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In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the FDIC & the Big Bad Banks, Luxor launches new mining firmware to compete with Braiins, Fidelity quietly launches it’s crypto market and the mempool filling up with JPEGs. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/luxor-launches-bitcoin-miner-firmware-made-in-t...

Today we discuss Cleanspark’s current financials, adding hashrate quickly, buying S19j Pro+ over S19 XPs, stock compensation and future growth plans outside the US. https://cleanspark.com Zach Bradford: https://twitter.com/zachkbradford Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:38  Intro 01:14  Q4 financials 03:45  Investor communications 06:40  Executive compensatio...

Today we are joined by mining analyst Anthony Power to talk about February's public miner performance. We discuss the chaos in the banking sector, big deployments from Marathon and others and some new metrics to be aware of. https://compassmining.io/education/mining-stock-roundup-february-monthly-bitcoin-mining-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/w...

Today we are covering SVB being taken over by the FDIC, the Biden administration proposing a 30% miner tax, Block publishing a miner development kit and call for input, and ePIC’s new mining hardware based on Intel technology. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://education.compassmining.io/education/bitmain-changed-its-asic-design-miners-need-to-be-ready/ https://www.niagara-g...

Today we are joined by David Kemmerer, co-founder of CoinLedger, to discuss crypto taxes. We go over what you need to know including taxable income, cost bases and mining specific questions. https://coinledger.io/ David Kemmerer: https://twitter.com/david_kemmerer Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:26 Coinledger Intro 03:27 Why use Coinledger? 06:28 Common questio...

Today we’re going offroad from Bitcoin mining into an adjacent subject, decentralized storage. We are joined by Bill Schreckenstein, an engineer at Protocol Labs focused on building a decentralized alternative to cloud computing such as AWS. Bill gives us the inside scoop on Filecoin–a decentralized network for storing data. We talk about the actors, the economics and how it compares to Bitcoin mi...

Today we are joined by Andy Long, CEO of White Rock Management. A Bitcoin mining OG, Andy walks us through the current mining landscape, his long term mining thesis and a primer on European mining opportunities. https://wrm.swiss/ Andy Long: https://twitter.com/longandy Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:42 Andy Long Bio 04:29 It's all about the difficulty adjustm...

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the Fed denying Costodia’s banking application, friendly mining regulation making it’s way through Montana’s legislature, and a school employee putting miners in a crawlspace to leach electricity, sneaky, sneaky. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/23/cr...

Today we are joined by Brian Morgenstern, head of public policy at Riot Platforms. Brian recently joined Riot to advocate for the Bitcoin mining industry in Washington DC. We talk about the recent SEC crackdown on staking, operation choke point 2.0 and opportunities for policy makers. https://www.riotplatforms.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:14 Kraken SEC j...

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about Core Scientific flying high (literally) in private chartered jets, Blockchain.com’s loss connected with the Three Arrows Capital debacle, and WSJ uses a clickbait headline to detail mundane Bitcoin open sources processes that zero normies will understand. Good times. Colin Harper: https://hashrateindex.com/blog/author/colin/ Colin Harper: https://twitter....

Today we are joined by Frank Holmes and Aydin Kilic of Hive Blockchain. We talk about Hive’s 2022 including Ethereum mining and the Intel-based Buzzminer. Mainly we focus on Hive’s corporate culture, including its dedication to efficiency, maintaining margins and controllable risks. https://www.hiveblockchain.com/ https://twitter.com/HiveBlockchain Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTA...

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the SEC staking announcement, Kazakh Mining & Ordinal Theory. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/07/kazakhstans-president-signs-legislation-to-limit-energy-usage-of-crypto-mining/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/09/kraken-agreed-to-shutter-crypt...

Today we are joined by Tyler Page, CEO of Cipher Mining. We talk about Cipher’s capital strategy, machine purchases and growing its operational footprint across Texas. https://www.ciphermining.com https://twitter.com/cipherinc Tyler Page: https://twitter.com/rftylerpage Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:20 What is Cyphermining? 06:09 Working with equity groups 08...

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about miners restructuring, Giga raising $10M and Riot staffing changes. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-shares-dilution/ https://seekingalpha.com/news/3930940-bitcoin-miner-riot-platforms-chief-commercial-officer-leaves https://www.theblock.co/p...

Hot Bitcoin NFT (Ordinals) talk on today's show. What are they? How are they possible? Is Bitcoin doomed? Find out. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:12 Intro 01:21 Intro 01:40 NFTs on BTC? 03:06 What is an ordinal? 05:11 Tracking & fungibility of BTC 07:07 Storing data on chain 08:19 OP_RETURN 11:52 Taproot transa...

Today we are joined by Greg Beard, CEO of Stronghold Digital Mining. Greg and I discuss Stronghold’s use of waste coal to clean up Pennsylvania and mine Bitcoin, how Bitcoin mining incentives land reclamation and the mining economics of vertical integration. https://strongholddigitalmining.com/ Greg Beard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-beard-682047142 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley T...

This week we talk about Cleanspark compensation, Blockstream raises $125 million, Celsius stores mining units, Hut 8 goes to court and Marathon looks international. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000149315223002672/form8-k.htm https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hut-8-provides-update-on-north-bay-facility-301731278.htm...

Today on the show we are joined again by mining analyst Anthony Power. We discuss mining stocks ripping into the green, news updates and the dangers of debt and dilution. https://compassmining.io/education/mining-stock-roundup-december-monthly-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:23 Intro 01:15 Stock performance 1...

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about Genesis Capital’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, DCG selling its assets and the mixed reactions to Bitcoin mining across the United States. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/20/genesis-owes-over-35b-to-top-50-creditors/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/...

Today we are joined by John Light to discuss how the novel introduction Validity Proofs to Bitcoin could increase mining fee revenues. We also get into the costs for full nodes and if there’s a silver bullet scaling solution. https://hrf.org/zkrollups John Light: https://twitter.com/lightcoin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 01:08 Human Rights Foundatio...

Today we are re-joined by Bitcoin mining OG Michael Carter (BitsBeTrippin). We talk about the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, deploying hashrate and ASIC prices. Michael Carter: https://twitter.com/BitsBeTrippin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 01:59 CES 2023 06:28 Cryptocurrency not Blockchain 10:04 GPU go bye bye 14:37 Becoming industrial scal...

Gemini vs. Genesis vs. SEC the bankruptcy and securities showdown! Bitfarms possibly defaulting on a BlockFi loan. Alkimiya Raises $7M. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/13/bitcoin-miner-bitfarms-looks-to-amend-blockfi-loan-warns-of-default/ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/12/sec-charges-genesis...

Today we are joined by Colin Harper and Jaran Mellerud of Hashrate Index to talk about their mega 2022 report. We go over machine prices, state-by-state energy comparisons, mergers and bankruptcies and hashrate projections for next year. Hashrate Index: https://twitter.com/hashrateindex Colin Harper: https://twitter.com/AsILayHodling Jaran Mellerud: https://twitter.com/JMellerud Will Foxley: https...

Silvergate Bank hits some rough water and lays off staff, Marathon pays off revolving credit line, Core Scientific parts ways with Celsius, and Argo restructures its debt. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/05/silvergate-cuts-40-jobs-writes-off-diem-asset-acquisition/ https://www.bnnbloomberg....

Today we are joined by Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy. We discuss the recent winter snap in Texas, what ERCOT is doing to fix the energy grid and how Bitcoin miners and other flexible loads fit into the Texas market. https://douglewin.substack.com/p/2022-cold-snap-shows-resistance-is https://linktr.ee/douglewin Doug’s Podcast: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/the-texas-power-podcast/ Do...