Blockspace: AI & Bitcoin

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Jay Patel, CEO of Lygos Finance, joins us to talk about the emerging trend of Strategy’s STRC derivatives in DeFi. We also break down IREN’s new $2.3B convertible notes offering, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe’s take on quantum computing threats and Project 11’s new research paper on the topic, KEEL’s Q1 2026 results, and why Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF saw zero outflows in its first month. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor...

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Charlie and Colin cover a flurry of deals and quarterly earnings in the bitcoin miner-AI space. We break down IREN’s roadmap to 5 GW and their new Nvidia partnership, Hut 8’s $9.8B contract with an undisclosed hyperscaler, and Cipher Digital coming out with its 3rd AI data center deal but with undisclosed details. We also sit down with Lygos’ COO Francis Corvino to address the news that Strategy may sell bitcoin in the future and review Luxor’s April hashrate lookback series with Kaan Farahani. Plus, quarterly results from $IREN, $HUT, $WULF, $CORZ, and $CIF...

Matt Prusak, of American Bitcoin joins us to talk about their aggressive growth strategy and why they are sticking to pure-play mining. Matt breaks down the 1,112% hashrate explosion at their Drumheller site and the move toward future-proof hydro cooling. We discuss the synergy with Hut 8, the global hunt for megawatts, and why American Bitcoin is ignoring the industry-wide pivot to AI. Learn how they’ve accumulated over 7,000 BTC and are positioning themselves as the top category leader for Bitcoin in the United States. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a marke...

Taylor Monnig, CTO of CleanSpark joins us to talk about the company's transition from Bitcoin mining into high-performance computing and AI. He explains the engineering shift from "surviving" in the mining space to "thriving" in AI data centers, the strategic value of the 250MW Sandersville site, and the decision to focus on infrastructure over cloud services. Taylor shares insights on the massive networking requirements of AI and the future of edge computing. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven tra...

Paul Sztorc, Drivechain author and founder of LayerTwo Labs, joins us to talk about his decision to fork Bitcoin and why he believes the current path is “like the Titanic heading for an iceberg”. Also Tether proposing a merger of 21 Capital, Strike, and Elektron to create a "super soldier chimera" of public Bitcoin companies known as $XXI. Finally, we break down the massive news from MARA regarding their $1.5 billion purchase of a massive gas plant to fuel their mining operations. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a marke...

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Ethan Vera, COO of Luxor Technology; Jay Patel, CEO of Ligo Finance; and Brandon Green, CEO of BTC Inc, join us live from Bitcoin Vegas! Ethan Vera breaks down Luxor’s new Whatsminer firmware release and MicroBT’s strategic investment in Luxor, and Jay Patel recaps the aftershock from the $292M Kelp DAO attack and the DeFi United alliance’s attempt to salvage the situation. Plus, Brandon Green gives us his thoughts on the Bitcoin Vegas conference and why BTC Inc. is coming home to Nashville for next year’s conference.  ...

Michael Tangen, CEO of OnRamp Finance, and Taylor Monahan join us to talk about Bitcoin-native financial services and the cascading fallout of the Kelp DAO attack. The team breaks down the massive $344 million Tether freeze on Tron, the controversial 15-bit quantum key breakthrough, and the wild story of an Army Green Beret caught insider trading on Polymarket. From hash rate updates and Bitcoin mining economics to Donald Trump’s latest Mar-a-Lago meme coin gala, we cover the biggest stories moving the needle in the crypto industry today. 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a mar...

Welcome back to Block Space Live! Today, William Cohan and Tyler Maroney of the Finding Satoshi documentary join us to talk about their years-long search for Bitcoin’s creator. We also dive into the wild crypto extortion scheme that scammers are waging against unwitting tanker crews in the Strait of Hormuz, and we break down the explosive  lawsuit between Justin Sun and the Trump-linked World Liberty Financial. Plus, Core Scientific’s massive $3.3 billion raise, and how Bitget and Republic are bringing SpaceX investment to crypto rails before Musk’s company even goes public.  Subscribe to the newsletter! https...

Jay Patel, the CEO of Lygos Finance, and Aydin Kilic, CEO of HIVE Digital, join us to respectively discuss risk in crypto credit markets and Hive’s latest $100M senior note. For news, we break down the $293 million Kelp DAO hack by the Lazarus Group and the $13 billion ripple effect this had on other DeFi platforms like Aave. Plus, we give a recap of one of the most salient talks at Blockspace’s OPNEXT conference and break down NYDIG’s incipient deal to purchase an aluminum smelting site from Alcoa that has been dormant since 2014. Subscribe to the ne...

Jay Patel, the CEO of Lygos Finance, and Aydin Kilic, CEO of HIVE Digital, join us to respectively discuss risk in crypto credit markets and Hive’s latest $100M senior note. For news, we break down the $293 million Kelp DAO hack by the Lazarus Group and the $13 billion ripple effect this had on other DeFi platforms like Aave. Plus, we give a recap of one of the most salient talks at Blockspace’s OPNEXT conference and break down NYDIG’s incipient deal to purchase an aluminum smelting site from Alcoa that has been dormant since 2014. Subscribe to the ne...

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. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Zack Pokorny from Galaxy Digital joins us to talk about AI crypto trading agents – specifically, why they aren’t ready for the big time just yet. We also dive into the evolving beef between World Liberty Financial and Tron’s Justin Sun following WLFI’s $75 million loan from a Dolomite lending pool. Plus, we cover Blackrock’s new bitcoin income ETF...

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. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Zack Pokorny from Galaxy Digital joins us to talk about AI crypto trading agents – specifically, why they aren’t ready for the big time just yet. We also dive into the evolving beef between World Liberty Financial and Tron’s Justin Sun following WLFI’s $75 million loan from a Dolomite lending pool. Plus, we cover Blackrock’s new bitcoin in...

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. Welcome back to Block Space Live! Today, Luxor’s Kaan Farahani Luxor and MIT DCI Director Neha Narula join us to respectively discuss  the wild volatility of Bitcoin mining in Q1 and the question of Bitcoin’s quantum resistance. For news, explore a new stop-gap quantum-safe transaction fix that avoids soft forks, map out the states placing moratoriums on AI data center builds, and discuss the geopo...

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. Welcome back to Block Space Live! Today, Luxor’s Kaan Farahani Luxor and MIT DCI Director Neha Narula join us to respectively discuss  the wild volatility of Bitcoin mining in Q1 and the question of Bitcoin’s quantum resistance. For news, explore a new stop-gap quantum-safe transaction fix that avoids soft forks, map out the states placing moratoriums on AI data center builds, and discuss the g...

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. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Antoine Poinsot of Chaincode Labs joins us to discuss how the Great Consensus Cleanup addresses poison block attacks (among many things), and Lygos Finance CEO Jay Patel gives a breakdown of the current state of private credit markets. For news, we cover Iran demanding bitcoin tolls for tankers to navigate the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran War’s...

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. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Antoine Poinsot of Chaincode Labs joins us to discuss how the Great Consensus Cleanup addresses poison block attacks (among many things), and Lygos Finance CEO Jay Patel gives a breakdown of the current state of private credit markets. For news, we cover Iran demanding bitcoin tolls for tankers to navigate the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran War’s tw...

⁠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. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! For today’s bonus episode, Ben Gagnon, CEO of Keel Infrastructure, joins us to talk about the company's rebranding from Bitfarms and its transition from bitcoin mining to AI and HPC infrastructure. We dive into the complexities of re-domiciling from Canada to the U.S., Keel’s decision to liquidate its bitcoin holdings throughout 2026, and how the company is securing...

⁠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. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! For today’s bonus episode, Ben Gagnon, CEO of Keel Infrastructure, joins us to talk about the company's rebranding from Bitfarms and its transition from bitcoin mining to AI and HPC infrastructure. We dive into the complexities of re-domiciling from Canada to the U.S., Keel’s decision to liquidate its bitcoin holdings throughout 2026, and how the company is securing power pe...

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. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Matt Odell, Co-founder of OpenSats, joins us to talk about their 17th wave of grants and the importance of funding open-source Bitcoin privacy projects, and Spiral bitcoin developer Ben Carman hops on to explain why the longest running Bitdevs meetup is taking a break. We also dive into the $270M Drift Protocol exploit and the sophisticated social engineering...

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. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Matt Odell, Co-founder of OpenSats, joins us to talk about their 17th wave of grants and the importance of funding open-source Bitcoin privacy projects, and Spiral bitcoin developer Ben Carman hops on to explain why the longest running Bitdevs meetup is taking a break. We also dive into the $270M Drift Protocol exploit and the sophisticated social engineering tactics...