National Security Threat? Biden Blocks Bitcoin Miner
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Matt Kimmell and Will Foxley of Blockspace Media jump into this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news including a network healthy check, mining stocks slowly bleeding out while Bitcoin ETFs continue to grow in strength, the Biden administration forcing the divestment of a Bitcoin mining farm from Chinese owners outside a nuclear power plant in Wyoming, and Bitfarms’ lawsuit with its former CEO! Enjoying the show? Subscribe to the RSS feed for the podcast here. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:34 Difficulty update 08:24 Inefficient miners exit: JP Morgan 10:18 ETF updates 14:06 Choppy for public miners 17:39 US blocks China miners 22:35 Bitfarms exec shakeup 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.
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