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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin Harper and Matt cover Proto's groundbreaking new ASIC miner, Terawulf’s $3.7B Google-backed HPC deal, Ethiopia's bitcoin mining ban, and Monero's 51% attack. 

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**Notes:**

• Proto Rig: 14.1 J/TH, 800 TH/s, swappable hashboards

• Terra Wolf: $3.7B deal, Google 8% stake

• Bitcoin hit $124K ATH, down to $117.9K

• Hash price: $57.89 per PH/day

• Mara acquires 64% stake in Exaion for $168M

• Monero down 18% after miner attack

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

03:09 Difficulty Report by Luxor

08:02 Proto Event

14:51 MARA stake in Exaion

18:36 Cleanspark

19:05 Terawulf 200 MW HPC deal

23:15 Ethiopia mining ban

27:24 Cry Corner- Monero 51% attack

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