THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining News: Tether’s Court Win, US Gov’t Eyes Bitmain, AI’s Hashrate Impact

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Tether had a big win in court this week against Swan, and Bitmain is under the eye of the U.S. government. Click Here To Join the BitAxe Giveaway On the latest Mining Pod news roundup, Will and Mat discuss Bitcoin’s 5 %+ difficulty jump, to Tether’s courtroom win over Swan, GOP calls for a CFIUS review of Bitmain, AI’s creeping impact on hashrate, and the claim that Ocean Pool’s CEO Luke Dashjar earns $750k a year. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:40 Difficulty Report 06:37 CIFR, other mining stocks rip 11:21 Tether eyes victory in UK High Court 17:02 Bitmain, Cango in US cross hairs 24:14 Cry Corner: Is Luke Dashjr rich?! 👉CleanSpark, America's Bitcoin Miner! CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), America's Bitcoin Miner®, is a market-leading Bitcoin miner with a proven track record of success. They own a fully self-operated portfolio of mining facilities across the U.S. powered by globally competitive energy prices. CleanSpark sits at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship. Optimally monetizing low-cost, high reliability electricity positions them to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!

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0:00.0	Bitcoin mining never sleeps. This week, we crossed a network milestone with one Zeta hash
0:04.8	of hash rate online, plus Tether and Swan, duke it out in the UK High Court. Chinese miners,
0:10.4	bitman and Kingo are the crosshairs from Capitol Hill and stick around for our cry corner with
0:14.3	ocean pool. Yes, ocean pool is in our cry corner once again. We're unpacking this week's
0:20.0	Bitcoin mining news for both
0:21.4	miners and investors. The mining pod is brought to you by CleanSpark, America's Bitcoin
0:25.5	miner. And the mining pod wouldn't be complete without us giving away free Bitcoin miners. Yes,
0:30.2	that's right. We're giving away 20 bit axis over the rest of 2025. You can enter every week. Head to
0:36.1	the block space handle on Twitter. Just go click below
0:39.2	in the show notes. Already given away four of the 16 or of the 20 rather that we're going to
0:45.1	hand out. Lastly, don't forget to subscribe for our main feed for the show on Spotify,
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0:57.8	Okay, now on to the show after a word from our sponsors.
1:02.7	You ever get into your buddy's car and think,
1:04.9	dude, how do you live like this?
1:06.8	There's half-eaten Taco Bell on the console,
1:09.4	a pile of garbage and fast food cups and bags,
1:13.8	rumbling in the trunk.
1:15.5	You look behind you under your seat and you're pretty sure you saw something move, but you don't know what?
1:20.1	Well, how do you think your Bitcoin miner feels if you're not keeping on top of your filtration game?
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