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Bitcoin mining stocks rocket 24% on macro climate, AI play: Analyst

Deficit spending and lower interest rates have boosted global liquidity higher, benefiting Bitcoin and related markets, Blockware’s Mitchell Askew said.

Share prices of Bitcoin miners soared as high as 24.4% on Oct. 28 as Bitcoin rallied over $70,000 — with an analyst pointing to an increasingly favorable macroeconomic climate and miners’ continued diversification into AI.

“Deficit spending and lower interest rates are driving global liquidity higher [while] investors are fearful of high inflation over the long term, as evidenced by poor performance from treasury bonds since the Sept[ember] rate cut,” Mitchell Askew, head analyst at Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Blockware told Cointelegraph.

As such, investors are turning to the Bitcoin markets where Bitcoin mining stocks are trading at a “beta.”

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North Carolina Bitcoiners set up Hurricane search and rescue operation

The Bitcoiners will focus on the “overlooked” communities in western North Carolina that have received little to no state or federal support and remain cut off from life-saving supplies.

North Carolina’s local Bitcoin community is prepping a convoy of emergency room physicians, volunteers, and retired military personnel to provide critical assistance in the state’s mountain region following Hurricane Helene.

The operation will start on Oct. 4 from the Greensboro region, and the 12-man team will be equipped with six full-sized trucks, multiple utility task vehicles, four trailers, one horse and one mule, according to North Carolina Blockchain Association’s Head of Industry Affairs Dan Spuller in an Oct. 2 post on X.

Chainsaws and medical supplies will also be used to assist with clearing paths and searching for missing individuals.

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North Carolina’s CBDC ban bill vetoed by governor

Governor Roy Cooper was slammed for not putting “partisan politics aside” to support a law that would benefit all North Carolina residents.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill banning the state from implementing a Federal Reserve-issued central bank digital currency despite receiving near-unanimous support in the House and Senate.

Cooper, who has faced criticism for making a politically motivated decision, explained in a June 5 statement that House Bill 690 was too “premature, vague, and reactionary” to sign into law.

Cooper’s veto followed a lopsided 109-4 vote in the House and a 39-5 vote in the Senate in late June.

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Bitcoin miner stocks drop on ‘unsubstantiated’ post-halving profit fears: Analyst

Blockware Solutions analyst Mitchell Askew says fears around post-halving Bitcoin mining profitability are baseless as crypto miner stock prices have tumbled.

Investor confidence in the Bitcoin (BTC) mining sector’s profitability after the cryptocurrency halves its rewards has sent Bitcoin mining shares in the United States and abroad tumbling — but those fears aren’t well founded, an industry analyst said.

“Investors will realize their fears were mostly unsubstantiated,” said Mitchell Askew, head analyst at Bitcoin mining firm Blockware Solutions. He cited post-halving profitability concerns and Bitcoin’s 7.5% price fall over the last week as the main catalysts behind miners’ falling stock prices.

Marathon Digital (MARA) and Riot Platforms (RIOT), two of the largest BTC miners, have seen their share prices tank around 53% and 54%, respectively, since their February year-to-date (YTD) highs, according to Google Finance.

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