According to @MilkRoadDaily, Bitcoin miner Bitdeer (BTDR) has successfully raised $330 million from a private placement of convertible senior notes, with the funds earmarked for datacenter expansion and the development of new, more efficient ASIC chips. The source notes that the notes feature a conversion price of $15.87 per share, representing a 44% premium over BTDR's current trading price of approximately $11. In separate industry news cited from the Wall Street Journal, AI cloud company CoreWeave is reportedly back in talks to acquire Bitcoin miner Core Scientific (CORZ). This development has caused CORZ shares to surge by 25% to over $15, and has also positively impacted other mining stocks such as Hut 8 (HUT), IREN (IREN), and Cipher Mining (CIFR).