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CoreWeave

CEO Michael Intrator told CNBC Tuesday that the firm’s proposed acquisition of Core Scientific

would be a “nice to have” rather than a necessity as shareholders prepare to potentially block the deal.

In July, AI cloud provider Coreweave proposed an all-stock deal valued at around $9 billion to buy the Bitcoin miner and data center firm, Core Scientific. Immediately after the news, Core Scientific’s stock price fell, plummeting nearly 18%.