Ryan Cummings(@weakinstrument):One pretty cheap way for hyperscalers to get additional datacenter compute would be to use their giant cash piles to massively short Bitcoin for an extended period of time, causing the miners to go bankrupt, and then buying their assets in bankruptcy. All perfectly legal, too!

Ryan Cummings

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Ryan Cummings@weakinstrument

2026.08.27 15:19

One pretty cheap way for hyperscalers to get additional datacenter compute would be to use their giant cash piles to massively short Bitcoin for an extended period of time, causing the miners to go bankrupt, and then buying their assets in bankruptcy. All perfectly legal, too!