THE MINING POD: Hut 8, US Bitcoin, And Synteq With Jaime Leverton

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We’re rejoined by Jaime Leverton, former CEO at Hut 8, to discuss her exit and new role at mining broker Synteq!

Former Hut 8 CEO Jaime Leverton joins The Mining Pod! We go through her time at Hut 8 building an industry leading HODL, her transition out the door though the merger with US Bitcoin Corp, to her new ventures in fintech and DeFi. We lastly touch on her interests in Bitcoin stocks and equities with some advice for other CEOs in the mining space.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

03:28 Jaime’s bio

05:37 HUT 8"s Bitcoin treasury

08:10 Jaime’s Bitcoin moment

08:53 HUT 8 & US Bitcoin merger

12:48 Exahash headlines

14:27 Merger & debt

16:35 Transitioning out of CEO role

18:37 Jaime’s the bag holder

21:57 Infrastructure

24:05 HPC & AI demand

27:57 HPC's future form factor

31:55 Chair of the board

32:58 Hashprice & predictions

33:59 What's looking good?

37:46 Thoughts on being a public company CEO

38:57 ULYS startup

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