Bitcoin News
By Jean-Luc Maracon
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Who Has Cash, Who Doesn't. HIVE, with its ambitions for an AI Gigafactory, and IREN face significant financial pressures.
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Correlation with Bitcoin? Less Obvious Than You Think. VanEck challenges the notion that these companies are mechanically tied to the price of Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin miners are facing a substantial cash flow problem. A very big problem.
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VanEck has released an analytical framework to evaluate companies involved in both Bitcoin mining and AI data center hosting — and the verdict is rather harsh for a significant…
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The central focus of their approach: raw energy capacity, not project announcements. For VanEck, this is the best indicator to value these companies. Not press releases.
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Companies with Bitcoin reserves — MARA and CLSK leading the way — can use these assets to finance their capital needs. It's a tangible advantage, not theoretical.
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HUT is also among those that can rely on their Bitcoin holdings to finance their needs. That matters.
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VanEck challenges the notion that these companies are mechanically tied to the price of Bitcoin. The average daily correlation with Bitcoin is around 0.
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Related reading: Bitcoin Miners Turn to AI, VanEck Assesses the Cost at $50 Billion
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This changes the risk profile. If Bitcoin falls back to $50,000, the impact will be very different depending on the companies. Some will absorb it. Others will falter.
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Read also: Bitcoin Miners Chase AI Revenue as VanEck Puts the Price Tag at $50 Billion
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But there's a concrete problem lingering: only about 25% of the leased capacity has been actually put into service. Not 50%. Not 75%. A quarter.
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Negotiation activity remains intense. WULF is in advanced talks for a 480 MW site in Kentucky.
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What differentiates potential winners, according to VanEck, is not just the available energy capacity. It's the project management expertise.
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In the long run, VanEck anticipates that some of these companies could be sold or converted into REITs as their AI-derived revenues grow. This is probably still far off for most.
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