Cango, Halliburton’s Bitcoin Mining Play, Rhodium Lawsuit, and Strategic BTC Reserve

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For today’s roundup, the Blockspace boys cover Cango, the largest public bitcoin miner that you’ve never heard of, and they dig into breaking news of oil and gas giant Halliburton investing in Bitcoin mining. Plus, an investor lawsuit against Rhodium, MARA and Hut 8’s bitcoin buys after issuing convertible notes, and in this episode’s cry corner, Bitcoin Twitter’s favorite squabble this week: the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. 

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