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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information. In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of such interim results. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.
The results for the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025 or for any future interim period. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete presentation of annual financial statements. The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
Use of Estimates in the Financial Statements
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used for (but are not limited to) such items as the establishment of useful lives for property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, the fair value of leased assets, the fair value of equity securities or warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issued individually or as a component of a debt or equity offering, the fair value of changes to the conversion terms of embedded conversion features, the fair value and requisite service periods of stock-based compensation, the fair value of assets received in nonmonetary transactions, the establishment of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities that arise from leasing arrangements, the timing of commencement of capitalization for plant and equipment, impairment of long-lived assets, recoverability of deferred tax assets, amortization of deferred issuance costs and debt discount, and the recording of various accruals. These estimates are made after considering past and current events and assumptions about future events. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Significant Accounting Policies
Except for the updates noted below, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 for a detailed discussion of the Company’s significant accounting policies.
Revenue Recognition
Mining Pool
The Company has entered into an arrangement with a cryptocurrency mining pool (the “Foundry USA Pool”) to perform hash computation (i.e. hashrate) for the mining pool in exchange for consideration. Providing hash computation services to a mining pool is an output of the Company’s ordinary activities. The provision of such hash computation services is the sole performance obligation. The mining pool arrangement is terminable at any time without substantial penalty by Foundry USA Pool and may be terminated without substantial penalty by the Company upon providing one Contract Day’s, as defined, prior written notice. The Company’s enforceable right to compensation only begins when and continues while the Company provides hash computation services to its customer, the mining pool operator. Accordingly, the contract term with Foundry USA Pool is deemed to be less than 24 hours and to continuously renew throughout the day. Additionally, the Company concluded that the mining pool operator’s (i.e., the customer’s) renewal right is not a material right because the renewal rights do not include any discounts; that is, the terms, conditions, and compensation amounts are at the then-current market rates.
There is no significant financing component in these transactions.
The mining pool applies the Full Pay Per Share (“FPPS”) payout model. Under the FPPS model, in exchange for providing hash computation services to the pool, the Company is entitled to pay-per-share base amount and transaction fee reward compensation, calculated on a daily basis, at an amount that approximates the total bitcoin that could have been mined and transaction fees that could have been awarded using the Company’s hash computation services, based upon the then current blockchain difficulty. Under this model, the Company is entitled to compensation, payable in bitcoin, regardless of whether the pool operator successfully records a block to the bitcoin blockchain.
The transaction consideration the Company receives, if any, is noncash consideration and is all variable. Because digital currency is considered noncash consideration, fair value of the digital currency award received would generally be determined using the quoted price of the related digital currency in the Company’s principal market at the time of contract inception. The Company has adopted an accounting policy to aggregate individual contracts with individual terms less than 24 hours within each intraday period and apply a consistent valuation point, the start of day Coordinated Universal Time (00:00:00 UTC), to value the related noncash consideration. Revenue is recognized when it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur, which is the same day that control of the contracted service transfers to the mining pool and is the same day as the contract inception. After every 24-hour contract term, the mining pool transfers the digital currency consideration to the Company’s designated digital currency wallets.
Consideration payable to the customer in the form of a pool operator fee, which is incurred only to the extent that the Company has generated FPPS consideration, is deducted from the bitcoin the Company receives and is recorded as contra-revenue, as it does not represent a payment for a distinct good or service.
The Company recorded revenue from mining of $34.4 million and $41.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Bitcoin Miner Hosting
The Company had one bitcoin miner hosting contract which expired in February 2024. At the time of contract inception, the quoted price of bitcoin in the Company’s principal market was approximately $38,000. The Company recorded bitcoin miner hosting revenue of $0 and $0.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
HPC Hosting
In December 2024, the Company entered into long-term data center lease agreements (the “HPC Leases”) with a customer for specified data center infrastructure at the Lake Mariner Facility to support the customer’s HPC operations. In accordance with ASC 842, Leases, the Company determined at contract inception that these agreements contained a lease, comprising lease components related to the right to use data center space and non-lease components for power delivery, physical security, and maintenance services. The HPC Leases are expected to commence at various dates throughout 2025, each with an initial 10-year term. The agreements also provide the customer with two five-year renewal options and a provision for near-term expansion of HPC hosting capacity. While the expansion provision has since expired, the parties remain in active dialogue regarding potential expansion at the site (see Note 6).
Power Curtailment Credits
Proceeds from participation in demand response programs are recorded as a reduction in cost of revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the period in which the corresponding demand response program occurs. The Company recorded demand response program amounts of approximately $2.8 million and $1.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Highly liquid instruments with an original maturity of three months or less are classified as cash equivalents. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $218.2 million and $274.1 million, respectively.
The Company maintains cash and cash equivalent balances primarily at two financial institutions that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Company’s accounts at these institutions are insured, up to $250,000, by the FDIC. As of March 31, 2025, the Company’s bank balances exceeded the FDIC insurance limit by $1.6 million. To reduce its risk associated with the failure of such financial institutions, the Company evaluates at least annually the rating of the financial institutions in which it holds deposits.
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
The following table shows supplemental cash flow information (in thousands):
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20252024
Supplemental disclosure of noncash activities:
Cumulative-effect adjustment due to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update 2023-08
$$37
Purchases of and deposits on plant and equipment in accounts payable, accrued construction liabilities, other accrued liabilities and long-term debt$47,566$4,385
Purchases of and deposits on plant and equipment with digital currency$$316
Common stock issued for share-based liabilities due to related party
$$2,500
Decrease to investment in joint venture due to bitcoin received as distributions from investee
$$12,022
Digital Currency
Digital currency consists of bitcoin earned as noncash consideration for providing hash computation services to a mining pool and for bitcoin miner hosting services, in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy. From time to time, the Company also received bitcoin as distributions-in-kind from its joint venture. Digital currency is classified as a current asset in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, as it is highly liquid and the Company expects to sell it within the next twelve months to support operations.
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-08, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets (“ASU 2023-08”). The new standard requires certain crypto assets to be subsequently measured at fair value, with changes recognized in net income each reporting period.
The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2023-08 effective January 1, 2024, resulting in a cumulative-effect change of $37,000 to increase the digital currency balance and decrease the opening accumulated deficit in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2024.
Following adoption of ASU 2023-08, the Company measures digital currency at fair value each reporting period in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”). Fair value is determined using Level 1 inputs based on quoted prices from the active trading platform on which the Company regularly transacts, which is considered its principal market for bitcoin. Because bitcoin is continuously traded, the Company uses the midnight UTC price to align with its revenue recognition policy. Gains and losses from remeasurement are included within “loss (gain) on fair value of digital currency, net” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
For bitcoin sales, gains and losses are calculated as the difference between cash proceeds and the cost basis, using a first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. These gains and losses are also included within “loss (gain) on fair value of digital currency, net” i. The Company recorded a net fair value loss of $0.9 million and a net gain of $(1.3) million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Bitcoin earned through mining activities is recorded as a noncash adjustment in reconciliation of net loss to net cash provided by operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Bitcoin received as distributions-in-kind from equity investees is disclosed as a supplemental noncash investing activity.
Following the repayment of the Term Loans in July 2024 (see Note 8), the Company no longer immediately converts bitcoin into cash immediately. As a result, proceeds from bitcoin sales are now reflected as cash flows from investing activities rather than operating activities.
Concentrations
During 2025 and 2024, the Company primarily contracted with one supplier for the provision of bitcoin miners and one mining pool operator. The Company does not believe that these counterparties represent a significant performance risk. Revenue did not exceed 10% for any one bitcoin miner hosting customer during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company only operated bitcoin mining facilities. While capable of mining other digital currencies, the Company has no current plans to do so. If the market value of bitcoin declines significantly, the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company may be adversely affected.
Loss per Share
The Company computes earnings (loss) per share using the two-class method required for participating securities. The two-class method requires income available to common stockholders for the period to be allocated between Common Stock and participating securities based upon their respective rights to receive dividends as if all income for the period had been distributed.
Basic loss per share of Common Stock is calculated by dividing the Company’s net loss by the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period. Convertible preferred stock is considered a participating security because it shares, in a pro rata basis, in any dividends declared on Common Stock. However, since it does not participate in the Company’s losses, it is excluded from the computation of basic net loss per share.
Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if other instruments were converted into Common Stock, using the treasury stock method or as-converted method, as applicable. However, for periods in which the Company reports a net loss, all potentially dilutive instruments are excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share, as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
Subsequent to March 31, 2024, the Company determined that dividends on its preferred stock would no longer be reflected as a reduction to net loss in the consolidated statements of operations, and, therefore, would be excluded from the computation of basic loss per common share. Previously, the Company had included dividends in this calculation.
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company’s potentially dilutive instruments and participating securities included convertible preferred stock, Common Stock warrants, convertible notes, restricted stock, and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) issued for services. If the full liquidation preference of the Convertible Preferred Stock (as defined in Note 11) was converted at its conversion price as of March 31, 2025, approximately 1.3 million shares of Common Stock would be issued. As of March 31, 2025, 17,266,733 Common Stock warrants were outstanding with a weighted average strike price of $1.38, and 4,797,319 RSUs were outstanding.
Segment Reporting
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company was engaged in digital currency mining by providing hash computation services to a mining pool operator and offering bitcoin miner hosting services to third parties. The Company’s operations are evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision–making group (“CODM”), which is composed of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, to assess performance and allocate resources.
The CODM is regularly provided only with consolidated expense data, as presented in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Accordingly, the Company has determined that these consolidated expenses represent significant segment-level information. Because financial performance and resource allocation decisions are made on a consolidated basis, the Company operates as a single operating and reportable segment.
The CODM manages this using consolidated net loss as the primary measure of performance. Consolidated net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was $61.4 million and $9.6 million, respectively. This metric is used by the CODM to evaluate operating results, assess the effectiveness of business strategies, and internally benchmark the Company’s performance against its industry peers.
As the Company reports a single segment, total revenue is disclosed in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, segment assets are presented in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, and capital expenditures are reported in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.