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Blockspace: Google Updates Quantum Timeline, Bitdeer’s 180MW AI Site, Sen Warren Targets Trump + Bitmain

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Google is moving up their timeline for quantum readiness, and Elizabeth Warren has her sights set on the Trump family’s business dealings with Bitmain. Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC for technical discussions, investor talks, and intimate conversation with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Marty Bent joins us to talk about the legislative "horse trading" behind-the-scenes with the PARITY and CLARITY Acts and why Bitcoin de minimis tax exemptions are being sidelined for stablecoins. Plus, Jameson Lopp breaks down the creeping influence of AI agents on our digital security, and Alex Pruden of Project Eleven touches on the looming technical challenge of quantum computing on Bitcoin’s cryptography. We also cover Bitdeer’s 180MW AI expansion in Norway, Elizabeth Warren's latest attacks on Bitmain, and how Cash App is enabling default Bitcoin payments for millions of US merchants. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: * Bitdeer targeting Dec 2026 for 180MW Norway AI data center. * 55.62% of Bitcoin holders are currently in profit. * BTC Realized losses are the worst since 2023. * Cash App enables BTC payments for millions. * PARITY Act draft excludes BTC tax exemptions. * Project Red Sunset: fact or fiction? Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:10 Square terminals accept Bitcoin by default 07:17 BTC holders in loss 13:43 Marty Bent 31:19 Jameson Lopp 50:18 Alex Pruden 1:05:12  Bitdeer building AI data center Norway 1:10:45 Warren targets Bitmain as security threat 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining

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0:00.0

What's up, y'all? Welcome back to Blockspace Live, brought to you by CleanSpark.

0:10.2

Cash app just rolled out default Bitcoin payments for any merchants who wish to accept that.

0:16.4

And it's coming at a great time because half of all Bitcoin holders are actually underwater,

0:20.3

and they can't spend those sats anyway. So now they're going to be forced huddled. So good move by Cash App. They're actually, they don't want you to actually spend your Bitcoin. They're rolling out at a time when you when you can't because you're not, you're not, you're not wealthy enough. But we've got that as our lead story today. We've also got three banger interviews

0:38.6

coming up. First up, we've got Marty Bent to talk about the Clarity Act and TFTC's reporting on

0:45.1

the Bitcoin de minimis tax exemption, or lack thereof, I should say. We have Jameson Lop on to

0:51.0

talk about how AI agents are creeping into every corner of your online and

0:55.8

technological life. And the ramifications for that, we've also got Alex Pruden of Project 11 to talk

1:01.6

about Bitcoin and Quantum. And for our final two stories on the docket today, we're going to be

1:06.3

talking about Bit Deers, Data Center, 180 megawatts in Norway, one of the bigger ones for their AI

1:14.1

expansion.

1:15.4

And to cap it off, a little red scare always does an American good, especially bright and

1:21.4

early on a Monday morning.

1:22.5

We're going to be talking about Operation Red Sunset and why Elizabeth Warren thinks it's

1:26.8

really important to focus on Bitmain right now.

1:30.4

You are watching Blockspace Live.

1:33.0

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