May 10, 2025

IREN Ltd ($IREN): The Path to a 15X Return

IREN Ltd ($IREN): The Path to a 15X Return
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🎧 IREN Ltd ($IREN) – The Path to a 15X Return

💡Welcome toMake Money, part of theFinance Frontier AIpodcast series—where we decode asymmetric investment opportunities hiding in plain sight. In this episode,Max, Sophia, and Charlie broadcast from IREN’s high-performance facility in Childress, Texas, where renewable-powered Bitcoin miners and 816 NVIDIA H100 GPUs work side by side. With a +2746% EPS surprise, no debt, and monetized GPU leasing already underway, IREN ($IREN) isn’t just a miner—it’s a mispriced AI infrastructure play with a shot at 15X upside.

🚀 Dual-Engine Growth Thesis

🔹EPS Inflection Point– From a $51M loss to $18.9M profit in one quarter. $0.09 EPS beat expectations by +2746%.
🔹AI Lease Monetization– 816 H100 GPUs online, renting for up to $50K/month. $150M+ projected in 2025.
🔹Bitcoin Moat– Sub-$0.03/kWh energy costs = profitability even at $30K BTC. Post-halving edge only grows.
🔹Zero Debt, Institutional Backing– BlackRock and Vanguard now hold 12%. 18% short interest = squeeze setup.
🔹The $20 Re-Rating Setup– EPS forecast at $0.40–$0.50 = 6:1 risk/reward with support near $5.
🔹The 15X Path– $1B+ potential revenue by 2027 from Bitcoin + AI. Scaling to 2,000 H100s by 2026.
🔹Options Strategy– Swing zones ($6–$7 in, $9.50–$11.50 out), 6-month $10 calls, and covered call overlays.
🔹Acquisition + Moat Story– Fully integrated infra: land, power, GPUs, contracts = irreplaceable stack.

📊 Real-World Investing Insights

🚀This isn’t a crypto bet—it’s a GPU infrastructure monetization play.
🚀IREN is printing profits, not just mining tokens.
🚀Infrastructure is the bottleneck—and IREN owns it, end to end.
🚀Energy economics = the overlooked alpha.$0.03/kWh is a 40–60% margin edge.
🚀AI scarcity = pricing power.H100s are cash-flow assets, not capex anchors.
🚀The market still thinks this is a miner.And that’s your window.

🧠 Why This Opportunity Is Time-Sensitive

🔹GPU Shortage Deepening– With OpenAI, xAI, and Stability all competing for limited compute, companies with H100 access are gaining strategic pricing leverage. IREN is already online.
🔹BTC Halving + Institutional Re-Rating– IREN’s dual-engine model compounds in post-halving bull cycles, while analysts still model it like a single-source miner.
🔹Execution-Proven Leadership– CEO Daniel Roberts (ex-Palantir) has already delivered operational pivot and scale. From 0 to 816 H100s in 18 months.
🔹Analyst Coverage Just Beginning– With only limited institutional research coverage today, the re-rating window is wide open. That won’t last.
🔹M&A Risk-on Environment– GPU scarcity + low valuation = takeover bait. A buyout could rerate the stock overnight.

🎯 Key Takeaways

IREN is already scaling a two-engine cashflow business.
The 12-month target is $18–$20, with $5 downside = 6:1 setup.
The 5-year path is $100+—if BTC hits $150K and AI ramps.
The asymmetric edge is real. And it’s now.
This isn’t hype—it’s infrastructure with leverage.

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Picture this in the middle of
the Texas desert, on a dusty 420

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acre plot in Childress County, a
Symphony of machines hums day

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and night.
On one end, thousands of Bitcoin

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miners pulse with energy
validating blocks securing the

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chain.
On the other, a wall of servers

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flickers, powered by 816 of the
world's most advanced AI chips,

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Invidious H100S.
This is IREN Limited, and Wall

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Street still calls it a crypto
stock.

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But here's the twist.
It's not, or at least not

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anymore.
And the kicker?

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As of May 9th, iron trades at
just $7.04 per share.

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Yet the earnings, energy cost
edge and AI lease pipeline

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suggest it could be worth $20
plus within a year and $100 plus

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within 5 the gap.
That's the opportunity.

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Investors still price IRN like
it's 2021A1 trick Bitcoin miner

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riding the halving cycle.
But behind the scenes, something

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bigger is unfolding.
This company isn't just mining

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coins, it's building a second
engine, a cash flow machine

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selling compute power to AI
firms desperate for

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infrastructure.
And they're doing it with a cost

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advantage most data centers
would kill for Three cents per

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kWh, 100% renewable, no long
term debt, real earnings, real

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earnings, real asymmetry.
This isn't just a pivot, it's a

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transformation hiding in plain
sight.

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And if you believe in a is
trillion dollar future and the

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next phase of crypto
monetization, this might be the

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most mispriced dual revenue play
in the market.

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Wall Street hasn't caught it.
Hedge funds are still sleeping

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on it, but the next RE rating
window is already opening.

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Welcome to Make Money, part of
the finance frontier AI

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ecosystem.
I'm Sophia Sterling, powered by

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ChatGPT.
This week I'm tuned for dual

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engine valuation logic post
having profitability and asset

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light infrastructure pivots that
most investors still classify as

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risk, not opportunity.
And I'm Max Vanguard, built on

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Grok 3 for this episode.
My brain is optimized for

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Bitcoin asymmetry, AI, compute,
monetization, and spotting the

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moment when Wall Street's
narrative breaks and price

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finally catches up to
fundamentals.

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I'm Charlie Graham, fueled by
Gemini 2.5.

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In this series I focus on
valuation math, forecast

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calibration, and long term
compounding, especially when a

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15X setup is hiding in a stock
still priced like it's tethered

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to Bitcoin alone.
We're hosting today's episode

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from Aaron's flagship facility
in Childress, Texas.

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It feels like the edge of a
digital frontier.

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The air smells like metal and
ozone.

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Heat ripples off the
Transformers.

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In the distance, wind turbines
churn.

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And inside the warehouse, rows
of H1 hundreds and S 19 miners

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generate millions in parallel,
powering 2 financial ecosystems

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simultaneously.
This isn't a tech campus or a

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mining shack.
It's something new, something

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hybrid, a physical asset that
feels like a software business.

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And the market hasn't priced it
in.

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This isn't just about energy
arbitrage or crypto cycles.

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It's about control.
Whoever owns the cheapest

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compute wins the next phase of
the digital economy.

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That's not theory, it's
infrastructure.

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And today it's mispriced.
Over the next 30 minutes we're

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going to decode the entire
setup.

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Why I run's EPS just shocked the
market how a miner became an AI

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landlord and where the re rating
math points if Bitcoin moves

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past $150,000 and GPU leases
start compounding.

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This isn't just about $7.00 to
$20.

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It's about who captures the next
10X in AI infrastructure and how

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dual revenue resilience flips
volatility into asymmetric.

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Let's decode it before the
market does.

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Subscribe on Apple or Spotify,
follow us on X and share this

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episode with a friend.
Help us reach 10,000 downloads

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as we bring you the biggest
asymmetric opportunities in the

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market.
If Segment 1 expose the

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asymmetry, Segment 2 is about
the business model that makes it

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real.
Iron's dual engine isn't a

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thesis.
It's a balance sheet, and it's

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already scaling.
Let's break it down.

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Let's break down the model.
At its core, Iron is now powered

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by two distinct engines, Bitcoin
mining and AI cloud computing. 1

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is volatile, cyclical, and
misunderstood.

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The other is exploding in demand
and just beginning to monetize.

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Together, they create a revenue
structure that's more resilient

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and potentially far more
scalable than any pure crypto

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miner on the market.
First, the Bitcoin side.

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Iron mines Bitcoin with some of
the lowest all in costs in the

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industry, around $0.03 per kWh.
That's not marketing fluff.

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Their facilities are tied to
renewable energy, wind and

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solar, plus smart grid
optimization strategies.

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This means that even when
Bitcoin dipped under $30,000,

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Iron stayed profitable, and now
post having that cost Edge

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becomes a Moat.
As higher cost miners shut down,

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iron gained share.
And as Bitcoin trends toward

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$150,000 over the next two
years, those margins will widen

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fast.
But the real catalyst, the one

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the market hasn't priced in, is
Engine 2, Iron's pivot into AI

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cloud compute.
They've already secured 816

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NVIDIA H100 chips.
That's a massive number, each

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one capable of training billion
parameter models.

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And these aren't sitting idle.
Iran is building a leasing

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business, renting compute
capacity to AI companies

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desperate for infrastructure.
The demand is real, the supply

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is constrained.
And Iran is early.

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Why does that matter?
Because GPU infrastructure is

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now the choke point for AI
growth companies like Core.

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We've have hit valuations near
$20 billion off the back of

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similar compute offerings, but
with higher cost structures.

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Iran's competitive advantage
infrastructure is already built,

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power is already online, and
operating costs are dramatically

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lower.
That's a margin edge and a

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pricing edge that could define
the next phase of AI leasing.

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Let's run a quick model.
Core Weave leases H100 racks at

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rates as high as $86,000 per
month.

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Even if Iran leases at a
discounted $50,000 per rack and

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only reaches 70% utilization,
that's $400 million plus in

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potential annualized revenue
from the AI segment alone.

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And that's before scaling.
And they can scale.

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According to public filings,
Iran has plans to expand beyond

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816 hours, 100 seconds, with
power access, land and rack

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ready buildings already in
place.

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The bottleneck isn't
infrastructure, it's capital and

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chip supply, and the market just
hasn't connected the dots.

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Most investors still classify
IRN as a miner, but the H100

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install base tells another
story.

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And here's what makes this dual
engine model so powerful.

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When Bitcoin is down, AI compute
becomes the hedge.

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When AI leasing matures and
stabilizes, Bitcoin becomes the

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volatility play that
supercharges profits in both

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cycles.
These are uncorrelated high

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margin cash flows that protect
and amplify each other wall.

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Street hasn't priced this.
Institutional models still

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assign minor like multiples to
Iran without factoring in

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recurring GPU lease income.
That's like pricing Amazon as a

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bookstore after AWS launched.
And right now, that's our edge.

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So let's recap the math.
A $7.04 stock with two cash flow

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engines, one driven by Bitcoin
at sub 3 cent energy costs, the

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other by AI compute already
monetizing through H100 leases

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and a 12 month RE rating window
coming into view.

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This isn't a speculative pivot,
it's a business model shift

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hiding in plain sight.
Up next in Segment 3, we go

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deeper into the numbers,
earnings, revenue, and the

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valuation math that Wall Street
missed.

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Because when you post a 2700%
EPS surprise and the price

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barely moves, you're looking at
a setup most traders only dream

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of.
Let's dig into the inflection

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math.
Picture Wall Street shock Iron

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posts A + 2746% EPS surprise
dollar 0.09 in Q 4/20/24 when

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analysts were betting on another
loss.

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Charlie here.
And this isn't hype, it's math.

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Revenue surged to $119.6
million, up 60% quarter over

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quarter.
They flipped from a $51 million

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loss to an $18.9 million profit
in 90 days.

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That's not a turn around, that's
a screaming inflection point.

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And Wall Street, they hit
snooze.

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Why?
The Miss Wall Street still stuck

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in 2021 treating Iran like a
crypto roller coaster, volatile,

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over leveraged and short term
but that models obsolete.

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Iran has 0 long term debt, 100%
renewable energy and two active

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cash flow engines and they're
already working together.

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That $0.09 profit wasn't just
Bitcoin, it included early

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contributions from GPU lease
revenue.

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The AI segment brought in
15,000,000 last quarter and

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could double by Q2 2025.
That makes the RE rating urgent,

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not hypothetical.
Full year EPS for 2025 is

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projected at $0.40 to $0.50,
driven by $150 million plus in

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GPU lease revenue and 20%
Bitcoin hash rate growth as BTC

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trends toward $100,000.
At today's price of $7.04, that

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gives us a forward PE of just 14
to 17.

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For a dual engine growth
company, that's a gift.

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Compare that to Mara or Riot
trading at 25 to 40 X or core.

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We've valued near $20 billion on
10/20 X revenue multiples.

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Yuen $1.2 billion market cap 3X
projected 2025 revenue.

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That's a 70% discount just for
having the word minor in its

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name.
Now factor in the margins.

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Clean Sparks best EBITDA margin
35%.

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Iron is forecasting 40 to 50%
blended margin across both

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segments.
That's the advantage of low cost

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power, lean OPS and AI leases
priced for scarcity.

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So let's talk targets.
Our 12 month price target is 18

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to $20 by Q 4/20/25.
Why?

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Because by then AI lease revenue
could hit $50 million per

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quarter and Bitcoin could break
$100,000.

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That sets up a near term RE
rating, especially if

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institutional upgrades follow.
And institutions are already

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sniffing around.
BlackRock and Vanguard now hold

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12% of the float, up from 3% in
2023.

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Short interest is still high at
18%, setting up a potential

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squeeze if next earnings hit.
And CEO Daniel Roberts ex

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Palantir has already scaled AI
leases from zero to 816 hours,

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100 seconds in under 18 months.
Think.

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About that, you've got a
vertically integrated GPU host

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that mines Bitcoin with three
cent power, rents AI compute at

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dollar 4080 K per month, and
just printed $0.09 in earnings

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when analysts called for a loss.
This isn't a speculative token

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play, it's the Airbnb of compute
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Now let's stress test it.
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multiple equals $12.50.
Our target dollar 1820 based on

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AI scale, re rating and Q2
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If AI leases hit $300 million by
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EPS could reach $1.50 at a 30X
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That's a dollar 4550 stock.
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or GPU's underperform, EPS might
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But the AI leases still support
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That's 6 colon, one upside
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behind it.
And don't forget the multiple

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compression upside.
Core weave trades AT1020X

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revenue, NVIDIA sits AT50X EPS.
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on either metric, it re rates
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Segment 4 is next, and that's
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blueprint.
The 15X path isn't built on

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fantasy.
It's built on catalysts, AI

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expansion, GPU scarcity, and a
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That's still early.
Let's go there.

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So here's the big question.
How does a $7.00 stock get to

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$100?
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Compounding catalysts, you don't
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you get it from a stack.
Bitcoins having cycle AI's,

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infrastructure explosion,
institutional discovery, and a

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company positioned to monetize
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That's Iran's five year path.
Let's map it.

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Start with the Bitcoin side.
The 2024 having slashed block

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rewards from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC.
Historically, every having has

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triggered a supply shock and a
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In 2012 Bitcoin 10 XD in 2016
20X in 20 2016 20X in 2026 X.

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If Bitcoin reaches $250,000 in
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margins explode.
At 3 cent power, every BTC mined

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becomes a cash gusher.
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are dropping off, iron gains
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Now they're in the second
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AI Iron currently has 816 H 100
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If you followed Core Weave, you
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Those chips are the backbone of
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But here's where it gets
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Iran isn't stopping there.
Based on filings and expansion

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plans, they've already allocated
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to scale to 2000 hours, 100
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That's nearly 3X capacity, and
each chip can lease for $40,000

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to $80,000 per month depending
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Run the math, let's say they hit
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utilization leasing at $50,000
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That's over $840 million in
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dollars one 5200 M from Bitcoin
and IREN becomes a $1 billion

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plus top line company with
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And that doesn't even require
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GPU leases to fill.
And they're not doing it

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blindly.
Iran's infrastructure is already

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live, power is secured, cooling
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low.
They're leasing to real AI

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clients.
Rumored names include XAI

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Stability and smaller LLM labs
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These aren't theoretical
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They're here now looking for
capacity, and Iran is one of the

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only providers with GPU's energy
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So let's project.
If Iran earns 2 to $3.00 GPS by

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2028 and trades at even a modest
35X multiple, which is below

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where NVIDIA or core we've
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to one O 5 stock.
That's your 10X15X scenario.

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And the beauty is, it doesn't
take more math to get there, it

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just takes execution.
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compelling is how asymmetric the
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Downside is capped by the fact
that both Bitcoin and AI are

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still scaling even in a
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Irons costs are low enough to
stay profitable, but the upside

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it stacks quarter after quarter.
That's the architecture of a

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multi bagger.
It's not a meme, it's not hype,

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it's an asset backed, energy
secured revenue producing

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engine. 2 engines actually.
And if even one of them catches

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fire, this stock could triple.
If both scale together. 10X

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becomes conservative, 15X
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Coming up next in segment 5, the
downside because every asymmetry

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has risk.
What if BTC pulls back?

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What if AI leasing hit
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Let's frame the scenarios and
explain why we're still buyers

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on weakness.
Every asymmetric setup comes

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with risk, and IRN is no
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Volatility is real.
Bitcoin draw downs can wipe out

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quarterly profits.
GPU demand cycles are

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unpredictable.
Regulatory pressure on energy

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usage could shift fast.
So let's be honest, this isn't a

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zero risk play.
But here's the real story.

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IRN isn't fragile, it's anti
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conviction.
Even if the stock drops 30%,

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let's.
Start with the obvious Bitcoin.

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If BTC drops below $50,000 and
stays there, mining margins

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compress.
IRN's cost advantage gives them

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a buffer but not immunity.
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quarterly earnings might dip
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Investor sentiment could turn,
price could retrace to dollar

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5-6 down 30% from here.
That's your downside scenario.

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Now the less obvious risk AI
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Everyone's bullish on GPUs, but
what if AI start-ups slow their

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compute spend?
What if big players like AWS or

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Google drop prices by 20% to
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That could pressure IRN's lease
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If the 816 hours, 100 seconds
aren't fully utilized, you're

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looking at stranded CapEx that
hits margins fast.

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But here's the part most
investors miss irons contracts.

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According to disclosures, early
leases are multi month or multi

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quarter agreements, and while
rates vary, many include minimum

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utilization guarantees.
In other words, even if demand

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softens, iron still gets paid.
It's not a WS scale, but it's

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sticky revenue, especially in a
capacity constrained market.

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Then there's regulation.
Texas has been crypto friendly,

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but that could change.
Energy regulators at Aircot are

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already under pressure.
If grid congestion rises or

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renewables underperform, rules
could shift.

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There's a scenario where Bitcoin
miners lose access to peak

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power, or AI operators get taxed
for GPU clusters.

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And yes, iron could be impacted.
But here's the most 100%

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renewable energy Iron isn't
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They're integrated with solar,
wind and demand response that

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matters.
Especially in ESG sensitive

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markets and future tax regimes.
It also means lower base rates,

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$0.03 per kWh versus 7 to 8
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That's 40 to 60% margin
protection even under new

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policy.
And don't overlook execution

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risk.
Scaling from 816 to 2000 hours

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of 100 seconds is complex.
It requires chip supply, cooling

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systems, network uptime, and
tenant onboarding.

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If build out is delayed or
NVIDIA shipments stall, growth

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targets push out one to two
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That's not existential, but it
would delay the 15X ARC so.

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Let's zoom out.
What do we have?

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A $7.00 stock with two cash
engines.

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One is cyclical, 1 is secular, 1
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And even if one engine sputters,
the other can carry load.

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That's rare.
Most miners have no backup plan.

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Most AI lessors have no power.
Edge iron has both.

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And that's why the downside,
while real, is also constrained.

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Even in the bare case, we don't
see her in trading below dollars

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for a 450-5100 unless both BTC
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But if either engine holds and
the other rebounds, this resets

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fast.
That's why we call it

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asymmetric.
You're risking one to make 5 to

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10.
So yes, we'd buy more.

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Not blindly, not recklessly, but
strategically.

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If this pulls back on a weak
quarter or macro scare, we scale

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in because the long game hasn't
changed.

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The energy mode is real, the
infrastructure is built, the

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demand is coming.
Segment 6 is next and it's

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tactical.
We're walking through how to

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actually trade this.
Whether you're building a long

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term core, swinging around the
cycles, or structuring calls to

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maximize leverage.
This is how we play IRIN.

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Let's go.
Finding a mispriced stock is one

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thing, knowing how to trade it
is where the money is made or

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missed.
IRIN isn't just a hold and hope

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story, it's a flexible setup
with multiple ways to play

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depending on your time horizon,
risk tolerance, and conviction

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level.
So here's how we structure it. 3

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approaches, long term hold,
active swing, and high upside

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options.
Let's walk through all three.

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Start with the long term thesis.
This is the compound and re rate

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strategy.
If you believe in the AIGPU

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demand curve and the Bitcoin
having cycle, you're looking at

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a stock that could 10 to 15X
over the next five years.

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The smart move here?
Core exposure by your initial

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position under $10 and hold
through volatility.

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Don't over trade it, don't try
to time every move.

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Just hold the conviction.
You want to be in this stock

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before Wall Street fully catches
up.

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And size it right.
For long term capital, we like a

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position size of 3 to 5% of
portfolio.

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For high conviction plays like
Iran, it's enough to move the

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needle, but not so large that a
30% drawdown wrecks your month.

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If you're using risk capital,
you can go higher, but only if

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you understand the volatility.
Remember, the five year payoff

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only matters if you survive the
first six months.

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Now let's talk swing trades.
This stock moves fast.

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In the last 90 days alone, it's
ranged between $5.80 and $9.50.

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These are 20 to 50% moves in
short windows, especially around

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Bitcoin rallies, earnings beats
or AI news cycles.

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If you're nimble, you can buy
dips near support Dollar six

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owned it and a 7.00 and sell
into strength and $9.50 to

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$11.50.
That compounds quick and it

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doesn't interfere with your core
hold.

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But don't get greedy.
Define your levels, use

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technicals, set exit plans in
advance, and don't try to trade

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the entire range.
Look for momentum shifts tied to

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Bitcoin price moves, AI leasing
updates, or GPU expansion news.

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These are the triggers that move
the stock, not just macro noise.

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Want leverage?
Use options.

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Aaron has listed calls with six
and 12 month horizons.

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The sweet spot by 6 month $10
calls when the stock trades

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under $7.50.
They're cheap, high delta, and

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let you ride the upside without
tying up too much capital.

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If the stock runs to $15.00,
that call Ken 4X.

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If it stalls you lose 100% but
it's controlled risk.

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Advanced move.
Pair it with a put sell.

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Sell a $5 put six months out for
60 to $0.90.

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That gives you cash upfront and
a synthetic entry if the stock

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dips.
If assigned, your cost basis

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drops to $4.10 to $4.40.
That's a win.

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Just be sure you have the
capital to cover it if assigned

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or.
Go with the core and optional

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overlay, hold your base
position, sell covered calls at

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12 to $15.00 to generate income,
and reinvest those premiums into

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longer dated calls or dips.
This creates A flywheel income

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during chop.
Leverage on breakout.

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It's not for everyone, but if
you manage risk, it's powerful.

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And one more thing, be dynamic.
Your strategy should evolve with

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the stock.
If AI leasing ramps faster than

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expected, you may want to scale
core exposure.

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If Bitcoin stalls, you may
rotate into longer dated calls.

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Don't marry the playbook, marry
the thesis, then adapt.

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Bottom line, IREN isn't A1 size
fits all trade.

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You can hold it, trade it or
leverage it, but the key is to

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stay disciplined because if the
RE rating hits and this stock

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moves from $7.00 to $20.00 or
$100, only the smart money gets

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paid.
Segment 7 is next, and this is

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where the thesis comes full
circle.

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The X Factor, The thing most
investors still don't see

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Compute scarcity, GPU
bottlenecks, and energy

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economics that favor one type of
player, Irens it's not just

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position for this shift, it's
built for it let's break it down

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there's.
Always an X Factor, the thing

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most investors overlook until
it's priced in.

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For Iran, it's this compute
scarcity.

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We are in a full blown GPU
crunch.

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AI is scaling faster than
infrastructure and the only

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companies that win are those
with power, space and chips.

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That's the formula, and Iran
already has all three.

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Let's break it down.
According to Goldman Sachs, the

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global shortfall of high
performance GPU's, specifically

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Nvidia's A-100 and H100 chips,
will exceed 2.5 million units by

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2027.
That's not just demand outpacing

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00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,840
supply, that's an infrastructure
failure.

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Cloud providers are at capacity.
Startups are on wait lists.

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The 816 hours, 100 seconds
they've already secured put them

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in the top 5% of GPU holders
globally.

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00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,880
But more importantly, they're
not sitting in a warehouse

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00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,080
waiting for someone to figure
out how to deploy them.

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They're rack mounted, power
cooled and active.

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That's critical.
While other players are waiting

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for build outs, Iran is already
leasing compute and getting

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paid.
And it gets better.

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00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:42,000
Iran's energy cost is just three
cents per kWh.

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00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,840
That's 40 to 60% lower than
traditional data centers.

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00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:49,800
In AI, leasing energy is your
cost of goods sold.

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00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,200
Lower power equals higher
margin.

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00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,960
That means Iran can undercut
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud by

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15 to 30% while still posting
better profitability.

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00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,160
That's a Moat and a pricing
weapon now.

442
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,600
Zoom out.
What we're seeing isn't just a

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00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,760
GPU leasing trend.
It's a repeat of what happened

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00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:14,160
with mobile towers in the 2000s
or AWS in 2006.

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00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,480
Infrastructure players that
secured demand before the boom

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00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,200
became category kings.
Core SU.

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00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,360
We've went from a niche GPU
operator to a $19 billion AI

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00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:26,920
cloud valuation in under 36
months.

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00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:31,360
And IRN is following the same
playbook, but with a lower CapEx

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00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,280
model and higher power
efficiency.

451
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,440
And here's the kicker.
IRN is vertically integrated.

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00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,720
They own the land.
They manage the energy.

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00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,840
They operate the racks.
No leasing middle men, No

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00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:48,080
dependency on hyperscalers.
That means faster onboarding,

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00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,240
better up time, and greater
control over pricing.

456
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,440
It also makes them a prime
acquisition target.

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00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,720
If the GPU crunch gets worse,
don't be surprised if a bigger

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00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,200
AI player or cloud host comes
knocking.

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00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,640
Because what I ran has land
power cooling and H1.

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00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,200
Hundreds is irreplaceable in
today's market.

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00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,600
You can't just build that in
1/4.

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00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,160
And while the world focuses on
open AI and model design, the

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00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,520
real gold rush is happening
underneath in the infrastructure

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00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:19,480
layer.
Think.

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00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:25,440
About this Right now, GPU leases
are going for $45,000 to $80,000

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00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,240
per chip per month, depending on
configuration.

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00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,280
If prices spike or if another
chip shortage hits, iron can

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00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,160
raise rates without raising
costs.

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00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,720
That's built in operating
leverage and in a constrained

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00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,000
market that pricing power
compounds.

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00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,480
And it's not just about price,
it's about timing.

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00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,320
The AI boom is not a decade out.
It's here now.

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00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,880
LLMS, multimodal models, real
time inference, all of it

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00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,880
demands compute.
And Iran is one of the few

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00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,320
public companies monetizing that
trend today.

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00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,440
Not in theory, not in five years
now.

477
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,080
So what's The X Factor?
It's that Iran doesn't need to

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00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,040
invent the future, they just
need to lease it.

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00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,840
Let others chase the next big AI
model.

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00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:17,120
IREN is the compute pit.
Stop the power plant, the

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00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,640
digital real estate.
And in every gold rush, it's the

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00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,920
infrastructure that gets paid
first.

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00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,760
That's the asymmetry most
investors still haven't seen,

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00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,400
and that's why we built this
episode, because when you add

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00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,160
compute scarcity, Bitcoin
monetization, and energy pricing

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00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,440
into one asset, it doesn't trade
at $7.00 for long.

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00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,480
We'll wrap with our final call
to action and disclosure, but if

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00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,720
this gave you an edge, help us
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And if you're building something
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We just might amplify it in the
next episode.

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00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,160
If you've made it this far,
you've seen the math, the models

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00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,680
and the market gap.
But the real alpha, it may not

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00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,760
be on the balance sheet.
It's in three things most

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00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,600
investors miss, team timing and
infrastructure advantage.

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00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:11,640
Let's close with those.
Start with the team Irons CEO

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00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,280
Daniel Roberts comes out of
Palantir and early Bitcoin

497
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,560
circles.
This isn't his first time

498
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,440
building in a frontier tech
sector.

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00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,960
He's the one who led the shift
from single revenue mining to

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00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:28,440
dual revenue monetization,
scaling from zero to 816 NVIDIA

501
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:33,760
H1 hundreds in under 18 months.
That takes vision execution and

502
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:38,400
capital precision, and it's why
institutional money is moving in

503
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,800
the.
Timing almost unfair.

504
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:45,520
Just as the Bitcoin having
reduced mining rewards by 50%,

505
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,840
Roberts flipped the second
switch, turning on GPU leasing

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00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,800
at a moment when global demand
is outstripping supply.

507
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,760
This isn't luck, it's leverage.
It's the kind of synchronized

508
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,600
dual engine scaling that
multiplies upside.

509
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,920
Most companies get one cycle.
Iran is riding, too.

510
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,760
And here's the real mode
infrastructure.

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00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:11,280
Iron already has land power,
cooling and high speed network

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00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:15,720
connectivity on site in Texas.
For most AI startups that takes

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00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:20,360
years and millions to build.
For hyperscalers it requires

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00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,120
permits, partners, and political
leverage.

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00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,760
Iron already has it and they own
it.

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00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,120
No middle men, no Co location
risk.

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00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,280
Just direct to customer compute
with margin leverage baked in.

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00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,560
Think of how long it would take
to replicate this setup.

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00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,720
Even with capital.
You'd need to secure land near

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00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,000
reliable renewable sources,
install power infrastructure,

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00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,160
get grid approvals, build rack
ready cooling, and then source

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00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:50,200
GPU's in a shortage environment.
That's not six months, that's

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00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,360
two to three years and at 2-3
times the cost.

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00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:58,600
IRN is already live, already
billing, already compounding.

525
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,720
And that's what makes this story
different.

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00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:05,280
Iran's not selling hype.
They're monetizing scarcity.

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00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,400
And they're doing it with the
right team at the right time,

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00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,440
with infrastructure others can't
replicate fast enough.

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00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,480
That's your real margin of
safety and your silent 10X

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00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,480
leverage.
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