Bitcoin mining agency Bitdeer secured $60 million in loans to ramp up its Bitcoin ASIC manufacturing efforts as international mining competitors intensifies amid record-breaking community hashrates.
According to its annual report, Bitdeer entered a mortgage settlement in April with affiliate agency Matrixport, a crypto monetary companies firm based by Bitdeer’s chairman, Jihan Wu.
The power affords as much as $200 million, backed by Bitdeer’s Sealminer {hardware}, with a floating rate of interest of 9% plus market benchmarks. As of April 21, Bitdeer had drawn $43 million from the credit score line.
The most recent funding provides to a $17 million unsecured mortgage obtained in January, alongside earlier capital raises totaling $572.5 million by way of convertible notes in 2024. Bitdeer additionally issued over six million shares, elevating almost $119 million in fairness markets this yr.
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Bitdeer acquires 101 MW Alberta energy challenge
In February 2025, Bitdeer acquired a completely licensed 101 megawatt (MW) gas-fired energy challenge close to Fox Creek, Alberta, for $21.7 million in money, per the annual submitting.
The location, with potential to scale as much as 1 gigawatt, consists of all vital permits for development and a 99 MW grid connection. The ability plant is about to be developed with an EPC accomplice and is predicted to be operational by the fourth quarter of 2026.
In March, the corporate additionally purchased 40 MW value of liquid-cooled mining containers from Saiheat.
Extra not too long ago, it was reported that Bitdeer is expanding its self-mining operations and investing in United States-based manufacturing. The shift got here in response to cooling demand for its mining {hardware} from different miners.
“Our plan going ahead is to prioritize our personal self-mining,” Jeff LaBerge, Bitdeer’s head of capital markets and strategic initiatives, reportedly stated.
Moreover, on Feb. 28, 2025, Bitdeer launched a $20 million share repurchase program, efficient by February 2026. Up to now, it has repurchased 1,056,500 Class A shares valued at about $12 million beneath this program.
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Bitcoin hashrate surges whereas miner revenues shrink
Bitdeer’s growth comes as Bitcoin’s community computing energy hit a report 1 sextillion hashes per second in early April, according to BitInfoCharts.
A better hashrate signifies that extra miners (or extra highly effective machines) are competing to resolve Bitcoin blocks. As competitors rises, every particular person miner’s likelihood of incomes block rewards decreases, implying declining profitability.
Additional hurting miner income are low transaction charges. As of now, the typical Bitcoin transaction payment hovers round $1, down from over $16 per switch in April final yr, according to YCharts.
The low transaction charges and rising hashrate pressured public miners to promote over 40% of their BTC production in March — the very best since late 2024.
Companies like Hive, Bitfarms and Ionic Digital reportedly bought greater than 100% of their month-to-month output.
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