Hashprice, Iris Energy’s Failed Hedge and Paraguay Mining
Miners are feeling the burn only a few months after the halving…have we officially bottomed?
Aug 9, 2024
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ABOUT
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! This week we’re in studio talking about Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news! Colin Harper, our new Editor-in-Chief, walks us through important updates including mining revenue bottoming to historic lows, Iris Energy (IRENE) struggling after a failed hedging strategy this summer in Texas, a flopped narrative violation on China banning (or not banning, depending on the quality of your research) Bitcoin mining and Paraguay trying to bring more Bitcoin mining down south!
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"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. Distributed by CoinDesk.
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William Foxley
Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.
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