than double while Bitcoin mining revenue declined.
IREN shares recovered sharply following a quarterly revenue shift that saw AI cloud sales more than double while Bitcoin mining revenue declined. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at ₹71,26,430 ($75,701.00). This is an original Token Times brief synthesising 2 outlets (The Crypto Basic, NewsBTC), with their figures cross-checked, plus live market data, as of Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:00:01 UTC.
IREN’s results show how an AI-focused data-center business can offset falling cryptocurrency mining income, a shift that affects how the company is valued and its exposure to both markets.
- AI cloud revenue reached $200 million, up 182% sequentially
- Bitcoin mining revenue declined from $67 million to $28 million
- IREN rebounded nearly 20% after losing about 26.3% over two days
- Bitcoin traded at $75,665 amid extreme fear
The Crypto Basic and NewsBTC agree that IREN generated $200 million in AI cloud revenue, and the figure is independently corroborated across both reports. NewsBTC provides the prior-quarter comparison of $71 million, while The Crypto Basic characterizes the sequential increase as 182%. The outlets do not contradict each other, but The Crypto Basic focuses on the stock reaction and NewsBTC additionally reports that Bitcoin mining revenue fell from $67 million to $28 million.
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- IREN rebounds after AI cloud revenue reaches $200 million — this brief
IREN Limited shares rebounded nearly 20% to $21.62 in Friday premarket trading after the company reported $200 million in AI cloud revenue for its fiscal first quarter. The Crypto Basic said the move followed a two-day selloff in which the shares lost approximately 26.3%, turning a sharp decline into a substantial short-term recovery. The rebound remained below the premarket level reflected in the supplied report.
The $200 million revenue figure was reported by both The Crypto Basic and NewsBTC. NewsBTC said AI cloud revenue rose from $71 million in the previous quarter, while The Crypto Basic described the sequential increase as 182%. That growth came alongside a reduction in 
Bitcoin mining revenue, which NewsBTC reported fell from $67 million to $28 million, making the quarter a notable shift in IREN’s revenue mix rather than an across-the-board expansion.
The two outlets emphasize different aspects of the results. The Crypto Basic centered on the nearly 20% premarket rebound and the preceding 26.3% stock decline, while NewsBTC supplied detailed comparisons for both AI cloud and Bitcoin mining revenue. It also cited a separate company benchmark: TeraWulf’s November 6 earnings release showed $63 million in third-quarter high-performance-computing lease revenue, equal to about 83% of its $76.2 million total.
IREN’s results illustrate the growing economic role of AI-oriented infrastructure alongside cryptocurrency mining. The supplied mining data shows the countervailing pressure: AI cloud revenue more than doubled from the previous quarter as Bitcoin mining revenue contracted. Live network figures from mempool.space place Bitcoin hashrate at 1,016 EH/s and difficulty at 148.4 trillion, providing broader context for the mining environment in which IREN’s mining business operates.
The wider crypto market was comparatively subdued in the supplied snapshot. Total market capitalization stood at $2.6 trillion and the overall market was flat, while Bitcoin traded at $75,665, down 0.23% over 24 hours and 2.52% over seven days. The Fear & Greed Index registered 25, labeled Extreme Fear. The immediate market focus for IREN is whether its newly reported AI cloud scale can continue developing alongside a weaker mining revenue contribution, based on subsequent results rather than the share-price reaction alone.
Since this brief published about 35 hours ago, Bitcoin (BTC) has moved from ₹71,23,040.83$75,665.00 to ₹71,26,429.84$75,701.00 — +0.05%.
The chart plots BTC's price: grey is the move before this brief published, the vertical dashed line marks the moment it published, the horizontal dashed line is the price then, and the coloured area is the move since — from Token Times's market data (daily resolution). It shows what happened after the news, not that the news caused it; many factors move prices. Not financial advice.
At today's peer-to-peer rate, 1 BTC ≈ ₹7.80M (about $75,701.00), down 0.2% over 24 hours. The rupee itself trades about 9.4% above the official rate on the P2P market, so a Indian buyer's effective cost differs from the headline dollar price.
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IREN rebounds after AI cloud revenue reaches $200 million — questions & answers
How much AI cloud revenue did IREN report?
IREN reported $200 million in AI cloud revenue for its fiscal first quarter. Both The Crypto Basic and NewsBTC cited the same figure, with NewsBTC reporting it rose from $71 million.
What happened to IREN's Bitcoin mining revenue?
NewsBTC reported that Bitcoin mining revenue fell from $67 million to $28 million as AI cloud revenue increased.
How did IREN shares react to the results?
According to The Crypto Basic, IREN shares rebounded nearly 20% to $21.62 in Friday premarket trading after losing about 26.3% over the preceding two days.
How much is 1 Bitcoin worth in rupee today?
About ₹7.80M at the live peer-to-peer (P2P) USDT rate, which is what Indians typically trade at — equivalent to roughly $75,701.00. The rupee price moves with both BTC's US-dollar price and the USDT/INR rate; use our Bitcoin in rupee page for any amount.
Which outlets reported this story?
This is an original Token Times brief that synthesises reporting from The Crypto Basic, NewsBTC, with the key figures cross-checked for agreement across them. It is not a copy of any one article — follow the source links above for the original reporting.
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