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Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Monthly Production Update for June 2024

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Research News and Market Data on BTBT

NEW YORK, July 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York, announced its unaudited digital asset production and corporate updates for the month of June 2024.

Corporate Highlights for June 2024

  • The Company had 256 servers actively generating revenue from its initial Bit Digital AI contract, as of June 30, 2024. The Company earned an estimated $4.1 million of unaudited revenue from this contract during the month of June 2024.
  • In June 2024, the Company produced 61.7 BTC, a 2.5% decrease compared to the prior month.
  • The Company’s active hash rate was approximately 2.57 EH/s as of June 30, 2024.
  • Treasury holdings1 of BTC and ETH were 585.9 and 29,927.9 with a fair market value of approximately $36.7 million and $102.7, respectively, on June 30, 2024.
  • The BTC equivalent2 of our digital asset holdings as of June 30, 2024, was approximately 2,230.5 or approximately $139.8 million.
  • The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $60.8 million and total liquidity (defined as cash and cash equivalents, USDC, and the fair market value of digital assets) of approximately $200.6 million, as of June 30, 2024.

Proof-of-Stake Highlights

  • The Company had approximately 17,184 ETH actively staked in native staking protocols as of June 30, 2024.
  • Bit Digital earned a blended APY of approximately 3.5% on its staked ETH position for the month of June 2024.
  • The Company earned aggregate staking rewards of approximately 49.8 ETH during June 2024.

Upcoming Events

  • EthCC Brussels on July 8-11
  • C. Wainwright NDR on July 23-24
  • Bitcoin Nashville 2024 on July 25-27

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. The Company has established a business line, Bit Digital AI, that offers specialized cloud-infrastructure services for artificial intelligence applications. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Resources Connection (RGP) – Noble Consumer Virtual Conference

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Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Resources Connection, Inc. provides agile consulting services in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers finance and accounting services, including process transformation and optimization, financial reporting and analysis, technical and operational accounting, merger and acquisition due diligence and integration, audit readiness, preparation and response, implementation of new accounting standards, and remediation support. It also provides information management services, such as program and project management, business and technology integration, data strategy, and business performance management. In addition, the company offers corporate advisory, strategic communications, and restructuring services; and corporate governance, risk, and compliance management services, such as contract and regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management, internal controls management, and operation and information technology (IT) audits. Further, it provides supply chain management services comprising strategy development, procurement and supplier management, logistics and materials management, supply chain planning and forecasting, and unique device identification compliance; and human capital services, including change management, organization development and effectiveness, compensation and incentive plan strategies, and optimization of human resources technology and operations. Additionally, the company offers legal and regulatory supporting services for commercial transactions, global compliance initiatives, law department operations, and law department business strategies and analytics. It also provides policyIQ, a proprietary cloud-based governance, risk, and compliance software application. The company was formerly known as RC Transaction Corp. and changed its name to Resources Connection, Inc. in August 2000. Resources Connection, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Conference. We hosted Resources Connection CEO Kate Duchene and CFO Jennifer Ryu at the Noble Capital Emerging Growth Conference on June 26th. Management’s presentation as well as a Q&A session can be found at https://www.channelchek.com/videos/resources-connection-inc-rgp-noble-capital-markets-virtual-consumer-tmt-conference-replay. The following are key highlights of the presentation.

Poised to Capitalize on the Upcycle. With client decision timetables extending during 2023, management mitigated costs but retained key consultants in anticipation of a return to normal business trends. North America, which carries a higher margin profile than its International segment, appears poised to break out, with RGP in discussions with clients about budgets and looking at assessments.


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Bit Digital (BTBT) – Noble Consumer Virtual Conference

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Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Conference. We hosted Bit Digital CEO Sam Tabar at the Noble Capital Emerging Growth Conference on June 27th. The presentation and Q&A session can be found at https://www.channelchek.com/videos/bit-digital-btbt-noble-capital-markets-virtual-consumer-tmt-conference-replay. The following are key highlights of the presentation.

Bit Digital AI. The $100 million annual run rate goal is within reach as the expanded HPC services contract is now at a $92 million annualized revenue run-rate. The pipeline here is growing and we anticipate additional customers before year-end. Notably, HPC revenue generates significantly higher margins than the mining business, partially due to an energy cost that is 15x less. Management’s goal is to become a leading provider of AI infrastructure as a service to the EMEA region.


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Bit Digital (BTBT) – AI Contract Expansion Finalized

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Finalized Terms. Yesterday, Bit Digital announced the Company finalized an agreement to supply its anchor AI client with an additional 2,048 GPUs. With the expansion, the client will now be supplied 4,096 GPUs. The contract now has total revenue of approximately $275 million, or $92 million on an annualized basis.

Purchasing More Servers. Bit Digital is purchasing 256 servers from Dell Technologies with a total of 2,048 Nvidia HGX H100 GPUs. Expected to be delivered in July 2024, the servers will be deployed to the Company’s Iceland datacenter and are expected to start generating revenue in August 2024. Management intends to finance the purchase with a mixture of cash and digital assets, and has entered into a sale-leaseback agreement for 1,024 of the GPUs with a third party entity. Recall, management previously noted an additional $60 million of capital would be needed for the purchase.


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Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Finalized Terms for Contract Expansion with Major HPC Customer; Total Contract Value Now Worth Approximately $275 Million

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Research News and Market Data on BTBT

NEW YORK, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York, announced today that it has finalized an agreement to supply an existing customer with an additional 2,048 GPUs over a three-year term commencing upon deployment. With this agreement, the Company will supply this customer with a total of 4,096 GPUs for the respective three-year periods, amounting to total revenue of approximately $275 million, or $92 million on an annualized basis.

To fulfill the contract, the Company has placed a purchase order for 256 servers manufactured by Dell Technologies, an authorized Nvidia OEM, that are equipped with 2,048 Nvidia HGX H100 GPUs along with related equipment, which are expected to be delivered to the Company during July 2024. The servers will be deployed in Iceland at the datacenter where the Company’s existing AI servers are located and are expected to begin generating revenue in August 2024.

The Company intends to finance the deal with a mixture of cash and digital assets on the balance sheet. Bit Digital has elected to enter into a sale-leaseback agreement with a third-party entity for 1,024 GPUs which will reduce the Company’s capital outlay commensurately. Additionally, the Company continues to evaluate debt financing options that would allow the Company to retroactively finance its hardware assets.

Sam Tabar, Bit Digital’s CEO, commented: “We are pleased to finalize terms with our customer to expand their deployment to over 4,000 GPUs. This agreement significantly contributes to our goal of reaching a $100 million annualized revenue run-rate by the end of 2024, bringing us to over 90% of this target. Our primary objective in the HPC business is to execute effectively for our customers and help them achieve their AI ambitions. We continue to see a robust growth trajectory for this segment and look forward to scaling even further as the year progresses.”

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. The Company has established a business line, Bit Digital AI, that offers infrastructure services for artificial intelligence applications. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Monthly Production Update for May 2024

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Research News and Market Data on BTBT

NEW YORK, June 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York, announced its unaudited digital asset production and corporate updates for the month of May 2024.

Corporate Highlights for May 2024

  • The Company had 256 servers actively generating revenue from its initial Bit Digital AI contract, as of May 31, 2024. The Company earned an estimated $4.2 million of unaudited revenue from this contract during the month of May 2024.
  • In May 2024, the Company produced 63.3 BTC, a 47% decrease compared to the prior month. The decrease was predominantly due to the reduction of bitcoin block rewards following the April halving event.
  • The Company’s active hash rate was approximately 2.54 EH/s as of May 31, 2024. The decrease from the prior month was driven by voluntary curtailment activity.
  • Treasury holdings1 of BTC and ETH were 1,038.4 and 20,508.3 with a fair market value of approximately $70.1 million and $77.1 million, respectively, on May 31, 2024.
  • The BTC equivalent2 of our digital asset holdings as of May 31, 2024, was approximately 2,188.9 or approximately $147.7 million.
  • The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $47.3 million, and total liquidity (defined as cash and cash equivalents, USDC, and the fair market value of digital assets) of approximately $195.0 million, as of May 31, 2024.

Proof-of-Stake Highlights

  • The Company had approximately 17,184 ETH actively staked in native staking protocols as of May 31, 2024.
  • Bit Digital earned a blended APY of approximately 3.1% on its staked ETH position for the month of May 2024.
  • The Company earned aggregate staking rewards of approximately 45.8 ETH during May 2024.

Upcoming Events

  • Bitcoin Prague 2024 on June 13-15th
  • Singular Research Summer Solstice Conference on June 20th
  • Northland Growth Conference 2024 on June 25th
  • Noble Capital Markets Emerging Growth Consumer / Entertainment / Media Virtual Conference on June 26-27th

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. The Company has established a business line, Bit Digital AI, that offers specialized cloud-infrastructure services for artificial intelligence applications. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Footnotes:

1 “Treasury holdings” excludes approximately 2,701 ETH that were transferred to an internally managed fund.

2 “BTC equivalent” is a hypothetical illustration of the value of our digital asset portfolio in bitcoin terms. BTC equivalent is defined as if all non-BTC digital assets, comprised of ETH, and USDC, were converted into BTC as of May 31, 2024, and added to our existing BTC balance. Conversion values are found using the closing price on coinmarketcap.com.

Bit Digital (BTBT) – May Production Numbers Released

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Thursday, June 06, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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BTC Side. Bit Digital produced 63.3 BTC during the month of May, a 47% decrease from 119.3 BTC the prior month. The ‘halving’ is the main contributor to the decrease. The active hash rate as of May 31, 2024, was 2.54 EH/s down from 2.76 EH/s last month due to the Company curtailing some of its machines.

AI and ETH. The Company had 256 servers actively running on its AI contract and earned an estimated $4.2 million of revenue during the month of May 2024. On the staking side, Bit Digital had approximately 17,184 ETH actively staked in native staking protocols, flat from last month. The Company earned a blended APY of 3.1% on its staked ETH.


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Bit Digital (BTBT) – Riot Platforms Goes Public With Bitfarms Offer

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Friday, May 31, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Riot’s Offer. Riot Platforms went public with a proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Bitfarms Ltd. The initial April 22nd private proposal was rejected by Bitfarms’ Special Committee of the Board. Riot Platforms also announced that it accumulated a 10% stake in the Company and is now its largest shareholder. With the stake, Riot intends to requisition a Special Meeting of Bitfarms’ shareholders to add new directors to Bitfarm’s Board following its Annual General and Special Meeting on May 31, 2024.

Proposal Details. The offer from Riot is for $2.30 per share, an approximately 20% premium to Bitfarms’ closing price of $1.92 as of April 19, 2024, the day before Riot’s private proposal. The proposal results in a total equity value of $950 million.


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Resources Connection (RGP) – Poised to Capitalize on a New Paradigm

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Resources Connection, Inc. provides agile consulting services in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers finance and accounting services, including process transformation and optimization, financial reporting and analysis, technical and operational accounting, merger and acquisition due diligence and integration, audit readiness, preparation and response, implementation of new accounting standards, and remediation support. It also provides information management services, such as program and project management, business and technology integration, data strategy, and business performance management. In addition, the company offers corporate advisory, strategic communications, and restructuring services; and corporate governance, risk, and compliance management services, such as contract and regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management, internal controls management, and operation and information technology (IT) audits. Further, it provides supply chain management services comprising strategy development, procurement and supplier management, logistics and materials management, supply chain planning and forecasting, and unique device identification compliance; and human capital services, including change management, organization development and effectiveness, compensation and incentive plan strategies, and optimization of human resources technology and operations. Additionally, the company offers legal and regulatory supporting services for commercial transactions, global compliance initiatives, law department operations, and law department business strategies and analytics. It also provides policyIQ, a proprietary cloud-based governance, risk, and compliance software application. The company was formerly known as RC Transaction Corp. and changed its name to Resources Connection, Inc. in August 2000. Resources Connection, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Initiating Research Coverage. We are initiating research coverage of Resources Connection, Inc. (RGP) with an Outperform rating and a $15 price target. We view RGP as a disruptor in the rapidly evolving management consulting field focused on improving outcomes for both its consulting clients as well as staff, be it internal or external. 

Who Is Resources Connection? Resources Connection is a global consulting firm focused on project execution services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing on-demand, experienced, and diverse talent. As a next-generation human capital partner, RGP specializes in co-delivery of enterprise initiatives typically precipitated by business transformation, strategic transactions, or regulatory change.


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Bit Digital (BTBT) – AI Showing its Impact

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Friday, May 17, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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AI Adding to Growth. Total revenue for the first quarter was $30.3 million compared to $8.3 million in the prior year. This surpassed our $23.5 million estimate, as a higher bitcoin price and the Company’s inclusion of AI revenue led to the increase. The AI revenue comes from the Company’s anchor AI contract with expected annualized revenue of $50 million. We believe the AI contract provides an alternative revenue stream non-correlated to the cryptocurrency market.

Potential for More Soon. Although the $50 million contract is in place, earlier in the year Bit Digital received a proposal for an expansion of its contract. With the expansion, the proposal calls for an additional 2,048 GPUs on top of the 2,048 GPUs already in the contract, effectively doubling revenue to $100 million. The Company is currently in talks with the client on the terms of the expansion and we expect an announcement in the coming weeks.


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Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results

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Research News and Market Data on BTBT

NEW YORK, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City, today announced its unaudited financial results for the First Quarter ended March 31, 2024. 

Financial Highlights for the First Quarter of 2024

  • Total revenue was $30.3 million for the First Quarter of 2024, a 266% increase compared to the First Quarter of 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the commencement of our Bit Digital AI business and by a higher realized bitcoin price.
  • Revenue from bitcoin mining was $21.9 million for the First Quarter of 2024, a 166% increase compared to the prior year’s quarter. The Company’s Bit Digital AI business, referred to as High performance computing services (“HPC”), began generating revenue in January 2024, and recognized $8.1 million of revenue during the quarter. The Company issued a one-time service credit of $1.3 million to its HPC customer as compensation for decreased utilization during the initial deployment period, which included testing and optimization phases. Illustratively, adding back this credit would yield pro forma gross margins of approximately 72% on a net basis compared to reported gross margins of 61% for the segment. Revenue from ETH staking was approximately $0.3 million.
  • The Company had cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $35.5 million, and total liquidity (defined as cash equivalents and restricted cash, USDC, and the fair market value of digital assets) of approximately $163.21 million, as of March 31, 2024.
  • Total assets were $291.1 million and Shareholders’ Equity amounted to $265.2 million as of March 31, 2024.
  • Adjusted EBITDA2 was $58.5 million for the First Quarter of 2024 compared to $1.5 million for the First Quarter of 2023.
  • GAAP earnings per share was $0.43 on a fully-diluted basis for the First Quarter of 2024 compared to a loss of $0.03 for the First Quarter of 2023.

Operational Highlights for the First Quarter 2024

  • The Company earned 410.7 bitcoins during the First Quarter of 2024, a 13% increase from the prior year. Growth was primarily driven by a higher active hash rate and partially offset by an increase in network difficulty.
  • The Company paid approximately $0.05 per kilowatt hour to its hosting partners for electricity consumed during the First Quarter of 2024.
  • The average fleet efficiency for the active fleet was approximately 28.3 J/TH as of March 31, 2024.
  • The Company earned 111.1 ETH in native staking and 1.3 ETH in liquid staking, respectively, in the First Quarter of 2024.
  • Treasury holdings of BTC and ETH were 956.4 and 16,031.43, respectively, with a fair market value of approximately $68.2 million and $58.5 million on March 31, 2024, respectively.
  • The BTC equivalent4 of our digital asset holdings as of March 31, 2024 (defined as if all ETH and USDC holdings were converted into BTC as of that date) was approximately 1,790.0 BTC5, or approximately $127.7 million.
  • As of March 31, 2024, we had 48,898 miners owned or operating (in Iceland) for bitcoin mining with a total maximum hash rate of 4.2 EH/S.
  • The Company’s active hash rate of its bitcoin mining fleet was approximately 2.76 EH/s as of March 31, 2024.
  • The Company purchased approximately 2,350 bitcoin mining units during the First Quarter of 2024.
  • Approximately 85% of our fleet’s run-rate electricity consumption was generated from carbon-free energy sources as of March 31, 2024. These figures are based on data provided by our hosts, publicly available sources, and internal estimates, demonstrating our commitment to sustainable practices in the digital asset mining industry.
  • The Company had approximately 3,008 ETH actively staked in native staking protocols as of March 31, 2024. The decrease relative to the prior quarter was due to the Company changing its provider for native staking solutions. As of April 30, 2024, the Company had approximately 17,184 ETH actively staked in native staking protocols.
  • On January 22, 2024, approximately 192 servers (1,536 GPUs) began generating revenue from the Company’s AI customer contract. Subsequently, approximately 64 additional servers (512 GPUs) commenced revenue generation on February 2, 2024.
  • On January 26, 2024, the Company finalized an agreement with Coinmint for up to 6 MW of additional mining capacity at Coinmint’s hosting facility in Massena, New York. This new agreement brings the Company’s total contracted hosting capacity with Coinmint to approximately 46 MW.

Management Commentary

“Our First Quarter 2024 results represent a strong start to the year with revenue growing by more than 250% and GAAP Net Income in excess of $50 million. The primary drivers for the improved performance were the commencement of our Bit Digital AI business and a higher realized bitcoin price.

We were well prepared for the halving which occurred in April 2024. Our balance sheet remains a core strength with over $160 million of total liquidity as of March 31, 2024, zero debt, and a growing revenue stream that is not correlated to the economics of bitcoin mining. While we continue to evaluate the post-halving bitcoin mining landscape, our goal of reaching 6.0 EH/s this year remains intact. We are actively engaged in discussions for both incremental hosting opportunities and potential acquisitions.

We continue to believe that capital allocation optionality provided by our complementary business lines is a key differentiator for our Company. We are actively evaluating a number of growth opportunities, both organic and inorganic, across each of our business lines. We are in the late stages of finalizing an agreement to double the size of the GPU fleet for our anchor client and our negotiations with prospective clients are progressing well. Our target of reaching a $100 million annualized revenue run-rate by year-end for this segment remains intact.”

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. The Company has established a business line, Bit Digital AI, that offers infrastructure services for artificial intelligence applications.  For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors. See “Safe Harbor Statement” below.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Footnotes:

1 This figure excludes approximately 2,701 ETH that were transferred to an internally managed fund.

2 Adjusted EBITDA refers to earnings before interest expense, income tax expense and depreciation and amortization expense (“EBITDA”) adjusted to eliminate the effects of certain non-cash and / or non-recurring items.

3 This figure excludes approximately 2,701 ETH that were transferred to an internally managed fund.

4 “BTC equivalent” is a hypothetical illustration of the value of our digital asset portfolio in bitcoin terms. BTC equivalent is defined as if all non-BTC digital assets, comprised of ETH and USDC, were converted into BTC as of March 31, 2024, and added to our existing BTC balance. Conversion values are found using the closing price on coinmarketcap.com.

5 This figure excludes approximately 2,701 ETH that were transferred to an internally managed fund.

Bit Digital (BTBT) – A Look into the First Quarter

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Guided by AI. Total revenue for the Company grew 266% y-o-y, driven by higher realized bitcoin price and from the Company’s AI business. The Company recognized $8.1 million of revenue during the quarter and reported a gross margin of 61%. With the potential increase of the segment’s AI contract earlier in the year, we expect the performance of the segment to rival its mining revenue in the coming quarters.

Mining Side. Bit Digital’s bitcoin mining revenue was $21.9 million, a 168% increase from the previous year, as a higher hash rate coupled with the higher bitcoin price drove the revenue. As noted in our previous report, the active hash rate was 2.76 EH/s as of April 30, 2024. The Company has a total of 48,898 miners owned or operating for a total maximum hash rate of 4.2 EH/s. We believe the Company is well on its way towards its active hash goal of 6.0 EH/s.


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Bitcoin Depot (BTM) – Planting the Seeds For Attractive Revenue Growth

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Michael Kupinski, Director of Research, Equity Research Analyst, Digital, Media & Technology , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Patrick McCann, CFA, Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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A transitional quarter. The company reported Q1 revenue of $138.5 million, down 15% year over year, but beating our estimate of $134.7 million. Adj. EBITDA in the quarter was $4.9 million, higher than our estimate of $4.0 million. The results reflected redeployment of kiosks and lowered results in California due to unfavorable legislation. 

Favorable kiosk growth. We believe that the company is setting the stage for accelerated revenue and cash flow growth through the deployment of kiosks. In Q1, the company increased the number of deployed kiosks by roughly 700. Post Q1, the company announced the purchase of approximately 2,300 Bitcoin kiosks at a sizeable discount of roughly 50% per-kiosk. The purchase brings the number of kiosks owned by the company to over 10,000, of which 7,061 were deployed, as of the end of Q1. 


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