Month: May 2025

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: The Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on BTC Miners and the Evolution of Mining Containers w/ Scot Johnson

Scot Johnson joins us at Consensus 2025 to discuss how miners are adapting to Trump’s tariffs and forthcoming innovations in the bitcoin mining container landscape.


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Scot Johnson from Digital Shovel joins us from Toronto during Consensus 2025. Digital Shovel manufactures Bitcoin mining containers and electrical infrastructure in Canada. He discusses the impact of Trump's 10% tariffs on bitcoin mining infrastructure, Digital Shovel’s plans to open US assembly operations, the company’s upcoming gen 3 container design, and their new Blue Ax home miner.


# Notes:

- Digital Shovel makes vertically integrated mining containers

- 10% tariff from US to Canada affecting business

- Electrical infrastructure was majority of 2023 sales

- Blue Ax home miner launching at $99

- 7.2 TH/s pro version coming July 1st

- Newfoundland has 1.9¢/kWh Canadian power


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:14 What is Digital Shovel?

02:42 General compute infrastructure

03:52 Competing with bigger manufacturers

05:23 AI hardware

06:12 Made in North America

07:51 Adapting to tariffs

08:46 Modular vs permanent buildings

09:50 Example of AI & minings build

12:42 Who's buying?

14:36 Texas market

16:10 New Canadian government

17:28 Tariffs are taxes on business

19:38 Container design changes

21:12 Air vs liquid cooling

21:31 New chip cooling designs

23:33 BluAX

27:27 Canadian facts


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Marketplace All-in-One - How a highway in Tulsa displaced and dispossessed Black residents

In yesterday's podcast, we brought you the history of how a white mob devastated Tulsa's Greenwood District during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Afterward, Black residents rebuilt and flourished, but what would come next would largely destroy the neighborhood — and much of its wealth — for good: the construction of the I-244 highway. But first, President Donald Trump is headed to Capitol Hill to get the GOP tax bill over the finish line.

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Marketplace All-in-One - A huge battery maker powers up in Hong Kong

From the BBC World Service: Chinese EV battery maker CATL, which supplies batteries for Tesla and Toyota, has just gone public on Hong Kong's stock exchange, raising more than $4.5 billion. That makes it the biggest listing in the world this year. We have the details. Also on the program, we learn about an Australian government plan to improve the lives and economic realities of people with autism.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What’s That Building: Libby McNeill & Libby Plant

The Libby McNeill & Libby plant in Blue Island, Illinois, once a bustling hub for canning local produce, has sat mostly vacant since it closed in 1968. After years of neglect under a nonprofit’s ownership, the city recently took control of the 515,000-square-foot site. Now surrounded by dumped debris and in need of major repairs, the building poses serious redevelopment challenges. Still, city officials and preservationists remain cautiously optimistic about its future potential. Reset spoke with Dennis Rodkin of Crain’s Chicago Business to explore the building’s past, present, and what could come next. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Up First from NPR - Trump’s Talk With Putin, Israel’s Incursion, Weather Service Budget Cuts

Unpacking President Trump's hourslong conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In Gaza, Israeli forces ordered the evacuation of Khan Younis, but residents have nowhere to go. Plus, a look at how Trump administration budget cuts have left the National Weather Service scrambling to cover basic forecasting needs amid climate change.

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Marketplace All-in-One - California farmers reshape agriculture with cutting edge tech

California is known for being home to Hollywood and Silicon Valley. But the Golden State also has millions of acres of farmland, and we’re exploring how technology is changing that landscape in a series this week about “Agtech Valley.”


We visited HMC Farms with its farm manager Drew Ketelsen, who took us to an orchard of Lady Erin yellow peach trees trained to grow in narrow upright pillars rather than the usual rounded shape.

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - Season Favorite – Matt Van Itallie, Sema

Matt Van Itallie is the son of a math teacher and a coder - so this explains why he now uses code as data. He is a proud Boy Scout, making it of course to Eagle Scout and beyond. After being a management consultant, he found his way to ed tech, and fell in love with improving code. Outside of technology, he is married with 3 amazing kids. He likes to run, play ultimate frisbee, and has a wicked cool collection of minor league baseball hats.

Sitting a room with the head of Sales, Matt noticed that there were systems like Salesforce that were built to assess the state and future opportunity for business. He then thought, where are these systems for the code itself?

This is the creation story of Sema.

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Headlines From The Times - Palm Springs Bombing, Housing Progress, DNA Data Sale, and AI in Healthcare

Federal agents are investigating a deadly bombing at a Palm Springs fertility clinic, with growing attention on the suspect’s online manifesto. In the same region, a new affordable housing project is giving hope amid California’s housing crisis. Meanwhile, 23andMe has sold its vast DNA database to Regeneron following bankruptcy. And in the healthcare sector, AI is beginning to replace call center workers, raising questions about efficiency, empathy, and the future of patient care.