- The key actor in the bitcoin mining industry has released its third-quarter financial report, which shows billions of dollars in funding and expenditures.
TheMinerMag reported that major companies in the Bitcoin mining and cryptocurrency space released their financial results on November 28. The majority of publicly traded companies have obtained $5 billion in debt and equity financing since the start of this year.
Just 12.5% of the funding, or about $625 million this year, comes from debt finance. This quarter alone saw $813 million in fundraising, making up a sizeable chunk of the $4.4 billion in equity financing.
Additionally, those businesses disclosed the $3.6 billion total budget spent on property, plant, and equipment (PP&E). Spending on Bitcoin mining infrastructure increased as the hashrate—the amount of processing power used for Bitcoin mining—rose globally.
Additionally, miners agreed to spend up to $2 billion on hardware between July 2023 and September 2024. Bitmain continues to dominate the ASIC mining gear, accounting for a sizable share of purchases.
Bitcoin miners encountered difficulties
Because they help mint the cryptocurrency and sell it to the market, Bitcoin miners have been crucial to the cryptocurrency sector in general and to the Bitcoin industry in particular. But in a few of nations, miners also had to deal with additional operational and regulatory challenges.
In response to a request from the Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protections recently arrested imported Bitcoin mining equipment at the ports, including the Bitmain Antiminer ASIC miner.
Following an energy shortage in the nation, the Russian government also targeted Bitcoin miners for bans. They also want to impose a 15% personal income tax rate on mining companies that make a lot of money.
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