Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR) (“Bitdeer” or the “Company”), a world-leading technology company for blockchain and high-performance computing, today released its unaudited financial and operational results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Q3 2024 Financial Highlights

  • Total revenue was US$62.0 million, compared to US$87.3 million in Q3 2023.
  • Cost of revenue was US$59.2 million, compared to US$66.2 million in Q3 2023.
  • Gross profit was US$2.8 million, compared to US$21.1 million in Q3 2023.
  • Net loss was US$50.1 million, compared to US$1.8 million in Q3 2023.
  • Adjusted EBITDA1 was negative US$8.5 million, compared to US$28.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • Cash and cash equivalents were US$291.3 million as of September 30, 2024.

Management Commentary

“This quarter marked a foundational period for Bitdeer, focused on the advancements of our key technological and strategic initiatives,” stated Matt Kong, Chief Business Officer at Bitdeer. “In our ASICs business, we made substantial progress in the commercialization of our SEALMINER mining rigs that will help diversify our revenue streams and accelerate the growth of our self-mining operations. For SEALMINER A1, the first sample batch was successfully energized and production of 3.7 EH/s is expected to be completed and installed into our datacenters in Texas and Norway in phases from December through Q1 2025 for the time being. Furthermore, in October, we successfully launched our second generation SEALMINER A2 mining machine series equipped with our SEAL02 chip. The A2 series includes both an air-cooling and a hydro-cooling model and boasts a hashrate of 226 TH/s and 446 TH/s, with a power efficiency ratio of 16.5 J/TH. Further, in October, we commenced mass production of our SEALMINER A2 series and the first production run is expected to deliver 18 EH/s, which will be used for self-mining and selling to external customers. Notably, SEALMINER A2 will be a significant milestone as we enter this multi-billion dollar market. We are already engaged in discussion with a number of potential customers, and early demand is promising, indicating strong interest in our cutting-edge technology and the industry’s desire for supply chain diversification.”

Mr. Kong continued, “In our Cloud HPC and AI business, our NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD system at our datacenter in Singapore successfully achieved approximately 98% utilization in September, and we expanded a pilot program in Canada. Additionally, we’re actively exploring ways to leverage our substantial 2.5 GW power capacity across three continents to meet the growing demand from HPC and AI datacenters. TLM Group successfully completed their feasibility assessment of our U.S. sites and confirmed the suitability of several of them for Tier 3 HPC and AI datacenters. These sites have abundant power available in a short time frame, low-latency fiber and plentiful water resources. We have commenced discussions with potential partners and end users for these sites and are actively collaborating with leading data center developers and advisors to secure long-term partnerships and strategic opportunities that can position Bitdeer to play a pivotal role in the rapidly evolving HPC and AI ecosystem. Finally, our global infrastructure expansion continues to progress, with projects in Norway, Ohio, and Texas, and Bhutan set to bring online over an estimated 1.1 GW of new power capacity in the coming year.”

Mr. Kong added, “Regarding our third quarter financial results, the year-over-year decrease in revenue and adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to the impact of the 2024 halving, increased global hash rate, decreased hosting revenue, and increased R&D costs related to the one-time development expenses of the SEAL02 chip. The decrease in hosting revenue was mainly caused by two factors. First, the conversion of 100 MW of hosting capacity at our Texas facility to hydro-cooling, which is expected to be fully renovated and equipped with SEALMINER hydro-cooled mining rigs for our self-mining by the first quarter of 2025. Second, after the halving in April 2024, some customers stopped hosting their less efficient miners. This freed up capacity is currently being replenished by the new hosting mining rigs. These negative impacts were partially offset by slightly higher average self-mining hash rates and higher Bitcoin prices in the quarter. We ended the quarter in a strong financial position with $291.3 million in cash and cash equivalents. In summary, we are on the verge of achieving many exciting milestones, and we remain committed on continuing to execute the SEALMINER roadmap, expanding our self-mining hash rate, and leveraging our industry-leading global 2.5 GW power portfolio.”

Operational Summary

   Three Months Ended Sep 30,
Metrics 2024 2023
Total hash rate under management (EH/s) 17.1 21.2
- Proprietary hash rate 8.6 8.7
- Self-mining 8.1 7.2
- Cloud Hash Rate 0.5 1.5
- Hosting 8.5 12.5
Mining machines under management 165,000 221,000
- Self-owned 87,000 92,000
- Hosted 78,000 129,000
Bitcoin mined (self-mining only) 511 1,085
Total power usage (MWh) 828,000 1,209,000
Average cost of electricity ($/MWh) 41 32
Average miner efficiency (J/TH) 31.4 32.4

Power Infrastructure Summary

Site / Location Capacity (MW) Status Timing2
Electrical capacity      
- Rockdale, Texas 563 Online Completed
- Knoxville, Tennessee 86 Online Completed
- Wenatchee, Washington 13 Online Completed
- Molde, Norway 84 Online Completed
- Tydal, Norway 50 Online Completed
- Gedu, Bhutan 100 Online Completed
Total electrical capacity 8953    
Pipeline capacity      
- Tydal, Norway Phase 1 40 In progress Q4 2024
- Tydal, Norway Phase 2 135 In progress Mid 2025
- Massillon, Ohio 221 In progress Mid-to-late 2025
- Clarington, Ohio Phase 1 266 In progress Q3 2025
- Clarington, Ohio Phase 2 304 Pending approval Estimate 2026
- Jigmeling, Bhutan 500 In progress Mid-Late 2025
- Rockdale, Texas 179 In planning Estimate 2026
Total pipeline capacity 1,645    
Total global electrical capacity 2,540    

Financial MD&A

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

US $ in millions Three Months Ended
  Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Sep 30, 2023
Total revenue 62.0 99.2 87.3
Cost of revenue (59.2) (74.8) (66.2)
Gross profit 2.8 24.4 21.1
Net loss (50.1) (17.7) (1.8)
Adjusted EBITDA (8.5) 24.9 28.0
Cash and cash equivalents 291.3 203.9 134.5
US $ in millions Three Months Ended Sep 30, 2024
Business lines Self-Mining Cloud Hash Rate General Hosting Membership Hosting
Revenue 31.5 7.1 9.6 9.9
Cost of revenue        
- Electricity cost in operating mining machines (21.7) (0.0) (7.1) (5.3)
- Depreciation and SBC expenses (9.9) (2.2) (1.8) (1.9)
- Other cash costs (3.1) (0.7) (0.9) (1.0)
Total cost of revenue (34.7) (2.9) (9.8) (8.2)
Gross profit / (loss) (3.2) 4.2 (0.2) 1.7
US $ in millions Three Months Ended Sep 30, 2023
Business lines Self-Mining Cloud Hash Rate General Hosting Membership Hosting
Revenue 30.1 15.6 22.2 16.0
Cost of revenue        
- Electricity cost in operating mining machines (15.2) (3.5) (9.6) (9.3)
- Depreciation and SBC expenses (9.0) (4.7) (3.1) (2.2)
- Other cash costs (2.3) (1.3) (1.8) (1.3)
Total cost of revenue (26.5) (9.5) (14.5) (12.8)
Gross profit 3.6 6.1 7.7 3.2

Revenue

  • Total revenue was US$62.0 million vs. US$87.3 million.
  • Self-mining revenue was US$31.5 million vs. US$30.1 million, primarily due to the increase in the average self-mining hashrate for the quarter by 27.9% to 7.8 EH/s from 6.1 EH/s last year and higher year-over-year Bitcoin prices, offset by effect of the April 2024 halving and higher global network hashrate.
  • Cloud Hash Rate revenue was US$7.1 million vs. US$15.6 million. The decline was primarily due to expiration of long-term Cloud Hashrate contracts and subsequent reallocation of machines to Self-mining, and the decrease in electricity subscription due to lower margins for customers caused by the April 2024 Halving. 
  • General Hosting revenue was US$9.6 million vs. US$22.2 million. The decline was primarily due to the conversion of 100 MW of hosting capacity to hydro-cooling capacity for self-mining and certain hosting customers removing older and less efficient rigs following the April 2024 Halving as a result of reduced mining economics.
  • Membership Hosting revenue was US$9.9 million vs. US$16.0 million, down year-over-year. Similar to general hosting, the decline was primarily driven by customers reducing the operation for these older and less efficient rigs following the April 2024 Halving as a result of reduced mining economics.

Cost of Revenue

  • Cost of revenue was US$59.2 million vs US$66.2 million. The decrease was primarily driven by lower mining rigs depreciation from becoming fully depreciated and the decrease of power usage along with the reduced hosted mining rigs.

Gross Profit and Margin

  • Gross profit was US$2.8 million vs. US$21.1 million.
  • Gross margin was 4.5% vs. 24.2%.

Operating Expenses

  • The sum of the operating expenses below was US$42.9 million vs. US$27.3 million.
    • Selling expenses were US$2.2 million vs. US$1.9 million, primarily due to increased marketing expenses.
    • General and administrative expenses were US$15.8 million vs. US$16.8 million, primarily due to decreases in share-based compensation, partially offset by an increase in staff costs to general and administrative personnel.
    • Research and development expenses were US$24.8 million vs. US$8.5 million, primarily due to a US$13.4 million one-off incremental development expense related to the SEAL02 chip, higher R&D compensation costs and amortization expenses of intangible assets relating to the acquisition of FreeChain.

Other Net Loss

  • In Q3 2024, we recorded US$14.7 million other net loss primarily due to the non-cash expense of fair value change of derivative liabilities, which are the US$28.8 million of loss on fair value change for the convertible note issued, partially offset by the US$14.3 million of gain on fair value change for Tether warrants.

Net Loss

  • Net loss was US$50.1 million vs. US$1.8 million.

Adjusted Profit / (Loss) (Non-IFRS)4

  • Adjusted loss was US$26.2 million vs. adjusted profit of US$10.5 million. The change was primarily due to the year-over-year revenue decline, lower gross profit margins and higher operating expenses as described above.

Adjusted EBITDA (Non-IFRS)

  • Adjusted EBITDA was negative US$8.5 million vs. US$28.0 million. The decrease was primarily due to the year-over-year revenue decline, lower gross profit margins and higher operating expenses as described above.

Cash Flows

  • Net cash used for operating activities was US$90.7 million.
  • Net cash generated from investing activities was US$10.2 million including the proceeds from disposal of cryptocurrencies of US$39.9 million received from the principal businesses.
  • Net cash generated from financing activities was US$168.1 million, primarily driven by the proceeds from our convertible note issuance in August.

Capital Expenditures

  • Capital expenditures for PPE, intangible assets and mining machines were US$30.1 million vs. US$13.8 million, primarily driven by the construction in Jigmeling, Tydal, and Hydro-cooling conversion in Texas.

Liquidity

  • As of September 30, 2024, the Company held US$291.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, US$39.7 million in cryptocurrencies and US$92.7 million in borrowing.

Further information regarding the Company’s third quarter 2024 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 GroupBitdeer is a world-leading technology company for blockchain and high-performance computing. Bitdeer is committed to providing comprehensive computing 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 StatementsStatements 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.

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1 “Adjusted EBITDA” is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to exclude the changes in fair value of derivative liabilities, listing fee and share-based payment expenses under IFRS 2.2 Indicative timing. All timing references are to calendar quarters and years.3 Figures may not add due to rounding.4 “Adjusted profit/(loss)” is defined as profit/(loss) adjusted to exclude the changes in fair value of derivative liabilities, listing fee and share-based payment expenses under IFRS 2.

 
BITDEER GROUP UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
         
    As of Sep 30,   As of Dec 31,
(US $ in thousands)   2024    2023 
     
ASSETS        
Cash and cash equivalents   291,314     144,729  
Cryptocurrencies   39,700     15,371  
Trade receivables   8,800     17,277  
Amounts due from a related party   15,868     187  
Prepayments and other assets   68,791     97,087  
Inventories   68,633     346  
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   41,566     37,775  
Restricted cash   9,144     9,538  
Mining machines   52,062     63,477  
Right-of-use assets   65,797     58,626  
Property, plant and equipment   221,233     154,860  
Investment properties   33,009     34,346  
Intangible assets[1]   89,401     4,777  
Goodwill[1]   35,818     -  
Deferred tax assets   5,297     991  
TOTAL ASSETS   1,046,433     639,387  
         
LIABILITIES        
Trade payables   36,881     32,484  
Other payables and accruals   34,798     32,151  
Amounts due to a related party   6,202     33  
Income tax payables   3,050     3,367  
Derivative liabilities   144,378     -  
Deferred revenue   111,382     144,337  
Borrowings   92,693     22,618  
Lease liabilities   78,728     70,211  
Deferred tax liabilities   17,575     1,620  
TOTAL LIABILITIES   525,687     306,821  
         
NET ASSETS   520,746     332,566  
         
EQUITY        
Share capital   *     *  
Treasury shares   (926 )   (2,604 )
Accumulated deficit   (117,087 )   (49,853 )
Reserves   638,759     385,023  
TOTAL EQUITY   520,746     332,566  
         

* Amount less than US$1,000[1] Considering the acquisition of FreeChain Inc. has occurred on September 13, 2024, these are preliminary disclosures as the effects of the purchase price allocation accounting is in progress and in the measurement period, as described in IFRS 3.

 
BITDEER GROUP UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
                 
    Three months ended Sep 30,   Nine months ended Sep 30,
(US $ in thousands)   2024     2023     2024     2023  
         
Revenue[2]   62,029     87,303     280,764     253,706  
Cost of revenue   (59,264 )   (66,187 )   (219,463 )   (202,941 )
Gross profit   2,765     21,116     61,301     50,765  
Selling expenses   (2,229 )   (1,926 )   (6,092 )   (6,241 )
General and administrative expenses   (15,828 )   (16,849 )   (46,649 )   (49,320 )
Research and development expenses   (24,836 )   (8,501 )   (54,048 )   (21,228 )
Listing fee   -     -     -     (33,151 )
Other operating income   1,220     818     4,397     718  
Other net gain / (loss)   (14,681 )   862     (27,701 )   2,470  
Loss from operations   (53,589 )   (4,480 )   (68,792 )   (55,987 )
Finance income / (expenses)   (231 )   1,224     (124 )   97  
Loss before taxation   (53,820 )   (3,256 )   (68,916 )   (55,890 )
Income tax benefit   3,723     1,458     1,682     4,265  
Loss for the periods   (50,097 )   (1,798 )   (67,234 )   (51,625 )
Other comprehensive loss                
Loss for the periods   (50,097 )   (1,798 )   (67,234 )   (51,625 )
Other comprehensive income / (loss) for the periods                
Item that may be reclassified to profit or loss                
- Exchange differences on translation of financial statements   (30 )   8     16     17  
Other comprehensive income / (loss) for the periods, net of tax   (30 )   8     16     17  
Total comprehensive loss for the periods   (50,127 )   (1,790 )   (67,218 )   (51,608 )
                 
Loss per share (Basic and diluted)   (0.35 )   (0.02 )   (0.52 )   (0.47 )
                 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (thousands) (Basic and diluted)   143,769     111,284     128,437     110,303  
                         

[2] Included nil and approximately US$17.2 million generated from hosting service provided to a related party for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2024.

 
BITDEER GROUP UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                 
    Three months ended Sep 30,   Nine months ended Sep 30,
(US $ in thousands)   2024     2023     2024     2023  
                 
Cash flows from operating activities                
Cash used in operating activities   (90,164 )   (48,303 )   (291,538 )   (206,905 )
Interest paid on leases   (895 )   (647 )   (2,571 )   (1,946 )
Interest paid on borrowings   (806 )   (34 )   (1,736 )   (1,241 )
Interest received   1,927     1,465     5,462     5,539  
Income tax paid   (782 )   (58 )   (6,632 )   (153 )
Net cash used in operating activities   (90,720 )   (47,577 )   (297,015 )   (204,706 )
                 
Cash flows from investing activities                
Purchase of property, plant and equipment, investment properties and intangible assets   (29,922 )   (13,371 )   (76,870 )   (37,980 )
Purchase of mining machines   (227 )   (424 )   (1,965 )   (62,934 )
Purchase of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, net of refund received   173     (3,000 )   (2,351 )   (4,400 )
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   -     -     -     31,111  
Lending to a third party   -     -     -     (62 )
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment   -     -     244     29  
Proceeds from disposal of cryptocurrencies   39,929     76,805     209,653     202,045  
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired   226     -     (6,051 )   -  
Net cash generated from investing activities   10,179     60,010     122,660     127,809  
                 
Cash flows from financing activities                
Capital element of lease rentals paid   (562 )   (1,376 )   (3,136 )   (4,008 )
Net payment related to Business Combination   -     (11 )   -     (7,662 )
Repayments of borrowings   (5,000 )   (7,000 )   (5,000 )   (7,000 )
Proceeds from issuance of shares for exercise of share rewards   154     -     758     -  
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares and warrants, net of transaction costs   7,795     -     163,190     -  
Acquisition of treasury shares   (617 )   (109 )   (617 )   (109 )
Proceeds from convertible senior notes, net of transaction costs   166,297     -     166,297     -  
Net cash generated from / (used in) financing activities   168,067     (8,496 )   321,492     (18,779 )
                 
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   87,526     3,937     147,137     (95,676 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period   203,882     130,203     144,729     231,362  
Effect of movements in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents held   (94 )   372     (552 )   (1,174 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period   291,314     134,512     291,314     134,512  
                 

Use of Non-IFRS Financial MeasuresIn 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 the changes in fair value of derivative liabilities, listing fee and share-based payment expenses under IFRS 2, and defines adjusted profit/(loss) as profit/(loss) adjusted to exclude the changes in fair value of derivative liabilities, listing fee and share-based payment expenses under IFRS 2.

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 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.

The following table presents a reconciliation of loss for the relevant period to adjusted EBITDA and adjusted profit / (loss), for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.

BITDEER GROUP NON-IFRS ADJUSTED EBITDA AND ADJUSTED PROFIT / (LOSS) RECONCILIATION
                 
    Three months ended Sep 30,   Nine months ended Sep 30,
(US $ in thousands)   2024     2023     2024     2023  
                 
Adjusted EBITDA                
Loss for the periods   (50,097 )   (1,798 )   (67,234 )   (51,625 )
Add:                
Depreciation and amortization   19,489     19,664     55,980     55,887  
Income tax benefit   (3,723 )   (1,458 )   (1,682 )   (4,265 )
Interest income / (expenses), net   1,938     (734 )   1,321     (2,119 )
Listing fee   -     -     -     33,151  
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   14,436     -     28,666     -  
Share-based payment expenses   9,414     12,319     25,310     34,166  
Total of Adjusted EBITDA   (8,543 )   27,993     42,361     65,195  
                 
Adjusted Profit / (loss)                
Loss for the periods   (50,097 )   (1,798 )   (67,234 )   (51,625 )
Add:                
Listing fee   -     -     -     33,151  
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   14,436     -     28,666     -  
Share-based payment expenses   9,414     12,319     25,310     34,166  
Total of Adjusted Profit / (loss)   (26,247 )   10,521     (13,258 )   15,692  
                 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

Investor RelationsYujia ZhaiOrange GroupbitdeerIR@orangegroupadvisors.com

Public RelationsNishant SharmaBlocksBridge Consultingbitdeer@blocksbridge.com

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