THE MINING POD: Bitcoin ATH, Mining Stocks Surge, Texas’ SBR Bill, and Parasite Pool
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🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Bitcoin’s at an all-time high and bitcoin mining stocks are feeling the love, and Texas is one step closer to a bitcoin strategic reserve.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Bitcoin is ripping and just set an all-time high of $112,000. Bitcoin mining stocks are rallying hard in return, and we cover the winners (and laggards) at the top of the show. Plus, company updates on Cango’s 18 EH/s expansion and Cipher's $150M convertible note, how Texas is on the cusp of establishing a bitcoin strategic reserve, and Parasite Pool's novel "plebs eat first" payout model.
# Notes:
• Bitcoin reaches all-time high above $111,000
• Hash price sits at $58/PH/day
• Cango exercises 18 EH/s purchase option
• Cipher Mining raises $150M convertible note
• Network hashrate at 880 EH/s currently
Timestamps:
00:00:00:00 Start
00:01:55:11 Hashprice forecast with Luxor
00:04:38:24 Mining Stocks Rip upwards
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00:11:14:07 Cango & Antalpha sale
00:16:55:06 Cipher growing fleet
00:22:56:27 Texas passes first part of SBR
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Wow. All time high Bitcoin. Colin, I think you're starting this off on mute. So you've got to unmute yourself. |
| 0:06.4 | Crazy 1.11, 100,000, well over 100,000 BTC. Colin, how are you feeling today? |
| 0:14.2 | 11,000 military industrial complex cuck bucks for one pristine piece of digital real estate. |
| 0:23.3 | It's a beautiful day, Will. |
| 0:24.8 | And he said it couldn't be done. |
| 0:26.6 | They said it wouldn't happen, but we made it happen. |
| 0:29.4 | Bitcoin capital of the world. |
| 0:31.1 | It's a beautiful thing. |
| 0:32.5 | It's a beautiful thing. |
| 0:33.3 | So we thought we do the news roundup of the mining pod, |
| 0:35.9 | which we do every week live, |
| 0:38.6 | just because it's a special occasion. |
| 0:40.6 | Why not? |
| 0:41.2 | Why not rip? |
| 0:42.8 | Nice little intro of music there, just to hype everyone up. |
| 0:46.6 | We'll keep it going, though. |
| 0:49.0 | Colin, we got a lot of stories to get through. |
| 0:51.4 | But first, before we get into it, we wanted to shout out Fracto, the lead sponsor for the mining pod. You will hear more about fracto Bitcoin |
| 0:57.6 | later on during this show. Hey guys, Will here. I want to take a second and talk about |
| 1:03.4 | Colorado Air Filter, a new sponsor for the mining pod and a major air filter supplier |
| 1:07.5 | of both small and large Bitcoin mining sites. Colorado Air Filter is currently running |
| 1:11.4 | a summer sale on their inventory. They have the widest selection of filtration designed specifically |
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