Chip order cancellation payment
Company: Core Scientific
The claim, verbatim
Core Scientific paid $41.9 million to cancel a chip order with Block's Proto division
Source (primary)
Bitcoin Mining Faces A Shakeout As CORZ, KEEL, IREN, CIFR Get Ready To Exit, Says CoinShares - TradingView (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Core Scientific paid $41.9 million in the second quarter to terminate its agreement with Block's Proto division, canceling roughly 15 EH/s of next-generation 3nm chip deliveries.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states, citing the CoinShares report, that Core Scientific paid $41.9 million to terminate its agreement with Block's Proto division and cancel chip deliveries.
Confirmed in the source:
- Core Scientific paid $41.9 million
- The payment terminated a chip order or agreement
- The counterparty was Block's Proto division
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://fr.tradingview.com/news/stocktwits:bfef14ad4094b:0-bitcoin-mining-faces-a-shakeout-as-corz-keel-iren-cifr-get-ready-to-exit-says-coinshares/) in full (8,504 characters, retrieved September 18, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Bitcoin Mining Faces A Shakeout As CORZ, KEEL, IREN, CIFR Get Ready To Exit, Says CoinShares - TradingView
Quote: “Core Scientific paid $41.9 million in the second quarter to terminate its agreement with Block's Proto division, canceling roughly 15 EH/s of next-generation 3nm chip deliveries.”
confirms Bitcoin Mining Faces A Shakeout As CORZ, KEEL, IREN, CIFR Get Ready To Exit, Says CoinShares - Stocktwits
Quote: “Core Scientific paid $41.9 million in the second quarter to terminate its agreement with Block's Proto division, canceling roughly 15 EH/s of next-generation 3nm chip deliveries”