Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ/ TSX: BITF), a global vertically integrated
Bitcoin mining company, provides its monthly production report and
update on its fleet upgrade and expansion.
Fleet Upgrade Review
Geoff Morphy, President and Chief Executive
Officer said, “In March, we exercised our previously announced
purchase option for 28,000 Bitmain T21 miners and purchased an
additional 19,280 Bitmain T21 miners along with 3,888 Bitmain S21
miners and 740 Bitmain S21 hydro miners.
“Having confirmed the tremendous performance of
our T21 miners currently running, and with Bitcoin prices reaching
all-time highs, we acted quickly to secure these miners at
attractive prices in advance of anticipated hardware price
increases. Together, with our 35,888 Bitmain T21 purchases and farm
expansions announced in November, these new 87,796 miners are
sufficient to reach 21 EH/s by year-end, with greater operating
efficiency.
“These orders solidify our expansion plan for
2024 and provide the pathway to operating one of the newest and
potentially most efficient mining fleets in the industry. Securing
these miners is a key part of our strategy to drive rapid and
meaningful improvements across three principal operating metrics of
hashrate, energy efficiency and operating costs per terahash as we
plan to capture greater upside from rising Bitcoin prices and
expanding mining margins,” added Morphy.
Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer, said, “In
March, we received 1,650 T21 miners with 6,400 additional miners in
transit. The majority of the miners received are installed and
online. Garlock installations are now planned for completion in the
first week of April. With curtailment in Quebec and Paraguay, as
well as power plant maintenance in Argentina, we had fewer miners
online than normal, resulting in a month-end hashrate of 6.5 EH/s.
We expect to achieve 7 EH/s by mid-April.
“As we enter the Halving, we remain focused on
our 2024 transformational fleet upgrade and expansion plan which
triples our hashrate to 21 EH/s, increases our targeted operating
capacity by 83% to 440 MW, and improves our fleet efficiency by 38%
to 21 w/TH. This marks the largest growth in the Company’s history
and propels us toward becoming one of the industry leaders in
energy efficiency. Bitfarms is well positioned, with a strong
balance sheet, to execute on our growth plans and capitalize on
opportunities in the upcoming bull market and beyond.”
Mining Review
March mining operations generated 286 BTC
compared to 300 BTC in February. This reflects participation in
grid-stabilizing curtailment programs, power plant maintenance in
Argentina, downtime associated with facility upgrades resulting in
temporary lower average operating EH/s, and a 4.8% increase in
network difficulty.
Key Performance Indicators |
March 2024 |
February 2024 |
March 2023 |
Total BTC earned |
286 |
300 |
424 |
Month End Operating EH/s |
6.5 |
6.5 |
4.8 |
BTC/Avg. EH/s |
50 |
49 |
91 |
Average Operating EH/s |
5.7 |
6.1 |
4.6 |
Operating Capacity (MW) |
240 |
240 |
188 |
Hydropower (MW) |
186 |
186 |
178 |
Watts/Terahash Efficiency (w/TH) |
34 |
35 |
39 |
BTC Sold |
284 |
300 |
394 |
March 2024 Select Operating
Highlights
- 6.5 EH/s
online at March 31, 2024, up 35% Y/Y and unchanged from previous
month.
- 5.7 EH/s
average online, down 6.6% from the previous month.
- 50
BTC/average EH/s, up 2.0% from the previous month.
- 286 BTC
earned, 5% lower than previous month and 33% lower Y/Y.
- 9.2 BTC
earned daily on average, equal to ~$647,700 per day based on a BTC
price of $70,400 at March 31, 2024.
- 1,656 Bitmain
T21 miners received with majority online.
- In Paraguay,
- At Paso Pe:
- 80 MW main
transformer received and installed.
- 3,905 Bitmain
T21 miners in transit.
- 1,920 Bitmain
M53S+ Hydro Miners received and ready for installation upon receipt
of Hydro Containers in mid-April.
- At Yguazu,
purchase agreements signed for all long lead-time equipment,
including large transformers, cabling, and related
interconnects.
Bitfarms’ BTC Monthly
Production
Month |
BTC Earned 2024 |
BTC Earned 2023 |
January |
357 |
486 |
February |
300 |
387 |
March |
286 |
424 |
YTD Totals |
943 |
1,297 |
March 2024 Financial Update
- Sold 284 of
the 286 BTC earned as part of the Company’s regular treasury
management process for total proceeds of $19.2 million.
- BTC held in
treasury increased to 806, representing $56.7 million based on a
BTC price of $70,400 at March 31, 2024.
- Held
Synthetic HODL™ of 85 long-dated BTC call options at March 31,
2024, reflecting 50 contracts exercised at maturity prior to
month-end.
- Held $66
million in cash, for total liquidity of $123 million, at March 31,
2024.
- Exercised
purchase option for 28,000 Bitmain T21 miners and purchased 19,280
Bitmain T21 miners along with 3,888 Bitmain S21 miners and 740
Bitmain S21 hydro miners.
- Received $1.7
million net proceeds from the sale and leaseback of the Garlock
facility, as part of the Company’s focus on efficient capital
utilization.
Upcoming Conferences and
Events
- April 8-9:
DigitalABC's First Annual Canadian Crypto Asset and Blockchain
Policy Conference, Ottawa
- April 9:
Bitcoin Policy Summit, Washington DC
- April 29-30:
AIM Summit, London
- May 14-15:
19th Annual Needham Technology, Media & Consumer Conference,
New York City
- May 15:
Digital Blockchain Summit, Washington DC
- May 22-23: B.
Riley Securities 24th Annual Institutional Investor Conference,
Beverly Hills, CA
About Bitfarms Ltd
Founded in 2017, Bitfarms is a global Bitcoin
mining company that contributes its computational power to one or
more mining pools from which it receives payment in Bitcoin.
Bitfarms develops, owns, and operates vertically integrated mining
farms with in-house management and company-owned electrical
engineering, installation service, and multiple onsite technical
repair centers. The Company’s proprietary data analytics system
delivers best-in-class operational performance and uptime.
Bitfarms currently has 11 operating Bitcoin
mining facilities and two under development situated in four
countries: Canada, the United States, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Powered predominantly by environmentally friendly hydro-electric
and long-term power contracts, Bitfarms is committed to using
sustainable and often underutilized energy infrastructure.
To learn more about Bitfarms’ events,
developments, and online
communities:www.bitfarms.comhttps://www.facebook.com/bitfarms/https://twitter.com/Bitfarms_iohttps://www.instagram.com/bitfarms/https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitfarms/
Glossary of Terms
- BTC or BTC/day
= Bitcoin or Bitcoin per day
- EH or EH/s =
Exahash or exahash per second
- MW or MWh =
Megawatts or megawatt hour
- PH or PH/s =
Petahash or petahash per second
- TH or TH/s =
Terahash or terahash per second
- w/TH =
Watts/Terahash efficiency (includes cost of powering supplementary
equipment)
- Synthetic HODL™
= the use of instruments that create bitcoin equivalent
exposure
Cautionary Statement
Trading in the securities of the Company should
be considered highly speculative. No stock exchange, securities
commission or other regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved the information contained herein. Neither the Toronto
Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, or any other securities exchange or
regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain
“forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements”
(collectively, “forward-looking information”) that are based on
expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news
release and are covered by safe harbors under Canadian and United
States securities laws. The statements and information in this
release regarding projected growth, target hashrate, opportunities
relating to the Company’s geographical diversification and
expansion, upgrading and deployment of miners as well as the timing
therefor, improved financial performance and balance sheet
liquidity, other growth opportunities and prospects, and other
statements regarding future growth, plans and objectives of the
Company are forward-looking information. Any statements that
involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations,
beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events
or performance (often but not always using phrases such as
“expects”, or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or
“does not anticipate”, “plans”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “forecasts”,
“estimates”, “prospects”, “believes” or “intends” or variations of
such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or
results “may” or “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken to
occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may
be forward-looking information and are intended to identify
forward-looking information.
This forward-looking information is based on
assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time
they were made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance,
or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among
others, risks relating to: the construction and operation of new
facilities may not occur as currently planned, or at all; expansion
of existing facilities may not materialize as currently
anticipated, or at all; new miners may not perform up to
expectations; revenue may not increase as currently anticipated, or
at all; the ongoing ability to successfully mine digital currency
is not assured; it may not be possible to profitably liquidate the
current digital currency inventory, or at all; the digital currency
market may not continue to be accepted by users; digital currency
prices are volatile and a decline in digital currency prices may
have a significant negative impact on operations; an increase in
network difficulty may have a significant negative impact on
operations; the anticipated growth and sustainability of
hydroelectricity for the purposes of cryptocurrency mining in the
applicable jurisdictions may not be achieved; the Company may not
be able to maintain reliable and economical sources of power for
the Company to operate its cryptocurrency mining assets; here may
be increases in the Company’s electricity costs and costs of
natural gas, the Company may be impacted by changes in currency
exchange rates, energy curtailment or regulatory changes in the
energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates,
which could adversely impact the Company’s profitability; the
Company ability to expand will depend upon the completion of future
financings,; and the adoption of new, or changes in existing,
regulations or laws could prevent the Company from operating its
business, or make it more costly to do so. For further information
concerning these and other risks and uncertainties, refer to the
Company’s filings on www.SEDAR.com (which are also available on the
website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at
www.sec.gov), including the Company’s annual information form for
the year-ended December 31, 2022, filed on March 21, 2023. Although
the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in
forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause
results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can
be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on any forward-looking information. The
Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any
forward-looking information other than as required by law.
Investor Relations
Contacts:
Tracy Krumme (Bitfarms)+1
786-671-5638tkrumme@bitfarms.com
David Barnard (LHA)+1
415-433-3777Investors@bitfarms.com
Media Contacts:
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646-373-9946mediarelations@bitfarms.com
Québec Media: TactLouis-Martin Leclerc+1
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