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On today’s Blockspace Live, we have Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot and cover the big news that MARA sold $1.1B in BTC.

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Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot, Luxor Head of Financial Services Matt Williams, and Bitcoin Policy Institute Head of Government Affairs Ken Egan join us to respectively talk about the latest in Hut 8’s AI expansion, the regulatory battle over stablecoin rewards in the CLARITY Act, and Luxor’s new energy and financing offerings for AI operators. Plus, for news, we dive deep into why Marathon Digital is selling BTC to retire debt, how Coinbase and Better Homes and Finance secured a historic mortgage win with Fannie Mae-approved crypto-backed home loans, and why markets are backsliding going into the weekend.

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Notes:

* Next difficulty adjustment expected at +4.5%.

* MARA sold 15,133 BTC ($1.1B) to retire $1B in debt.

* Fannie Mae rubberstamps crypto-backed mortgages from Coinbase/Better Homes.

* CLARITY Act nearing finish line

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:19 Difficulty Report by Hashrate Index

04:58 CLARITY Act update

31:39 Asher Genoot, HUT8

44:49 Matt Williams, Luxor

1:01:07 MARA selling BTC

1:22:13 Market update = bad :(

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Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining

U.S. Spot BTC ETFs saw largest single-day outflow in three weeks.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $171 million in outflows on Thursday, the biggest single-day withdrawal since early March. Is this a sign that institutional demand is cooling amid ongoing macro pressure? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie reports on CoinDesk Daily.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

Zcash and privacy demand with Cypherpunk's Will McEvoy.

In his first-ever interview, Cypherpunk CIO Will McEvoy sits down with CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to make the case that privacy is wildly undervalued and explains what it will take for the market to finally catch up. Plus, he shares his Zcash price prediction and outlines why an AI-driven reckoning may force people to confront how much privacy they've already surrendered.

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Timecodes:

01:19 - What Will Says the Market Is Getting Wrong About Privacy02:48 - What Are We Giving Up For Convenience?06:22 - Is Zcash Is the Tradable Monetary Unit of Privacy?09:12 - Will's Zcash Price Prediction10:44 - Zcash vs. Bitcoin vs. Gold on Privacy15:06 - Do Privacy Coins Face Regulatory Risk?16:59 - Cypherpunk's Investment in ZODL19:42 - Cypherpunk's DAT Strategy22:09 - The One Development That Could Catapult the Privacy Narrative

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

Why did Bittensor's TAO token price double in the past month?

Bittensor's native token TAO has more than doubled this month as staking activity surges across the network's AI subnets. The decentralized machine learning marketplace is drawing fresh attention from builders and investors betting on the intersection of crypto and AI. Jennifer Sanasie breaks down what's driving the rally on CoinDesk Daily.

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Nexo is the premier digital wealth platform. Receive interest on your crypto, borrow against it without selling, and trade a range of assets. Now available in the U.S with 30 days of exclusive privileges. Get started at https://nexo.com/coindesk.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

Tether is finally conducting an audit, and the CLARITY Act is shaping up to be a dud for stablecoins.

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Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Jay Patel, Founder of Lygos Finance, joins us to talk about tremors in private credit markets and how they might affect bitcoin-backed credit markets, and Blockspace podcaster Gwart hops on to discuss crypto’s year of soul-searching. We also dive into Tether’s first-ever audit, why the banks beat crypto in the latest draft of the CLARITY Act, and the emergence of a new Bitcoin client. Finally, we break down the incredible story of the unlikely hiding place for an Irish Drug dealer’s bitcoin stash.

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Notes:

• Tether seeks first Big Four audit vs Circle.

• Banks beat crypto in CLARITY Act.

• Irish authorities seized 500 BTC from dealer.

• Private credit faces risks as Blue Owl, others alter redemptions.

• New Bitcoin client makes the “conservative case” for BTC

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:35 Tether audit

16:30 CLARITY Act update

28:44 Gwart

47:07 Jay Patel from Lygos on Private Credit

1:02:18 New Bitcoin software client

1:12:10 Irish weed dealer's BTC gets seized

👉CleanSpark

CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world.

👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool

Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining