A rare split is opening up inside the Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) miner cohort on Friday, and it isn't about the coin.

Bitcoin jumped 4.6% to $72,475.25 – a roughly 12% gain over the past two days after the digital asset was trading near $63,000 earlier this week.

Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related stocks surged in premarket trading on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged Congress to ​pass legislation establishing clear rules for the digital asset sector, ‌following a White House meeting with industry executives.

The public's data-center revolt spreads

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. purchased a new position in shares of Cleanspark, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLSK) in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 379,442 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,521,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned approximately

CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK) last week unveiled its first high‑performance computing data center lease and reported fiscal third‑quarter 2026 earnings, marking a busy stretch for the bitcoin miner.

Shares of Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT | RIOT Price Prediction) are down 6% to $19.36 in Monday midday trading, joined by MARA Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) falling 6% to $9.52 and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) sliding 5% to $11.69.

CLSK's Sandersville lease anchors its AI data center pivot, with $6.6B in contracted revenues and debt-led financing planned without new equity.

CleanSpark, Inc. (CLSK) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

CleanSpark (CLSK) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.4 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.3. This compares to earnings of $0.78 per share a year ago.