Mining
North American crypto miner Hut 8 reported annual income of CA$150.7 million ($109 million) — a lower of CA$23.1 million in comparison with the earlier 12 months — and a 65% enhance in bitcoin holdings.
Hut 8 mined 3,568 bitcoins final 12 months — a rise of 28% over 2021, which it attributed to a rise in hash fee ensuing from its fleet growth.
“Whereas 2022 was a difficult time for the complete trade, we fared nicely due to our staff’s dedication to operational excellence, our diversified strains of enterprise and our sturdy development profile,” CEO Jaime Leverton mentioned in a press release.
“As we glance forward, we’ll proceed to uphold these working rules as we work to shut our enterprise mixture with USBTC and start working as a U.S.-domiciled, digital asset mining, internet hosting, managed infrastructure operations and excessive efficiency computing group,” she added.
Final month, Hut 8 introduced a merger with US Bitcoin (USBTC) to type Hut 8 Corp., which shall be based mostly in the USA. It additionally filed a press release of declare within the Superior Court docket of Justice of Ontario in opposition to Validus Energy Corp. and its subsidiary, Bay Energy Corp., the third-party power provider to Hut 8’s facility in North Bay, Ontario, the month prior.
