EX-99.1 2 ea024211101ex99-1_bitdeer.htm PRESS RELEASE - BITDEER REPORTS UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Bitdeer Reports Unaudited Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2025

 

SINGAPORE, May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR) (“Bitdeer” or the “Company”), a world-leading technology company for Bitcoin mining, today released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

 

Q1 2025 Financial Highlights

All amounts compared to Q1 2024 unless otherwise noted

 

Total revenue was US$70.1 million vs. US$119.5 million.

Cost of revenue was US$73.4 million vs. US$85.4 million.

Gross profit was negative US$3.2 million vs. positive US$34.1 million.

Net income was US$409.5 million vs. US$0.6 million.

Adjusted EBITDA1 was negative US$56.1 million, vs. positive US$27.32 million.

Cash and cash equivalents were US$215.6 million as of March 31, 2025.

Crypto balance: US$131.1 million as of March 31, 2025.

 

Management Commentary

 

“This quarter marked the continued execution of our SEALMINER roadmap,” said Matt Kong, Chief Business Officer at Bitdeer. “We have energized 3.7 EH/s and 0.5 EH/s of SEALMINER A1 and SEALMINER A2, respectively, bringing our self-mining hashrate to 12.4 EH/s by the end of April. With our SEALMINER mining rigs quickly coming off the production line and ample global power capacity available, we expect to achieve rapid growth in our self-mining hashrate towards our 40 EH/s target by October 2025. Looking ahead, our R&D efforts are now focused on our SEALMINER A4 project, for which we are targeting an unprecedent chip efficiency of approximately 5 J/TH at the chip level. We believe this new chip design will revolutionize the way Bitcoin mining ASICs are made in the future and tape-out is on track for Q4 2025. We believe SEALMINER A4, along with our 3rd generation chip, will position Bitdeer as the leading supplier of the world’s most energy efficient mining rigs.”

 

Mr. Kong concluded, “On the energy front, construction of our global power infrastructure remains on schedule. We expect to have nearly 1.6 GW of available global power capacity by the end of Q2 2025 and 1.8 GW by year-end. As part of our HPC/AI initiative, we engaged Northland Capital Markets in March to serve as our financial advisor for the development of our HPC/AI data center strategy. We have advanced our discussions with development partners and potential end users regarding selected large-scale sites in the U.S. targeted for HPC and AI cloud infrastructure.”

 

Operational Summary

 

Metrics Three Months Ended Mar 31
  2025 2024
  Total hash rate under management (EH/s) 24.2 22.5
   - Proprietary hash rate 12.1 8.4
     - Self-mining 11.5 6.7
     - Cloud Hash Rate - 1.7
     - Delivered but not yet hashing 0.6 -
   - Hosting 12.1 14.1
  Mining rigs under management 175,000 226,000
   - Self-owned 97,000 86,000
   - Hosted 78,000 140,000
  Bitcoin mined (self-mining only) 350 911
  Bitcoins held 1,156 58
  Total power usage (MWh) 881,000 1,361,000
  Average cost of electricity ($/MWh) 48 43
  Average miner efficiency (J/TH) 29.0 31.7

 

 

 

Power Infrastructure Summary (as of April 30, 2025)

 

Site / Location Capacity (MW) Status Timing3
 Electrical capacity      
  - Rockdale, Texas 563 Online Completed
  - Knoxville, Tennessee 86 Online Completed
  - Wenatchee, Washington 13 Online Completed
  - Molde, Norway 84 Online Completed
  - Tydal, Norway 120 Online Completed
  - Gedu, Bhutan 100 Online Completed
- Jimeling, Bhutan 132 Online Completed
 Total electrical capacity 1,0984    
 Pipeline capacity      
  - Tydal, Norway Phase 2 105 In progress Q2 2025
  - Massillon, Ohio 221 In progress Q3-Q4 2025
  - Clarington, Ohio Phase 1 266 Paused TBD
  - Clarington, Ohio Phase 2 304 Pending approval TBD
  - Jigmeling, Bhutan 368 In progress Q2 2025
  - Rockdale, Texas 179 In planning Estimate 2026
  - Alberta, Canada 99 In planning Q4 2026
  - Oromia Region, Ethiopia 50 In planning Q4 2025
 Total pipeline capacity 1,592    
 Total global electrical capacity 2,690    

 

Financial MD&A

All variances are current quarter compared to the same quarter last year. All figures in this section are rounded4.

 

Q1 2025 High-Level P&L and Disaggregated Revenue Details:

 

US $ in millions Three Months Ended
  March 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 March 31, 2024
Total revenue 70.1 69.0 119.5
Cost of revenue (73.4) (63.9) (85.4)
Gross profit/(loss) (3.2) 5.1 34.1
Net profit/(loss) 409.5 (531.9) 0.6
Adjusted EBITDA (56.1) (3.8) 27.32
Cash and cash equivalents 215.6 476.3 118.5

 

US $ in millions Three Months Ended Mar 31, 2025
Business lines Self-Mining Cloud Hash Rate General Hosting Membership Hosting Sales of SEALMINERs
Revenue 37.2 0.1 9.6 16.3 4.1
Cost of revenue          
 - Electricity cost in operating mining rigs (24.0) - (6.8) (11.4) -
 - Depreciation and SBC expenses (13.7) (0.1) (1.5) (2.6) -
 - Cost of products sold - - - - (3.3)
 - Other cash costs (3.4) - (0.9) (1.5) -
Total cost of revenue (41.0) (0.1) (9.1) (15.4) (3.3)
Gross profit/(loss) (3.8)   0.5 0.9 0.8

 

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US $ in millions Three Months Ended Mar 31, 2024  
Business lines Self-Mining Cloud Hash Rate General Hosting Membership Hosting Sales of SEALMINERs
Revenue 48.4 18.1 29.0 19.5 -
Cost of revenue          
 - Electricity cost in operating mining rigs (26.2) (5.3) (14.0) (13.1) -
 - Depreciation and SBC expenses (8.7) (3.2) (3.0) (2.0) -
 - Other cash costs (2.7) (1.0) (1.6) (1.1) -
Total cost of revenue (37.6) (9.6) (18.6) (16.2) -
Gross profit 10.8 8.5 10.3 3.2 -

 

Q1 2025 Management’s Discussion and Analysis (compared to Q1 2024)

 

Revenue

Total revenue was US$70.1 million vs. US$119.5 million.
Self-mining revenue was US$37.2 million vs. US$48.4 million, primarily due to the effect of the April 2024 halving and higher global network hashrate, partially offset by the increase in the average self-mining hashrate for the quarter by 44.8% to 9.7 EH/s from 6.7 EH/s last year and higher year-over-year Bitcoin prices.
Cloud Hash Rate revenue was US$0.1 million vs. US$18.1 million. The decline was primarily due to expiration of long-term Cloud Hashrate contracts and subsequent reallocation of nearly all machines to self-mining operations by the end of 2024.
General Hosting revenue was US$9.6 million vs. US$29.0 million. The decline was primarily due to the expiration of certain hosting customer contracts as well as the removal of older and less efficient machines by other hosting customers following the April 2024 halving as a result of reduced mining economics.
Membership Hosting revenue was US$16.3 million vs. US$19.5 million. Similar to general hosting, the decline was primarily driven by customers scaling down operations for older and less efficient rigs following the April 2024 halving as a result of reduced mining economics.
SEALMINER sales revenue was US$4.1 million.

 

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue was US$73.4 million vs US$85.4 million. The decrease was primarily driven by lower power usage from hosted mining rigs, partially offset by the increase in costs of SEALMINERs sold to customers and depreciation expenses for SEALMINER launched in our datacenters during Q1 2025.

 

Gross Profit and Margin

Gross profit was negative US$3.2 million vs. positive US$34.1 million.
Gross margin was -4.6% vs. 28.6%.

 

Operating Expenses

The sum of the operating expenses below was US$75.8 million vs. US$37.8 million.
Selling expenses were US$1.4 million vs. US$1.7 million, about flat year-over-year.
General and administrative expenses were US$15.4 million vs. US$15.0 million, about flat year-over-year.
Research and development expenses were US$59.0 million vs. US$21.2 million, primarily due to higher R&D costs related to the one-off development and tape out costs of SEAL03 chip, higher engineering costs related to the Company’s ASIC development roadmap, and non-cash amortization expenses of intangible assets related to the acquisition of FreeChain in Q4 2024.

 

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Other Net Gain

Other net gain was US$503.1 million primarily due to the non-cash, fair value changes of derivative liabilities, which were the US$448.7 million of gain on fair value changes for the convertible notes issued in August 2024 and November 2024 and the US$58.4 million of gain on fair value changes for the Tether warrants.

 

Net Income

Net income was US$409.5 million vs. US$0.6 million.

 

Adjusted Profit / (Loss) (Non-IFRS)5

Adjusted loss was US$89.8 million vs. adjusted profit of US$9.72 million. The change was primarily due to the year-over-year revenue decline, lower gross profit margins and higher R&D expenses as described above.

 

Adjusted EBITDA (Non-IFRS)

Adjusted EBITDA was negative US$56.1 million vs. positive US$27.32 million. The decrease was primarily due to the year-over-year revenue decline, lower gross profit margins as a result of the halving and higher R&D expenses as described above.

 

Cash Flows

Net cash used in operating activities was US$284.0 million, primarily driven by working capital payments to suppliers for SEALMINER mass production.
Net cash used in investing activities was US$73.6 million, which included US$45.7 million of capital expenditures for infrastructure construction and mining rigs, US$18.2 million for the purchase of cryptocurrencies, US$21.9 million to acquire the site and gas-fired power project in Alberta, and US$12.3 million of proceeds from disposal of cryptocurrencies from principal business.
Net cash generated from financing activities was US$94.9 million, primarily driven by US$118.4 million net proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares and partially offset by US$21.0 million used for share repurchases.

 

Capex

2025 power and datacenter infrastructure capex lowered to be in the range of US$260 to US$290 million from prior guidance of US$340 to US$370 million primarily due to the pause of bitcoin-mining infrastructure construction at Bitdeer’s Clarington, Ohio site due to advancing discussions with development partners and potential end users for HPC/AI. This updated range includes reported infrastructure capex in Q1.

 

Balance Sheet

As of March 31, 2025 unless stated otherwise (compared to December 31, 2024)

US$215.6 million in cash and cash equivalents, US$131.1 million in cryptocurrencies and US$215.4 million in borrowing.
US$381.7 million prepayments and other assets, up from US$310.2 million. Change primarily driven by advanced payments to suppliers for SEALMINER mass volume production.
US$153.7 million inventories, up from US$64.9 million. Increase driven by wafers, chips, WIP and finished SEALMINER inventory.
US$256.8 million derivative liabilities mainly due to the issuance of warrants to Tether, and convertible senior notes issued in August 2024 and November 2024.

 

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Further information regarding the Company’s first quarter 2025 financial and operations results can be found on the SEC’s website https://sec.gov and the Company’s Investor Relations website https://ir.bitdeer.com.

 

About Bitdeer Technologies Group

 

Bitdeer is a world-leading technology company for Bitcoin mining. Bitdeer is committed to providing comprehensive Bitcoin mining solutions for its customers. The Company handles complex processes involved in computing such as equipment procurement, transport logistics, datacenter design and construction, equipment management and daily operations. The Company also offers advanced cloud capabilities to customers with high demand for artificial intelligence. Headquartered in Singapore, Bitdeer has deployed datacenters in the United States, Norway, and Bhutan. To learn more, please visit https://ir.bitdeer.com/ or follow Bitdeer on X @BitdeerOfficial and LinkedIn @ Bitdeer Group.

 

Investors and others should note that Bitdeer may announce material information using its website and/or on its accounts on social media platforms, including X, formerly known as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Therefore, Bitdeer encourages investors and others to review the information it posts on the social media and other communication channels listed on its website.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans, and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “anticipate,” “look forward to,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Bitdeer’s annual report on Form 20-F, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in Bitdeer’s subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof. Bitdeer specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward- looking statement, whether due to new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers should not rely upon the information on this page as current or accurate after its publication date. Separate

 

 

1“Adjusted EBITDA” is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to exclude share-based payment expenses under IFRS 2, changes in fair value of derivative liabilities, and changes in fair value of cryptocurrency-settled receivables and payables.
2During the current period, we revised definition of our previously reported non-IFRS Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EBITDA and recast the prior period for comparability. This revision, which resulted in a US$1.3 million revision to Q1 2024 metrics, reflects non-cash fair value changes in cryptocurrency-settled receivables and payables as they do not represent normal operating expenses (or income) necessary to operate our business.
3Indicative timing. All timing references are to calendar quarters and years.
4Figures may not add due to rounding.
5“Adjusted profit/(loss)” is defined as profit/(loss) adjusted to exclude share-based payment expenses under IFRS 2, changes in fair value of derivative liabilities, and changes in fair value of cryptocurrency-settled receivables and payables.

 

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BITDEER GROUP UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

 

   As of
March 31,
   As of
December 31,
 
(US $ in thousands)  2025   2024 
ASSETS        
Current assets        
Cash and cash equivalents   215,642    476,270 
Restricted cash   12,107    9,144 
Cryptocurrencies   131,144    77,537 
Trade receivables   10,263    9,627 
Amounts due from a related party   15,810    15,512 
Prepayments and other assets   335,071    291,929 
Inventories   153,740    64,888 
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   4,540    4,540 
Total current assets   878,317    949,447 
           
Non-current assets          
Restricted cash   5,906    8,212 
Prepayments and other assets   46,652    18,244 
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   35,428    37,981 
Mining rigs   101,581    67,324 
Right-of-use assets   75,338    69,273 
Property, plant and equipment   302,210    251,377 
Investment properties   30,529    30,723 
Intangible assets   78,303    83,235 
Goodwill   35,818    35,818 
Deferred tax assets   8,543    6,220 
Total non-current assets   720,308    608,407 
TOTAL ASSETS   1,598,625    1,557,854 
           
LIABILITIES          
Current liabilities          
Trade payables   50,729    31,471 
Other payables and accruals   38,098    40,617 
Amounts due to a related party   7,788    8,747 
Income tax payables   2,437    2,729 
Derivative liabilities   256,775    763,939 
Deferred revenue   61,016    39,029 
Borrowings   215,436    208,127 
Lease liabilities   6,895    5,460 
Total current liabilities   639,174    1,100,119 
           
Non-current liabilities          
Other payables and accruals   1,786    1,650 
Deferred revenue   68,449    90,200 
Lease liabilities   78,846    72,673 
Deferred tax liabilities   15,721    16,614 
Total non-current liabilities   164,802    181,137 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   803,976    1,281,256 
           
NET ASSETS   794,649    276,598 
           
EQUITY          
Share capital    *     * 
Treasury equity   (181,065)   (160,926)
Accumulated deficit   (239,531)   (649,004)
Reserves   1,215,245    1,086,528 
TOTAL EQUITY   794,649    276,598 

 

*Amount less than US$1,000

 

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BITDEER GROUP UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

   Three months ended March 31, 
(US $ in thousands)  2025   2024 
         
Revenue   70,128    119,506 
Cost of revenue   (73,353)   (85,375)
Gross profit / (loss)   (3,225)   34,131 
Selling expenses   (1,393)   (1,690)
General and administrative expenses   (15,389)   (14,969)
Research and development expenses   (59,014)   (21,164)
Other operating income / (expenses)   (7,789)   1,746 
Other net gain   503,050    2,447 
Profit from operations   416,240    501 
Finance income / (expenses)   (9,343)   151 
Profit before taxation   406,897    652 
Income tax benefit / (expenses)   2,576    (46)
Profit for the period   409,473    606 
Other comprehensive income          
Income for the period   409,473    606 
Other comprehensive income for the period          
Item that may be reclassified to profit or loss          
Exchange differences on translation of financial statements   166    32 
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax   166    32 
Total comprehensive income for the period   409,639    638 
           
Earnings / (loss) per share (in US$)          
Basic   2.15    0.01 
Diluted   (0.37)   0.01 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (thousand shares)          
Basic   190,199    114,843 
Diluted   228,561    117,041 

 

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BITDEER GROUP UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 

 

   Three months ended March 31, 
(US $ in thousands)  2025   2024 
         
Cash flows from operating activities        
Cash used in operating activities:   (280,889)   (132,867)
Interest paid on leases   (702)   (652)
Interest paid on borrowings   (4,493)   (465)
Interest received   2,724    1,813 
Income tax paid   (628)   - 
Net cash used in operating activities   (283,988)   (132,171)
           
Cash flows from investing activities          
Purchase of property, plant and equipment, investment properties and intangible assets   (44,770)   (29,615)
Purchase of mining rigs   (955)   (1,560)
Purchase of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   (132)   (992)
Purchase of cryptocurrencies   (18,159)   - 
Proceeds from disposal of cryptocurrencies   12,283    90,380 
Cash paid for the site and gas-fired power project in Alberta, Canada   (21,870)   - 
Net cash generated from / (used in) investing activities   (73,603)   58,213 
           
Cash flows from financing activities          
Capital element of lease rentals paid   (1,942)   (1,338)
Proceeds from issuance of shares for exercise of share rewards   530    37 
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares, net of transaction costs   118,403    49,931 
Payment for the future issuance cost   -    (303)
Acquisition of treasury shares   (21,010)   - 
Payment for transaction costs in connection with convertible senior notes   (1,119)   - 
Net cash generated from financing activities   94,862    48,327 
           
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents   (262,729)   (25,631)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period   476,270    144,729 
Effect of movements in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents held   2,101    (637)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period   215,642    118,461 

 

Use of Non-IFRS Financial Measures

 

In evaluating the Company’s business, the Company considers and uses non-IFRS measures, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted profit / (loss), as supplemental measures to review and assess its operating performance. The Company defines adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to exclude share-based payment expenses under IFRS 2, changes in fair value of derivative liabilities, and changes in fair value of cryptocurrency-settled receivables and payables, and defines adjusted profit/(loss) as profit/(loss) adjusted to exclude share-based payment expenses under IFRS 2, changes in fair value of derivative liabilities, and changes in fair value of cryptocurrency-settled receivables and payables.

 

The Company presents these non-IFRS financial measures because they are used by its management to evaluate its operating performance and formulate business plans. The Company also believes that the use of these non-IFRS measures facilitate investors’ assessment of its operating performance. These measures are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. As a result, investors should not consider these measures in isolation from, or as a substitute analysis for, the Company’s profit or loss for the periods, as determined in accordance with IFRS. The Company compensates for these limitations by reconciling these non-IFRS financial measures to the nearest IFRS performance measure, all of which should be considered when evaluating its performance. The Company encourages investors to review its financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

 

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The following table presents a reconciliation of profit/(loss) for the relevant period to adjusted EBITDA and adjusted profit/ (loss), for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

 

BITDEER GROUP UNAUDITED NON-IFRS ADJUSTED EBITDA AND ADJUSTED PROFIT / (LOSS) RECONCILIATION 

 

   Three months ended March 31, 
(US $ in thousands)  2025   2024 
Adjusted EBITDA        
Profit for the period   409,473    606 
Add:          
Depreciation and amortization   25,387    18,187 
Income tax (benefit) / expenses   (2,576)   46 
Interest (income) / expense, net   10,880    (608)
Share-based payment expenses   10,404    7,803 
Changes in fair value of derivative liabilities   (507,162)   - 
Changes in fair value of cryptocurrency-settled receivables and payables   (2,551)   1,305 
Total of Adjusted EBITDA   (56,145)   27,3392 
           
Adjusted Profit / (loss)          
Profit for the period   409,473    606 
Add:          
Share-based payment expenses   10,404    7,803 
Changes in fair value of derivative liabilities   (507,162)   - 
Changes in fair value of cryptocurrency-settled receivables and payables   (2,551)   1,305 
Total of Adjusted Profit / (loss)   (89,836)   9,7142 

 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

 

Investor Relations
Yujia Zhai
Orange Group
bitdeerIR@orangegroupadvisors.com

 

Public Relations

Nishant Sharma

BlocksBridge Consulting

bitdeer@blocksbridge.com

 

 

 

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