CoreWeave’s Renewed Takeover Bid Ignites 33% Rally in Core Scientific Shares

Mining giant Core Scientific gets a second wind as cloud provider CoreWeave revives acquisition talks—sending shockwaves through the market.

Shares skyrocket on takeover speculation

The 33% surge proves once again that crypto markets move faster than a trader chasing a Telegram pump signal. Core Scientific’s sudden rebound has Wall Street scratching their heads—turns out even bankrupt miners can moon with the right suitor.

Behind the scenes: A high-stakes infrastructure play

CoreWeave isn’t just buying a mining firm—they’re grabbing data center real estate to dominate AI and blockchain compute. The move exposes how traditional VCs still underestimate crypto’s infrastructure demands (but they’ll FOMO in later at triple the valuation).

The bottom line: In crypto, even bankruptcy is just a pivot waiting to happen. Just ask the hedge funds now scrambling to cover their short positions.

Market reaction and pricing context

Core Scientific’s CORZ stock was trading at $16.44 as of press time, up 33.7% on the session and more than 3x from last year’s proposal. 

The rally followed a year-to-date slide of about 15% that left the miner trading well below the all-time high it set after emerging from bankruptcy protection in January. 

CoreWeave, which went public in March with a $75 billion capitalization, lists Microsoft as its largest customer, accounting for 62% of 2024 revenue, and rents Nvidia GPUs to corporate clients that include Meta Platforms and IBM.

Executives at CORE Scientific dismissed last year’s $1 billion overture as “unsolicited” and below intrinsic value, then signed 12-year hosting agreements that commit the miner to deliver 200 megawatts (MW) of power for CoreWeave’s high-performance-computing clusters.

Board members stated at the time that the arrangement would generate approximately $3.5 billion in cumulative revenue and help diversify income away from block subsidies after the April 2024 bitcoin halving.

Core Scientific already hosts 16 MW of CoreWeave GPUs at its Austin campus, and plans staged expansions across several sites in Texas and Oklahoma.

Negotiation timetable and possible premium

The parties allegedly aim to finalize terms within weeks if talks stay on track, the sources said. Yet, neither side disclosed price parameters. 

Core Scientific’s rapid pivot toward AI infrastructure, combined with a power-constrained data-center market, could justify a premium well above the miner’s undisturbed value, bankers following the situation noted. 

CoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator seeks to expand capacity to meet the cloud-AI demand that exceeds current inventory across hyperscale providers.

Core Scientific controls about 724 megawatts of contracted power across its US footprint and ranks among North America’s top owners of immersion-cooled mining rigs. 

The miner’s ability to repurpose part of that load for GPU computing aligns with CoreWeave’s push to secure low-cost electricity and ready-built shells, avoiding multiyear greenfield construction.

If negotiations succeed, CoreWeave will absorb a fleet of Bitmain S21-class miners and a pipeline of brownfield sites that can flip to GPU racks. Core Scientific shareholders WOULD receive cash or stock at a yet-to-be-determined ratio.