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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Charlie are back with another (in)famous Vibe Rankings for Bitcoin Mining Stocks. For bitcoin mining stocks, 2025 was a year defined by aggressive expansion in the AI sector, but some miners have been more fruitful with their endeavors than others. For today’s roundup, the team dives into our 2025 year-end rankings for the top bitcoin mining stocks, which includes some spirited debate about who belongs in what tier – and whether or not any bitcoin mining stock earned an S rank in 2025.

**Notes:**

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

09:08 Vibe Ranking

12:39 Canaan (CAN)

16:09 Cipher Mining (CIFR)

20:55 Hive (HIVE)

26:26 American Bitcoin (ABTC)

34:31 BitFUFU (BITF)

39:04 Marathon (MARA)

44:53 Hut 8 (HUT)

49:40 Cango (CANG)

53:40 Bitfarms (BITF)

57:20 Core Scientific (CORZ)

1:02:52 Bitdeer (BTDR)

1:08:53 IREN (IREN)

1:12:53 RIOT (RIOT)

1:15:15 Terawulf (WULF)

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