Bitfarms bought extra Bitcoin than it mined in Q3

Bitcoin mining agency Bitfarms’ third-quarter report reveals that the miner bought extra BTC than it made within the quarter -the miner bought 2,595 BTC whereas mining 1,515 BTC.

The miner centered on strengthening its place to outlive the bear market by slicing prices and decreasing its debt obligations considerably throughout the quarter.

Nevertheless, the miner nonetheless holds $55 million in machine-collateralized debt and $23 million in Bitcoin-collateralized debt.

Bitfarms’ liquidity below highlight

Bitcoin mining analyst Jaran Mellerud mentioned that whereas Bitfarms’ Bitcoin gross sales helped it to cut back its debt burden, the miner doesn’t have a lot Bitcoin left.

Mellerud mentioned:

“(Bitfarms) holds $38 million of money and a couple of,064 bitcoin. The issue is that 1,724 of those Bitcoin are pledged as collateral, giving the corporate a complete unpledged liquidity of solely $44 million.”

The value of the flagship digital asset poses one other main problem for the agency because it should preserve a collateral worth of 125% to the mortgage.

Mellerud mentioned the miner’s complete Bitcoin stack of two,064 equals 141% of the mortgage. So, if BTC’s value fell to round  $14,200, the corporate’s mortgage may very well be liquidated.

Following this, analyst Mellerud concluded that “the corporate’s liquidity is inadequate to fund its deliberate expansions.”

Bitfarms retains prices down

Bitfarms’ third-quarter report revealed that the agency’s normal and administrative bills have been down 15% to $6 million, excluding non-cash share-based compensation.

Talking on this, Mellerud praised the agency for minimizing its manufacturing prices whereas maintaining its administrative prices comparatively low in comparison with opponents.

In keeping with Mellerud, Bitfarm has entry to cheaper electrical energy as its charges are considerably decrease than the business median of round $0.05 per kWh. Bitfarms’ expects to pay $0.027 per kWh in Washington, $0.03 per kWh in Argentina, and $0.046 per kWh in Quebec.

In the meantime, a lot of the firm’s income comes from its Quebec services which account for over 80% of its income.

Nevertheless, the Bitcoin mining agency’s plan to broaden into South America is stalling resulting from forms. Mellerud famous that the corporate would possibly want exterior financing or in the reduction of on its growth plans.