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Bitcoin mining from Iris Energy (NASDAQ: IREN) is planning to expand its hash rate capacity by the beginning of next year. On Tuesday, the Bitcoin miner revealed its major hash rate expansion plans, causing its shares to jump 21%. Iris said it is boosting its hash rate capacity by 63% to 9.1 exahashes per second (EH/s) by early 2024. After the company’s shares popped in reaction to the announcement, the rally continued in after-hours trading as it currently trades up 1.21%.
In a press release published on June 20, Iris mentioned the ongoing construction of the remaining 80MW of data centers for Phase 1 of its 600MW Childress site in Texas. It is the additional 4 X 20 MW data centers the company expects to spike its operating capacity. Iris plans to increase its hash rate capacity from 5.6 EH/s to 9.1 EH/s by early 2024.
“Near-term focus remains on data center construction, whilst retaining flexibility on timing for miner purchases, which is subject to funding and market conditions. The Company remains well capitalized with ~$64m of cash4, no debt, operating cashflows from its existing 5.6 EH/s, as well as additional optionality from its committed equity facility.”
At its current hash rate, Iris is still in line with its February prediction. At the time, the Bitcoin miner said it would nearly triple its capacity from 2.0 EH/s. It experienced a significant setback in November, causing a capacity slash by 3.6 EH/s. This was because it put off many machines used as loan collateral. Iris had revealed that the lender of the loans still seeks remedies to the matter. Last week, the lender moved to see that Iris uses the profits generated from its additional mining as collateral to secure its lending facilities. This happened at a hearing with the Superior Court of British Columbia. However, Iris believes that the “claims are without merit”.
While announcing its hash rate expansion, Iris also said that its previous HPC data center strategy had become a parallel focus. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Dell Technologies in March 2020. Iris said the effort was to test and develop potential data center solutions for energy-intensive computer applications. The deal is to leverage Dell Technologies’ HPC and AI expertise. The firm added:
‘Developments continue to accelerate in the sector, including the growth of computing power and clean energy requirements. Recent discussions with market participants have further validated this previous work and that the time may be right to expand into this sector, utilizing Iris Energy’s four existing operating sites and/or its geographically diversified portfolio of additional global sites currently under development.”
Moving forward, Iris is waiting on “additional long-lead items” for Childress Phase 2.
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Bitcoin and most cryptocurrencies were deeply in the red on Wednesday.
The same was true in the stock market, where the Dow Jones and Nasdaq retreated.
Several altcoins like ARPA, CREAM, IRIS, and Waves soared.
Cryptocurrencies and stocks slumped hard on Wednesday as concerns about the debt ceiling continued. Bitcoin remained below the support at $27,000 while the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 indices retreated by more than 1%. Safe havens like the US dollar index (DXY) jumped.
The main catalyst for the ongoing sell-off in the stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies market is the ongoing debt ceiling issue. Democrats and Republicans have failed to reach an agreement on how to handle the crisis.
Therefore, there are concerns that the two sides will not reach an agreement before the June 1 deadline. However, most analysts and experts in negotiations believe that these talks will go to the wire as the two sides seek concessions.
A default of the American government would have a major implication around the world since it holds over $31 trillion in debt. It would lead to a major crash of key assets like stocks and bonds. Also, it would lead to a jump in the unemployment rate.
The soaring US debt is one reason why many people allocate their cash to safe havens like gold and Bitcoin to a small extent. However, historically, these assets tend to drop when there is an elevated risk. For example, BTC and gold plunged in March 2020 as the world was moving into lockdown.
Not all cryptocurrencies are slipping. Data compiled by Binance shows that ARPA price has jumped by over 74% in the past 24 hours, making it the best performer in the industry. This rally happened as the token trended in key social media platforms like Twitter and StockTwits. There is a likelihood that the developers will launch the mainnet soon.
CREAM, the token for Cream Finance, jumped by more than 15% while Bella Protocol jumped by 12%. PIVX and IRIS prices jumped by more than 10% in the past 24 hours. The parabolic moves of most of these tokens was not driven by any news in the ecosystems. It also happened in a low-volume environment, signaling that it could be part of a pump and dump.
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Amid the Bitcoin price crash and rising energy costs this year, Bitcoin miners are having a very tough time. Last week, public-listed Bitcoin miner Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) announced chances of potential bankruptcy very soon. Now, another BTC miner Iris Energy (NASDAQ: IREN) is flagging risks of a potential default.
The Sydney-based green crypto miner is now in debt trouble. In a statement on Wednesday, November 2, Iris energy said that some of its mining equipment isn’t making enough cash to cover its debt-financing obligations.
The firm has acquired $103 million in debt against mining rigs. Iris energy acquired this debt via a few wholly-owned special-purpose vehicles. However, the Bitcoin miner is not willing to provide any further financial support or a refinancing agreement for the vehicles. If so, Iris Energy could default on its scheduled payment on November 8.
Bitcoin miners have been facing the heat from all ends over the last year. Firstly, Bitcoin’s 70% price correction from its all-time high forced miners to sell their holdings at lower profit margins. On the other hand, the cost of mining is growing with rising energy costs as well as rising Bitcoin hashrate.
On top of all this, the Fed has resolved to tighten monetary policy that has increased rates on loans. This squeeze of profits from all ends has led miners to sell off their Bitcoin holdings massively. Over the last month, Core Scientific sold close to 1,500 BTC and is now holding only 24 BTC.
Iris Energy said that they are currently having restructuring discussions with the lender for the special-purpose vehicles. It said that in addition to setting up new vehicles, the company’s goal was to achieve “prudent risk management to protect the underlying business and data center infrastructure”.
As of now, Iris Energy is currently holding $53 million cash in bank. On Wednesday, November 2, the Iris Energy stock (NASDAQ: IREN) collapsed 15% ending the trading at $2.88.
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Iris Energy Pty, a Sydney-based renewable Bitcoin mining firm is looking to raise additional capital before making its debut on Nasdaq. The mining firm was reportedly approached by several blank check companies for SPAC listings, however, the firm turned down those offers as it plans for a direct private listing. The firm said at the time that it doesn’t want to liquidate the holdings of existing shareholders,
According to a person familiar with the matter, the Bitcoin mining firm is looking to raise $200 million from potential investors. The mining company will utilize the raised funds for its listing on the US exchange.
The mining company’s flagship product is a 50-megawatt data center located in British Columbia that makes use of hydropower energy to mine Bitcoin. It aims to reach 15.2 exahash operations per second over the next few years. The demand for clean energy mining could play in its favor and see it raise the target amount.
China’s crypto crackdown over the past few months has not only led to a massive miner migration out of the country, but it has also helped in making the Bitcoin network greener. The majority of crypto mining operations in China were fueled by coal power or other non-renewable sources. The miner exodus to other countries would ensure that the Bitcoin network’s new mining power is green as most of the countries attracting these miners have regulated Bitcoin mining operations with clean energy sources.
A number of crypto firms have gone public this bull season with record valuation and the highest fundraising round in their respective history. Irish Energy had closed another funding round in March this year that was set for $20 million and end up raising $110 million in Canadian dollars. The rising demand for cleaner Bitcoin mining aided with the rising valuation of crypto firms could play in the favor of the mining firm. The firm didn’t comment on the news and even declined to reveal any funding deatils.
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