Bitcoin miners charged higher early Tuesday as Iren announced new multiyear artificial intelligence cloud contracts. Cryptocurrency prices held their gains to start the week as bitcoin trades near record highs. Iren (IREN) on Tuesday announced it signed new multiyear cloud services contracts with "leading AI companies" for Nvidia (NVDA) Blackwell graphics processing unit (GPU) deployments. The company in September said… Related news Stock Market Today: Dow Rises As IBM, Iren, AMD Rally; Cheap Tesla On Tap? ...