Were Debt-Funded BTC Buys Sensible?

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Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot, Luxor Head of Financial Services Matt Williams, and Bitcoin Policy Institute Head of Government Affairs Ken Egan join us to respectively talk about the latest in Hut 8’s AI expansion, the regulatory battle over stablecoin rewards in the CLARITY Act, and Luxor’s new energy and financing offerings for AI operators. Plus, for news, we dive deep into why Marathon Digital is selling BTC to retire debt, how Coinbase and Better Homes and Finance secured a historic mortgage win with Fannie Mae-approved crypto-backed home loans, and why markets are backsliding going into the weekend.

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Notes:

* Next difficulty adjustment expected at +4.5%.

* MARA sold 15,133 BTC ($1.1B) to retire $1B in debt.

* Fannie Mae rubberstamps crypto-backed mortgages from Coinbase/Better Homes.

* CLARITY Act nearing finish line

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:19 Difficulty Report by Hashrate Index

04:58 CLARITY Act update

31:39 Asher Genoot, HUT8

44:49 Matt Williams, Luxor

1:01:07 MARA selling BTC

1:22:13 Market update = bad :(

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