Bitcoin Mining and AI Energy Consumption

Nic and Matt are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

• Nic’s vehicular issues
• BTC mining FUD is now AI fud
• Abra settles with state regulators over lack of MTLs
• State Street and Galaxy Digital partner up
• US reps visit imprisoned Binance exec in Nigeria
• Vaneck files for a Solana ETF
• Coinbase is suing the FDIC and the SEC
• Germany is selling Bitcoin
• SCOTUS further limits the SEC’s power

Sponsor notes: 

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