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Unpacking retail sentiment on crypto with Stocktwits Head of Markets and Retail Investor Insights, Tom Bruni.

Bitcoin recently hit a new high, but the market's momentum hasn't trickled down to Ethereum, Solana, and other altcoins, leaving retail traders frustrated and their capital flowing elsewhere. In today's Markets Outlook, CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie sits down with Tom Bruni, Head of Markets & Retail Investor Insights at Stocktwits, to dive deep into social sentiment data and what retail investors are actually watching right now, from the "debasement trade" in gold and silver to high-flying AI stocks.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

IREN continues its hot streak with a big raise, and crypto ETFs saw a record week last week.

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Ethan Vera from Luxor joins us live from NABs in Dallas to talk about IREN's $875 million convertible note following their AI cloud deal announcement, Luxor's launch of an ERCOT-certified retail electric provider enabling Bitcoin-native power payments, last week's record-breaking $5.95 billion in crypto ETF inflows, and a word on Bitcoin mining in China.

**Notes:**

• Hash rate exceeds 1000 exahashes per second

• Hash price at $50.81 per petahash per day

• IREN raised $875M via 0% convertible note

• $5.95 billion in crypto inflows last week

• China represents estimated 14.05% of Bitcoin hash rate

• Iron secured $225M revenue over two years

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00:00 Start

02:13 Difficulty Report by Luxor

04:23 IREN

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10:12 Luxor Energy announcement

16:40 Bull market doing it's thing

20:22 China hashrate research

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Gaza cease-fire begins. New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted. The use of National Guard troops in Chicago is put on hold by a federal judge. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.

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