Core Scientific’s 75% return on AI deal isn’t the template for bitcoin miners, Bernstein says
The Block·Jul 15, 2026·4 sources·neutral
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Bernstein says Core Scientific's 75% return on an AI deal is a capex-advantaged outlier and not a template for other bitcoin miners like TeraWulf and Cipher.
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THE BLOCK: Bernstein says bitcoin miners' AI colocation returns are nowhere near as uniform as the headline numbers suggest. Core Scientific screens at 75% ROA, primarily because CoreWeave funds $750M of the $855M capex. TeraWulf at 5% and Cipher at 4% may be more representative of the subsector.
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