The McNallie Money team explores the dramatic market cap shifts among the top nine Bitcoin miners in 2025, analyzing how their pivot toward AI and high-performance computing is reshaping valuations and industry dynamics.

• Iren leads with 271% market cap growth to $8 billion, leveraging their early AI infrastructure strategy and potential for 60,000 GPUs in British Columbia
• TeraWulf secured a game-changing $3.7 billion FluidStack deal backed by Google, demonstrating the value of purpose-built AI data centers
• Cipher showing strong momentum with speculation about imminent HPC partnership announcements at their Black Pearl and Barbara Lake sites
• HUT 8's partnership with American Bitcoin Treasury Corporation and aggressive development plans for 1,500+ MW of capacity driving 70% market cap growth
• Core Scientific shareholders waiting to vote on CoreWeave acquisition while Riot leverages massive Texas infrastructure for AI transition
• CleanSpark faces market challenges despite operational excellence in Bitcoin mining due to unclear HPC strategy and potential facility limitations
• Market clearly rewarding miners with concrete AI/HPC strategies, quality infrastructure, and experienced technical teams
• Multiple miners hinting at forthcoming partnership announcements that could dramatically reshape rankings by year-end

Let us know in the comments which of these miners you're currently holding and which you think will top the list by the end of the year!

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