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In the last few days, $HUT has started to see a new flow of interest enter the market, which has amounted to approximately a 30% increase in the stock price. Historically, $HUT has always been associated with crypto, specifically Bitcoin mining, but with the rise of AI, back in late 2025 going into 2026, HUT started to shift and position itself beyond mining, expanding more into data center infrastructure.

Back in December 2025, Hut 8 announced the River Bend AI Data Center deal, which included financial backing tied to Google, along with partnerships with Fluidstack and Anthropic (known for Claude, one of the leading AI models). With all this in mind, the market is just now starting to catch up to the trajectory that Hut 8 is heading toward, as it sits at the intersection of crypto, AI, and infrastructure, which makes it a very high-beta name that can move aggressively when sentiment lines up.

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