
IREN’s Nvidia Partnership and 5 GW Plan, Hut 8’s $9.7B Hyperscaler Deal, Strategy May Sell BTC to Own the Short Sellers
Published: May 8, 2026
Duration: 1:11:43
Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Charlie and Colin cover a flurry of deals and quarterly earnings in the bitcoin miner-AI space. We break down IREN’s roadmap to 5 GW and their new Nvidia partnership, Hut 8’s $9.8B contract with an undisclosed hyperscaler, and Cipher Digital coming out with its 3rd AI data center deal but with undisclosed details. We also sit down with Lygos’ COO Francis Corvino to address the news that Strategy may sell bitcoin in the future and review Luxor’s April hashrate lookback series with Kaan Farahani. Plus, quarterly results from $IREN, $HUT, $WULF, $CORZ, and $CIF...