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Jul 18
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THE MINING POD: WhiteFiber’s IPO, Public...

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On this week’s roundup, we cover Bit Digital’s WhiteFiber IPO prospectus and public mine executive compensation.  


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin, Charlie, and Matt talk Bitcoin's surge to $123K and its impact on mining economics, Bit Digital's WhiteFiber IPO prospectus and pivot to an Ethereum treasury strategy, public miner executive compensation, BIT Mining’s Ethiopia expansion, and the Mempool.space’s "Baja Blast Summer" (i.e., ultra-low transaction fees).




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**Notes:**

• Bitcoin reached $123K all-time high

• Hash price at $60 per petahash per day

• Exec compensation $14.4M in 2024

• Bit Digital raising $67.3M for ETH pivot

• WhiteFiber IPO shows $47.6M 2024 HPC revenue

• Ethiopia data centers use 30% of country’s energy 


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

03:17 Difficulty Report by Luxor

08:33 Fees are SO LOW!

11:12 Bit Digital WhiteFiber S-1

14:21 Bit Digital ETH treasury

22:09 Fractal Bitcoin

22:48 VanEck: Executive Pay

27:27 BIT Mining Ethiopian data center

30:17 Cry Corner: Baja Blast Summer



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