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• MARA’s Q2 Earnings, In-Kind BTC ETFs, Bitmain’s U.S. Manufacturing Moves

  Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Matt dive into Mara's Q2 earnings, the SEC's approval of in-kind Bitcoin ETF redemptions, Bitmain onshoring manufacturing to the US, and JPMorgan's prediction that pure play miners will outperform HPC hybrids as the field becomes oversaturated with AI pivots. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Mara revenue up 12% to $238.5M in Q2 • Bitcoin at $118k with hash rate at 900 EH/s • Hash price around $58.70/PH/day • Fees represent only 1% of block subsidy • Bitmain shipped 187 tons of parts to US • SEC approves in-kind BTC ETFs Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:24 Difficulty Report by Luxor 06:21 MARA Q2 earnings call 14:29 Cleanspark 15:01 SEC in-kind Bitcoin ETF approval 20:43 Bitmain is shipping in Antminer parts to the US 28:30 Pure-play miners to outperform as HPC hybrids 👉CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin Miner! CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), America's Bitcoin Miner®, is a market-leading, pure play Bitcoin miner with a proven track record of success. They own a fully self-operated portfolio of mining facilities across the U.S. powered by globally competitive energy prices. CleanSpark sits at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship to monetize low-cost, high reliability energy while securing the most important finite, global asset – Bitcoin. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact [email protected] Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Hive’s 25 EH Plan and Paraguay Expansion w/ Aydin Kilic

  Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Aydin Kilic, CEO of Hive Blockchain joins us to talk about their plan to scale to 25 EH/s by year end, the Paraguay expansion using new Bitmain hydro units, the company’s ATM funding strategy, and their pivot into HPC. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Scaling from 12 to 25 exahash by year end • 200MW Paraguay site bought for $400k/MW • 18% share dilution in Q1 from ATM usage • $500M mining margin target at 25 EH/s • 50% gross mining margins currently • $40M profit on Bitcoin pledge trade Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:02 NYC trip 04:58 25 Exahash goal 07:35 Surviving bear markets 18:20 Fractal Bitcoin 18:59 ATM 24:05 Next steps 2025 👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Is Bitcoin’s most active scaling solution already here? Fractal’s rapid hashrate growth and transaction growth suggest it might be. A new report by Blockspace Media breaks down Fractal Bitcoin. Read the full report here. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact [email protected] Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• How the BBB Affects BTC Miners, Stargate Project Update, Record Crypto ETF Inflows

  Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt discuss Antalpha’s CEO becoming the chair of Cango, how the Big Beautiful Bill affects bitcoin miners, OpenAI and Oracle’s 4.5GW datacenter plans, last week’s record crypto ETF inflows of $4.39B, and Joe McCann's Solana treasury SPAC. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Hashprice stable at $60/hash/day • Antalpha CEO now chair of Cango  • BBB allows 100% equipment depreciation  • OpenAI and Oracle plan 4.5GW data center • $4.39B crypto ETF inflows weekly Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:59 Anatalpha CEO → Cango chairman 13:02 BBB impact on Bitcoin miners 22:06 Fractal Bitcoin 22:45 $4.39B in flows last week 25:53 Stargate OpenAI<>Oracle 4.5 GW 29:10 SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Project 36:33 Joe Mcann’s fails after 80% drop 👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Is Bitcoin’s most active scaling solution already here? Fractal’s rapid hashrate growth and transaction growth suggest it might be. A new report by Blockspace Media breaks down Fractal Bitcoin. Read the full report here. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact [email protected] Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• WhiteFiber’s IPO, Public Miner Executive Comp, BIT Mining’s Ethiopia Expansion

  Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin, Charlie, and Matt talk Bitcoin's surge to $123K and its impact on mining economics, Bit Digital's WhiteFiber IPO prospectus and pivot to an Ethereum treasury strategy, public miner executive compensation, BIT Mining’s Ethiopia expansion, and the Mempool.space’s "Baja Blast Summer" (i.e., ultra-low transaction fees). Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Bitcoin reached $123K all-time high • Hash price at $60 per petahash per day • Exec compensation $14.4M in 2024 • Bit Digital raising $67.3M for ETH pivot • WhiteFiber IPO shows $47.6M 2024 HPC revenue • Ethiopia data centers use 30% of country’s energy  Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:17 Difficulty Report by Luxor 08:33 Fees are SO LOW! 11:12 Bit Digital WhiteFiber S-1 14:21 Bit Digital ETH treasury 22:09 Fractal Bitcoin 22:48 VanEck: Executive Pay 27:27 BIT Mining Ethiopian data center 30:17 Cry Corner: Baja Blast Summer 👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Reduces up to 50% of your pool fee. No new hardware, no extra energy. And it’s easy. FB rewards go straight to your existing Bitcoin wallet address. Over 50% of Bitcoin’s hashpower is already merge mining Fractal. Get more from the same resources — start on Fractal today! 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact [email protected] Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Why tokens don't work (except for Bitcoin)

  FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE:https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39 Gwart joins us to talk about the collapse of crypto's "public goods" era and why the revenue meta is taking over. We dive deep into the fat protocol thesis, why DAOs failed, the difference between Bitcoin and crypto, and how builders are finally focusing on sustainable businesses instead of token hacking. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **NOTES:** • Pump.fun crossed hundreds of millions in revenue • Fat protocol thesis originated 2016-2017 • iPhone example: $1,000 vs theoretical $10,000 • Uniswap has fee switch but hasn't turned it on • Thread guy has 5% Bitcoin portfolio allocation • Bitcoin could 10x in next five years Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:59 Bitcoin vs Crypto 06:08 What does Gwart "believe" in? 08:33 Revenue Meta & Fat Protocol Thesis 13:36 Interpreting the Fat Protocol Thesis 19:25 Analogies to Linux, etc 27:18 Is the DAO dead? 31:27 Devs 37:35 Creators of the Revenue delusion 40:46 Are stonks the new tokens? 45:01 Solana maxi 50:22 Real World Assets ;P 53:10 Minting new BTC maxis - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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