(Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”)Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Bitcoin Production and Mining Operations Update for the Third Quarter of 2021

(Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a bitcoin mining company headquartered in New York, announced its unaudited bitcoin production and mining operations update for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021.

Preliminary Third Quarter 2021 Highlights

We completed our fleet’s exit from China. As of the date of this press release, 100% of our fleet had arrived in North America. As of September 30, 2021, we had no miners remaining in China: 79.1% of our miner fleet was already deployed or awaiting installation in North America, and 20.9% was in transit.
The Company owned 27,744 miners as of September 30, 2021, with an estimated maximum total hash rate of 1.603 Exahash (“EH/s”). The 0.318 EH/s reduction in the third quarter was due to fleet repositioning, in which the Company sold or disposed of certain models (partially offset by purchases) in anticipation of purchase opportunities. The Company recognized a $0.375 million gain on miner sales, and the net sale proceeds had been reinvested into miner purchases as of the date of this press release.
The Company purchased 851 miners on the spot market during the quarter.
Subsequent to September 30, 2021, the Company signed an agreement with Bitmain Technologies Limited (“Bitmain”) to purchase 10,000 Bitcoin miners. The previously announced purchases are expected to increase Bit Digital’s maximum hash rate by approximately 1.0 EH/s. Pro forma for the announced purchases, our maximum total hash rate is expected to be approximately 2.603 EH/s.
The Company earned 248.36 bitcoins. The reduction from the second quarter was due to the migration program, in which a higher percentage of fleet capacity was offline while in transit to, or awaiting installation in, North America, as well as miner sales and disposals.
Treasury holdings of BTC and WBTC were 526.1 and 101.0, respectively, for a total of 627.1 BTC equivalent, with a fair market value of approximately $27.5 million as of September 30, 2021.
The Company raised $80 million of gross proceeds in a private placement with institutional investors.
The Company announced that Brock Pierce, Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, joined its Board of Directors effective October 31, 2021.
Miner Migration Completed

As a result of the State Council targeting virtual currency mining in China, we terminated all mining operations in China on June 21, 2021. Accordingly, we further accelerated our migration strategy to North America, that had been ongoing since October 2020, and completed our fleet’s exit from China during the third quarter. As of September 30, 2021, we had no miners in China: 79.1% of our fleet was already deployed or awaiting installation in North America, and 20.9% was in transit. As of the date of this press release, 100% of our fleet had arrived in North America.

Power and Hosting Update

During the third quarter, the Company signed two new hosting agreements in the United States, representing 135 megawatts (“MW”) of additional power capacity. Both are expected to be powered by a substantial component of renewable and/or carbon-free energy, contributing to our ongoing efforts to decarbonize our mining operations.

On July 22, we signed a 100 MW agreement with Digihost Technologies (“Digihost”) that is expected to be powered by approximately half renewable and/or carbon free energy sources, subject to finalizing our energy procurement strategy with Digihost. This second agreement brings our total contracted hosting capacity with Digihost to 120 MW. Digihost is expected to deliver the first 20 MW of contracted power capacity during Q4 2021. The remaining 100 MW is scheduled for delivery during the first and second quarters of 2022.

On August 25, we signed a 35 MW hosting agreement with Blockfusion USA (“Blockfusion”) that is expected to be powered primarily from zero carbon emission energy sources. As of the date of this press release, Blockfusion had completed the first (of four) phases of miner deployments, representing approximately 5 MW of power consumption. The remaining three phases are scheduled for delivery in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022. During the term of our agreement and for twelve (12) months thereafter, Bit Digital has a right of first refusal to match any bona fide offer from a third party to finance or acquire securities and/or assets of Blockfusion, and to receive a credit or refund of certain expenses incurred in the development of infrastructure.

As a result of these two new agreements, as of September 30, 2021, the Company had secured hosting capacity sufficient to complete the redeployment of its fleet in North America, with additional signed capacity to facilitate future fleet growth. The Company continues to evaluate additional hosting arrangements with existing and prospective new hosting partners.