Blockspace: Anthropic's IPO, IREN’s $3.65B GPU Financing, Strategy Sells BTC, DMG’s 50 MW AI Data Center episode artwork

EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 1H 17M

Blockspace: Anthropic's IPO, IREN’s $3.65B GPU Financing, Strategy Sells BTC, DMG’s 50 MW AI Data Center

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Anthropic has filed for an IPO and Strategy finally sold bitcoin for the first time since 2022. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Anthropic has filed for an IPO as the public markets race for frontier AI companies heats up. Plus, Strategy just sold bitcoin for the first time since 2022, and Lygos’ Francis Corvino joins to give his take on whether Strategy is losing favor as Strive makes inroads with BTC treasury investors. We also welcome DMG’s Sheldon Bennett and Steve Eliscu to discuss DMG’s flagship, 50 MW AI data center in BC, Canada. And to finish the show, we touch on IREN’s new $3.65B GPU finance deal and a new executive order in Utah to regulate the roll out of AI data centers in the state.  Check out our latest report, “What’s a Megawatt Worth?” where we quantify the trillion dollar opportunity for bitcoin miners venturing into the AI sector. Download here: https://megawattreport.com/ Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for all of our shows and content: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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