Blockspace: AI & Bitcoin
Bitcoin conversations from the deep end, covering markets, tech, compute, and culture from hosts Charlie Spears and Colin Harper. Three episodes per week, on all podcast players, Yahoo Finance, CoinDesk and more. Drop us a listen and review!
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Hut 8 AI Update, Crypto-Backed Mortgages, MARA Sells $1.1B BTC
<p>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.</p> <p><br></p> <p>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...
Tether's Big Four Audit, Blue Owl's Private Credit Risk, and a New Bitcoin Client?
<p>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.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Jay Patel, Founder of Lygos Finance, joins us to talk about tremors in private credit markets and how they might affect bitcoin-backed credit markets, and Blockspace podcaster Gwart hops on to discuss crypto’s year of soul-searching. We also dive into Tether’s first-ever audit, why the banks beat crypto in the latest draft of the CLARITY Act, and the...
The Fed vs. Iran vs. BTC, Layoffs Sweep Crypto, Strategy’s $44 Billion Stock Offering
<p>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.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, we check the market’s pulse as risk-on assets rally following a postponement in US strikes on Iran, and we look into the data that is making the Fed hawkish and what that means for bitcoin. Plus, Ryan Gentry, CEO of Bitcoin Infrastructure Corp, joins us to talk about the evolution of agentic payments with the Lightning Network. We al...
SBF Goes to Hollywood, SEC Clears Nasdaq for Tokenized Trading, Clarity on CLARITY
<p>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.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Aydin Kilic, CEO of HIVE Digital Technologies, joins us to talk about the company’s AI shift, and Bitcoin developer Portland Hodl joins us to discuss how AI is disrupting the software engineering industry. We also break down Nasdaq's SEC approval for tokenized equity trading, and the upcoming Netflix series on the FTX collapse produced by the Obamas, and an...
Kraken IPO CANCELED & Vanity Fair Hates Us
<p>Francis Corvino, of Lygos Finance joins us to talk about the Blockfills bankruptcy filing, their $145M in unsecured claims, and why the 2022 "hangover" is still claiming victims today. We also dive into Kraken’s decision to delay its public offering, the SEC’s long-awaited guidance on token offerings, and the meteoric rise of Circle’s stock following Clarity Act talks. Finally, we warn you about the sophisticated Lazarus Group phishing campaign that hit Bitrefill and targeted seasoned developers.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com</p> <p><br></p> <p>Notes:</p> <p>* Kraken...
Coinbase and CLARITY, OP_NET Raises $5M, Blockfills Goes Bankrupt, Drukenmiller Fades BTC
<p>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.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, we dive into reports that Coinbase is allegedly lobbying against the de minimis tax exemption for BTC purchases in the CLARITY Act and the bitcoin miners caught up in the Blockfills bankruptcy. Plus, for today’s guests, Chad Masters and Danny Plainview, co-founders of OP_NET, join us to discuss their $5M raise and vision for Bitcoin-based smart contracts, an...
Arkade Raises $5.1M, CleanSpark's on BTC Price, Luxor's Mining Outlook, and the IRS New Crypto Form
<p>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.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome back to Blockspace! Today, Alex B, Ecosystem Lead at Ark Labs joins us to talk about their massive $5.2M raise led by Tether and the push for programmable finance on Bitcoin. We also sit down with Rory Murray of CleanSpark and Alex Bloom of Two Prime to discuss the "beach ball" state of the market and how institutional lenders are navigating high volatility. Finally, we...
ENERGY: An Update on TeraWulf’s AI Expansion w/ Nazar Khan
<p>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.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Nazar Khan, CTO of TeraWulf, joins us to talk about the company's expansion into AI and HPC. We dive deep into their new sites in Kentucky and Maryland, the strategy behind repurposing brownfield industrial infrastructure, and why battery storage is the key to grid reliability. Nazar explains the transition from bitcoin mining to AI loads and how TeraWulf plans...
MINING: The Last Bitcoin Mining Bull Market Ever w/ Liang Wang
<p>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.</p> <p>Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Liang Wang, VP of Canaan, joins us to talk about how Canaan is approaching the changing tides in bitcoin mining as peers pivot to AI. We dive into their recent acquisition of Texas mining sites from Cipher Mining, their 60.9% year-over-year sales growth for their Avalon ASIC miner series, and the economics of mining in the current market. Liang also shares insights into...
NEWS: $46m Heist Perp Gets Nabbed & Kraken Gets Fed Account
<p>Chris Johhansen of Ion Stream and Kaan Farahani of Luxor join us to talk about the insane arrest of John DeGuida for allegedly stealing $46 million from the US Marshals Service. We break down Kraken Financial’s historic Fed Master Account and what a "skinny" seat at the table means for the industry. Plus, we analyze the massive pivot from ASICs to GPUs and review the tumultuous Bitcoin hash rate data from February.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com</p> <p><br></p> <p>Notes:</p> <p>* Zoomer stole $46M from US Marshals Se...
