10% Difficulty Adjustment, Riot’s Hostile Takeover, Cantor’s $2B Loan Book, and MARA’s $100M HODL

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Charlie, Will and Matt jump on the mic to discuss this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including the largest Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment since January 2023 at 10.5%, Riot’s increasing pressure on Bitfarms for control over the latter company’s future, new ASIC models debuting at Bitcoin Nashville from Auradine and MicroBT, Cantor Fitzgerald rolling out a $2 billion book for Bitcoin companies and MARA’s $100 million HODL position

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“The Mining Pod” is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.

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