Bitcoin miner CleanSpark signed a $6.6B AI lease before securing the $2.1B required to build it
The 175 MW contract creates a long revenue path while funding terms remain undisclosed and missed milestones may reduce rent or end the lease.

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Empery disclosed two February calls, but missing collateral balances and trigger ratios make it impossible to rank which treasury is closest to another lender demand.
The 2,931 BTC passed through two unidentified addresses and remains intact at its latest destination.
Bitcoin ETF demand faltered as withdrawals from IBIT and FBTC overwhelmed the previous week’s inflows.
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh faces the House Financial Services Committee 90 minutes after the June CPI release, and his interpretation of the data will carry more weight than the data.
Major financial institutions are building Bitcoin products, custody, and infrastructure, while Bitwise estimates individuals hold about 13.9 million BTC.
Bitcoin faces a 7.5-hour macro stress test as CPI, Fed testimony and renewed Hormuz enforcement threaten to redraw the path around $62,000.