Blockspace: Tether’s $XXI merger, Paul Sztorc is forking BTC, and $MARA buys a gas plant

Tether proposes a massive merger of Strike, 21 Capital, and Elektron to create the ultimate Bitcoin services company, $XXI. And developer Paul Sztorc discusses his controversial Bitcoin fork and why Drivechains are needed to save Bitcoin. We also discuss MARA's $1.5 billion energy acquisition. Paul Sztorc, Drivechain author and founder of LayerTwo Labs, joins us to talk about his decision to fork Bitcoin and why he believes the current path is “like the Titanic heading for an iceberg”. Also Tether proposing a merger of 21 Capital, Strike, and Elektron to create a "super soldier chimera" of public Bitcoin companies known as $XXI. Finally, we break down the massive news from MARA regarding their $1.5 billion purchase of a massive gas plant to fuel their mining operations.

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Blockspace: Tether’s $XXI merger, Paul Sztorc is forking BTC, and $MARA buys a gas plant is an episode from Late Confirmation by CoinDesk by CoinDesk.

This episode is 78:08 long.

This episode was published on May 2, 2026.

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