Hut 8 Corp. recently appointed former Merrill Lynch CEO E. Stanley O'Neal as Chair of the Board and filed a US$528.40 million shelf registration for 5,000,000 common shares tied to an employee stock ownership plan. These governance and financing moves come as Hut 8 accelerates its shift toward long-term AI data center infrastructure, backed by large investment-grade bond deals and multi-year capacity contracts. Next, we’ll examine how O’Neal’s appointment and the expanded financing toolkit...