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Can Bitcoin mining help support the power needs of AI? Bitdeer Technologies Group Founder & CEO Jihan Wu explains how Bitcoin mining can play a role in developing AI megacentres with Bloomberg TV's Shery Ahn at #BloombergNewEconomy. ⏯️

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