ASIC Prices, Russia Restrictions, Alaska Bitcoin Mining, $4.6B Mining Stock Shorts, Bye Bye Gary

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Colin, Charlie, and Matt are back with this week’s biggest Bitcoin mining headlines. To start, the trio dives into this week’s Mining Pod newsletter to discuss revival of the ASIC miner market. Then, they provide an update on incipient restrictions of Bitcoin mining in Russia in areas with power shortages. They also cover a novel story onHicorp tapping the largest gas reserve in the US with a bitcoin mining pilot in Alaska, yet more news on AI-pivots from bitcoin miners, and the $4.6 billion in open shorts against Bitcoin miners. Finally, for this week’s cry corner, Bitcoin and crypto professionals, pedestrians, and obsessives rejoice at the resignation of Gary Gensler.  Timestamps: CHAPTERS 00:00 Start 02:22 Difficulty update 06:31 ASIC prices rebound 13:03 Russia restricts mining in certain areas 19:50 Hilcorp natgas mining in Alaska 26:01 Miners moving to AI  34:12 $4.6bn short squeeze 36:23 Cry Corner: Gensler is gone, girl 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!  👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show! Follow our hosts on Twitter: @AsILayHodling, @cbspears, @bc1matt - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices