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ICE Raids BTC Mine, EOY Hashrate Forecast, Core Scientific CRWV Vote, Tether’s BTC Holdings

ICE Raids BTC Mine, EOY Hashrate Forecast, Core Scientific CRWV Vote, Tether’s BTC Holdings

Update: 2025-10-03
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Ben Harper from Luxor Technologies joins us to talk about the brutal hash rate environment as hashrate surges past 1 zettahash. For news, we break down ICE's raid on a Bitcoin miner repair shop in Pyote, Texas, Core Scientific’s shareholder vote for the CoreWeave acquisition, and Tether's massive 86,000+ BTC treasury. 




**Notes:**


• Difficulty increased 6%, up 26% over 7 adjustments


• Hashrate expected to reach 1.2 zeta by year-end


• Core Scientific vote scheduled for October 30th


• Tether holds 85,335 BTC worth $10.4 billion


• ICE arrested 12-13 undocumented workers at TX ASIC repair shop




Timestamps:


00:00 Start


04:27 Difficulty Update by Luxor


06:48 ICE raids ASIC repair shop


11:30 Hashrate Forwards


23:03 End of year Forward projections


25:41 Cleanspark Ad


26:10 Core Sci Update


28:44 Tether holds more BTC than you think




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ICE Raids BTC Mine, EOY Hashrate Forecast, Core Scientific CRWV Vote, Tether’s BTC Holdings

ICE Raids BTC Mine, EOY Hashrate Forecast, Core Scientific CRWV Vote, Tether’s BTC Holdings

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