#260: The Great Mining Migration, the market for ASICs, and the near term future of hashrate with Leo Zhang

Join Marty as he sits down with Leo Zhang, founder of Anicca Research, to discuss:

- Is this mining ban real?

- How are Chinese miners reacting?

- The dynamics of communication between the Chinese and Western mining industries

- How will this migration affect hashrate in the short and medium term?

- What does this mean for the market for ASICS?

- What does capacity in the US look like right now?

- Hashrate derivatives

- much more

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