The Blockspace Pod: Our Top Stories From 2025

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The Blockspace Boys count down the best and favorite Bitcoin stories of 2025, from ICE raids in Texas and Operation Chokepoint 2.0 to the explosive pivot to AI and the mystery of the $8B OG whale wallet. Blockspace Boys — Charlie, Colin, and Will — join us to count down the most impactful and wildest stories of the year. They dive deep into the ICE raid on a Texas Bitcoin mine, the end of Operation Chokepoint 2.0, and the industry-wide pivot to AI and HPC. We also discuss Trump’s tariffs causing miner panic, the "Treasury Narrative" bust, and the legendary $8 billion whale sale. Plus, don't miss the saga of the Bitcoin Puppet race car. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: * ICE raided Texas mine; seized guns/workers * Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Conspiracy * Miners paying $2-3.5M for chartered jets * OG Whale sold $8B Bitcoin via Galaxy Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:11 Ice Raids Bitcoin Facility 10:21 Mining co-loction deals 16:13 Operation Chokepoint 2.0 25:05 ASIC imports 33:48 The Rush to Avoid Tariffs 39:22 80k Bitcoin on the Move 46:22 Bitcoin Treasury Narrative - 👋The Blockspace Pod is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media

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0:00.0	Howdy y'all. Charlie here. Watch our new documentary, The Bitcoin Professor, featuring Starkware co-founder Ellie Bin Sasson as he and I hit the road to meet with real Bitcoiners in the American Heartland.
0:12.5	We visit a Bitcoin mine, a Bitcoin cattle ranch, and a local Bitcoin meetup.
0:17.3	Discover how Ellie and Starkware are building tools to supercharge the Bitcoin economy.
0:21.6	Watch the full documentary today on our YouTube channel, links down below in the show notes.
0:26.6	We are going to count down our favorite stories of the year and the best stories of the year.
0:33.6	To me, the biggest story of the year is kind of the ending of Operation Choke Point 2.0 under the Trump administration. Bitcoin miners are trying to front-run
0:41.3	the Trump tariffs by chartering jets to bring in their mining rigs before the tariffs hit.
0:50.7	The immigration and customs enforcement agency or ICE conducted a raid on a Bitcoin mine in Texas,
0:57.0	helicopters, snipers, all the guns. The Bitcoin treasury narrative. It was explosive at the beginning of the year.
1:05.0	A lot of these stocks surged in the middle of the year and since they've been absolutely decimated,
1:14.8	most of these stocks are down year to date.
1:17.3	These companies raised billions of dollars to plow into Bitcoin and what do we have to show
1:22.8	for it?
1:23.8	Cool shirts.
1:24.8	Cool shirts?
1:25.8	Easily cool.
1:26.8	Yeah. Top 10 merch.
1:28.5	Top 10 merch.
1:31.1	From ICE rating a Bitcoin mine to Operation Showpoint 2.0, there were a bunch of fantastic
1:37.6	stories and news in Bitcoin this year.
1:40.0	We are counting down our favorites and the best stories of the year.
1:45.0	Stay tuned because we have a fun show planned for you.
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