{"id":9352,"date":"2022-12-24T13:59:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T13:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=9352"},"modified":"2022-12-24T13:59:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T13:59:08","slug":"public-btc-mining-companies-face-4b-in-liabilities-core-scientific-leads-the-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=9352","title":{"rendered":"Public BTC mining companies face $4B in liabilities, Core Scientific leads the pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n   <\/p>\n<p>Public Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies collectively have liabilities that amass to over $4 billion, according to Hashrate Index.<\/p>\n<p>Owing the most in liabilities, Core Scientific debt sat at approximately $1.3 billion on Sept. 30, according to a company statement.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Luxor Mining<\/p>\n<p>The BTC mining industry has seen significant fluctuations during this bear market \u2014 the recent bankruptcy of Core Scientific stands as a testament to volatility of the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Though it is the largest public BTC miner by hashrate, Core Scientific has struggled under debt for many months \u2014 unable to pay off monthly debt service payments, according to Hashrate Index.<\/p>\n<h2>Warning: Hard Hats must be worn<\/h2>\n<p>Core Scientific is not the only public miner struggling with debt. Marathon, the second-largest debtor, owes $851 million, mostly in the form of convertible notes that give holders the option to convert them to stock.<\/p>\n<p>Greenidge, the third-biggest debtor, owes $218 million and is undergoing a restructuring process to reduce its debt.<\/p>\n<h2>Deep in Debt<\/h2>\n<p>When looking at the debt-to-equity ratio, a measure of how much a company owes relative to its equity, it becomes clear that many public miners have significantly high levels of debt.<\/p>\n<p>Luxor analyst, Jaran Mellerud, stated that, generally:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA debt-to-equity ratio of 2 or higher is considered risky, but in a volatile Bitcoin mining industry, it should be substantially lower. In the chart below, we can see that there are many public miners with extremely high debt-to-equity ratios.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source Luxor Mining<\/p>\n<p>Core Scientific has the highest ratio at 26.7, followed by Greenidge at 18 and Stronghold at 11.1.<\/p>\n<p>Argo are In fourth position with a ratio of 5.3 \u2014 having accidentally\u00a0 revealed plans for bankruptcy \u2014 stated that it is \u201cnegotiating to sell some of its assets and carry out an equipment financing transaction to reduce its debt and improve liquidity,\u201d according to Mellerud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the unsustainably high debt levels in the industry, we will likely continue to see more restructurings and potentially some bankruptcies. We have started to enter the part of the cycle where the weak players are flushed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"bitcoin\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/public-btc-mining-companies-face-4b-in-liabilities-core-scientific-leads-the-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies collectively have liabilities that amass to over $4 billion, according to Hashrate Index. Owing the most in liabilities, Core Scientific debt sat at approximately $1.3 billion on Sept. 30, according to a company statement. Source: Luxor Mining The BTC mining industry has seen significant fluctuations during this bear market \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethereum-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9354,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352\/revisions\/9354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}