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Coal CEOs are the new crypto bros

Alliance Resource Partners isn’t just mining coal anymore. It’s also mining Bitcoin.

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Emily Atkin
Nov 04, 2024
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Joe Craft, coal billionaire and crypto bro. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Over the weekend, HEATED reported on one of the stranger bedfellowships of the 2024 election: Elon Musk, clean tech billionaire, and Joe Craft, coal billionaire.

ICYMI: Craft is one of the largest donors to Elon Musk’s America PAC. The coal baron made a one-time $1 million donation in Jun…

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