THE MINING POD: JPMorgan Says Buy These Bitcoin Mining Stocks

JPMorgan analysts weigh in on price targets for IREN, CLSK, MARA, RIOT, and CIFR in a recent research note. Click Here To Join the BitAxe Giveaway! Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will and Colin dive into JPMorgan's latest research report on Bitcoin mining stocks pivoting to AI and HPC. We analyze JPMorgan's IREN price target, break down the economics of co-location vs cloud services, and examine potential upside for Cipher, Riot, Clean Spark, and MARA. **Notes:** • IREN target • Sweetwater needs 1GW+ deal to justify valuation • Co-location: $3.7-8.6M/MW vs cloud: $5.3M/MW • IREN expanding to 23,000 GPUs by Q1 2026 • Cipher EV/revenue at 31.9x vs IREN at 12.9x • Core Scientific sets co-location benchmark Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:43 Mining stocks ripping 06:26 Core Scientific benchmark for AI pivot 15:34 Cleanspark Ad 16:05 IREN 27:06 Valuation models 👉CleanSpark, America's Bitcoin Miner! CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), America's Bitcoin Miner®, is a market-leading Bitcoin miner with a proven track record of success. They own a fully self-operated portfolio of mining facilities across the U.S. powered by globally competitive energy prices. CleanSpark sits at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship. Optimally monetizing low-cost, high reliability electricity positions them to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉 FBOX, Cooling for Bitcoin Mining and the AI Data Center Transformation FBOX is the global leader in cooling system manufacturing, with the #1 shipment volume of bitcoin mining containers worldwide. Not only powering for the strongest hashrate, their technology also helps mining infrastructure transform into AI data centers. Backed by the largest production scale on earth, global deployment capability, and a full range of cooling solutions, they are shaping the future of compute. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!