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Bitcoin Isn’t a Magical Anarcho-Capitalist Swiss Army Knife
Bitcoin may not be as resilient to network attacks as most think, according to Bitcoin pioneer Nick Szabo, who argues that while Bitcoin is a trust-minimized network, it isn’t entirely trustless and can still be […]
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Microsoft signs $9.7B deal with BTC miner IREN
Microsoft’s $9.7 billion contract with a Texas miner reveals the new math pushing crypto infrastructure toward AI, and what it means for the networks left behind. IREN’s November 3 announcement collapses two transactions into a […]
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Are miners about to sell more Bitcoin? MARA’s record quarter says maybe
Marathon’s third-quarter filing carried a quiet but definitive policy change, in which the company stated that it will now sell a portion of newly mined Bitcoin (BTC) to fund its operations. The shift occurred as […]
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Bitfarms to Shutter Bitcoin Mining in Pivot to AI
Bitfarms’ stock has plunged after the company announced it would be shuttering its Bitcoin mining operations over the next two years and converting them to artificial intelligence and high-compute data centers. The company said on […]
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CleanSpark Borrows $1.15B at 0% to Survive the Brutal Bitcoin Mining Shakeout
CleanSpark just sold $1.15 billion of zero-coupon convertible notes to buy more power and machines in the most brutal mining environment yet. The deal is a 144A private placement due in 2032, with an initial […]
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CleanSpark To Raise $1.1B For BTC mining, AI Data Center Expansion
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark is raising capital to expand its mining and data center operations, as major miners pivot toward artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. CleanSpark announced a $1.15 billion senior convertible note offering on […]
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Does Bitcoin use MEV to order your transactions like DeFi?
In crypto, MEV typically refers to bots and searchers on chains like Ethereum reordering, inserting, or censoring transactions around DEX trades and liquidations to extract value from users in the form of worse prices, failed […]
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Texans Fails to Create City to Enforce Noise Limits on Bitcoin Miner
Residents living in a small area of Hood County, Texas, have failed in their bid to become a new municipality in an attempt to regulate noise from a nearby Bitcoin mining facility. According to a […]
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70% of top Bitcoin miners are already using AI income to survive bear market
Seven of the top ten miners by hashrate report AI or high-performance computing initiatives already generating revenue, with the other three planning to follow suit. The shift pairs miners’ energized land and interconnections with contracted […]
