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Why is South Africa's ambassador to the United States 'no longer welcome’?
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Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as DOGE head Elon Musk reveals the U.S. government "magic money computers."
DOGE head Elon Musk uncovers U.S. government "magic money computers" printing money out of thin air. Plus, Gemini appoints a new CFO to weigh an IPO and Japan's Metaplanet buys more bitcoin. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to discuss Israel's aggressive moves against Hamas in Gaza as the "cease-fire" that ended 18 days ago really came to an actual end with the Jewish state showing its determination to bring this war to its purposeful conclusion—the destruction of Hamas—in concert with the Trump administration taking on the Houthis in Yemen. Give a listen.
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Author Marcie Rendon (White Earth Nation) continues to put her favorite Ojibwe protagonist, Cash Blackbear, into a nail biting search for another murderer in Broken Fields. It’s the fourth in Rendon’s Cash Blackbear series about a tough independent young woman who loves working the land of the Red River Valley as a farm hand and has a special intuition for solving crime.
There’s more than the usual slots and tables at the ocean-themed Hidden Atlantis Casino on the fictional Languille Lake Reservation. Something dark has the power over casino patrons and only Marion Lafournier and his cousins know what’s up. Passing Through a Prairie Country by Dennis E. Staples (Red Lake Nation) takes readers through dimensions that Marion must navigate to save the souls of his people. From Ethiopia to Oklahoma, BitFuFu is turning recurring revenue into gigawatts of power.
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Welcome to The Mining Pod! Charlie Brady, VP of Investor Relations at BitFuFu joins us to dive into their Bitcoin mining operations. We explore their strategic expansion in Ethiopia with electricity costs under $0.04/kWh, their new 51MW Oklahoma facility targeting $0.03/kWh, and their cloud mining business that's grown to over 600,000 users. Charlie shares insights on their asset acquisition strategy, relationship with Bitmain, and plans to reach 1GW of secured power capacity by 2026.
Notes:
BitFuFu currently has 20.6 EH/s and 480MW hosting capacity
Ethiopia electricity costs below $0.04/kWh
Oklahoma site targets $0.03/kWh power costs
Cloud mining business grew to 602K+ users
Cloud mining = ~60% of company revenue
00:00 Start
02:09 Charlie's bio
02:31 Why work for BitFuFu?
04:00 Ethiopia
05:35 Ethiopia expansion
07:12 Ethiopia political stability
09:26 Oklahoma
11:58 Pathway to gigawatt?
12:59 AI & HPC
15:39 Bitmain influencing any AI decisions?
18:39 Cloud contract numbers
20:28 Who are the cloud customers?
26:18 Bear market for mining stocks
29:44 Hosting
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