Listen "Bitcoin Mining Capital Markets, How the Elections Benefit BTC with Mostafa Al-Mashita"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Not so long ago, Bitcoin miners had difficulty accessing debt – they still do, but miner capital markets have improved significantly. Secure Digital Markets Co-founder and Direct of Sales and Trading Mostafa Al-Mashita joins us on this Mining Pod to explain how these markets have changed and what it will take for them to improve further. He also gives his take on what a second Trump presidency means for Bitcoin and the market more broadly.
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:17 Secured Digital Markets
03:20 Financial products for miners
07:11 Miner auto-liquidating
11:10 Miners using derivatives
14:04 Miner OTC desks?
17:30 Lending
20:45 Will ASIC backed loans come back?
23:46 Seizing ASICs to pay back debt
25:49 Fed funds rate changes
28:52 Has the ETF changed miner capital markets?
32:09 ETF effects
34:07 Public vs private capital access
38:36 Is capital access for private miners getting easier?
43:34 US presidential election
44:35 Chokepoint 2.0
49:03 Any personal effects of Chokepoint 2.0
Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!
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👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show!
Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell
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Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner!
"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:17 Secured Digital Markets
03:20 Financial products for miners
07:11 Miner auto-liquidating
11:10 Miners using derivatives
14:04 Miner OTC desks?
17:30 Lending
20:45 Will ASIC backed loans come back?
23:46 Seizing ASICs to pay back debt
25:49 Fed funds rate changes
28:52 Has the ETF changed miner capital markets?
32:09 ETF effects
34:07 Public vs private capital access
38:36 Is capital access for private miners getting easier?
43:34 US presidential election
44:35 Chokepoint 2.0
49:03 Any personal effects of Chokepoint 2.0
Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!
👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media!
👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show!
Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell
-
Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner!
"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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