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Semiconductor Smugglers, Google’s 200 MW Solar Deal, Iran War’s Energy Market Impact, Debunking Data Center Water Myths

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today for our lead story, we cover the latest Nvidia chip smuggling crackdowns in Taiwan, and then we hop into an interview with Udi Wertheimer of Taproot Wizards to discuss the current state of Ethereum, and why one of its chief proponents sold his entire bag of ETH. Then, Haley Thompson, Director of Energy at Luxor, joins us to talk about how the Iran War is impacting energy markets in the U.S.. Plus, we analyze Google's 200MW solar PPA in Oklahoma, concerns with Strategy’s STRC, and debunk the viral criticisms surrounding AI data center water usage. Check out our latest report, “What’s a Megawatt Worth?” where we quantify the trillion dollar opportunity for bitcoin miners venturing into the AI sector. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for all of our shows and content. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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Robinhood Opens AI Trading, IREN’s $1.6B GPU Buy, Hut 8 CEO Beacon Point Update

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8 joins us to talk about the company’s $9.8 billion deal for its Beacon Point AI data center in Texas. For news, we cover Robinhood launching access for AI trading agents, IREN’s $1.6B Dell Blackwell purchase, hardware rollout, Core 42’s $500M financing, and Mara’s rising executive security expenses. Check out our latest report, “What’s a Megawatt Worth?” where we quantify the trillion dollar opportunity for bitcoin miners venturing into the AI sector. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for all of our shows and content. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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Pope Leo Calls AI the Tower of Babel, China is Funding Anti-AI FUD, TeraWulf’s 1 GW KY Data Center

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! For our top story today, Pope Leo’s latest encyclical – in which Leo likens AI to a modern, cyber Tower of Babel – gives us the Catholic Church’s official stance on AI. For interviews, Lygos Finance CEO Jay Patel touches on Strategy’s latest balance sheet clean up, and Sam Lyman of the Bitcoin Policy Institute joins us to talk about BPI’s new research on how China and other foreign actors are leveraging the media and dark money networks to astroturf opposition against AI data centers in the US. For other news, we break down TeraWulf’s plans for a 1 GW AI data center in Kentucky and Strategy’s repurchase of $1.5 billion in convertible notes and its latest BTC purchase. Check out our latest report, “What’s a Megawatt Worth?” where we quantify the trillion dollar opportunity for bitcoin miners venturing into the AI sector. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for all of our shows and content. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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SpaceX’s $2T IPO, FBI Scams the Scammers, Trump Media Sells Bitcoin

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, we cover SpaceX’s highly anticipated IPO, which could value the company at $1.75-2 trillion and become the biggest IPO ever. Plus, how the FBI spun up a scam token to arrest pump and dumpers, and is Trump Media selling bitcoin? For interviews, KBW senior analyst Stephen Glagola hops on to discuss which bitcoin miner AI stocks are best positioned; Tom Masiero joins to discuss the Sphere 3D shareholder vote to approve its combination with Cathedra Bitcoin, as well as the opportunities for smaller AI/HPC sites; and Zach Herbert of Foundation joins us to talk about how Foundation is building Passport Prime to address cyber security concerns for AI. Check out our latest report, “What’s a Megawatt Worth?” where we quantify the trillion dollar opportunity for bitcoin miners venturing into the AI sector. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for all of our shows and content. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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Prime Bankruptcy Trust Sues Strike Parent Co for $150M, NAKA’s Reverse Stock Split, SEC Tokenized Stock Framework

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, we cover the latest in the Prime Trust bankruptcy saga, as the bankruptcy trust from Prime is suing Zap Solutions (Strike’s parent company) for nearly $150M in clawbacks. We also welcome Kush Bavaria of Ornn to discuss the company’s forthcoming AI compute futures in a partnership with the Intercontinental Exchange, and Alexander Leishman of River Financial joins to talk about the Prime Trust suit and proof of reserves. For our final guest, Clenn Cameron of On Ramp joins to discuss the company’s $12.5M series A. And to round out the news, we break down Nakamoto's reverse stock split to avoid Nasdaq delisting, and the SEC's upcoming framework for tokenized equities. Check out our latest report, “What’s a Megawatt Worth?” where we quantify the trillion dollar opportunity for bitcoin miners venturing into the AI sector. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for all of our shows and content. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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Iran’s Hormuz Safe BTC Insurance, Prime Trust’s Swan Lawsuit, Hive’s 320 MW AI Data Center

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, we cover the bombshell news that Iran is now accepting bitcoin for maritime insurance for tankers trapped in the Strait of Hormuz. Francis Corvino of Lygos Finance joins us to talk about why he believes this is the greatest threat to the Bitcoin network yet, plus his takes on STRC, SATA, and “digital credit.”. We also break down the lawsuit where the Prime Trust Bankruptcy Trust is seeking to claw back nearly $1 billion from Swan Bitcoin, as well as similar clawbacks from Circle, Strike parent company Zap, and Huobi. We also look into the public backlash surrounding a proposed 9-gigawatt data center in Utah, IREN’s acquisition of Awaken Media, and Hive's 320 MW AI data center in Canada. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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IREN’s $3B Note, CME Compute Futures, Mike Alfred’s Stock Picks, Trump’s Q1 Bitcoin Equities

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today for news, we cover IREN’s new $3B convertible note – the largest convert ever for a public bitcoin miner – Trump’s Q1 bitcoin equity buys, and the 90-day pause on zoning discussions for Hut 8’s proposed 500 MW data center in Logan County, Illinois. Plus, Mike Alfred of Alpine Fox Hedge Fund joins us to discuss his top stock picks for AI, and Kush Bavaria of Ornn jumps on to discuss how Ornn is providing an H100 index for the CME’s new AI compute futures – and his thoughts on the future of these incipient compute futures markets. Mike San Miguel of Luxor also joins us to discuss the latest in GPU markets and AI ASICs, and pseudonymous user Soup explains how he used Claude and $15 in tokens to spin up 3.5 trillion passwords to crack his long-lost bitcoin wallet. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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MARA’s Q1 Earnings, Nebius’ Blowout Q1, the $1,000 Bull Case for MSTR

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! For news, we break down why major pools like MARA and viaBTC are signaling support for the Great Consensus Cleanup (BIP 54), plus Q1 earnings recaps for MARA and Nebius. For guest segments, Lucas Krejci, CTO of Brains, joins us to talk about the new Stratum V2 working group with Block, MARA, Foundry, Antpool, and other leading bitcoin mining firms. Pio Vincenzo also joins to give his bull case for Strategy – including why the company selling bitcoin is not what people think – and Mezo’s Yogi hops on to give a breakdown for why Spirit Airlines bit the dust. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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IREN’s $2.3B Note Offering, STRC Comes to DeFi, KEEL’s Q1 2026 Earnings

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Jay Patel, CEO of Lygos Finance, joins us to talk about the emerging trend of Strategy’s STRC derivatives in DeFi. We also break down IREN’s new $2.3B convertible notes offering, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe’s take on quantum computing threats and Project 11’s new research paper on the topic, KEEL’s Q1 2026 results, and why Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF saw zero outflows in its first month. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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IREN’s Nvidia Partnership and 5 GW Plan, Hut 8’s $9.7B Hyperscaler Deal, Strategy May Sell BTC to Own the Short Sellers

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Charlie and Colin cover a flurry of deals and quarterly earnings in the bitcoin miner-AI space. We break down IREN’s roadmap to 5 GW and their new Nvidia partnership, Hut 8’s $9.8B contract with an undisclosed hyperscaler, and Cipher Digital coming out with its 3rd AI data center deal but with undisclosed details. We also sit down with Lygos’ COO Francis Corvino to address the news that Strategy may sell bitcoin in the future and review Luxor’s April hashrate lookback series with Kaan Farahani. Plus, quarterly results from $IREN, $HUT, $WULF, $CORZ, and $CIFR. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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The Last Pure-Play Bitcoin Miner

Matt Prusak, of American Bitcoin joins us to talk about their aggressive growth strategy and why they are sticking to pure-play mining. Matt breaks down the 1,112% hashrate explosion at their Drumheller site and the move toward future-proof hydro cooling. We discuss the synergy with Hut 8, the global hunt for megawatts, and why American Bitcoin is ignoring the industry-wide pivot to AI. Learn how they’ve accumulated over 7,000 BTC and are positioning themselves as the top category leader for Bitcoin in the United States. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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How to Build an AI Data Center from Scratch

Taylor Monnig, CTO of CleanSpark joins us to talk about the company's transition from Bitcoin mining into high-performance computing and AI. He explains the engineering shift from "surviving" in the mining space to "thriving" in AI data centers, the strategic value of the 250MW Sandersville site, and the decision to focus on infrastructure over cloud services. Taylor shares insights on the massive networking requirements of AI and the future of edge computing. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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Tether’s $XXI merger, Paul Sztorc is forking BTC, and $MARA buys a gas plantr & $XXI merger, Paul Sztorc forking Bitcoin, $MARA

Paul Sztorc, Drivechain author and founder of LayerTwo Labs, joins us to talk about his decision to fork Bitcoin and why he believes the current path is “like the Titanic heading for an iceberg”. Also Tether proposing a merger of 21 Capital, Strike, and Elektron to create a "super soldier chimera" of public Bitcoin companies known as $XXI. Finally, we break down the massive news from MARA regarding their $1.5 billion purchase of a massive gas plant to fuel their mining operations. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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Whatsminer Firmware is Finally Here, Bitcoin Vegas Recap w/ BTC Inc’s Brandon Green, DeFi is in Shambles

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Ethan Vera, COO of Luxor Technology; Jay Patel, CEO of Ligo Finance; and Brandon Green, CEO of BTC Inc, join us live from Bitcoin Vegas! Ethan Vera breaks down Luxor’s new Whatsminer firmware release and MicroBT’s strategic investment in Luxor, and Jay Patel recaps the aftershock from the $292M Kelp DAO attack and the DeFi United alliance’s attempt to salvage the situation. Plus, Brandon Green gives us his thoughts on the Bitcoin Vegas conference and why BTC Inc. is coming home to Nashville for next year’s conference. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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Tether Freezes $344 million, OnRamp Finance Launch, and DPRK Crypto Hacks

Michael Tangen, CEO of OnRamp Finance, and Taylor Monahan join us to talk about Bitcoin-native financial services and the cascading fallout of the Kelp DAO attack. The team breaks down the massive $344 million Tether freeze on Tron, the controversial 15-bit quantum key breakthrough, and the wild story of an Army Green Beret caught insider trading on Polymarket. From hash rate updates and Bitcoin mining economics to Donald Trump’s latest Mar-a-Lago meme coin gala, we cover the biggest stories moving the needle in the crypto industry today. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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Finding Satoshi Documentary, Justin Sun Sues World Liberty Financial, CORZ Opens $3.3B Raise

Welcome back to Block Space Live! Today, William Cohan and Tyler Maroney of the Finding Satoshi documentary join us to talk about their years-long search for Bitcoin’s creator. We also dive into the wild crypto extortion scheme that scammers are waging against unwitting tanker crews in the Strait of Hormuz, and we break down the explosive lawsuit between Justin Sun and the Trump-linked World Liberty Financial. Plus, Core Scientific’s massive $3.3 billion raise, and how Bitget and Republic are bringing SpaceX investment to crypto rails before Musk’s company even goes public. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • Core Scientific to raise $3.3 billion via senior notes. • Justin Sun's $45M WLFI investment allegedly worth $766M before it was frozen. • Hormuz toll trolls: scammers trick Indian oil tanker crew into paying fake crypto toll • Reuters: 20,000 seafarers currently in the Gulf. • Finding Satoshi documentary 6 years in the making • Bitget, Republic partner to list “mirror token” for pre-IPO SpaceX stock Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:22 Softwar Thesis is back baby! 09:16 Hormuz crypto scam 15:57 Justin Sun Sues WLFI 24:11 Finding Satoshi 41:44 CORZ $3.3B note 48:11 Bitget SpaceX IPO 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DeFi’s $13B Exodus, OPNEXT 2026 Recap, NYDIG Eyes Alcoa Plant for BTC Mining

Jay Patel, the CEO of Lygos Finance, and Aydin Kilic, CEO of HIVE Digital, join us to respectively discuss risk in crypto credit markets and Hive’s latest $100M senior note. For news, we break down the $293 million Kelp DAO hack by the Lazarus Group and the $13 billion ripple effect this had on other DeFi platforms like Aave. Plus, we give a recap of one of the most salient talks at Blockspace’s OPNEXT conference and break down NYDIG’s incipient deal to purchase an aluminum smelting site from Alcoa that has been dormant since 2014. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • $13.8 billion unwound from DeFi in 48 hours. • Kelp DAO exploit led to $293 million loss. • Aave protocol facing $195 million in bad debt. • Bitcoin rallied back above the $75,000 level. • NYDIG eyes Alcoa smelting site for BTC mining Timestamps 00:00 Start 03:26 DeFi is NOT ok 13:58 Jay Patel, Lygos Finance 34:31 Aydin Kilic, HIVE 58:46 OPNEXT recap 1:11:33 NYDIG to buy defunct aluminium smelter 1:14:09 Strategy buying more BTC 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Justin Sun vs. Trump, Blackrock’s BTC Income ETF, and Why AI Trading Agents Aren’t That Good (Yet)

Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC for technical discussions, investor talks, and intimate conversation with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Zack Pokorny from Galaxy Digital joins us to talk about AI crypto trading agents – specifically, why they aren’t ready for the big time just yet. We also dive into the evolving beef between World Liberty Financial and Tron’s Justin Sun following WLFI’s $75 million loan from a Dolomite lending pool. Plus, we cover Blackrock’s new bitcoin income ETF, discuss Circle’s refusal to freeze $270 million from the Lazarus Group Drift hack, and analyze last week’s $1.1 billion ETF inflow, the largest for crypto since January. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • WLFI treasury borrows $75M on Dolomite. • Blackrock files for Bitcoin Income ETF. • Trump family scrubbed from WLFI team member page. • ETF inflows clock largest volume since January. • Circle refuses to freeze Drift hack funds. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:03 WLFI... umm WFT? 19:11 BITA covered call income 27:19 AI Agent & blockchains: a reality check 42:05 Circle & teken freezing 55:13 Coinshares high inflows 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bitcoin is Already Quantum Resistant?! Plus, Inside Iran’s $3B BTC Economy, and U.S. States Are Banning AI Data Centers

Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC for technical discussions, investor talks, and intimate conversation with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. Welcome back to Block Space Live! Today, Luxor’s Kaan Farahani Luxor and MIT DCI Director Neha Narula join us to respectively discuss the wild volatility of Bitcoin mining in Q1 and the question of Bitcoin’s quantum resistance. For news, explore a new stop-gap quantum-safe transaction fix that avoids soft forks, map out the states placing moratoriums on AI data center builds, and discuss the geopolitical shift of Iran accepting bitcoin for oil export tolls. We also break down reports of a buyer interest in Gemini’s defunct UK and European business arms and Nakamoto’s reverse stock split. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: * New quantum proposal costs ~$200 per transaction * Compute time takes roughly 6 hours * March difficulty drop ranked 10th at 7.76% * February saw 11.16% difficulty drop * Maine bans data centers >20MW until 2027 * Buyer interested in Gemini’s shuttered UK/EU exchange businesses *NAKA seeks 1-for-20 or 1-for-50 reverse stock split Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:42 Hashrate Index Update 05:04 Quantum proposal-palooza 15:54 Kaan Farahani 32:42 Neha Narula 48:39 Datacenter Bans 1:02:25 Gemini 1:06:59 NAKA scramble to remain on Nasdaq 1:13:59 Iran & Bitcoin 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iran Taxes Oil Tankers in BTC, Morgan Stanley Launches BTC ETF, the NYT Hunts for Satoshi

Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC for technical discussions, investor talks, and intimate conversation with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Antoine Poinsot of Chaincode Labs joins us to discuss how the Great Consensus Cleanup addresses poison block attacks (among many things), and Lygos Finance CEO Jay Patel gives a breakdown of the current state of private credit markets. For news, we cover Iran demanding bitcoin tolls for tankers to navigate the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran War’s two week ceasefire, Morgan Stanley becoming the first US bank to offer a Bitcoin ETF, and Bitdeer’s new ASIC. Plus, we take to task the New York Times' latest claim that Adam Back is Satoshi Nakamoto. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: - Iran demands $1 in BTC toll per oil barrel. - A supertanker toll would be $2 million in BTC. - Morgan Stanley ETF fees half of BlackRock's. - Oracle credit default swaps at 2008 levels. - Bitdeer launches SEALMINER A4, with hydro model at sub 10 J/TH Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:33 Antoine Poinsot: Poison blocks demo 15:47 Iran wants Bitcoin 34:18 Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF 42:16 Jay Patel 1:03:06 Bitdeer ASIC 1:15:10 NYT thinks Adam Back is Satoshi 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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