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Buying and Selling Bitcoin Hashrate | Matt Williams | The Mining Pod Oct 25, 2022

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Today we are joined by Matt Williams, head of derivatives at Luxor Technologies. Matt is an expert on commodities trading and built Luxor’s new hashrate derivative, a product that allows miners to buy and sell hashrate.

https://luxor.tech/derivatives

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/10/crypto-services-firm-luxor-to-offer-derivatives-for-bitcoin-miners-to-hedge-risk/

Matt Williams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-williams-0a1b592b/

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:25 Intro

01:11 Meet Matt

01:21 Intro

02:42 Hashrate as a commodity

04:04 Defining hashrate as commodity

05:30 Why hedge against hashrate?

08:18 Changing the thinking about hashrate

00:13:25:09 Seller of hashrate example

00:14:26:11 Buyer of hashrate example

00:15:59:23 Creating the index

00:18:36:01 Creating the marketplace

00:21:42:27 Customer requirements and security

00:25:12:13 Technical specifics

00:26:09:27 Regulation future

00:28:37:17 Product future

00:31:01:21 Cycles & volatility

00:33:39:25 Hashrate prediction

00:34:12:06 Wrap up

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News Roundup: Biden’s Chip Ban, Rhodium’s 3 EH/s and Celsius Mining Oct 22, 2022

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We talk about the US semiconductor chip ban, the Rhodium filing, and the Celsius and Core Scientific debt story.

Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

STORIES

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-10/china-chip-stocks-drop-as-biden-tightens-rules-on-us-tech-access

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1236275/000121390022064755/fs42022_silversuntech.htm

https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-miner-core-scientific-flags-threat-from-celsius-chapter-11-dispute-11666287993

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/10/19/2537494/0/en/Riot-Announces-Groun[…]ata-Center-Facility-in-Corsicana-Navarro-County-Texas.html

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/concerns-bitcoin-mining-farm-coming-to-north-texas/3100197/

https://compassmining.io/education/september-monthly-performance/

🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:12 Intro

00:48 Biden Chip Ban

03:56 Rhodium Public Filing

07:11 Celsius Owes Core Scientific Money

11:58 Riot Expanding

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Bear Market For Mining Equities | Anthony Power | The Mining Pod Oct 18, 2022

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Welcome back to the Mining Pod. Today we are rejoined by Mining Analyst Anthony Power. We talk about his miner performance rankings, debt and dilution and where markets go next.

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🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:22 Intro

02:06 Most profitable public miner?

07:11 Mid-tier miners

13:57 Loan servicing

22:38 Margins

25:19 What miners are at risk?

30:11 Debit vs revenue valuation

34:26 6 mo. prediction

43:57 Hashrate prediction

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News Roundup: Difficulty, Debt Negotiations, NYDIG Layoffs, Stratum v2 | Matt Krimmell | The Mining Pod Oct 15, 2022

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We talk about difficulty, hashprice, miners seeking relief from debt, NYDIG laying off 33% of its staff, Luxor Technologies new hashrate derivative and Braiins Stratum v2.

Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

STORIES

https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/16/bitcoin-miner-stronghold-digital-in-restructuring-negotiations-with-lenders/

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/07/bitcoin-miner-argo-blockchain-raises-27m-to-ease-liquidity-pressures-shares-plunge-15/

https://compassmining.io/education/argo-blockchain-balance-sheet/

https://www.theblock.co/post/177162/nydig-laid-off-one-third-of-staff-in-september-wsj

https://blockworks.co/nydig-raises-720m-for-institutional-bitcoin-fund/

https://hashrateindex.com/blog/luxor-technologies-launches-otc-bitcoin-mining-derivative/

https://twitter.com/BraiinsMining/status/1579822557788004352

🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:26 Intro

01:08 Hashprice & Difficulty

03:58 Stronghold Restructures Debt

04:10 Argo Raises $27M

07:29 NYDIG Layoff

12:07 Luxor Hashrate Derivative

15:02 Braiins Stratum V2 Update

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How Starks Could Transform Bitcoin | Louis Guthmann | The Mining Pod Oct 11, 2022

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Today we are joined by Louis Guthmann, ecosystem developer at Starkware. Starkware is building zero-knowledge proof rollups for multiple chains, including Bitcoin, that promises to dramatically change how Bitcoin can scale without sacrificing security or Bitcoin’s simplicity. In this first episode we go over how starks are different from Lighting, what fees starks would bring to bitcoin and the rationale behind Starkware’s efforts.

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🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:36 Intro

00:57 Meet Starkware

08:29 What is BTC lacking?

13:47 How is Starkware different?

18:37 Scaling off-chain

23:18 What are the tech costs?

30:36 How to implement?

34:42 Why do this?

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Newsroundup: Difficulty, Capital Markets and Marathon | Matt Krimmell | The Mining Pod Oct 08, 2022

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Matt Kimmell of CoinShares and I talk about the 12% difficulty increase, Greyscales new mining product, miners raising capital and the latest in Compute North’s chapter 11.

Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

STORIES

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/grayscales-new-venture-aims-to-capture-bear-market-opportunities-in-bitcoin-mining/

https://www.finsmes.com/2022/09/aspen-creek-digital-raises-8m-in-series-a-funding.html

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/bitcoin-miner-marathon-invested-313m-in-bankrupt-data-center-compute-north/

https://www.theblock.co/post/175143/greenidge-seeks-to-raise-up-to-22-8-million-in-stock-offer

https://compassmining.io/education/miners-face-millions-in-debt-payments-as-revenues-dry-up/

https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:24 Intro

01:49 12% upward difficulty adjustment

06:20 Grayscale new mining product

09:20 Aspen Creek Digital fund raise

13:09 Greenidge

16:46 Marathon

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How CleanSpark Has Dominated The Bear Market | Zach Bradford | The Mining Pod Oct 04, 2022

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Today we are joined by Zach Bradford, CEO of Cleanspark. Cleanspark is a publicly listed mining firm which has been leveraging its treasury model to scoop up distressed assets. We talk about treasury management, buying discounted contracts and energy rates.

https://cleanspark.com

Zach Bradford: https://twitter.com/zachkbradford

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

01:06 CleanSpark

04:43 CleanSpark contracts

08:20 Hardware

10:32 Energy contracts

14:00 Stock valuations

20:08 Energy rates and clean energy

24:50 Treasury strategy

27:27 Cash on hand or credit?

30:14 Operations

32:55 Hashrate prediction

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News Roundup: Difficulty, Celsius Mining, and Rhodium Going Public | Matt Krimmell | The Mining Pod Oct 01, 2022

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Matt Kimmell of CoinShares joins me again to talk about hashprice, difficulty, Celsius mining filing suit against Core Scientific and Rhodium testing public markets.

Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

STORIES

https://www.theblock.co/post/173475/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-falls-2-14-after-four-consecutive-increases

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/29/bitcoin-miner-rhodium-going-public-through-reverse-merger-with-silversun-technologies

https://arcane.no/research/most-public-bitcoin-miners-have-racked-up-losses-in-their-lifetimes

https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc

🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:23 Intro

00:47 Difficulty & hashprice

02:59 Celsius lawsuit

11:06 Arcane: Miners Negative Earnings

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Chaos In Energy Markets | Mark Rossano | The Mining Pod Sep 27, 2022

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We sat down again with Mark Rossano of C6 Capital Holdings to talk about energy markets - both international and domestic. We go through PPAs and the crazy California ISO.

Mark Rossano: https://twitter.com/markfny

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:27 Intro

02:32 NatGas International Markets

07:31 Summer vs. Winter

11:03 Governments & energy prices

16:34 Countries swapping providers

19:16 Politicians stepping in

30:16 California energy problems

34:56 California vs. Texas

38:13 Bitcoin miner PPAs

43:24 Energy price prediction

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Mining Roundup: Compute North Bankruptcy, Bitmain Discounts & Stakefish Layoffs | Matt Krimmell | Compass Podcast Sep 24, 2022

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Today we are talking news with Matt Kimmell of CoinSharees including Compute North filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Stakefish slashing 25% of its staff and Bitmain lowering ASIC prices by 30%.

Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

STORIES

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/22/crypto-mining-data-center-provider-compute-north-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/23/bitcoin-miner-marathon-digital-downgraded-at-btig-on-headwinds-from-compute-norths-bankruptcy/

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/23/ethereum-merge-vastly-increased-stakefishs-profile-but-25-of-its-employees-are-gone-anyway/

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/21/bitmain-discounts-bitcoin-mining-machines-in-an-already-depressed-market/

https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc

🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:29 Intro

00:41 Compute North

09:39 Stakefish layoffs

15:44 Bitmain discounts

22:22 Hashprice

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