UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of May 2024

 

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-40370

 

 

 

BITFARMS LTÉE

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

110 Yonge Street, Suite 1601, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1T4

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F ☐      Form 40-F  ☒

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOCUMENTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS FORM 6-K

 

This report on Form 6-K, including the interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and management’s discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2024, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement of Bitfarms Ltd. on Form F-10 (File No. 333-272989) and the Registration Statement of Bitfarms Ltd. on Form S-8 (File No. 333-278868) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report was furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

 

See the Exhibits listed below.

 

Exhibits    
     
Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2024
99.2   Management’s Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2024
99.3   CEO Certification of Interim Filings - Interim Certificate dated May 15, 2024
99.4   CFO Certification of Interim Filings - Interim Certificate dated May 15, 2024
99.5   Material Change Report dated May 15, 2024

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  BITFARMS LTÉE
   
  Par : /s/ Nicolas Bonta
    Name:   Nicolas Bonta
    Title: Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: May 15, 2024

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 AND 2023

 

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars - unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BITFARMS LTÉE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

  Page
  Financial Statements (unaudited)
  Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position 3
  Interim Consolidated Statements of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss 4
  Interim Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity 5
  Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 6
     
  Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements  
1. Nature des opérations 7
2. Liquidité 8
3. Base de présentation et principale information sur les politiques comptables 9
4. Jugements et estimations comptables significatifs 13
5. Autres actifs 14
6. Actifs numériques 14
7. Actifs et passifs dérivés 15
8. Actifs détenus en vue de la vente 18
9. Biens, installations et équipements 19
10. Actifs incorporels 22
11. Long-term Deposits, Equipment Prepayments, Commitments and Other 23
12. Dettes commerciales et frais à payer 25
13. Long-term Debt 25
14. Baux 27
15. Impôts sur le revenu 28
16. Capital action 29
17. Instruments financiers 30
18. Transactions et soldes avec les parties liées 31
19. Net Loss Per Share 31
20. Share-based Payments 32
21. Détails supplémentaires de l'état des profits et des pertes et du résultat global 33
22. Information géographique 34
23. Détails supplémentaires sur l'état des flux de trésorerie 35
24. Subsequent Events 35

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars - unaudited)

 

 

 

      As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   Notes  2024   2023 
actifs             
Actuel             
Liquidités      65,961    84,038 
Créances commerciales      729    714 
Autres actifs  5   3,592    2,199 
Dépôts prépayés à court terme      4,507    6,393 
Actifs numériques  6   57,542    31,870 
Actifs numériques - donnés en garantie  6, 13       2,101 
Actifs dérivés  7   3,016    1,281 
Actifs détenus en vue de la vente  8   1,972    1,388 
       137,319    129,984 
Au long terme             
Biens, installations et équipements  9, 22   177,767    186,012 
Actifs au titre du droit d’utilisation  14   13,225    14,315 
Dépôts à long terme, prépaiements des équipements et autres  11   93,616    44,714 
Actifs incorporels  10   4,546    3,700 
TOTAL DES ACTIFS      426,473    378,725 
Passif             
Actuel             
Dettes commerciales et frais à payer  12   23,888    20,739 
Tranche courant de la dette à long terme  13   151    4,022 
Responsabilité relative au contrat de location  14   2,126    2,857 
Impôts à payer      777    1,110 
Passifs liés aux bons de souscription  7, 16   18,576    40,426 
       45,518    69,154 
Au long terme             
Dette à long terme  13   1,491     
Responsabilité relative au bail  14   12,183    12,993 
Provision pour mise hors service d’actifs      1,867    1,816 
TOTAL DES PASSIFS      61,059    83,963 
Capitaux propres             
Capital action      586,255    530,123 
Surplus d’apport      59,689    56,622 
Excédent de réévaluation      12,876    2,941 
Déficit accumulé      (293,406)   (294,924)
TOTAL DES CAPITAUX PROPRES      365,414    294,762 
Total des passifs et des actions      426,473    378,725 

 

Should be read in conjunction with the notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

15 mai 2024  /s/ Nicolas Bonta    /s/ Jeffrey Lucas
Date of approval of the financial statements  Chairman of the Board of Directors & Interim Chief Executive Officer    Directeur financier

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE PROFIT OR LOSS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts - unaudited) 

 

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   Notes   2024   2023 (restated - Note 3d) 
             
Revenus   6, 22    50,317    30,050 
Coût des revenus   21    (60,999)   (38,403)
Perte brute        (10,682)   (8,353)
                
Dépenses d'exploitation               
Dépenses générales et administratives   21    (13,196)   (8,360)
Gain réalisé sur la disposition de biens numériques   6        587 
Reprise de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques   6        2,695 
Gain (perte) sur la disposition d’immobilisations et de matériel        170    (1,566)
Perte d'exploitation        (23,708)   (14,997)
                
Revenu financier net   21    11,443    10,967 
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu        (12,265)   (4,030)
                
Recouvrement d'impôts sur le revenu   15    6,285    330 
Perte nette        (5,980)   (3,700)
                
Autres éléments du résultat global               
Article qui ne sera pas reclassé en profit ou perte :               
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt   6    17,433    1,225 
Total du résultat global (perte nette), net d’impôt        11,453    (2,475)
                
Perte par action   19           
De base et dilué        (0.02)   (0.02)
Nombre moyen pondéré d'actions ordinaires en circulation   19           
De base et dilué        338,745,000    232,541,000 

 

Should be read in conjunction with the notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except number of shares - unaudited)

 

 

   Notes   Nombre d'actions   Capital action   Surplus d’apport   Déficit accumulé   Excédent de réévaluation   TOTAL DES CAPITAUX PROPRES 
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2024        334,153,000    530,123    56,622    (294,924)   2,941    294,762 
Perte nette                    (5,980)       (5,980)
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt                        17,433    17,433 
Total du résultat global (perte nette), net d’impôt                    (5,980)   17,433    11,453 
                                    
Transfer of revaluation surplus on disposal of digital assets to accumulated deficit, net of tax                    7,498    (7,498)    
Rémunération en actions   20            3,094            3,094 
Issuance of common shares   16    16,997,000    37,268                37,268 
Exercice d'options d'achat d'actions et de bons de souscription   16, 20    5,142,000    18,864    (27)           18,837 
Balance as of March 31, 2024        356,292,000    586,255    59,689    (293,406)   12,876    365,414 
                                    
Balance as of January 1, 2023 (restated - Note 3d)        224,200,000    404,934    47,653    (197,189)       255,398 
Perte nette                    (3,700)       (3,700)
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt                        1,225    1,225 
Total du résultat global (perte nette), net d’impôt                    (3,700)   1,225    (2,475)
                                    
Rémunération en actions   20            2,536            2,536 
Issuance of common shares   16    15,940,000    15,764                15,764 
Exercise of stock options   16, 20    122,000    76    (29)           47 
Balance as of March 31, 2023 (restated - Note 3d)        240,262,000    420,774    50,160    (200,889)   1,225    271,270 

 

Should be read in conjunction with the notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars - unaudited)

 

 

       Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   Notes   2024   2023 (restated - Note 3d) 
             
Flux de trésorerie liés aux activités d'exploitation               
Perte nette        (5,980)   (3,700)
Réajustements pour :               
Dépréciation et amortissement   21    38,977    20,700 
Revenu financier net   21    (11,443)   (10,967)
Actifs numériques obtenus   6    (49,423)   (29,208)
Produit de la vente d'actifs numériques obtenus   6    49,570    28,483 
Gain réalisé sur la disposition de biens numériques   6        (587)
Reprise de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques   6        (2,695)
Rémunération en actions   20    3,094    2,536 
Recouvrement d'impôts sur le revenu   15    (6,285)   (330)
Perte (gain) sur la disposition des biens, des installations et de l’équipement        (170)   1,566 
Interest and financial income received (expenses paid)        524    (2,099)
Impôts payés sur le revenu        (260)    
Variations des éléments non monétaires du fonds de roulement   23    (323)   (2,670)
Variation nette de la trésorerie liée aux activités opérationnelles        18,281    1,029 
                
Flux de trésorerie utilisés pour les activités d'investissement               
Acquisition d'immobilisations corporelles        (3,920)   (8,104)
Produit de la vente de biens immobiliers, d’installations et d’équipements        1,043    2,405 
Achat de titres négociables   21    (2,284)   (7,163)
Produit de la cession de titres négociables   21    2,622    9,334 
Paiements anticipés d'équipement et de construction        (74,015)    
Variation nette de la trésorerie liée aux activités d’investissement        (76,554)   (3,528)
                
Flux de trésorerie provenant des activités de financement               
Issuance of common shares   16    37,268    15,764 
Remboursement de la dette à long terme   13    (4,075)   (13,474)
Produit de la dette à long terme   13    1,695     
Remboursement des passifs de location   14    (779)   (1,394)
Exercice d'options d'achat d'actions et de bons de souscription   16, 20    6,027    47 
Variation nette des liquidités liées aux activités de financement        40,136    943 
                
Net decrease in cash        (18,137)   (1,556)
Cash, beginning of the period        84,038    30,887 
Écarts de taux de change sur la conversion monétaire        60    47 
Cash, end of the period        65,961    29,378 

 

Should be read in conjunction with the notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited)

 

 

NOTE 1: NATURE DES OPÉRATIONS

 

Bitfarms Ltd. was incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act on October 11, 2018 and continued under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) on August 27, 2021. The consolidated financial statements of the corporation comprise the accounts of Bitfarms Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (together referred to as the “Company” or “Bitfarms”). The common shares of the Company are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange (NASDAQ/TSX: BITF). Its registered office is located at 110 Yonge Street, Suite 1601, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5C 1T4.

 

The activities of the Company are mainly comprised of selling its computational power used for hashing calculations for the purpose of cryptocurrency mining in multiple jurisdictions as described in Note 22 “Geographical Information”. The Company’s operations are currently located in Canada, the United States, Argentina and Paraguay. Volta, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, assists the Company in building and maintaining its server farms and provides electrician services to both commercial and residential customers in Quebec.

 

Bitfarms owns and operates server farms comprised of computers (referred to as “Miners”) designed for the purpose of validating transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain (referred to as “Mining”). Bitfarms generally operates its Miners 24 hours a day to produce computational power used for hashing calculations (measured by hashrate) that Bitfarms sells to a Mining Pool under a formula-driven rate commonly known in the industry as Full Pay Per Share (“FPPS”). Under FPPS, Mining Pools compensate Mining companies for their computational power used for hashing calculations, measured through hashrate, based on what the Mining Pool would expect to generate in revenue for a given time period if there was no randomness involved. The fee paid by a Mining Pool to Bitfarms for its computational power used for hashing calculations may be in cryptocurrency, U.S. dollars, or another currency. However, the fees are generally paid to the Company on a daily basis in BTC. Bitfarms accumulates the cryptocurrency fees it receives or exchanges them for U.S. dollars through reputable and established cryptocurrency trading platforms.

 

Termes et définitions

 

Dans ces états financiers, les termes ci-dessous ont les définitions suivantes :

 

   Durée  Définition
1  Dorsale  Backbone Hosting Solutions Inc.
2  Volta  9159-9290 Québec Inc.
3  Backbone Argentine  Solutions d'hébergement Backbone SAU
4  Backbone Paraguay  Backbone Hosting Solutions Paraguay SA
5  Backbone Mining  Backbone Mining Solutions LLC
6  BTC  Bitcoin
7  BVVE  Équipement de vérification et de validation de la blockchain (principalement des mineurs)
8  CAD  Dollars canadiens
9  USD  Dollars américains
10  ARS  Pesos argentins

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited)

 

 

NOTE 2: LIQUIDITY

 

Bitfarms est principalement engagée dans l'industrie du minage de crypto-monnaies, une industrie hautement volatile soumise à un risque inhérent significatif. Les baisses des prix du marché des crypto-monnaies, l'augmentation de la difficulté de l'exploitation minière de la BTC, les retards dans la livraison de l'équipement minier, les changements dans l'environnement réglementaire et les changements défavorables dans d'autres risques inhérents peuvent avoir un impact significatif et négatif sur les opérations et les flux de trésorerie de la société et sur sa capacité à maintenir des liquidités suffisantes pour faire face à ses obligations financières. L'évolution défavorable des facteurs mentionnés ci-dessus a eu un impact sur la recouvrabilité des actifs numériques et des immobilisations corporelles de l'entreprise, ce qui a entraîné la comptabilisation de pertes de valeur.

 

The Company’s current operating budget and future estimated cash flows indicate that the Company will generate positive cash flow in excess of the Company’s cash commitments within the twelve-month period. These analyses are based on BTC market factors including price, difficulty and network hashrate for the twelve-month period following the date these interim condensed consolidated financial statements were authorized for issuance.

 

A BTC Halving is scheduled to occur once every 210,000 blocks, or roughly every four years, until the total amount of BTC rewards issued reaches 21 million, which is expected to occur around 2140. The most recent BTC Halving occurred on April 19, 2024, at which time BTC block rewards decreased from 6.25 BTC per block to 3.125 BTC per block. Once 21 million BTC are generated on or about the year 2140, the network will stop producing more BTC, and the industry will then need to rely on transaction fees and/or other sources of revenue. While BTC prices have had a history of significant fluctuations around BTC Halving events, there is no guarantee that the price change will be favorable or would compensate for the reduction in Mining rewards and the compensation from Mining Pools.

 

At current BTC prices, the Company’s existing cash resources and the proceeds from sales of its BTC treasury and BTC earned may not be sufficient to fund capital investments to support its growth objectives. If the proceeds from the sale of BTC are not sufficient, the Company would be required to raise additional funds from external sources to meet these requirements. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to raise such additional funds on acceptable terms, if at all.

 

If the Company raises additional funds by issuing securities, existing shareholders’ ownership in the Company may be diluted. If the Company is unable to obtain financing, including by issuing securities, or if funds from operations and proceeds from sales of the Company’s BTC holdings are negatively impacted by the BTC price, the Company may have difficulty meeting its payment obligations.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited)

 

 

NOTE 3: BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION

 

a.Basis of preparation and measurement

 

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements (“Financial Statements”) of the Company comprise the accounts of Bitfarms Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. These Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS Accounting Standards”) applicable to the preparation of interim financial statements, including International Accounting Standard 34, Interim Financial Reporting. These Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Directors on May 14, 2024.

 

These Financial Statements do not include all the information required for full annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Company and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

These Financial Statements have been prepared under the same accounting policies used in the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, except for new accounting standards issued and adopted by the Company which are described below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently by the Company’s entities and to all periods presented in these Financial Statements, unless otherwise indicated.

 

The Financial Statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, except for the revaluation of certain financial instruments and digital assets recorded at fair value, and assets held for sale measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited)

 

 

NOTE 3: BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION (Continued)

 

b.Nouveaux amendements comptables publiés et adoptés par la société

 

Les amendements suivants aux normes existantes ont été adoptés par la société à partir de janvier 1, 2024:

 

Modifications de l'IFRS 16, Contrats de location ( »IFRS 16") 

Les amendements à l'IFRS 16 exigent qu'un vendeur-preneur évalue ultérieurement les passifs de location résultant d'une cession-bail d'une manière qui ne comptabilise aucun montant de gain ou de perte lié au droit d'utilisation conservé. Les nouvelles dispositions n'empêchent pas un vendeur-preneur de comptabiliser en résultat tout gain ou perte lié à la résiliation partielle ou totale d'un contrat de location.

 

Amendements à l'IAS 1, Présentation des états financiers ( »IAS 1") 

Amendments to IAS 1 clarify how to classify debt and other liabilities as current or non-current. The amendments help to determine whether, in the interim consolidated statements of financial position, debt and other liabilities with an uncertain settlement date should be classified as current (due or potentially due to be settled within one year) or non-current. The amendments also include clarifying the classification requirements for debt that an entity might settle by converting into equity.

 

Les amendements à l'IAS 1 précisent que les clauses restrictives à respecter après la date de clôture n'affectent pas la classification de la dette en tant que dette courante ou non courante à la date de clôture. Au lieu de cela, les amendements exigent que de l'information sur ces engagements soient fournies dans les notes aux états financiers.

 

Amendements à l'IAS 7, Tableau des flux de trésorerie ( »IAS 7") et à l'IFRS 7, Instruments financiers : Information à fournir ( »IFRS 7")

Les amendements à l'IAS 7 et à l'IFRS 7 introduisent des exigences en matière d'information à fournir afin d'améliorer la transparence des accords de financement avec les fournisseurs et leurs effets sur les passifs, les flux de trésorerie et l'exposition au risque de liquidité d'une entité.

 

L'adoption par la société des amendements énumérés ci-dessus n'a pas eu d'impact significatif sur les états financiers de la société.

 

c.Nouvelles modifications comptables et normes publiées à adopter à une date ultérieure

 

Les amendements suivants aux normes existantes ont été publiés et sont applicables à la société pour son exercice annuel commençant le 1, 2025, une application anticipée étant autorisée :

 

Amendements à l'IAS 21, Effets des variations des cours des monnaies étrangères ( »IAS 21")

Les amendements à l'IAS 21 imposent à une entité d'appliquer une approche cohérente pour évaluer si une monnaie peut être échangée contre une autre monnaie et, si ce n'est pas le cas, pour déterminer le taux de change à utiliser et l'information à fournir.

 

La société évalue actuellement l'impact de l'adoption de ces amendements sur ses états financiers.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 3: BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION (Continued)

 

c.New accounting amendments and standard issued to be adopted at a later date (Continued)

 

The following new standard has been issued and is applicable to the Company for its annual period beginning on January 1, 2027, with an earlier application permitted:

 

IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements (“IFRS 18”)

On April 9, 2024, the International Accounting Standards Board issued IFRS 18, the new standard on presentation and disclosure in financial statements, which will replace IAS 1, with a focus on updates to the statement of profit or loss. The key new concepts introduced in IFRS 18 relate to:

the structure of the statement of profit or loss, including specified totals and subtotals;

required disclosures in the financial statements for certain profit or loss performance measures that are reported outside an entity’s financial statements (i.e., management-defined performance measures); and

enhanced principles on aggregation and disaggregation which apply to the primary financial statements and notes in general.

 

The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new standard on the Company’s Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 3: BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION (Continued)

 

d.Restatement

 

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company identified errors in its accounting for warrants issued in connection with certain private placement financings in 2021. The warrants and broker warrants are convertible for a fixed number of common shares of the Company but have a contingent cashless exercise clause which results in a classification of the warrants and broker warrants as a financial liability and measurement of such warrants at fair value through profit or loss, not equity.

 

The effects of the restatement on the affected financial statement line items for the prior period are as follows:

 

Interim consolidated statements of profit or loss and comprehensive profit or loss extract for the three months ended March 31, 2023 - Restatement

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2023 (tel que rapporté)   Warrant adjustments   2023 (après redressement) 
             
Perte d'exploitation   (14,997)       (14,997)
Revenu financier net (dépenses)   12,188    (1,221)   10,967 
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (2,809)   (1,221)   (4,030)
Recouvrement d'impôts sur le revenu   330        330 
Perte nette   (2,479)   (1,221)   (3,700)
Autres éléments du résultat global               
Article qui ne sera pas reclassé en profit ou perte :               
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt   1,225        1,225 
Perte globale totale, nette d'impôts   (1,254)   (1,221)   (2,475)
                
Perte par action               
De base et dilué   (0.01)   (0.01)   (0.02)

 

Interim consolidated statements of cash flows extract for the three months ended March 31, 2023 - Restatement

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2023 (tel que rapporté)   Warrant adjustments   2023 (après redressement) 
Flux de trésorerie liés aux activités d'exploitation               
Perte nette   (2,479)   (1,221)   (3,700)
Réajustements pour :               
Revenu financier net   (12,188)   1,221    (10,967)
Variation nette de la trésorerie liée aux activités opérationnelles   1,029        1,029 

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 4: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of the Financial Statements requires Management to undertake judgments, estimates and assumptions about recognition and measurement of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. These estimates and judgments are based on Management’s best knowledge of the events or circumstances and actions the Company may take in the future. The actual results may differ from these assumptions and estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to assumptions and estimates are recognized in the period in which the assumption or estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

 

The significant judgements made by Management in applying the Company’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those described in the audited annual consolidated financial statements for year ended December 31, 2023, except for the following:

 

Biens, installations et équipements

Les estimations des durées de vie utile, des valeurs résiduelles et des méthodes d'amortissement sont revues chaque année. Tout changement basé sur de l'information supplémentaire disponible est comptabilisé prospectivement comme un changement d'estimation comptable.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, in connection with the replacement of older Miners following the Company’s transformative fleet upgrade as described in Note 9 - Property, Plant and Equipment, the Company reviewed and adjusted the useful lives, residual values and method of depreciation of older Miners that will be replaced by the new fleet in 2024.

 

For these Miners, the depreciation was accelerated to bring the book value to the estimated recoverable value at the time they are expected to be replaced. The residual values were adjusted to reflect the expected proceeds from the eventual sale and the depreciation method was modified from sum-of-years to straight-line method.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 5: OTHER ASSETS

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   2024   2023 
Taxes de vente à recevoir*   1,138    805 
Inventaire des composants électriques   1,017    705 
Autres créances   1,437    689 
    3,592    2,199 

 

* Voir la note 21b pour plus de détails sur la provision appliquée à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) argentine à recevoir incluse dans les taxes de vente à recevoir.

 

NOTE 6: ACTIFS NUMÉRIQUES

 

BTC transactions and the corresponding values for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
   Quantité   Valeur   Quantité   Valeur 
Solde des actifs numériques, y compris les actifs numériques donnés en garantie, au mois de janvier 1,   804    33,971    405    6,705 
BTC gagnés*   943    49,423    1,297    29,208 
BTC échangé contre de l'argent et des services   (941)   (49,570)   (1,267)   (28,483)
Gain réalisé sur la cession d'actifs numériques**       11,063        587 
Variation du gain non réalisé sur la réévaluation des actifs numériques**.       12,655        4,362 
Balance of digital assets including digital assets pledged as collateral as of March 31,   806    57,542    435    12,379 
Less digital assets pledged as collateral as of March 31,***           (74)   (2,122)
Balance of digital assets excluding digital assets pledged as collateral as of March 31,   806    57,542    361    10,257 

 

* La direction estime la juste valeur des BTC gagnés sur une base quotidienne en multipliant la quantité de crypto-monnaie reçue par le prix coté sur Coinbase le jour où elle a été reçue. La direction considère les prix cotés sur Coinbase comme une donnée de niveau 2 selon la norme IFRS 13, Évaluation de la juste valeur.

 

** A portion of the realized gain on disposition of digital assets and the change in unrealized gain on revaluation of digital assets is presented in other comprehensive income after reversing previously recorded revaluation loss on digital assets in the statement of profit or loss. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, a gain of $17,433, net of $6,285 of deferred income tax expense, was presented in other comprehensive income (three months ended March 31, 2023: $1,225 and $442, respectively).

 

*** Refer to Note 13 for details of the Company’s long-term debt and BTC pledged as collateral. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the NYDIG Loan balance was fully repaid and the BTC previously pledged as collateral thereunder became unencumbered.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 7: DERIVATIVE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

Contrats d'option sur le BTC

Starting in the first quarter of 2023, the Company purchased BTC option contracts that gave it the right, but not the obligation, to sell digital assets at a fixed price. Option contracts are used to reduce the risk of BTC price volatility and reduce the variability of cash flows resulting from future sales of digital assets. The Company did not apply hedge accounting on these contracts.

 

Réconciliation de l'évaluation de la juste valeur des dérivés (niveau 2) :

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   2024   2023 
   Actifs dérivés   Passifs dérivés   Actifs dérivés   Passifs dérivés 
   three-month period   twelve-month period 
Solde au mois de janvier 1,   1,281             
Réévaluation comptabilisée dans le compte de résultat au cours de la période   2,490        28    20 
Achats   631        1,253    366 
Vente   (1,386)           (386)
Solde en fin de période   3,016        1,281     

 

The following gain or loss on derivatives are recognized in Net financial income in the interim consolidated statements of profit or loss and comprehensive profit or loss:

 

   Three months ended March 31, 
   2024   2023 
Variation non réalisée de la juste valeur des contrats en cours   2,128    (35)
Realized gain on settled contracts   362    70 
    2,490    35 

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 7: DERIVATIVE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Continued)

 

Passifs liés aux bons de souscription

The fair value of warrant liabilities is as follows:

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   2024   2023 
2023 placement privé   16,586    34,276 
2021 private placements   1,990    6,150 
    18,576    40,426 

 

In November 2023, the Company completed a private placement that included 22,222,000 warrants and 3,000,000 broker warrants to purchase common shares. The warrants and broker warrants are convertible for a fixed number of common shares of the Company but have a contingent cashless exercise clause which results in a classification of the warrants and broker warrants as a financial liability and measurement of such warrants at fair value through profit or loss recognized in Net financial income.

 

Les détails des bons de souscription en circulation sont les suivants :

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
   Nombre de
de bons de souscription
   Weighted
average exercise
price (USD)
   Nombre de
de bons de souscription
   Weighted
average exercise
price (USD)
 
Encours, janvier 1,   35,105,000    2.83    19,153,000    4.21 
Exercé   (5,111,000)   1.17         
Expiré   (121,000)   2.47         
Outstanding, March 31,   29,873,000    3.12    19,153,000    4.21 

 

The weighted average contractual life of the warrants as of March 31, 2024, was 1.1 years (March 31, 2023: 1.2 years).

 

On January 7, 2024, 96,000 broker warrants from the January 7, 2021 private placement expired and were derecognized, which resulted in a non-cash gain on revaluation of warrants of $61 included in Net financial income.

 

In February 2024, 5,000,000 warrants and 111,000 broker warrants related to the 2023 private placement were exercised resulting in the issuance of 5,111,000 common shares for proceeds of approximately $5,986.

 

On March 11, 2024, 25,000 warrants relating to the acquisition of the Garlock building in Quebec issued during the first quarter of 2022 expired. These warrants were recorded as equity instruments.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 7: DERIVATIVE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Continued)

 

Warrant liabilities (Continued)

The Black-Scholes model and inputs below were used in determining the weighted average values of the warrants and broker warrants prior to their derecognition as described in Note 16 and at period end.

 

2023 les bons de souscription et les bons de souscription de courtier

 

   Remeasurement on
settlement of warrants
   Réévaluation en fin de période 
Date d'évaluation  February 12 to 28,
2024
   Mars 31,
2024
   Décembre 31,
2023
 
Rendement du dividende (%)            
Volatilité attendue du prix de l'action (%)   87%   86%   91%
Taux d'intérêt sans risque (%)   4.67%   4.59%   4.23%
Durée de vie prévue des bons de souscription (années)   2.74    2.65    2.90 
Prix de l'action (CAD)   4.42    3.01    3.85 
Prix d'exercice (USD)   1.17    1.17    1.17 
Juste valeur des warrants (USD)   2.51    1.53    2.15 
Number of warrants outstanding (exercised)   (5,111,000)   10,841,000    15,952,000 

 

2021 les bons de souscription et les bons de souscription de courtier

 

   Réévaluation en fin de période 
Date d'évaluation  Mars 31,
2024
   Décembre 31,
2023
 
Rendement du dividende (%)        
Volatilité attendue du prix de l'action (%)   95%   82%
Taux d'intérêt sans risque (%)   4.59%   4.23%
Durée de vie prévue des bons de souscription (années)   0.21    0.46 
Prix de l'action (CAD)   3.01    3.85 
Prix d'exercice (USD)   4.21    4.20 
Juste valeur des warrants (USD)   0.10    0.32 
Nombre de bons de souscription en circulation   19,032,000    19,128,000 

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 8: ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

 

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, assets held for sale consisted of the following:

 

      As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   Notes  2024   2023 
Mineurs  i.   1,571    521 
Composants électriques pour l'industrie minière      401    867 
       1,972    1,388 

 

i.Mineurs détenus en vue de la vente

Le tableau suivant résume les mouvements des mineurs destinés à la vente :

 

    MicroBT
WhatsMiner M30
& M31 Miners
   Innosilicon T2T & T3,
Canaan Avalon A10
and Antminer T15 &
S15 Miners
   MicroBT
WhatsMiner
M20S Miners
   Bitmain S19j Pro
Mineurs
   Total 
    Qté   Valeur   Qté   Valeur   Qté   Valeur   Qté   Valeur   Qté   Valeur 
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2023         1,272   190   2,512   1,030         3,784   1,220 
Ajouts               1,848     198               300     205     2,148     403  
Dispositions                    (1,781)   (714)           (1,781)   (714)
Dépréciation            (3,120)   (388)                   (3,120)   (388)
Solde au mois de décembre 31, 2023                    731    316    300    205    1,031    521 
Ajouts    7,696    1,363                            7,696    1,363 
Dispositions                    (258)   (108)   (300)   (205)   (558)   (313)
Balance as of March 31, 2024    7,696    1,363            473    208            8,169    1,571 

 

a.S19j Pro Bitmain Miners

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 300 Bitmain S19j Pro Miners with a carrying amount of $205 and disposed of them for net proceeds of $205 resulting in no gain or loss.

 

b.MicroBT WhatsMiner M30 and M31 Miners

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company ceased using 2,775 MicroBT WhatsMiner M30 Miners and 4,921 MicroBT WhatsMiner M31 Miners and planned to dispose of them within the next 12 months.

 

c.MicroBT WhatsMiner M20S Miners

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 258 MicroBT WhatsMiner M20S Miners with a carrying amount of $108 and disposed of them for net proceeds of $34 resulting in a loss of $74. Management determined that the remaining MicroBT WhatsMiner M20S Miners continue to meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale as of March 31, 2024.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 9: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, property, plant and equipment (“PPE”) consisted of the following:

 

   Notes  BVVE and
electrical
components
   Mineral
assets
   Land and
buildings
   Leasehold
improvements
   Véhicules   Total 
coût                                 
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2024      354,803        5,740    50,728    1,262    412,533 
Ajouts      28,480        3,247    305    14    32,046 
Dispositions      (4)           (560)   (27)   (591)
Transfert vers les actifs détenus en vue de la vente  8   (24,875)                   (24,875)
Balance as of March 31, 2024      358,404        8,987    50,473    1,249    419,113 
                                  
Amortissement cumulé                                 
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2024      199,794        424    25,656    647    226,521 
Amortissement      37,028        38    1,012    39    38,117 
Dispositions      (3)           (423)   (16)   (442)
Transfert vers les actifs détenus en vue de la vente  8   (23,403)                   (23,403)
Dépréciation des dépôts transférés en PPE      553                    553 
Balance as of March 31, 2024      213,969        462    26,245    670    241,346 
                                  
Net book value as of March 31, 2024      144,435        8,525    24,228    579    177,767 

 

      BVVE and
electrical
components
   Mineral
assets
   Land and
buildings
   Leasehold
improvements
   Véhicules   Total 
coût                            
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2023       308,205    9,000    4,392    45,278    1,082    367,957 
Ajouts       63,598        1,348    5,924    272    71,142 
Ajouts liés à l'acquisition d'actifs       13            30        43 
Dispositions       (7,325)   (9,000)       (5)   (92)   (16,422)
Transfert vers les actifs détenus en vue de la vente   8   (9,688)                   (9,688)
Effet de la modification du taux d'actualisation                   (499)       (499)
Solde au mois de décembre 31, 2023       354,803        5,740    50,728    1,262    412,533 
                                   
Amortissement cumulé                                  
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2023       120,097    6,000    270    21,636    526    148,529 
Amortissement       77,551        154    3,556    194    81,455 
Dispositions       (5,756)   (9,000)       (5)   (73)   (14,834)
Transfert vers les actifs détenus en vue de la vente   8   (8,418)                   (8,418)
Dépréciation       1,882    3,000                4,882 
Dépréciation des dépôts transférés en PPE       14,438            469        14,907 
Solde au mois de décembre 31, 2023       199,794        424    25,656    647    226,521 
                                   
Valeur comptable nette au mois de décembre 31, 2023       155,009        5,316    25,072    615    186,012 

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 9: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Continued)

 

BVVE

Further details of the quantity and models of BTC BVVE held by the Company as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are as follows :

 

   Notes   MicroBT
WhatsMiner*
   Bitmain
S19j Pro
   Bitmain
T21
   Total 
Quantité à partir de janvier 1, 2024        51,738    16,361        68,099 
Ajouts        100        2,982    3,082 
Dispositions        (258)   (300)       (558)
Quantity as of March 31, 2024        51,580    16,061    2,982    70,623 
Classés comme actifs détenus en vue de la vente   8    (8,169)           (8,169)
Présenté en tant qu'immobilisations corporelles        43,411    16,061    2,982    62,454 

 

* Includes 473 M20S classified as assets held for sale, 36,018 M30 of which 2,775 M30 are classified as assets held for sale, 12,517 M31 of which 4,921 M31 are classified as assets held for sale and 2,572 M50 Miners.

 

Voir la note 8 pour plus de détails sur les actifs détenus en vue de la vente.

 

   Notes   MicroBT
WhatsMiner*
   Bitmain
S19j Pro
   Innosilicon
T3 & T2T
   Bitmain
S19XP
   Total 
Quantité à partir de janvier 1, 2023        45,375    7,172    5,711        58,258 
Ajouts        8,281    9,289        409    17,979 
Dispositions        (1,918)   (100)   (5,711)   (409)   (8,138)
Quantité au mois de décembre 31, 2023        51,738    16,361            68,099 
Classés comme actifs détenus en vue de la vente   8    (731)   (300)           (1,031)
Présenté en tant qu'immobilisations corporelles        51,007    16,061            67,068 

 

* Includes 731 M20S classified as assets held for sale, 36,018 M30S, 12,517 M31S and 2,473 M50 Miners.

 

Voir la note 8 pour plus de détails sur les actifs détenus en vue de la vente.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 9: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Continued)

 

Changes in the useful life, residual value and depreciation method of certain BVVE

i.Contexte

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company exercised its purchase option for 28,000 Bitmain T21 Miners and entered into purchase agreements to acquire 19,280 Bitmain T21 Miners, 3,888 Bitmain S21 Miners and 740 Bitmain S21 hydro Miners. Refer to Note 11 for more details. The Company intends to liquidate its older Miners that are expected to be replaced with the Bitmain T21 Miners, Bitmain S21 Miners, Bitmain S21 hydro Miners and other hydro Miners.

 

ii.Accelerated depreciation

The older Miners will remain in service until the new Miners are installed to replace them. The Company has changed the usage and the retention strategy of the older Miners and, accordingly, revised their specific useful life, residual value and depreciation method.

 

The changes are summarized as follows:

decreasing the specific useful life of the older Miners from 5 years to 2 years to reflect their eventual disposal in 2024;
decreasing the residual values to reflect the expected proceeds from the eventual disposals; and
accelerating the depreciation method from sum-of-years over 5 years to straight-line method over 2 years to represent the change in pattern in which their future economic benefits are expected to be consumed by the Company.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded accelerated depreciation of $18,503 on its older Miners. These assets are expected to be depreciated to their residual values by the end of 2024.

 

The decision to replace the older Miners, as well as a review of the useful life, residual value and depreciation method were indicators for impairment testing. As a result, the Company performed evaluations of the recoverable amount of the assets for operating the cryptocurrency mining facilities in Quebec, Washington State, Argentina and Paraguay separately. Based on its calculations, which were based on discounted cash flow models, the Company determined that no impairment loss should be recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 10: INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

   Logiciels de systèmes   Access rights to
electricity
   Total 
coût            
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2024   5,150    3,801    8,951 
Ajouts       912    912 
Balance as of March 31, 2024   5,150    4,713    9,863 
                
Amortissement cumulé               
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2024   5,138    113    5,251 
Amortissement   4    62    66 
Balance as of March 31, 2024   5,142    175    5,317 
                
Net book value as of March 31, 2024   8    4,538    4,546 

 

   Logiciels de systèmes   Access rights to
electricity
   Total 
coût            
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2023   5,150        5,150 
Ajouts liés à l'acquisition d'actifs       3,801    3,801 
Solde au mois de décembre 31, 2023   5,150    3,801    8,951 
                
Amortissement cumulé               
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2023   5,117        5,117 
Amortissement   21    113    134 
Solde au mois de décembre 31, 2023   5,138    113    5,251 
                
Valeur comptable nette au mois de décembre 31, 2023   12    3,688    3,700 

 

Additions related to access rights to electricity

In April 2023, the Company received approval from the power supplier in Washington State for a 6 MW expansion. During the second quarter of 2023, the Company began constructing an additional production facility on Company-owned land and paid $912 to the power supplier for establishing the connection, which was capitalized as long-term deposits, equipment, prepayments and other. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the power supplier established the electricity connection, allowing the Company to access the 6 MW of hydro power capacity. As a result, the balance of $912 was reclassified from long-term deposits, equipment, prepayments and other to intangible assets.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 10: INTANGIBLE ASSETS (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the access rights to electricity:

 

Année  emplacement  Additions to intangibles ($)   Capacité supplémentaire    Durée des droits d'accès contractuels  Méthode et période d'amortissement
2024  Washington State, USA   912   6 MW    Pas de date de fin  Un équilibre en baisse 4%
       912   6 MW        
                    
2023  Baie-Comeau, Québec   2,315   22 MW    Pas de date de fin  Linéaire sur la durée du bail de l'installation
2023  Paso Pe, Paraguay   1,065   50 MW *  Finissant en décembre 31, 2027  Linéaire sur la période des droits d'accès
2023  Yguazu, Paraguay   421   100 MW    Finissant en décembre 31, 2027  Linéaire sur la période des droits d'accès
       3,801   172 MW        
                    
           178 MW        

 

* In November 2023, the Company finalized an amendment to the existing contract for an additional 20 MW of energy capacity for a total capacity of 70 MW.

 

NOTE 11: LONG-TERM DEPOSITS, EQUIPMENT PREPAYMENTS, COMMITMENTS AND OTHER

 

      As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
      2024   2023 
Dépôts de garantie pour l'énergie, l'assurance et le loyer      5,331    4,901 
Paiements anticipés d'équipement et de construction  a   88,285    39,813 
       93,616    44,714 

 

a.Paiements anticipés d'équipement et de construction

 

Le tableau suivant détaille les paiements anticipés relatifs à l'équipement et à la construction :

 

      As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
      2024   2023 
Crédits miniers  i.       11,330 
Bitmain T21 Miners Purchase Order and Purchase Option  ii.   66,333    16,912 
Mars 2024 Bon de commande  iii.   8,718     
Autres composants électriques et BVVE  iv.   4,963    4,400 
Travaux de construction et matériaux  v.   8,271    7,171 
       88,285    39,813 

 

i.Crédits miniers

In December 2022, the Company renegotiated its previous purchase agreements for 48,000 Miners by extinguishing the outstanding commitments of $45,350 without penalty and establishing a $22,376 credit for deposits previously made. The Company received $3,279 of Miners, reducing the outstanding credit balance to $19,097 of as December 31, 2022, which was fully utilized during 2023 for the acquisition of hydro Miners and hydro containers. These items were received or in transit during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and the long-term deposit balance was reduced to nil upon the transfer to property, plant and equipment.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 11: LONG-TERM DEPOSITS, EQUIPMENT PREPAYMENTS, COMMITMENTS AND OTHER (Continued)

 

a.Equipment and construction prepayments (Continued)

 

ii.Bitmain T21 Miners Purchase Order and Purchase Option

During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company placed a firm purchase order for 35,888 Bitmain T21 Miners (the “Purchase Order’’) totaling $95,462 with deliveries scheduled from March 2024 to May 2024 and made a non-refundable deposit of $9,464. In addition, the Company secured a purchase option for an additional 28,000 Bitmain T21 Miners (the “Purchase Option’’) totaling $74,480 and made a non-refundable deposit of $7,448. This Purchase Option gives the Company the right, exercisable until December 31, 2024, but not the obligation, to purchase, up to 28,000 additional Bitmain T21 Miners.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company made additional deposits of $57,356 towards the Purchase Order, of which approximately 3,000 Bitmain T21 Miners with a book value of $7,935 were received or in transit. During the same period, the Company also fully exercised the Purchase Option with deliveries scheduled from September 2024 to October 2024. As of March 31, 2024, the deposit balance for the Purchase Order and the Purchase Option was $66,333.

 

iii.Mars 2024 Bon de commande

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company purchased an additional 19,280 Bitmain T21 Miners, 3,888 Bitmain S21 Miners and 740 Bitmain S21 Hydro Miners (collectively defined as the “March 2024 Purchase Order’’) for $51,285, $13,608 and $4,338, respectively, with deliveries scheduled from April 2024 to November 2024. The Company made a deposit of $8,718 for the March 2024 Purchase Order during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

 

iv.Autres composants électriques et BVVE

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had deposits for other BVVE and electrical components in the amount of $4,963.

 

v.Travaux de construction et matériaux

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had deposits for construction work and materials in the amount of $8,271, mainly for the Paraguay expansions.

 

b.Engagements

 

The Company’s remaining payment obligations in connection with the Purchase Order, the Purchase Option and the March 2024 Purchase Order are outlined below:

 

   As of
March 31,
 
   2024 
Trois mois se terminant en juin 30, 2024   39,528 
Trois mois se terminant en septembre 30, 2024   85,889 
Trois mois se terminant en décembre 31, 2024   30,772 
    156,189 

 

If the Company is unable to meet its payment obligations, it could result in the loss of equipment prepayments and deposits paid by the Company under the Purchase Order and remedial legal measures being taken against the Company, which may result in damages payable by the Company and forced continuance of the contractual arrangement. Under such circumstances, the Company’s growth plans and ongoing operations could be adversely impacted.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 11: LONG-TERM DEPOSITS, EQUIPMENT PREPAYMENTS, COMMITMENTS AND OTHER (Continued)

 

c.Passif éventuel

 

Sur le site Web 2021, la société a importé dans l'État de Washington des mineurs dont le vendeur, situé en Chine, affirmait qu'ils provenaient de Malaisie. Au début de l'année 2022, le service des douanes et de la protection des frontières des États-Unis a contesté l'origine des mineurs, affirmant qu'ils avaient été fabriqués en Chine, et a notifié à la société l'évaluation potentielle d'un droit d'importation américain de 25% .

 

During the third quarter of 2023, the Company submitted the supporting documentation to U.S. Customs and Border Protection in defense of its position that the Miners were manufactured outside China and the associated custom duties in the amount of $9,424 do not apply. While the final outcome of this matter is uncertain at this time, Management has determined it is not probable that it will result in a future cash outflow for the Company, and, as such, no provision was recorded as of March 31, 2024.

 

NOTE 12: TRADE PAYABLES AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   2024   2023 
Dettes commerciales et charges à payer   10,669    9,077 
Envois de fonds du gouvernement   13,219    11,662 
    23,888    20,739 

 

NOTE 13: Dette à long terme

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   2024   2023 
Building financing   1,642     
financement d'équipement       4,022 
Total de la dette à long terme   1,642    4,022 
Moins la partie à court terme de la dette à long terme   (151)   (4,022)
Partie non courante de la dette à long terme   1,491     

 

L'évolution de la dette à long terme est la suivante :

 

   As of
March 31,
   As of
December 31
 
   2024   2023 
   three-month period   twelve-month period 
Solde au mois de janvier 1,   4,022    47,147 
Émission de dettes à long terme   1,695     
Paiements   (4,147)   (33,233)
Gain sur l'extinction de la dette à long terme       (12,580)
Intérêts sur la dette à long terme   72    2,688 
Solde en fin de période   1,642    4,022 

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 13: LONG-TERM DEBT (Continued)

 

a.Building financing

 

During three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold its Garlock building in Sherbrooke, Quebec for $1,695 and immediately leased it back for 10 years. Since the lease agreement included a substantive repurchase option of the building in a form of a call option, the Company has not transferred the control of the asset to the buyer, and the transaction does not qualify as a sale. Accordingly, it is accounted for as a financing arrangement for the proceeds received from the buyer, and the building continues to be recognized as property, plant and equipment of the Company.

 

b.Activité de financement de l'équipement

 

Repayment of NYDIG Loan

In June 2022, Backbone entered into an equipment financing agreement, referred to as the NYDIG Loan”, for gross proceeds of $36,860 collateralized by 10,395 WhatsMiner M30S Miners. The net proceeds received by the Company were $36,123, net of origination and closing fees of $737. As part of the agreement, the Company was required to maintain in a segregated wallet an approximate quantity of BTC whose value equates to at least one month of interest and principal payments on the outstanding loan. The pledged BTC was held in a segregated Coinbase Custody account and owned by the Company unless there was an event of default under the NYDIG Loan.

 

During three months ended March 31, 2024, the NYDIG Loan balance was fully repaid, and the Company’s Miners collateralizing the loan and BTC pledged as collateral became unencumbered.

 

Remboursement des prêts à la fonderie #2, #3 et #4

En avril et mai 2021, la société a conclu quatre accords de prêt pour l'acquisition de 2,465 WhatsMiner Miners appelés « prêts de fonderie #1, #2, #3 et #4. » Au cours de l'année 2022, le prêt de la fonderie n°1 est arrivé à échéance et a été entièrement remboursé. En janvier 2023, les montants en principal des prêts restants de Foundry #2, #3 et #4 ont été entièrement remboursés avant leur date d'échéance, avec renonciation aux pénalités de remboursement anticipé pour un montant total de829.

 

Règlement du prêt avec BlockFi Lending LLC ( »BlockFi »)

In February 2022, Backbone Mining entered into an equipment financing agreement for gross proceeds of $32,000 collateralized by 6,100 Bitmain S19j Pro Miners referred to as the BlockFi Loan. The net proceeds received by the Company were $30,994 after capitalizing origination, closing and other transaction fees of $1,006.

 

En décembre 2022, Backbone Mining a cessé d'effectuer des paiements échelonnés, ce qui a constitué un manquement à l'accord de prêt, et le prêt BlockFi a été classé comme courant.

 

On February 8, 2023, BlockFi and the Company negotiated a settlement of the loan in its entirety with a then- outstanding debt balance of $20,330 for cash consideration of $7,750, discharging Backbone Mining of all further obligations and resulting in a gain on extinguishment of long-term debt of $12,580 recognized in Net financial expenses (income) in the consolidated statements of profit or loss and comprehensive profit or loss during the three months ended March 31, 2023. Upon settlement, all of Backbone Mining’s assets, including the 6,100 Miners collateralizing the loan, were unencumbered.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 14: LEASER

 

Set out below are the carrying amounts of the Company’s right-of-use (ROU”) assets and lease liabilities and their activity during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and the year ended December 31, 2023:

 

   Locaux loués
locaux
   Véhicules   autres
équipement
   Total ROU
actifs
   Dettes de location
passif
 
Au 31 janvier 2024   13,762    544    9    14,315    15,850 
Ajouts et extensions d'actifs ROU       91        91    91 
Amortissement   (742)   (61)   (5)   (808)    
Résiliation de bail   (373)           (373)   (518)
Paiements                   (1,085)
Intérêt                   306 
Change                   (335)
En date du 31 mars 2024   12,647    574    4    13,225    14,309 
Moins la partie à court terme des dettes de location                       (2,126)
Portion non courante des dettes de location                       12,183 

 

   Locaux loués
locaux
   Véhicules   autres
équipement
   Total ROU
actifs
   Dettes de location
passif
 
Au 31 janvier 2023   15,694    265    405    16,364    17,864 
Ajouts et extensions d'actifs ROU   1,020    534        1,554    1,553 
Reclassement en immobilisations corporelles           (364)   (364)    
Amortissement   (2,952)   (213)   (32)   (3,197)    
Résiliation de bail       (42)       (42)   (23)
Paiements                   (5,025)
Gain sur l'extinction de dettes de location                   (255)
Intérêt                   1,391 
Change                   345 
Au 31 décembre 2023   13,762    544    9    14,315    15,850 
Moins la partie à court terme des dettes de location                       (2,857)
Portion non courante des dettes de location                       12,993 

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 15: INCOME TAXES

 

Impôts reportés

 

Deferred taxes are computed at a tax rate of 26.5% based on tax rates expected to apply at the time of realization. Deferred taxes relate primarily to the timing differences on recognition of expenses relating to the depreciation of fixed assets, loss carryforwards and professional fees relating to the Company’s equity activity that are recorded as a reduction of equity.

 

As at March 31, 2024, the Company has analyzed the recoverability of its deferred tax assets and has concluded that it is not more likely than not that sufficient taxable profit is expected to utilize these deferred tax assets.

 

Recouvrement (charge) d'impôt sur le revenu courant et différé

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
Charge d'impôt courant :          
Année en cours       (112)
Année précédente        
        (112)
           
Deferred tax recovery:          
Année en cours   6,285    442 
Année précédente        
    6,285    442 
    6,285    330 

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 16: SHARE CAPITAL

 

actions ordinaires

The Company’s authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had 356,292,000 issued and outstanding common shares (December 31, 2023: 334,153,000).

 

i.At-The-Market Equity Offering Program (“ATM Program”)

Bitfarms commenced an at-the-market equity offering program on March 11, 2024 (the “2024 ATM Program”), pursuant to which the Company may, at its discretion and from time-to-time, sell common shares of the Company, resulting in the Company receiving aggregate gross proceeds of up to $375,000.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company issued 16,997,000 common shares in the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $39,341 at an average share price of approximately $2.31. The Company received net proceeds of $38,107 after paying commissions of $1,180 to the sales agent for the 2024 ATM Program and $54 in other transaction costs. The Company capitalized $839 of professional fees and registration expenses to initiate the 2024 ATM Program.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company issued 15,940,000 common shares in the 2021 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $16,360 at an average share price of approximately $1.03. The Company received net proceeds of $15,764 after paying commissions of $548 to the sales agent for the 2021 ATM Program and $47 in other transaction costs.

 

ii.options sur actions

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, option holders exercised stock options to acquire 31,000 common shares (three months ended March 31, 2023: 122,000) resulting in proceeds of approximately $41 (three months ended March 31, 2023: $47) being paid to the Company.

 

iii.bons de souscription

In February 2024, 5,000,000 warrants and 111,000 broker warrants related to the 2023 private placement were exercised resulting in the issuance of 5,111,000 common shares for proceeds of approximately $5,986.

 

The Black Scholes model and the inputs described in Note 7 were used in determining the values of the warrants and broker warrants prior to their derecognition, which resulted in a non-cash loss on revaluation of warrants of $1,836 included in Net financial income.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 17: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

Catégories d'évaluation et juste valeur

Financial assets and financial liabilities have been classified into categories that determine their basis of measurement. The following tables show the carrying values and the fair value of assets and liabilities for each of the applicable categories:

 

      As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
Mesures  2024   2023 
Actifs financiers au coût amorti           
Liquidités  Niveau 1   65,961    84,038 
Créances commerciales  Niveau 3   729    714 
Autres créances  Niveau 3   1,437    689 
              
Actifs financiers à la juste valeur par le biais du compte de résultat             
Actifs dérivés  Niveau 2   3,016    1,281 
Total de la valeur comptable et de la juste valeur      71,143    86,722 
              
Passifs financiers au coût amorti             
Dettes commerciales et charges à payer  Niveau 3   10,669    9,077 
Dette à long terme  Niveau 2   1,642    4,022 
              
Passifs financiers à la juste valeur par le biais du compte de résultat             
Passifs liés aux bons de souscription  Niveau 2   18,576    40,426 
Total de la valeur comptable et de la juste valeur      30,887    53,525 
              
Valeur comptable nette et juste valeur      40,256    33,197 

 

Les valeurs comptables des créances commerciales, des autres créances, des dettes commerciales et des charges à payer ainsi que des dettes à long terme présentées dans le tableau ci-dessus sont une approximation raisonnable de leur juste valeur.

 

Contrats d'option sur le BTC

La juste valeur des contrats d'option est classée au niveau 2 dans la hiérarchie des justes valeurs et est présentée dans les actifs et passifs dérivés dans les états consolidés de la situation financière lorsqu'il y a un contrat en cours à la fin de la période. Leur juste valeur est une mesure récurrente. La juste valeur des instruments financiers dérivés reflète généralement les montants estimés que l'entreprise recevrait ou payerait, en tenant compte du risque de crédit de la contrepartie ou du risque de crédit de l'entreprise à chaque date de clôture. La société utilise des données de marché telles que les contrats à terme sur les options BTC pour estimer la juste valeur des contrats d'option à chaque date de clôture.

 

Passifs liés aux bons de souscription

Warrant liabilities related to the 2021 and 2023 private placements are classified as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss with the change in fair value recorded to Net financial income. The fair value measurement is categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy, is a recurring measurement and is calculated using a Black-Scholes pricing model at each reporting date.

 

Refer to Note 7 for more details.

 

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NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 18: TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES WITH RELATED PARTIES

 

Le tableau suivant détaille les soldes à payer aux parties liées :

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   2024   2023 
Dettes commerciales et frais à payer        
Rémunération des directeurs   116    112 
Senior management remuneration   1,614     
Plan d'intéressement des administrateurs et des cadres supérieurs   46    1,567 
    1,776    1,679 

 

Les montants dus aux parties liées ne sont pas garantis, ne portent pas intérêt et sont payables sur demande.

 

Transactions avec des parties liées

In March 2024, the Board of Directors elected to terminate the employment agreement of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). It was planned that the CEO would depart upon completion of an executive search and would lead the Company during the interim. A termination payment under the CEO’s employment agreement totaling $1,614 is expected to be paid after the CEO’s departure. However, the final amount of the termination payment has not yet been agreed to by the Company and the CEO and may be subject to change. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, $1,614 was accrued and included in Trade payables and accrued liabilities (as of December 31, 2023: nil).

 

The transaction described above occurred in the normal course of operations and recognized in profit or loss under General and administrative expenses.

 

NOTE 19: NET LOSS PER SHARE

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, potentially dilutive securities have not been included in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their effect is anti-dilutive. The additional potentially dilutive securities that would have been included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share, had their effect not been anti-dilutive for the three months ended March 31, 2024, would have totaled approximately 16,035,000 (three months ended March 31, 2023: 3,577,000).

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 20: SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

 

The share-based payment expense related to stock options and restricted stock units (“RSU”) for employees, directors, consultants and former employees received was as follows:

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
Plans de paiement fondés sur des actions et réglés en instruments de capitaux propres   3,094    2,536 

 

Options

Les détails des options d'achat d'actions en circulation sont les suivants :

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
   Nombre d'options
Options
   Weighted
Average
Exercise Price ($CAD)
   Nombre d'options
Options
   Weighted
Average
Exercise Price ($CAD)
 
Encours, janvier 1,   20,939,000    2.41    21,804,000    3.47 
Exercé   (31,000)   1.85    (122,000)   0.52 
Confisqué   (105,000)   2.95         
Annulé           (10,535,000)   5.40 
Expiré           (15,000)   2.45 
Outstanding, March 31,   20,803,000    2.41    11,132,000    1.68 
Exercisable, March 31,   9,911,000    1.79    2,286,000    0.48 

 

The weighted average contractual life of the stock options as of March 31, 2024 was 3.8 years (March 31, 2023: 3.9 years).

 

Restricted Share Units (“RSU’’)

Les détails des RSU sont les suivants :

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
   Number of
RSUs
   Weighted
Average
Grant Price ($CAD)
   Number of
RSUs
   Weighted Average
Grant Price ($CAD)
 
Encours, janvier 1,   625,000    4.05    400,000    2.98 
Accordé   175,000    2.95         
Outstanding, March 31,   800,000    3.81    400,000    2.98 

 

On March 28, 2024, the Board of Directors approved the grant of 175,000 RSUs (three months ended March 31, 2023: nil) to certain members of senior management, which vest 50% after approximately one month from the grant date and an additional 25% every 6 months. The value of the RSUs on the grant date was $2.17 per RSU.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 21: ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO THE STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE PROFIT OR LOSS

 

Coût des revenus

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
Énergie et infrastructures   (21,314)   (17,027)
Dépréciation et amortissement   (38,977)   (20,700)
Achats de composants électriques   (387)   (320)
Salaires et charges sociales des électriciens   (321)   (356)
    (60,999)   (38,403)

 

Dépenses générales et administratives

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
Salaires et paiements fondés sur des actions   (9,141)   (5,157)
Services professionnels   (1,658)   (1,878)
Assurances, droits et autres   (1,957)   (974)
Voyage, véhicule à moteur et repas   (246)   (178)
Hébergement et télécommunications   (78)   (92)
Publicité et promotion   (116)   (81)
    (13,196)   (8,360)

 

Revenu financier net

 

      Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   Notes  2024   2023
(restated - Note 3d)
 
Gain (loss) on revaluation of warrants      9,040    (1,221)
Gain sur les actifs et passifs dérivés      2,490    35 
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables  a   338    2,171 
Gain sur extinction de dettes à long terme et passifs locatifs          12,835 
Revenus d'intérêts      680    266 
Perte de change      (61)   (270)
Intérêts sur la dette à long terme      (72)   (1,251)
Charge de provision sur la créance de TVA  B   (65)   (1,009)
Intérêts sur les dettes de location      (306)   (369)
Autres charges financières      (601)   (220)
       11,443    10,967 

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 21: ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO THE STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE PROFIT OR LOSS (Continued)

 

Net financial income (Continued)

 

a.Gain sur la vente des titres négociables

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company funded its expansion in Argentina through the acquisition of marketable securities and the in-kind contribution of those securities to the Company’s subsidiary in Argentina. The subsequent disposition of those marketable securities in exchange for Argentine Pesos gave rise to a gain as the amount received in ARS exceeds the amount of ARS the Company would have received from a direct foreign currency exchange.

 

b.Charge de provision sur la créance de TVA

Due to the political and economic uncertainties in Argentina, the Company is uncertain when, or if at all, the Argentine VAT receivable will be settled. As a result, the Company has recorded a provision to reduce the Argentine VAT receivable to nil. The provision is classified within Net financial income during the three months ended March 31, 2024. Prior to October 1, 2023, the Argentine VAT not expected to be settled within the next 12 months was classified as a long-term receivable in Note 11 with the short-term portion included in sales tax receivable in Note 5.

 

NOTE 22: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

 

Segment déclarable

Les secteurs d'activité sont identifiés sur la base d'information qui sont révisées par le principal décideur opérationnel ( »CODM ») afin de prendre des décisions sur les ressources à allouer et d'évaluer les performances. En conséquence, à des fins de gestion, la société est organisée en segments opérationnels basés sur les produits et les services de ses unités d'affaires et a un segment important à déclarer, le minage de crypto-monnaie, qui est l'exploitation de fermes de serveurs qui prennent en charge la validation et la vérification des transactions sur la blockchain BTC, gagnant de la crypto-monnaie pour fournir ces services, comme décrit dans la note 1.

 

Revenus

Les revenus* par pays sont les suivants :

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
Canada   32,138    23,489 
Argentine   11,576    1,296 
ÉTATS-UNIS   4,887    3,891 
Paraguay   1,716    1,374 
    50,317    30,050 

 

*Revenues are presented based on the geographical contribution of computational power used for hashing calculations (measured by hashrate) or sales to external customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company earned 98% and 97% of its revenues, respectively, from one Mining pool. The Company has the ability to switch Mining Pools or to mine independently at any time.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except data relating to number of PPE, shares, warrants, options and digital assets - unaudited) 

 

 

NOTE 22: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (Continued)

 

Biens, installations et équipements

La valeur comptable nette des immobilisations corporelles par pays est la suivante :

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
   2024   2023 
Canada   78,618    101,454 
Argentine   50,598    54,657 
ÉTATS-UNIS   15,902    18,154 
Paraguay   32,649    11,747 
    177,767    186,012 

 

NOTE 23: ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO THE STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023 
Variations des éléments du fonds de roulement :        
(Augmentation) diminution des créances commerciales, nettes   (15)   327 
Diminution (augmentation) des autres actifs courants   885    (1,161)
Increase in deposits   (1,670)   (1,821)
Augmentation des dettes commerciales et des charges à payer   550    97 
Decrease in taxes payable   (73)   (112)
    (323)   (2,670)
Transactions importantes sans effet de trésorerie :          
Ajout d'actifs ROU, d'immobilisations corporelles et de passifs de location connexes   91    215 
Acquisition d'immobilisations corporelles financées par des crédits à court terme   3,142    1,416 
Paiements anticipés d'équipements réalisés en tant qu'acquisitions d'immobilisations corporelles   26,717    4,714 

 

NOTE 24: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

2024 ATM Program

During the period from April 1, 2024 to May 14, 2024, the Company issued 42,155,000 common shares through the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $85,167 at an average share price of approximately $2.02. The Company received net proceeds of $82,477 after paying commissions of $2,690 to the sales agent. Refer to Note 16 for further details of the Company’s 2024 ATM program.

 

Canadian Sales Tax Refund

In April 2024, the Company received a positive ruling from the tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company will once again be refunded. Between February 5, 2022, the date on which the new tax legislation was enacted, and April 2024, the Company filed monthly sales tax claims totaling approximately $23,703 (CAD$32,000) that were not paid to the Company. The refund of sales taxes relates to sales taxes charged on various expenditures including, but not limited to electricity costs, cost of property, plant and equipment, professional services, etc.

 

Passif éventuel

As described in Note 18, in March 2024, as a result of the Company’s decision to terminate the CEO’s employment, a termination payment of $1,614 was accrued during the three months ended March 31, 2024 based on the terms of the CEO’s employment agreement, and classified in trade payables and accrued liabilities. On May 10, 2024, the CEO filed a Statement of Claim in the Superior Court of Ontario against the Company claiming damages for breach of contract, wrongful dismissal and aggravated and punitive damages for a total amount of $26,676. The Company believes the claims are without merit and intends to defend itself vigorously against the claims. Such matters are inherently uncertain, and there can be no guarantee that the outcome of any such matter will be decided favorably to the Company. The loss, if any, is not estimable at this time and Management does not believe the outcome of this matter will have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

 

Yguazu Power Purchase Agreement Amendment

On May 13, 2024, the Company amended its power purchase agreement (“PPA”) for its future Yguazu facility in Paraguay to increase the contracted power from 100 MW to 200 MW beginning on January 1, 2025. The Company is required to pay security deposits totaling $16,245 between June 2024 and January 2025 for future electricity consumption. The security deposits paid to the energy supplier are refundable at the end of the contract term in December 2027 assuming the Company draws power based on the agreed upon schedule and is not in breach of other clauses in the PPA.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

For the three months ended March 31, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

Premier trimestre

2024

 

 

 

 

BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1. Introduction 3
2. Company Overview 4
3. Faits saillants financiers 5
4. First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Operational Highlights 6
5. Production and Mining Operations 7
6. Expansion Projects 8
7. Financial Performance 13
8. Selected Quarterly Information 19
9. Mesures et ratios financiers non conformes aux IFRS et autres mesures 20
10. Liquidity and Capital Resources 27
11. Financial Position 35
12. Instruments financiers 37
13. Related Party Transactions 37
14. Restatement 37
15. Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting 38
16. Recent and Subsequent Events 39
17. Capital action 40
18. Regulatory Compliance 41
19. Risk Factors 43
20. Significant Accounting Estimates 43
21. Material Accounting Policy Information and New Accounting Policies 43
22. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 43
23. Cautionary Note Regarding Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios 45
24. Informations supplémentaires 45
25. Glossaire des termes 46

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

1. INTRODUCTION

 

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis (the “MD&A”) for Bitfarms Ltd. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Bitfarms”) has been prepared as of May 14, 2024. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Company’s first quarter 2024 unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and its accompanying notes (the “Financial Statements”), the Company’s 2023 audited annual consolidated financial statements and its accompanying notes (the “2023 Annual Financial Statements”) and the Company’s Annual Information Form dated March 6, 2024 (the “2023 AIF”), which are available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.

 

The Company’s Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS Accounting Standards”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), including IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting. The Company’s Financial Statements and this MD&A are reported in thousands of US dollars and US dollars, respectively, except where otherwise noted.

 

Bitfarms’ management team (“Management”) is responsible for the preparation and integrity of the Financial Statements including the maintenance of appropriate information systems, procedures and internal controls. Management is also responsible for ensuring that information disclosed externally, including the Financial Statements and MD&A, is complete and reliable.

 

The Company utilizes a number of non-IFRS financial measures and ratios in assessing operating performance. Non-IFRS financial measures and ratios may exclude the impact of certain items and are used internally when analyzing operating performance. Refer to Section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios and Section 23 - Cautionary Note Regarding Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios of this MD&A for more information.

 

This MD&A contains forward-looking statements. Refer to the risk factors described in Section 19 - Risk Factors of this MD&A and in Section 19 - Risk Factors of the Company’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2023, dated March 6, 2024 and to Section 22 - Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements of this MD&A for more information. This MD&A contains various terms related to the Company’s business and industry which are defined in Section 25 - Glossary of Terms of this MD&A.

 

In this MD&A, the following terms shall have the following definitions:

 

Durée Définition
Q1 2024 Three months ended March 31, 2024
Q1 2023 Three months ended March 31, 2023
S1 2024 Six months ended June 30, 2024
S2 2024 Six months ended December 31, 2024

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

2. COMPANY OVERVIEW

 

Founded in 2017, Bitfarms (Nasdaq/TSX: BITF) is a global, publicly traded Bitcoin mining company. Bitfarms runs vertically integrated mining operations with an in-house management system and company-owned electrical engineering, installation service, and onsite technical repair. The Company’s proprietary data analytics system delivers best-in-class operational performance and uptime.

 

Bitfarms owns and operates server farms comprised of computers (referred to as “Miners”) designed for the purpose of validating transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain (referred to as “Mining”). Bitfarms generally operates its Miners 24 hours a day to produce computational power used for hashing calculations (measured by hashrate) that Bitfarms sells to a Mining Pool under a formula-driven rate commonly known in the industry as Full Pay Per Share (“FPPS”). Under FPPS, Mining Pools compensate Mining companies for their computational power used for hashing calculations, measured through hashrate, based on what the Mining Pool would expect to generate in revenue for a given time period if there was no randomness involved. The fee paid by a Mining Pool to Bitfarms for its computational power used for hashing calculations may be in cryptocurrency, U.S. dollars, or another currency. However, the fees are generally paid to the Company on a daily basis in bitcoin (“BTC”). Bitfarms accumulates the cryptocurrency fees it receives or exchanges them for U.S. dollars through reputable and established cryptocurrency trading platforms.

 

Bitfarms currently has 12 Bitcoin Mining facilities and one under development situated in four countries: Canada, the United States, Paraguay and Argentina. Powered predominately by environmentally friendly hydro-electric and long-term power contracts, Bitfarms is committed to using sustainable and often underutilized energy infrastructure.

 

The Company’s ability to operate and secure power through its production sites is summarized as follows:

 

Country   Operating power
as of May 14, 2024
    Contracted power
as of May 14, 2024
 
Canada   159 MW    180 MW 1, 2
États-Unis   17 MW    21 MW 2
Paraguay   10 MW    280 MW 2
Argentine   54 MW    210 MW 2
    240 MW    691 MW  

 

 

1 The Company has secured the rights for 10 MW of hydro-electricity in the province of Quebec but does not currently have an expansion plan for those 10 MW of power. Bitfarms is continuing its efforts to search for economically viable properties for the available 10 MW of hydro-electricity.
2 Refer to section 6 - Expansion Projects for details on the timing of the remaining MW not yet operational.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

3. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(3) 
Revenus   50,317    30,050 
Perte brute   (10,682)   (8,353)
Marge brute (1)   (21)%   (28)%
Perte d'exploitation   (23,708)   (14,997)
Marge d’exploitation (1)   (47)%   (50)%
Perte nette   (5,980)   (3,700)
Basic and diluted loss per share   (0.02)   (0.02)
Bénéfice de minage brut (2)   29,312    12,026 
Gross Mining margin (2)   59%   41%
EBITDA ajusté (2)   21,007    6,364 
Marge EBITDA ajustée (2)   42%   21%

 

    As of
March 31,
    Depuis le
Décembre 31,
 
    2024    2023 
TOTAL DES ACTIFS   426,473    378,725 
Current financial liabilities   29,396    53,525 
Non-current financial liabilities   1,491     
Long-term debt included in financial liabilities   1,642    4,022 

 

There have not been any distributions or cash dividends declared per share for the periods disclosed above.

 

 

1 Gross margin and Operating margin are supplemental financial ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios.
2 Gross Mining profit, Gross Mining margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-IFRS measures or ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios.
3 Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to Section 14 - Restatement.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

4. FIRST QUARTER 2024 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

Financier

Revenues of $50.3 million, gross loss of $10.7 million (gross margin1 of negative 21%) including non-cash depreciation and amortization expense of $39.0 million, operating loss of $23.7 million (operating margin1 of negative 47%), and net loss of $6.0 million;
Gross Mining profit2 of $29.3 million (59% Gross Mining margin2); and
Adjusted EBITDA2 of $21.0 million (42% Adjusted EBITDA margin2).

 

Opérations

Earned 943 BTC at an average direct cost of $20,500 per BTC2 or an average total cash cost of $30,300 per BTC2 and held 806 BTC valued at approximately $57.5 million as of March 31, 2024; and
Sold 941 BTC at an average price of $52,700 per BTC for total proceeds of $49.6 million, a portion of which was used to fully repay equipment-related indebtedness and pay capital expenditures.

 

Expansions

Exercised an option to purchase for 28,000 Bitmain T21 Miners; and
Purchased an additional 19,280 Bitmain T21 Miners along with 3,888 Bitmain S21 Miners and 740 Bitmain S21 hydro Miners with expected deliveries in 2024.

 

Paraguay

Received and installed the main transformer of 80 MW at the Paso Pe facility;
Purchased land for development of the planned 100 MW Yguazu facility;
Signed engineering procurement and construction contract for the high-voltage interconnection to the Administración Nacional de Electricidad (“ANDE”) substation and to the transmission line for the Yguazu facility; and
Signed purchase agreements for long lead-time equipment for the Yguazu facility.

 

Canada

Installed the first 1,400 Bitmain T21 Miners at the Farnham, Quebec facility.

 

Financing

Commenced an at-the-market equity offering program on March 11, 2024 (“2024 ATM Program”);
Raised $38.1 million in net proceeds through the Company’s 2024 ATM Program;
Paid off in full the remaining $4.0 million of equipment-related indebtedness; and
Entered into a sale and leaseback agreement to monetize the value of the Garlock facility and received net proceeds of $1.7 million to be allocated towards the Company’s expansion plans.

 

 

1 Gross margin and Operating margin are supplemental financial ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios.
2 Gross Mining profit, Gross Mining margin, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Direct Cost per BTC and Total Cash Cost per BTC are non-IFRS measures or ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

5. PRODUCTION AND MINING OPERATIONS

 

Indicateurs clés de performance

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023   Changement en pourcentage 
Total des BTC obtenus   943    1,297    (27)%
Average Watts/Average TH efficiency*   35    38    (8)%
BTC vendu   941    1,267    (26)%

 

*Average Watts represents the average energy consumption of deployed Miners

 

Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023

943 BTC earned in Q1 2024, compared to 1,297 BTC earned in Q1 2023, representing a decrease of 27% as a result of an 93% increase in average network difficulty, partially offset by an increase in hashrate from the Company’s expansions and certain upgrades to its Miner fleet;
35 average Watts/average TH efficiency in Q1 2024, compared to 38 average Watts/average TH efficiency in Q1 2023, representing an improvement of 8% due to the Company upgrading its fleet with more efficient Miners; and
941 BTC sold in Q1 2024, compared to 1,267 BTC in Q1 2023. The proceeds were used in part to fund operations and repay equipment financing indebtedness.

 

   Depuis le 31 mars, 
   2024   2023   Changement en pourcentage 
EH/s d’opérations en fin de période   6.5    4.8    35%
Capacité des opérations de fin de période (MW)   240    188    28%
Hydroélectricité (MW)   186    178    4%
Hydro power proportion of period-end operating capacity   78%   95%   (17)%

 

As of March 31, 2024 v. as of March 31, 2023

6.5 EH/s online as of March 31, 2024, compared to 4.8 EH/s online as of March 31, 2023, an increase of 35%, as a result of the Company’s expansions in Rio Cuarto (Argentina) and Baie-Comeau (Quebec), as well as the upgrade of its Miner fleet;
240 MW operating capacity as of March 31, 2024, compared to 188 MW operating capacity as of March 31, 2023, an increase of 28%, as a result of the installation of approximately 13,400 Miners in Rio Cuarto from Q2 2023 to Q1 2024 (resulting in an additional 44 MW) and the expansion in Baie-Comeau (resulting in an additional 11 MW); and
186 MW hydro power as of March 31, 2024, compared to 178 MW hydro power as of March 31, 2023, an increase of 4% as a result of the Company’s expansion in Baie-Comeau and representing 78% of the Company’s total operating energy capacity at March 31, 2024.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

6. EXPANSION PROJECTS

 

The Company has described its expansion plans below under the sections entitled “Paraguay Expansion”, “Canada Expansion”, “Washington Expansion” and “Argentina Expansion”. These expansion projects only include updates for 2024. For background or historical information on these expansions, refer to the Company’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2023, dated March 6, 2024 and the 2023 AIF.

 

As of March 31, 2024, the Company operated 6.5 EH/s, an increase of 1.7 EH/s compared to Q1 2023, with the installation of additional Miners in Baie-Comeau, Québec, and Rio Cuarto, Argentina. On April 12, 2024, the Company achieved 7.0 EH/s. Through its expansion projects and the investment in its transformative fleet upgrade, the Company is executing towards its targets of 12 EH/s and 25 w/TH by end of the second quarter of 2024 and 21 EH/s and 21w/TH by the end of 2024.

 

The following table summarizes the operating and targeted operating EH/s:

 

(Period-end operating hashrate in EH/s)  As of
March 31,
   As of
April 30,
   Target   Target 
Pays  2024   2024   S1 2024   S2 2024 
Canada   4.0    4.5    6.6    8.1 
Argentine   1.6    1.6    1.6    2.5 
Paraguay   0.3    0.3    3.1    9.5 
ÉTATS-UNIS   0.6    0.6    0.7    0.9 
    6.5    7.0    12.0    21.0 

 

The most recent BTC halving event occurred on April 19, 2024, and the Company continues to prudently explore further opportunities to expand its infrastructure and improve its Mining hardware to increase the Company’s hashrate and Miner efficiency.

 

Cautionary statements

The estimated costs and timelines to achieve these expansion plans may change based on, among other factors, the supply and cost of Bitcoin Mining equipment, the ability to import equipment into countries where it operates in a cost-effective manner, the supply of electrical and other supporting infrastructure equipment, the availability of construction materials, currency exchange rates, the impact of geopolitical events or global health related issues such as pandemics on the supply chains described above, and the Company’s ability to fund its initiatives. Adding reliable, environmentally-friendly hydro power is part of the Company’s strategy to expand cost-effectively its operating footprint. The Company’s expansion plans rely on a consistent supply of electricity at cost-effective rates; refer to Section 18 - Risk Factors (Section Economic Dependence on Regulated Terms of Service and Electricity Rates Risks) of the Company’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2023, dated March 6, 2024 for further details, including a description of these and other factors.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

6. EXPANSION PROJECTS (Continued)

 

Transformative Fleet Upgrade

The transformative fleet upgrade solidifies the Company’s 2024 expansion strategy. Securing additional Miners is a key part of the Company’s strategy to capitalize on increasing Bitcoin prices and to drive rapid and meaningful improvements across three key operating metrics: hashrate, energy efficiency and operating costs per TH.

 

On November 27, 2023, the Company placed a firm purchase order for 35,888 Bitmain T21 Miners (the “Purchase Order”) totaling $95.5 million, or $14/TH, with deliveries scheduled from March 2024 to May 2024. In addition, the Company secured a purchase option for an additional 28,000 Bitmain T21 Miners (the “Purchase Option”) for an aggregate purchase price of $74.5 million, or $14/TH.

 

On March 11, 2024, the Company exercised the Purchase Option. The Company also purchased an additional 19,280 Bitmain T21 Miners for $14/TH, 3,888 Bitmain S21 Miners and 740 Bitmain S21 hydro Miners for $17.50/TH for an aggregate purchase price of $69.2 million (collectively defined as the “March 2024 Purchase Order”). The March 2024 Purchase Order, combined with the recent investment in Miners and expansion plan for 2024, is expected to enable the Company to reach 21 EH/s and 21w/TH in 2024 without redeploying its older Miners, which the Company intends to liquidate to help offset the cost of new Miners.

 

As of March 31, 2024, the Company paid $83.0 million towards these new orders with remaining payments of $156.2 million to be made in 2024. The Company commenced the 2024 ATM Program on March 11, 2024, enabling the Company to access liquidity of up to $375.0 million, with the intention to use the proceeds primarily on capital expenditures to support the Company’s growth and development. Refer to Section 10A - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Cash Flows from Financing Activities.

 

The following table details the status of the new Miner orders as of April 30, 2024:

 

DATE  Order  Quantité   Type of Miners  Miners Energized   Hashrate (EH/s)1   Remaining Miners 
Q4 2023  Bon de commande   35,888   Bitmain T21   4,900    0.9    30,988 
Q1 2024  Purchase Option   28,000   Bitmain T21           28,000 
Q1 2024  Mars 2024 Bon de commande   19,280   Bitmain T21           19,280 
       3,888   Bitmain S21           3,888 
       740   Bitmain S21 hydro           740 
       87,796       4,900    0.9    82,896 

 

 

1 The hashrate is based on the Miner specifications stated in the purchase agreements and the Company’s actual realized hashrate may differ.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

6. EXPANSION PROJECTS (Continued)

 

A.Paraguay Expansion

 

Paso Pe 2024 update

In March 2024, construction of the facility progressed as planned with the reception and installation of the primary 80 MW capacity transformer and the finalization of underground cable connections.

 

In April 2024, approximately 600 WhatsMiner M53S Miners were installed and housed within a portion of the eight Hydro Containers. The Company also received and installed approximately 2,900 Bitmain T21 air-cooled Miners.

 

In May 2024, the substation was commissioned, and the Company anticipates having 70 MW operational by June 30, 2024.

 

The cost of developing the expanded 50 MW of air-cooled warehouse, constructing the substation capable of accommodating the total energy requirement, and the installation of the high voltage lines is estimated to range from $25.0 million to $28.0 million, excluding the cost of the power purchase agreement guarantees required by ANDE, the operator of Paraguay national electricity grid, for securing monthly electricity purchase payment obligations.

 

Upon completion, the Company expects Paso Pe to contribute approximately 3.2 EH/s with an expected efficiency of 24 w/TH.

 

Yguazu 2024 update

In January 2024, the Company purchased the land for the 100 MW Yguazu facility to provide sufficient infrastructure to achieve the 21.0 EH/s target by the end of 2024.

 

In February and March 2024, the Company signed purchase agreements for major long-lead equipment and significant contracts including the engineering procurement and construction contract for the high-voltage interconnection to the ANDE substation and to the transmission line to energize the new 100 MW hydro-powered project.

 

In April 2024, the Company started construction of the Yguazu facility and expects to complete the facility during the fourth quarter of 2024. The cost of developing the 100 MW facility and the installation of the high voltage lines is estimated to range from $34.0 million to $37.0 million, excluding the cost of the power purchase agreement guarantees required by ANDE.

 

On May 13, 2024, the Company amended its power purchase agreement for the Yguazu facility to increase the contracted power from 100 MW to 200 MW beginning on January 1, 2025. The Company expects to complete the build out of the infrastructure for the additional 100 MW before June 30, 2025. The cost of developing the additional 100 MW is estimated to range from $23.0 million to $25.0 million, excluding the cost of the power purchase agreement guarantees required by ANDE.

 

Position as of March 31, 2024

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had placed deposits of $2.7 million and $3.5 million with suppliers for construction costs and for electrical components, respectively. As of March 31, 2024, property, plant and equipment included $24.8 million related to the Paso Pe facility, including warehouse and infrastructure equipment costs.

 

2024 plan

The Company expects to complete construction of its Paso Pe and Yguazu facilities and install its new T21 Miners and WhatsMiner M53S Miners during 2024, which will increase the Paraguay online hashrate from 0.3 EH/s to 3.1 EH/s by June 30, 2024, and 9.5 EH/s by December 31, 2024.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

6. EXPANSION PROJECTS (Continued)

 

B.Canada Expansion

 

Canada 2024 plan

As part of the Miner upgrade and expansion initiatives, the Company expects to install new Miners at its facilities in Canada during 2024 with new T21 Miners and WhatsMiner M53S Miners, which is expected to increase the online hashrate from 4.0 EH/s to 6.6 EH/s by June 30, 2024 and 8.1 EH/s by December 31, 2024.

 

Canada 2024 update

In March and April 2024, the Company installed approximately 1,700 Bitmain T21 Miners and 100 WhatsMiner M53S Miners in the Farnham facility. The installation of Miners added a net 0.2 EH/s after removing older Miners.

 

In March 2024, the Company entered into a sale leaseback agreement for the Garlock facility and received net proceeds of $1.7 million.

 

In April 2024, approximately 3,200 Bitmain T21 Miners were installed in the Garlock facility, adding a net 0.3 EH/s after removing older Miners, and approximately 2,200 Bitmain T21 Miners were installed in the Bunker facility.

 

Baie-Comeau 2024 plan

The Company plans to commission the second 11 MW during the second half of 2024 after local grid infrastructure improvements have been completed by the third quarter of 2024. The Company expects the total cost to be approximately $9.2 million, including $3.9 million for the leasehold improvements, which will include construction of a new building and $2.5 million for the electrical infrastructure.

 

Baie-Comeau position as of March 31, 2024

The Company has $4.5 million of property, plant and equipment at the Baie-Comeau facility, including infrastructure equipment that was repurposed from other facilities.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

6. EXPANSION PROJECTS (Continued)

 

C.Washington Expansion

 

2024 plan

The Company expects to complete the upgrade of a portion of its current fleet of miners in Washington during Q2 2024 and Q4 2024 with new T21 Miners, which will increase the online hashrate from 0.6 EH/s to 0.7 EH/s by September 30, 2024 and 0.9 EH/s by December 31, 2024.

 

2024 update

In January 2024, in connection with the construction of the new 6 MW facility, the Company elected to cancel the lease of a 5 MW facility in Washington State in order to transfer Miners from the leased facility to the newly constructed facility on Company owned property. In April 2024, the cancellation of the lease was effective.

 

In February 2024, the power supplier established the electricity connection allowing the Company, subject to the completion of the civil work, to access the 6 MW of hydro power capacity.

 

The Company anticipates completing construction of the 6 MW facility by the end of the third quarter of 2024. The total cost of construction is estimated to be approximately $2.1 million, including the $0.9 million paid in 2023 to the power supplier for establishing the connection.

 

In March 2024, approximately 300 Bitmain T21 Miners were received at the current operating facility and installed in April 2024.

 

D.Argentina Expansion

 

2024 plan

The Company expects to upgrade its current fleet of miners in Rio Cuarto during Q4 2024 with new T21 Miners, which is expected to increase the online hashrate from 1.6 EH/s to 2.5 EH/s by December 31, 2024.

 

The Company retains the option, subject to the receipt of additional government approvals, to expand the Rio Cuarto operation to the full contracted amount of 210 MW. Due to the ongoing political and economic uncertainty, the Company is not yet in a position to determine when or if construction of additional infrastructure in Argentina will commence. The Company will monitor general macroeconomic conditions and the evolution of the new government administration’s economic program in assessing its expansion plans in the country.

 

Position as of March 31, 2024

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had placed deposits of $3.9 million with suppliers for existing and additional construction work. Overall, in Argentina, the Company has acquired $63.6 million of property, plant and equipment, incurred $0.3 million of expenditures relating to design and feasibility studies and recorded cumulative gains on the disposition of marketable securities of $70.4 million associated with the mechanism to convert funds into Argentine Pesos for disbursements.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

 

Consolidated Financial & Operational Results

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(3)   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Revenus   50,317    30,050    20,267    67%
Coût des revenus   (60,999)   (38,403)   (22,596)   59%
Perte brute   (10,682)   (8,353)   (2,329)   28%
Marge brute (1)   (21)%   (28)%        
                     
Dépenses d'exploitation                    
Dépenses générales et administratives   (13,196)   (8,360)   (4,836)   58%
Gain réalisé sur la disposition de biens numériques       587    (587)   (100)%
Reprise de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques       2,695    (2,695)   (100)%
Gain (perte) sur la disposition d’immobilisations et de matériel   170    (1,566)   1,736    111%
Perte d'exploitation   (23,708)   (14,997)   (8,711)   58%
Marge d’exploitation (1)   (47)%   (50)%        
                     
Revenu financier net   11,443    10,967    476    4%
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (12,265)   (4,030)   (8,235)   204%
                     
Recouvrement d'impôts sur le revenu   6,285    330    5,955    nm 
Perte nette   (5,980)   (3,700)   (2,280)   62%
                     
Perte de base et diluée par action (en dollars américains)   (0.02)   (0.02)        
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt   17,433    1,225    16,208    nm 
Total du résultat global (perte nette), net d’impôt   11,453    (2,475)   13,928    563%
                     
Bénéfice de minage brut (2)   29,312    12,026    17,286    144%
Gross Mining margin (2)   59%   41%        
EBITDA (2)   26,410    18,024    8,386    47%
Marge d'EBITDA (2)   52%   60%        
EBITDA ajusté (2)   21,007    6,364    14,643    230%
Marge EBITDA ajustée (2)   42%   21%        

 

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1 Gross margin and Operating margin are supplemental financial ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios.
   
2 Gross Mining profit, Gross Mining margin, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-IFRS measures or ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios.
   
3 Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to Section 14 - Restatement.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

A.Revenus

 

Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023

 

Revenues were $50.3 million in Q1 2024, compared to $30.1 million in Q1 2023, an increase of $20.3 million, or 67%.

 

The most significant factors impacting the increase in Bitfarms’ revenues in Q1 2024, compared to Q1 2023, are presented in the table below. Revenues increased mostly due to the increase in average Bitfarms’ BTC hashrate and average BTC price, partially offset by lower BTC earned as a result of the increase in network difficulty.

 

(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  Note   BTC   $   Changement en pourcentage 
BTC and revenues, including Volta, for the three months ended March 31, 2023        1,297    30,050     
Impact of increase in network difficulty during Q1 2024 as compared to Q1 2023   1    (794)   (41,651)   (139)%
Impact of increase in average Bitfarms’ BTC hashrate during Q1 2024 as compared to Q1 2023   2    440    23,083    77%
Impact of difference in average BTC price in Q1 2024 as compared to Q1 2023   3         38,783    129%
Other Mining variance and change in Volta             52    —% 
BTC and revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2024        943    50,317    67%

 

Notes  
1 Calculated as the difference in BTC earned in Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2023, based on the change in network difficulty, multiplied by Q1 2024 average BTC price
2 Calculated as the difference in BTC earned in Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2023, based on the change in Bitfarms’ average BTC hashrate, multiplied by Q1 2024 average BTC price
3 Calculated as the difference in average BTC price in Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2023 multiplied by BTC earned in Q1 2023

 

The following tables summarize the Company’s revenues and average hashrate by country:

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Canada   32,138    23,489    8,649    37%
Argentine   11,576    1,296    10,280    793%
ÉTATS-UNIS   4,887    3,891    996    26%
Paraguay   1,716    1,374    342    25%
    50,317    30,050    20,267    67%

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(Average hashrate in EH/s except where indicated)  2024   2023   Changement   Changement en pourcentage 
Canada   3.7    3.5    0.2    6%
Argentine   1.4    0.2    1.2    600%
ÉTATS-UNIS   0.6    0.6        %
Paraguay   0.2    0.2        %
    5.9    4.5    1.4    31%

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

A.Revenues (Continued)

 

Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023 (Continued)

 

Bitfarms earned the majority of its revenues from its Canadian operations in Q1 2024, which accounted for 64% of total revenues, compared to 78% in Q1 2023. The Company’s operations in Argentina, USA and Paraguay accounted for 23%, 10% and 3% of total revenues in Q1 2024, respectively, compared to 4%, 13% and 5% in Q1 2023, respectively.

 

In Q1 2024, revenues from the Company’s operations in Canada, Argentina and Paraguay increased by $8.6 million, $10.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, compared to Q1 2023. The increases are due to the average hashrate increase of the Canada and Argentina operations of 0.2 EH/s or 6% and 1.2 EH/s or 600%, respectively and the increase in average BTC price, partially offset by the increase in network difficulty. Revenues from the USA operations increased by $1.0 million in Q1 2024 as compared to Q1 2023 due to the increase in average BTC price, partially offset by the impact of the increase in network difficulty.

 

B.Cost of Revenues

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Énergie et infrastructures   (21,314)   (17,027)   (4,287)   25%
Dépréciation et amortissement   (38,977)   (20,700)   (18,277)   88%
Achats de composants électriques   (387)   (320)   (67)   21%
Salaires et charges sociales des électriciens   (321)   (356)   35    (10)%
    (60,999)   (38,403)   (22,596)   59%

 

Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023

 

Bitfarms’ cost of revenues for Q1 2024 was $61.0 million, compared to $38.4 million for Q1 2023. The increase in cost of revenues was mainly attributable to:

A $18.3 million increase in non-cash depreciation and amortization expense mainly due to accelerated depreciation of the older Miners that are expected to be replaced through the transformative fleet upgrade as the Company will progressively install new Miners in 2024. Refer to Note 9 - Property, Plant and Equipment to the Financial Statements.
A $4.3 million, or 25%, increase in energy and infrastructure expenses, mainly due to the Company adding new Miners, which increased energy utilization to an average of 214 MW during Q1 2024 versus 170 MW for the same period in 2023, partially offset by lower average energy rates in Q1 2024, resulting in an increase in total electricity costs of $3.2 million. The availability and pricing of energy may be negatively affected by governmental or regulatory changes in energy policies in the countries, provinces and states where the Company operates.
A $1.3 million assessment on Washington State Business & Occupancy tax on gross receipts covering the periods between the fourth quarter of 2021 and Q1 2024, included in energy and infrastructure expenses, during Q1 2024 compared to nil in Q1 2023.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

C.Dépenses générales & administratives

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Salaires et paiements fondés sur des actions   (9,141)   (5,157)   (3,984)   77%
Services professionnels   (1,658)   (1,878)   220    (12)%
Assurances, droits et autres   (1,957)   (974)   (983)   101%
Voyage, véhicule à moteur et repas   (246)   (178)   (68)   38%
Hébergement et télécommunications   (78)   (92)   14    (15)%
Publicité et promotion   (116)   (81)   (35)   43%
    (13,196)   (8,360)   (4,836)   58%

 

Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023

 

Bitfarms’ general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses were $13.2 million in Q1 2024, compared to $8.4 million for Q1 2023. The increase of $4.8 million, or 58%, in G&A expense was largely due to:

A $3.3 million increase in salaries and wages due to the increase in the Company’s headcount in Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2023 to support global expansion as well as merit, market-based adjustments and cost of living salary increases, and the expected Chief Executive Officer’s (“CEO”) termination payment. A termination payment under the CEO’s employment agreement totaling $1.6 million is expected to be paid after the CEO’s departure. However, the final amount of the termination payment has not yet been agreed to by the Company and the CEO and may be subject to change.
A $1.0 million increase in insurance, duties and other due to increases of property and liability insurance as a result of expanded infrastructure and larger number of Miners deployed as well as increases in property taxes, taxes and permits and software and licenses to support the global expansion.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

D.Revenu financier net

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Gain (loss) on revaluation of warrants   9,040    (1,221)   10,261    840%
Gain sur les actifs et passifs dérivés   2,490    35    2,455    nm 
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables   338    2,171    (1,833)   (84)%
Gain sur extinction de dettes à long terme et passifs locatifs       12,835    (12,835)   (100)%
Revenus d'intérêts   680    266    414    156%
Perte de change   (61)   (270)   209    (77)%
Intérêts sur la dette à long terme   (72)   (1,251)   1,179    (94)%
Charge de provision sur la créance de TVA   (65)   (1,009)   944    (94)%
Intérêts sur les dettes de location   (306)   (369)   63    (17)%
Autres charges financières   (601)   (220)   (381)   173%
    11,443    10,967    476    4%

 

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Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023

 

Bitfarms’ net financial income was $11.4 million for Q1 2024, compared to $11.0 million for Q1 2023. The $0.5 million increase was primarily related to:

A $10.3 million change in gain (loss) on revaluation of warrants due to the decrease in the fair value of the warrant liabilities for the 2021 and 2023 private placements in Q1 2024 compared to the increase in the fair value of the warrant liabilities for the 2021 private placements in Q1 2023.
A $2.5 million increase in gain on derivative assets and liabilities mainly due to the unrealized change in fair value of outstanding BTC option contracts under the Synthetic HODL program of digital assets which began in October 2023. The related gain is attributable to the increase in the BTC price during Q1 2024. Refer to Section 10B - Liquidity and Capital Resources (Synthetic HODL program of digital assets) for more details.
A $1.2 million decrease in interest expense due to (i) the extinguishment in February 2023 of the BlockFi Loan that commenced on February 18, 2022 as described below and (ii) the NYDIG Loan that commenced on June 15, 2022 and was fully repaid in February 2024.
A $0.9 million decrease in provision expense on VAT receivable due to the Company writing off the Argentine VAT receivable balance to nil as a result of the political and economic uncertainties in Argentina during the fourth quarter of 2023. During Q1 2024, the Argentine VAT receivable continued to be written off to nil for the same reasons but to a lesser extent as the carrying amount of VAT receivable was already minimal in Q1 2024.

 

 

1 Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to Section 14 - Restatement.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

D.Net financial income (Continued)

 

Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023 (Continued)

 

The increase was partially offset by:

A $12.8 million gain on extinguishment of long-term debt and lease liabilities during Q1 2023. In February 2023:
BlockFi and the Company negotiated a settlement of the loan in its entirety for cash consideration of $7.8 million, resulting in a gain on extinguishment of long-term debt of $12.6 million; and
The Company negotiated a modification to its lease agreement with Reliz Ltd. (where BlockFi was the lender to Reliz Ltd.) in order to settle its outstanding lease liability of $0.4 million for a payment of $0.1 million. As a result, a gain on extinguishment of lease liabilities was recognized in the amount of $0.3 million.
A $1.8 million decrease in the gain on disposition of marketable securities due to less funds being sent to Argentina in Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2023 as the capital expenditures related to the first facility were mostly paid in 2022 and 2023. The Company has been utilizing a mechanism since Q3 2021 to fund its Argentina expansion through the acquisition of marketable securities and in-kind contribution of those securities to its wholly-owned Argentinian subsidiary that it controls. The subsequent disposition of those marketable securities in exchange for Argentine Pesos gave rise to a gain as the equivalent amount received in Argentine Pesos exceeded the amount of Argentine Pesos the Company would have received from a direct foreign currency exchange.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

8. SELECTED QUARTERLY INFORMATION

 

Comparative figures have been restated and will be corrected in subsequently filed quarterly financial statements, refer to Section 14 - Restatement.

 

(U.S. $ in thousands except earnings per share)  Q1 2024   Q4 2023   Q3 2023   Q2 2023   Q1 2023   Q4 2022   Q3 2022   Q2 2022 
Revenus   50,317    46,241    34,596    35,479    30,050    27,037    33,247    41,815 
Perte nette   (5,980)   (57,159)   (16,507)   (26,670)   (3,700)   (13,084)   (82,728)   (106,395)
Basic net loss per share   (0.02)   (0.19)   (0.06)   (0.11)   (0.02)   (0.06)   (0.39)   (0.52)
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (12,265)   (57,537)   (16,106)   (26,764)   (4,030)   (12,893)   (87,453)   (125,711)
Charges d’intérêts et (revenus)   (302)   91    368    846    1,354    3,071    3,221    4,492 
Dépréciation et amortissement   38,977    21,790    21,767    20,528    20,700    20,777    20,720    17,857 
EBITDA (1)   26,410    (35,656)   6,029    (5,390)   18,024    10,955    (63,512)   (103,362)
Marge d'EBITDA (1)   52%   (77)%   17%   (15)%   60%   41%   (191)%   (247)%
Rémunération en actions   3,094    3,906    2,011    2,462    2,536    3,795    3,961    7,927 
(Gain) perte réalisé(e) sur la cession d'actifs numériques               587    (587)   28,567    44,329    77,880 
(Reprise de) perte de réévaluation des actifs numériques       (1,183)   1,183        (2,695)   (23,284)   (45,655)   70,475 
Gain sur extinction de dettes à long terme et passifs locatifs                   (12,835)            
Dépréciation (reprise) sur les dépôts prépayés à court terme, les paiements anticipés d'équipement et de construction, les biens, les installations et l'équipement et les actifs liés au droit d'utilisation       2,270        9,982        (8,903)   84,116     
Dépréciation du « goodwill »                               17,900 
(Gain) perte sur réévaluation des bons de souscription   (9,040)   37,874    (2,196)   1,189    1,221    (3,759)   (2,080)   (35,523)
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables   (338)   (999)   (4,120)   (4,955)   (2,171)   (7,317)   (13,690)   (19,705)
Frais financiers nets et autres   881    7,722    3,696    3,846    2,871    1,761    2,809    4,134 
EBITDA ajusté (1)   21,007    13,934    6,603    7,721    6,364    1,815    10,278    19,726 
Adjusted EBITDA margin (1)   42%   30%   19%   22%   21%   7%   31%   47%

 

Although the BTC Mining industry experiences volatility, it is not generally subject to seasonality or seasonal effects. Seasonal fluctuations in energy supply, however, may impact the Company’s operations. The majority of the Company’s operations during the above periods were in Quebec, where power was sourced directly from Hydro-Quebec, Hydro-Magog, Hydro-Sherbrooke and the City of Baie-Comeau. The Company also had operations in Washington State that were powered by the Grant County Power Utility District as well as operations in Paraguay that were powered by Compañía de Luz y Fuerza S.A (“CLYFSA”). In Q3 2022, the Company began operations in Argentina. The production facility in Argentina was temporarily connected to the power grid until the private power producer obtained the requisite permits to provide power directly to the Company in April 2023. Energy rates in Argentina increase during winter months of May through September, after which they return to their regular rates. Among other phenomena, changing weather in Quebec, Washington State, Paraguay or Argentina may impact seasonal electricity needs, and periods of extreme cold or extreme hot weather may contribute to service interruptions in cryptocurrency Mining operations. Changes to supply and/or demand of electricity may result in curtailment of electricity to the Company’s cryptocurrency Mining operations. The Company’s geographical diversification reduces the risk and extent of extreme weather and other external factors unduly affecting the Company’s overall performance.

 

For Q1 2024 details, refer to Section 7A - Financial Performance (Revenues); Section 10A - Liquidity and Capital Resources (Cash Flows); and Section 6 - Expansion Projects (Washington Expansion, Paraguay Expansion, Argentina Expansion and Canada Expansion) of this MD&A.

 

 
1 EBITDA, EBITDA margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-IFRS measures or ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios.

 

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9. NON-IFRS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RATIOS

 

Non-IFRS financial measures

 

The Company utilizes a number of non-IFRS financial measures and ratios in assessing operating performance. Non-IFRS financial measures and ratios may exclude the impact of certain items and are used internally when analyzing operating performance. Refer to Section 23 - Cautionary Note Regarding Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios of this MD&A.

 

Mesures Définition Purpose
Bénéfice brut de l'activité de minage Gross Profit adjusted to exclude: (i) non-Mining revenues; (ii) depreciation and amortization; (iii) purchase of electrical components and other expenses; and (iv) electrician salaries and payroll taxes.

●    To assess profitability after power costs in cryptocurrency production and other infrastructure costs. Power costs are the largest variable expense in Mining.

●    To provide the users of the MD&A the ability to assess the gross profitability of the Company’s core digital asset Mining operations.

EBITDA Net income (loss) adjusted to exclude: (i) interest expense; (ii) income tax expense; and (iii) depreciation and amortization.

●    To assess profitability before the impact of different financing methods, income taxes, depreciation of capital assets and amortization of intangible assets.

●     To provide the users of the MD&A with additional information to assist them in understanding components of its financial results, including a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting the Company’s performance.

●     Used by Management to facilitate comparisons of operating performance from period to period and to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts.

EBITDA ajusté EBITDA adjusted to exclude: (i) share-based payment; (ii) non-cash finance expenses; (iii) asset impairment charges; (iv) realized gains or losses on disposition of digital assets and (reversal of) revaluation loss on digital assets; (v) gain on disposition of marketable securities, gains or losses on derivative assets and liabilities and discount expense on VAT receivable; (vi) loss (gain) on revaluation of warrants and warrant issuance costs; (vii) loss on currency exchange; and (viii) other non-recurring items that do not reflect the core performance of the Company.

●    To assess profitability before the impact of all of the items in calculating EBITDA in addition to certain other non-cash expenses.

●    To provide the users of the MD&A a consistent comparable metric for profitability of the Company’s core performance across time periods.

●    Used by Management to facilitate comparisons of operating performance from period to period and to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts.

 

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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

9. NON-IFRS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RATIOS (Continued)

 

Non-IFRS financial measures (Continued)

 

Mesures Définition Purpose
Coût direct Cost of revenues adjusted to exclude: (i) depreciation and amortization; (ii) purchases of electrical components; (iii) electrician salaries and payroll taxes; (iv) infrastructure; and (v) other direct expenses.

●    To assess the Company’s power costs, the largest variable expense in Mining.

●    To provide the users of the MD&A a metric to evaluate the Company’s direct variable cost for its core digital asset Mining operations across time periods.

●    Used by Management to assess the operating performance from period to period and to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts.

Coût total des liquidités The sum of cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses before: (i) depreciation and amortization; (ii) purchases of electrical components; (iii) electrician salaries and payroll taxes; (iv) share-based payment; (v) other direct expenses; and (vi) other non-recurring items that do not reflect the core performance of the Company.

●    To assess the total cash cost of the Company’s core digital asset Mining operations.

●    To provide the users of the MD&A a consistent comparable metric for the liquidity impact of the Company’s mining activities across time periods.

●    Used by Management to assess the operating performance from period to period and to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts.

 

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9. NON-IFRS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RATIOS (Continued)

 

Non-IFRS financial ratios

 

Ratios Définition Purpose
Marge brute de minage The percentage obtained when dividing Gross Mining profit by Mining related revenues.

●     To assess profitability after power costs in cryptocurrency production, the largest variable expense in Mining.

●     To provide the users of the MD&A the ability to assess the profitability of the Company’s core digital asset Mining operations, exclusive of depreciation and amortization and certain general and administrative expenses.

Marge du BAIIA The percentage obtained when dividing EBITDA by Revenues.

●     To assess profitability before the impact of different financing methods, income taxes, depreciation of capital assets and amortization of intangible assets.

●     Used by Management to facilitate comparisons of operating performance from period to period and to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts.

●     Useful for providing users of the MD&A with additional information to assist them in understanding components of its financial results, including a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting the Company’s performance.

Marge du BAIIA ajustée The percentage obtained when dividing Adjusted EBITDA by Revenues.

●     To assess profitability before the impact of all of the items in calculating EBITDA in addition to certain other non-cash expenses.

●     To provide a consistent comparable metric for profitability of the Company’s core performance across time periods.

●     Used by Management to facilitate comparisons of operating performance from period to period and to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts.

 

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9. NON-IFRS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RATIOS (Continued)

 

Non-IFRS financial ratios (Continued)

 

Ratios Définition Purpose
Direct Cost per BTC The amount obtained when dividing Direct Cost by the quantity of BTC earned.

●    To assess the Company’s power costs, the largest variable expense in Mining.

●    To provide the users of the MD&A a metric to evaluate the Company’s direct variable cost for its core digital asset Mining operations across time periods.

●    Used by Management to assess the operating performance from period to period and to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts.

Total Cash Cost per BTC The amount obtained when dividing Total Cash cost by the quantity of BTC earned.

●    To assess the total cash cost of the Company’s core digital asset Mining operations.

●    To provide the users of the MD&A a consistent comparable metric for the liquidity impact of the Company’s mining activities across time periods.

●    Used by Management to assess the operating performance from period to period and to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts.

 

Supplemental financial ratios

 

The Company utilizes the following supplemental financial ratios in assessing operating performance.

 

Ratios Définition Purpose
Marge brute The percentage obtained when dividing Gross profit by Revenues. ●    To assess profitability of the Company across time periods.
Marge d'exploitation The percentage obtained when dividing Operating income (loss) by Revenues. ●    To assess operational profitability of the Company across time periods.

 

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9. NON-IFRS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RATIOS (Continued)

 

A.Rapprochement du revenu net consolidé (perte) au BAIIA et BAIIA ajusté

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Revenus   50,317    30,050    20,267    67%
                     
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (12,265)   (4,030)   (8,235)   204%
Charges d’intérêts et (revenus)   (302)   1,354    (1,656)   (122)%
Dépréciation et amortissement   38,977    20,700    18,277    88%
EBITDA   26,410    18,024    8,386    47%
Marge du BAIIA   52%   60%        
Rémunération en actions   3,094    2,536    558    22%
Gain réalisé sur la disposition de biens numériques       (587)   587    100%
Reprise de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques       (2,695)   2,695    100%
Gain sur extinction de dettes à long terme et passifs locatifs       (12,835)   12,835    100%
(Gain) perte sur réévaluation des bons de souscription   (9,040)   1,221    (10,261)   (840)%
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables   (338)   (2,171)   1,833    (84)%
Frais financiers nets et autres   881    2,871    (1,990)   (69)%
EBITDA ajusté   21,007    6,364    14,643    230%
Marge du BAIIA ajustée   42%   21%        

 

 

1Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to Section 14 - Restatement.

 

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9. NON-IFRS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RATIOS (Continued)

 

B.Calcul du bénéfice brut de minage et de la marge brute de minage

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Perte brute   (10,682)   (8,353)   (2,329)   28%
Revenus hors minage (1)   (894)   (842)   (52)   6%
Dépréciation et amortissement   38,977    20,700    18,277    88%
Achats de composants électriques   387    320    67    21%
Salaires et charges sociales des électriciens   321    356    (35)   (10)%
Autre   1,203    (155)   1,358    876%
Bénéfice brut de l'activité de minage   29,312    12,026    17,286    144%
Marge brute de minage   59%   41%        

 

(1)Conciliation des revenus non reliés au minage :

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Revenus   50,317    30,050    20,267    67%
Moins de revenus liés au minage dans le but de calculer la marge brute de minage :                    
Revenus de minage   (49,423)   (29,208)   (20,215)   69%
Revenus hors minage   894    842    52    6%

 

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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

9. NON-IFRS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RATIOS (Continued)

 

C.Calcul du coût direct et du coût direct par BTC

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Coût des revenus   60,999    38,403    22,596    59%
Dépréciation et amortissement   (38,977)   (20,700)   (18,277)   88%
Achats de composants électriques   (387)   (320)   (67)   21%
Salaires et charges sociales des électriciens   (321)   (356)   35    (10)%
L'infrastructure   (1,974)   (942)   (1,032)   110%
Autre       82    (82)   (100)%
Coût direct   19,340    16,167    3,173    20%
Quantité de BTC obtenus   943    1,297    (354)   (27)%
Coût direct par BTC (en dollars américains)   20,500    12,500    8,000    64%

 

D.Calculation of Total Cash Cost and Total Cash Cost per BTC

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Coût des revenus   60,999    38,403    22,596    59%
Dépenses générales et administratives   13,196    8,360    4,836    58%
    74,195    46,763    27,432    59%
Dépréciation et amortissement   (38,977)   (20,700)   (18,277)   88%
Achats de composants électriques   (387)   (320)   (67)   21%
Salaires et charges sociales des électriciens   (321)   (356)   35    (10)%
Rémunération en actions   (3,094)   (2,536)   (558)   22%
Autre   (2,814)   62    (2,876)   nm 
Coût total des liquidités   28,602    22,913    5,689    25%
Quantité de BTC obtenus   943    1,297    (354)   (27)%
Coût total en espèces par BTC (en dollars américains)   30,300    17,700    12,600    71%

 

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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

As discussed below, the Company’s current financing strategy involves (a) strategically selling the BTC it earns and the BTC it holds in treasury and (b) utilizing short-term debt, long-term debt and equity instruments to fund its expansion activities, operating expenses and debt service requirements. The Company anticipates requiring additional funds to complete its growth plans discussed in Section 6 - Expansion Projects of this MD&A.

 

Although the Company operates through its subsidiaries, there are no material legal restrictions and generally no practical restrictions on the ability of the subsidiaries to transfer funds to the Company, except that the Company may be subject to practical limitations on transferring funds from its Argentinian subsidiary. Beginning in the second half of 2019, the Argentine government instituted certain foreign currency exchange controls that could restrict the Company’s Argentinian subsidiary’s access to foreign currency, including the US dollar, for making payments abroad or transferring funds to its parent without prior authorization from the Argentine Central Bank. These regulations have continued to evolve and may become more stringent depending on the Argentine government´s perception of the availability of sufficient national foreign currency reserves. Further, recent changes, as well as any future changes, in national and provincial leadership may result in changing governmental perceptions and actions surrounding importation policies and the availability of foreign currency reserves for commerce. In late 2023, Argentina held a presidential election, resulting in the election of a new president, for which the implications for economic and monetary policy, and its impact on Bitfarms, cannot be ascertained as of the issuance date of this MD&A.

 

The Company sends funds periodically to its Argentinian subsidiary to fund its expansion based on supplier invoices that are paid by the Argentinian subsidiary. The Argentinian subsidiary provides hashrate services for a market-based fee to its Canadian parent, which, in turn, purchases that hashrate to consolidate and sell to a third-party mining pool, for which the Canadian parent is compensated in BTC. Accordingly, the Argentinian subsidiary is not structured or contemplated to generate substantial cash flows above its internal requirements.

 

A.Cash Flows

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Cash, beginning of the period   84,038    30,887    53,151    172%
Cash flows from (used in):                    
Operating activities   18,281    1,029    17,252    nm 
Investing activities   (76,554)   (3,528)   (73,026)   nm 
Financing activities   40,136    943    39,193    nm 
Écarts de taux de change sur la conversion monétaire   60    47    13    28%
Cash, end of the period   65,961    29,378    36,583    125%

nm: not meaningful

 

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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

A.Cash Flows (Continued)

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash flows from operating activities amounted to $18.3 million during Q1 2024 compared to cash flows from operating activities of $1.0 million in Q1 2023, primarily driven by:

 

An increase in proceeds from sale of digital assets earned of $21.1 million as a result of selling BTC in Q1 2024 with significantly higher prices compared to Q1 2023; and
Lower interest and financial expenses paid of $2.6 million as a result of eliminating the remaining NYDIG debt balance.

 

The increase was partially offset by:

Higher cash G&A expenses of $4.2 million; and
Higher energy and infrastructure costs of $4.3 million as explained in Section 7B - Financial Performance - Cost of Revenues of this MD&A.

 

Cash Flows used in Investing Activities

Cash flows used in investing activities increased by $73.0 million during Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2023.

 

The increase in cash flow used in investing activities is driven primarily by:

$74.0 million in advance payments mainly for the transformative fleet upgrade during Q1 2024, compared to nil in advanced payments during Q1 2023; and
$2.9 million of net additions of property, plant and equipment (“PPE”) during Q1 2024, compared to $5.7 million for the same period in 2023, primarily due to the acquisition of Miners and infrastructure build-out.

 

The increase was partially offset by:

$0.3 million of net proceeds received in Q1 2024 from the purchase and disposition of marketable securities to fund the Argentina expansion activities, compared to $2.2 million of net proceeds for the same period in 2023, as described in Note 21 - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss to the Financial Statements.

 

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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

A.Cash Flows (Continued)

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Cash flows from financing activities increased by $39.2 million from $0.9 million for Q1 2023 to $40.1 million for Q1 2024.

 

Q1 2024

The Company raised:
$38.1 million of net proceeds from its 2024 ATM Program as discussed below, partially offset by $0.9 million of capitalized professional fees and registration expenses to initiate the 2024 ATM Program;
$6.0 million of net proceeds from the exercise of stock options and warrants; and
$1.7 million from the sale and leaseback of its Garlock (Quebec) facility.
The amounts raised were partially offset by scheduled and one-time payments relating to:
Principal repayments of $4.0 million to fully repay the NYDIG loan, which matured and expired in February 2024; and
Lease liabilities of approximately $0.8 million.

 

Q1 2023

The Company raised $15.8 million of net proceeds from an at-the-market equity offering program, initiated on August 16, 2021 and expired on September 12, 2023 (“2021 ATM program”), which were partially offset by repayments towards the long-term debt and lease liabilities of $13.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
The long-term debt repayments included:
The settlement of the BlockFi Loan on February 8, 2023 for cash consideration of $7.8 million, as discussed below;
Principal repayments of $5.3 million towards the NYDIG loan; and
The full repayment of the principal amount of the remaining equipment financing (the “Foundry Loans”) before maturity and without prepayment penalty for $0.8 million.

 

BlockFi Loan

On February 18, 2022, Bitfarms’ subsidiary, Backbone Mining Solutions Inc. (“Backbone Mining”), entered into a $32.0 million equipment financing facility with BlockFi. On February 8, 2023, BlockFi and the Company negotiated a settlement of the loan in its entirety for cash consideration of $7.8 million, discharging Backbone Mining of all further obligations and resulting in a gain on extinguishment of long-term debt of $12.6 million. Upon settlement, all of Backbone Mining’s assets, including 6,100 Miners collateralizing the loan, became unencumbered.

 

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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

A.Cash Flows (Continued)

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities (Continued)

 

Programme d'offre d'actions sur le marché

Bitfarms commenced the 2024 ATM Program on March 11, 2024, by means of a prospectus supplement dated March 8, 2024, to the Company’s short form base shelf prospectus dated November 10, 2023, and U.S. registration statement on Form F-10, which included a prospectus supplement related to the ATM. The Company may, at its discretion and from time-to-time, sell common shares of the Company in the ATM as would result in the Company receiving gross proceeds of up to $375.0 million.

 

Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company issued 16,997,000 common shares through the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $39.3 million at an average share price of approximately $2.31. The Company received net proceeds of $38.1 million after paying commissions of $1.2 million to the sales agent.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company issued 15,940,000 common shares through the 2021 ATM program in exchange for gross proceeds of $16.4 million at an average share price of approximately $1.03. The Company received net proceeds of $15.8 million after paying commissions of $0.5 million to the sales agent.

 

Utilisation des recettes

The Company has used and intends to continue to use the proceeds from the 2024 ATM Program prudently to support the growth and development of the Company’s Mining operations, as described in Section 6 - Expansion Projects of this MD&A, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Company used the $38.1 million raised from the 2024 ATM Program from March 11, 2024 through March 31, 2024 for the transformative fleet upgrade.

 

Private placements

Q1 2024 v. Q1 2023

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, 5,000,000 warrants and 111,000 broker warrants related to the 2023 private placement were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 5,111,000 common shares for proceeds of approximately $6.0 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, no warrants were exercised.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

B.Capital Resources

 

Bitfarms’ capital management objective is to provide the financial resources that will enable the Company to maximize the return to its shareholders while optimizing its cost of capital and still ensuring the Company has sufficient liquidity to fund its normal operating activities. In order to achieve this objective, the Company monitors its capital structure and makes adjustments as required in light of the Company’s funding requirements, changes in economic conditions, the cost of providing financing, and the risks to which the Company is exposed. The Company’s financing strategy is to maintain a flexible capital structure that optimizes the cost of capital at an acceptable level of risk, to preserve its ability to meet financial obligations as they come due, and to ensure the Company has sufficient financial resources to fund its organic and acquisitive growth.

 

Based on the current capital budget and BTC prices, the Company currently anticipates that additional financing will be required to fund expansion activities in Canada and Paraguay to achieve its published hashrate targets and to complete construction of additional facilities in Argentina, if the Company elects to do so. In order to achieve its business objectives, the Company may sell or borrow against the BTC that are held in treasury as of the date hereof as well as BTC received from its ongoing operations, which may or may not be possible on commercially attractive terms. Bitfarms intends to continue to manage its capital structure by striving to reduce operating expenses and unnecessary capital spending, disposing of inefficient or underutilized assets, obtaining short-term and long-term debt financing and issuing equity.

 

A BTC Halving is scheduled to occur once every 210,000 blocks, or roughly every four years, until the total amount of BTC rewards issued reaches 21 million, which is expected to occur around 2140. The most recent BTC Halving occurred on April 19, 2024, at which time BTC block rewards decreased from 6.25 BTC per block to 3.125 BTC per block. Once 21 million BTC are generated on or about the year 2140, the network will stop producing more BTC, and the industry will then need to rely on transaction fees and/or other sources of revenue. While BTC prices have had a history of significant fluctuations around BTC Halving events, there is no guarantee that the price change will be favorable or would compensate for the reduction in Mining rewards and the compensation from Mining Pools.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

B.Capital Resources (Continued)

 

Digital Asset Management Program

In early January 2021, the Company implemented a digital asset management program under which it holds BTC for its intrinsic value and as a source of liquidity. The Company has internal controls over the management of its digital assets, which it evaluates and, as appropriate, enhances on a quarterly basis. On August 1 2022, Management received approval from the Board of Directors (the “BOD”) to sell daily production, in addition to any sale of up to 1,000 BTC from treasury, should market conditions justify such sales in Management’s discretion. Since January 2022, the Company has not purchased any BTC.

 

Presented below are the total BTC sold and proceeds in Q1 2024, a portion of which was used to fully repay equipment-related indebtedness, with the remaining portion used to fund operations and expansion plans:

 

   Trois mois terminés 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  31 mars 2024 
Quantity of BTC sold   941 
Total proceeds   49,570 

 

The sale of BTC as described above, while the Company continued to earn BTC, resulted in total holdings of 806 BTC as of March 31, 2024, valued at approximately $57.5 million based on a BTC price of approximately $71,300, as of March 31, 2024.

 

Custody of digital assets

The Company’s BTC received from the Mining Pool for its computational power used for hashing calculations is delivered to multi-signature wallets that the Company controls or directs to external third-party custodians. On a regular basis, the Company transfers BTC from its multi-signature wallets to external third-party custodians, Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (“Coinbase Custody”), a subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc. (“Coinbase”) and Anchorage Digital Bank National Association (“Anchorage Digital”). Coinbase Custody provides custody and related services for clients’ digital assets as a fiduciary pursuant to the New York State Department of Financial Services under Section 100 of the New York Banking Law. Anchorage Digital is the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., serves as a custodian for digital assets, and is licensed and regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Currently, Coinbase Custody and Anchorage Digital provide only custodial services to the Company and do not use a sub-custodian. Coinbase Custody and Anchorage Digital are not related parties to the Company.

 

The Company has internal controls in place to evaluate its custodians on a quarterly basis. The Company can transfer digital assets between custodians and has its own multi-signature wallets as a contingency plan that would have a minimal impact on the Company’s operations.

 

As of May 14, 2024, the Company has 844 BTC, valued at $51.9 million on its balance sheet. As of the date of this MD&A, 100% of the Company’s BTC are held in custody with Coinbase Custody and Anchorage Digital.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

B.Capital Resources (Continued)

 

Custody of digital assets (Continued)

Coinbase Custody maintains an insurance policy of $320 million for its cold storage and Anchorage Digital maintains an insurance policy of $50 million for its cold and hot storage; however, the Company cannot ensure that the full limits of those policies would be available to the Company or, if available, would be sufficient to make the Company whole for any BTC that are lost or stolen. The Company is unaware of: (i) any security breaches involving Coinbase Custody or Anchorage Digital which have resulted in the Company’s crypto assets being lost or stolen, or (ii) anything with regards to Coinbase Custody’s or Anchorage Digital’s operations that would adversely affect the Company’s ability to obtain an unqualified audit opinion on its audited financial statements. The Company’s crypto assets held in custody with Coinbase or Anchorage Digital may not be recoverable in the event of bankruptcy by Coinbase, Anchorage Digital or their affiliates. In Coinbase’s quarterly report, on Form 10-Q, filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission on May 2, 2024, Coinbase disclosed that, in the event of a bankruptcy, custodially held crypto assets could be considered to be the property of the bankruptcy estate and that the crypto assets held in custody could be subject to bankruptcy proceedings with Coinbase Custody’s customers being treated as general unsecured creditors. Further, regardless of efforts made by the Company to securely store and safeguard assets, there can be no assurance that the Company’s cryptocurrency assets will not be defalcated through hacking or other forms of theft.

 

Hedging program of digital assets

The Company’s hedging strategy aims to reduce the risk associated with the variability of cash flows resulting from future disposals of digital assets and in consideration of the volatility and adverse price movements of the digital assets in the prior months. In March 2023, the BOD approved a hedging program and authorized Management, through a risk management committee specifically created for this purpose, to implement hedges using BTC option contracts for up to 20% of the Company’s BTC compensation per month and up to three months of future BTC compensation. In April 2023, the BOD authorized Management to increase the BTC option contracts to up to 50% of the Company’s BTC compensation per month and up to six months of expected future BTC compensation. As of May 14, 2024, the risk management committee has not engaged in hedging to the full extent approved by the BOD. The Company has a hedge in place of 100 BTC of expected future BTC compensation.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company had BTC option contracts to sell digital assets that expired which resulted in a realized loss and an unrealized gain of $0.7 million and $0.1 million, respectively, mainly related to premiums for the option contracts hedging the risk of the BTC price decreasing and protecting the Company’s margins. Refer to Note 17 to the Financial Statements for more details.

 

Synthetic HODL program of digital assets

Alongside the hedging program, and with the intent to manage a more capital-efficient portfolio, in June 2023, the BOD approved a HODL strategy, referred to as a Synthetic HODL strategy, which allows up to 20% of the Company’s BTC exposure to be replicated using BTC call options. In October 2023, the Company initiated its Synthetic HODL strategy with the purchase of long-dated BTC call options. The primary objective of the Synthetic HODL is to allow the Company to accumulate BTC in treasury and increase BTC exposure in a manner that is risk-managed and capital efficient. As of May 14, 2024, the Company has active call option contracts providing the right to buy up to 170 BTC. It remains within the risk management committee’s discretion to dynamically adjust Bitfarms’ hedge and Synthetic HODL ratios within the risk limits approved by the BOD to more adequately respond to market factors that are beyond the Company’s operational control. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company purchased long-dated BTC call options which resulted in a realized gain and an unrealized gain of $1.1 million and $2.0 million, respectively, attributable to the increase in the BTC price during the period.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

C.Contractual obligations

 

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities and gross lease liabilities (non-financial liabilities) with estimated future interest payments, as applicable, as of March 31, 2024:

 

(U.S. $ in thousands)  2024   2025   2026   2027   2028 et
par la suite
   Total 
Dettes commerciales et charges à payer   10,669                    10,669 
Dette à long terme   164    224    231    238    1,573    2,430 
Responsabilité relative au bail   2,301    2,948    2,792    2,516    7,894    18,451 
    13,134    3,172    3,023    2,754    9,467    31,550 

 

D.Engagements

 

As of March 31, 2024, the Company’s remaining payment obligations in connection with the Purchase Order, the Purchase Option and the March 2024 Purchase Order are outlined below:

 

   As of
March 31,
 
(U.S. $ in thousands)  2024 
Trois mois se terminant en juin 30, 2024   39,528 
Trois mois se terminant en septembre 30, 2024   85,889 
Trois mois se terminant en décembre 31, 2024   30,772 
    156,189 

 

If the Company is unable to meet its payment obligations, it could result in the loss of equipment prepayments and deposits paid by the Company under the Purchase Order and remedial legal measures being taken against the Company, which may result in damages payable by the Company and forced continuance of the contractual arrangement. Under such circumstances, the Company’s growth plans and ongoing operations could be adversely impacted.

 

E.Passif éventuel

 

In 2021, the Company imported Miners into Washington State that the vendor located in China claimed originated in Malaysia. In early 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection challenged the origination of the Miners, asserting their manufacture in China, and notified the Company of a potential assessment of a U.S. importation duty of 25%. Since the request for information by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Company has been working with the vendor to validate their origination outside of China by visiting contract manufacturer sites and by examining and documenting the manufacture and assembly of the Miners by the vendor and its third-party contractors.

 

During the third quarter of 2023, the Company submitted the supporting documentation to U.S. Customs and Border Protection in defense of its position that the Miners were manufactured outside China and the associated custom duties in the amount of $9.4 million do not apply. While the final outcome of this matter is uncertain at this time, Management has determined it is not probable that it will result in a future cash outflow for the Company, and, as such, no provision was recorded as of March 31, 2024.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

11. FINANCIAL POSITION

 

A.Working Capital

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
         
(U.S. $ in thousands)  2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Total Current Assets   137,319    129,984    7,335    6%
Total Current Liabilities   45,518    69,154    (23,636)   (34)%
Working Capital   91,801    60,830    30,971    51%

 

With the BTC halving event that occurred on April 19, 2024, the Company continues to place importance on maintaining sufficient liquidity to manage the uncertainty and capitalize upon suitable opportunities the halving event may present. As of March 31, 2024, Bitfarms had working capital of $91.8 million, compared to $60.8 million as of December 31, 2023. The increase in working capital was mostly due to:

 

A $23.6 million increase in total digital assets resulting from the appreciation of the BTC price during Q1 2024.
A $21.9 million decrease in warrant liabilities due to the subsequent fair value revaluation of the warrants from the 2021 and the 2023 private placements, and the exercise of 2023 private placements warrants.
Scheduled capital repayments of $4.0 million to fully pay off the NYDIG loan. The effect on working capital is nil as the repayments decreased the cash balance and the loan balance by corresponding amounts.

 

The increases in working capital was partially offset by:

A $18.1 million decrease in cash, mainly used for expansion projects during Q1 2024, with the remainder intended for future payments of Miners as part of the transformative fleet upgrade and general working capital purposes.

 

 

1Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to Section 14 - Restatement.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

11. FINANCIAL POSITION (Continued)

 

B.Biens, installations et équipements

 

The net book value of PPE by country is as follows:

 

   As of
March 31,
   Depuis le
Décembre 31,
         
(U.S. $ in thousands)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Canada   78,618    101,454    (22,836)   (23)%
Argentine   50,598    54,657    (4,059)   (7)%
ÉTATS-UNIS   15,902    18,154    (2,252)   (12)%
Paraguay   32,649    11,747    20,902    178%
    177,767    186,012    (8,245)   (4)%

 

As of March 31, 2024, Bitfarms had PPE of $177.8 million, compared to $186.0 million as of December 31, 2023.

The decrease of $8.2 million, or 4%, was primarily due to the $22.8 million decrease of PPE in Canada, mainly related to regular depreciation expense in addition to accelerated depreciation of older Miners and the classification to assets held for sale. Refer to Note 9 - Property, Plant and Equipment to the Financial statements for more details about the accelerated depreciation.
PPE in Argentina and the USA decreased by $4.1 million and $2.3 million, respectively, mostly due to regular depreciation expense and the accelerated depreciation of older Miners. Refer to Note 9 - Property, Plant and Equipment to the Financial Statements.
These decreases were partially offset by the $20.9 million increase in Paraguay PPE primarily due to approximately 600 WhatsMiner M53S and 2,900 Bitmain T21 Miners in transit and the construction of the Paso Pe warehouse and substation during Q1 2024.

 

C.Actifs incorporels

As of March 31, 2024, Bitfarms had intangible assets of $4.5 million, compared to $3.7 million as of December 31, 2023. The $0.8 million increase is mainly due to the Washington State access right to electricity being available for use and reclassified from long-term deposits, equipment, prepayments and other to intangible assets. The increase was partially offset by the amortization of the Company’s access rights to electricity in Washington State and access rights to electricity already held in Quebec and Paraguay since 2023. The following table summarizes those access rights to electricity:

 

Année  emplacement  Additions to
intangibles ($)
   Additional
capacity
   Durée des droits d'accès contractuels
droits
  Méthode et période d'amortissement
2024  Washington State, USA   912   6 MW    Pas de date de fin  Un équilibre en baisse 4%
       912   6 MW        
2023  Baie-Comeau, Québec   2,315   22 MW    Pas de date de fin  Linéaire sur la durée du bail de l'installation
2023  Paso Pe, Paraguay   1,065   50 MW *  Finissant en décembre 31, 2027  Linéaire sur la période des droits d'accès
2023  Yguazu, Paraguay   421   100 MW    Finissant en décembre 31, 2027  Linéaire sur la période des droits d'accès
       3,801   172 MW        
                    
           178 MW        

 

 

*En novembre 2023, la société a finalisé un amendement au contrat existant pour une capacité énergétique supplémentaire de 20 MW, soit une capacité totale de 70 MW.

 

Refer to Notes 5 and 14 to the 2023 Annual Financial Statements and Note 10 to the Financial Statements for more details.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

12. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The Company discloses information on the classification and fair value of its financial instruments, as well as on the nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments, and related risk management in Note 17 to the Financial Statements and Note 22 to the 2023 Annual Financial Statements. Risks are related to foreign currency, credit, counterparty, liquidity, and concentration.

 

13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company discloses information on its related party transactions, as defined in IAS 24, Related Party Disclosures, in Note 18 to the Financial Statements.

 

14. RESTATEMENT

 

In the Financial Statements, the Company has restated its consolidated statements of profit or loss and comprehensive profit or loss for the three months March 31, 2023 and its consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months March 31, 2023, which were previously filed on SEDAR+ and EDGAR. Subsequent to the original issuance of those financial statements, Management, with the assistance of outside counsel, conducted a review of the private placement financings which closed in 2021 (“2021 private placements”) to determine if the warrants issued should be recognized as financial liabilities and accounted for at fair value through profit and loss rather than as equity instruments.

 

The 2021 private placement financings were comprised of common shares and warrants. The warrants are convertible into a fixed number of common shares of the Company but have a contingent cashless exercise clause (i.e., there was a contingent variability provision). In accordance with IAS 32, Financial Instruments: Presentation, variability in the number of its own shares delivered upon exercise of the warrants would result in a financial liability.

 

In 2023, the Company concluded that the proper accounting classification of the warrants was as financial liabilities and accounted for at fair value through profit and loss. Although the conditional settlement provisions attached to the warrants are unlikely to occur, they are deemed to be genuine, and, accordingly, the warrants should be recognized as financial liabilities.

 

The Company has made adjustments to the figures reported in the previously mentioned financial statements periods and present the warrants issued in connection with the private placement financings as financial liabilities as shown in the Financial Statements.

 

For additional information on the financial statements restatement, please refer to Note 3d of the Financial Statements.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

15. INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

 

A.Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Management, under the supervision of the Interim CEO and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company, has designed or caused to be designed under their supervision, disclosure controls and procedures (“DC&P”) to provide reasonable assurance that:

 

i) material information relating to the Company is made known to them by others, particularly during the period in which the annual filings are being prepared; and

 

ii) information required to be disclosed by the Company in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by the Company under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation.

 

B.Management’s quarterly report on internal control over financial reporting

 

Management, under the supervision of the Interim CEO and CFO, is also responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFR”). Management, under the supervision of the Interim CEO and CFO, has designed ICFR, or caused them to be designed under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards.

 

Identified material weaknesses

 

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

In conjunction with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 and specifically, in connection with the accounting for private placement warrants that were issued in the fourth quarter of 2023, Management identified an error in its accounting for previously issued warrants that were issued in connection with certain private placement financings in 2021. Management has determined that the control over accounting for complex financing transactions did not operate effectively in 2021 as the warrants issued in 2021 should have been classified as a financial liability and accounted for at fair value through profit and loss, and not as equity instruments. The restatement to correct the classification and subsequent accounting for those warrants impacted the consolidated financial statements of the company for the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the three months ended March 31, 2023, which has been reflected in the restated comparative periods (including an opening balance sheet as of January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022, respectively) presented in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 and for the three months ended March 31, 2024, respectively.

 

Refer to Section 14 for more details about the material errors and related restatements. Management considers these restatements to constitute a material weakness that requires remediation, and Management is in the process of implementing remediation measures to address the material weakness.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

15. INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING (Continued)

 

B.Management’s quarterly report on internal control over financial reporting (Continued)

 

Status of remediation plan

Remediation efforts to date comprise expanding the finance team to include more Chartered Professional Accountants (CPAs) with technical expertise and experience in evaluating more complex areas of IFRS Accounting Standards, involving the Company’s legal counsel on evaluating complex agreements involving financial instruments and engaging third-party consultants to assist with assessing the accounting for complex financial instruments and review of financial statements. Management’s efforts are ongoing, and its remediation plan is expected to be completed during 2024.

 

If these remedial measures are insufficient to address the material weakness described above, or are not implemented timely, or additional deficiencies arise in the future, material misstatements in our interim or annual financial statements may occur in the future and could have the effects described in the “Risk Factors” section of the MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

C.Changes in internal control over financial reporting

 

There have been no changes in the Company’s ICFR that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s ICFR during the period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ended March 31, 2024.

 

D.Limitation of DC&P and ICFR

 

All control systems contain inherent limitations, regardless of how well designed. As a result, Management acknowledges that its internal control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all misstatements due to error or fraud. In addition, Management’s evaluation of controls can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that all control issues that may result in material misstatements, if any, have been detected.

 

16. RECENT AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

A.2024 ATM Program

 

During the period from April 1, 2024 to May 14, 2024, the Company issued 42,155,000 common shares through the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $85.2 million at an average share price of approximately $2.02. The Company received net proceeds of $82.5 million after paying commissions of $2.7 million to the sales agent.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

16. RECENT AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Continued)

 

B.Canadian Sales Tax Refund

 

In April 2024, the Company received a positive ruling from the tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company will once again be refunded. Between February 5, 2022, the date on which the new tax legislation was enacted, and April 2024, the Company filed monthly sales tax claims totaling approximately $23.7 million (CAD$32.0 million) that were not paid to the Company. The refund of sales taxes relates to sales taxes charged on various expenditures including, but not limited to electricity costs, cost of property, plant and equipment, professional services, etc.

 

C.Passif éventuel

 

As described in Note 18 to the Financial Statements, in March 2024, as a result of the Company’s decision to terminate the CEO’s employment, a termination payment of $1.6 million was accrued during the three months ended March 31, 2024 based on the terms of the CEO’s employment agreement, and classified in trade payables and accrued liabilities. On May 10, 2024, the CEO filed a Statement of Claim in the Superior Court of Ontario against the Company claiming damages for breach of contract, wrongful dismissal and aggravated and punitive damages for a total amount of $26.7 million. The Company believes the claims are without merit and intends to defend itself vigorously against the claims. Such matters are inherently uncertain, and there can be no guarantee that the outcome of any such matter will be decided favorably to the Company. The loss, if any, is not estimable at this time and Management does not believe the outcome of this matter will have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

 

D.Yguazu Power Purchase Agreement Amendment

 

On May 13, 2024, the Company amended its power purchase agreement (“PPA”) for its future Yguazu facility in Paraguay to increase the contracted power from 100 MW to 200 MW beginning on January 1, 2025. The Company is required to pay security deposits totaling $16.2 million between June 2024 and January 2025 for future electricity consumption. The security deposits paid to the energy supplier are refundable at the end of the contract term in December 2027 assuming the Company draws power based on the agreed upon schedule and is not in breach of other clauses in the PPA.

 

17. SHARE CAPITAL

 

As of the date of this MD&A, the Company has 398,587,000 common shares outstanding, 11,992,000 vested and 8,645,000 unvested stock options, 29,873,000 warrants outstanding and 800,000 restricted stock units. There are no preferred shares or any other classes of shares outstanding.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

18. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

 

The Company has engaged legal counsel in each jurisdiction in which it maintains operations to monitor changes to the laws and regulations of such jurisdiction and to advise how it can maintain compliance with such laws and regulations. Legal counsel reports directly to the Interim CEO. The following is a discussion of regulatory compliance considerations specific to each such jurisdiction:

 

Argentine

The Company operates one 54 MW server farm located in Cordoba, Argentina (with an electrical infrastructure capacity of 55 MW). Refer to Section 6 - Expansion Projects - A. Argentina Expansion of this MD&A and the 2023 AIF under Section 5.2 - FUTURE GROWTH PLANS - ARGENTINA EXPANSION.

 

There are no material restrictions in Argentina on the business of operating a server farm or conducting the business of the Company as described herein and in the 2023 AIF, and, as of the date of this MD&A, the Company has not received any material notices or statements from regulatory authorities in Argentina that would negatively impact its operations in Argentina. The Company is not relying on any registrations, exemptions, or “no action” letters to conduct its business in Argentina.

 

Paraguay

The Company operates one 10 MW server farm located in Villarrica, Paraguay. Refer to Section 6 - Expansion Projects - B. Paraguay Expansion of this MD&A and the 2023 AIF under Section 5.3 - FUTURE GROWTH PLANS - PARAGUAY EXPANSION.

 

There are no material restrictions in Paraguay on the business of operating a server farm or conducting the business of the Company as described herein and in the 2023 AIF, and as of the date of this MD&A, the Company has not received any material notices or statements from regulatory authorities in Paraguay that would negatively impact its operations in Paraguay. The Company is not relying on any registrations, exemptions, or “no action” letters to conduct its business in Paraguay.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

18. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE (Continued)

 

On April 4, 2024, Paraguay’s Senate initially proposed a 180-day blanket ban on cryptocurrency mining due to concerns over power theft and disruptions to the electricity supply. However, the Senate is reevaluating its position regarding the proposed ban. Senators are now exploring the possibility of leveraging Paraguay’s excess energy from the Itaipu hydropower plant to power Bitcoin mining operations, arguing that selling excess energy to Bitcoin miners could unlock substantial revenue streams and bolster Paraguay’s economy. The Paraguayan Senate held a public hearing on April 23, 2024 to debate the merits and drawbacks of Bitcoin mining in the country. Lawmakers acknowledged the issues caused by illegal mining operations disrupting the power supply, but also recognized the potential economic benefits of embracing licensed mining. The public hearing appears to have shifted Paraguay’s stance towards exploring ways to regulate and monetize the industry through the use of the country’s abundant hydroelectric resources.

 

Washington State

The Company operates one 17 MW server farm located in the State of Washington in the United States. Refer to Section 6 - Expansion Projects - C. Washington Expansion of this MD&A and the 2023 AIF under the Section 5.4 - FUTURE GROWTH PLANS - WASHINGTON EXPANSION.

 

There are no material restrictions in Washington on the business of operating a server farm or conducting the business of the Company as described herein and in the 2023 AIF, and as of the date of this MD&A, the Company has not received any material notices or statements from regulatory authorities in Washington that would negatively impact its operations in Washington. The Company is not relying on any registrations, exemptions, or “no action” letters to conduct its business in Washington.

 

Québec

The Company operates a total of eight server farms with an aggregate power capacity of 159 MW located in the Province of Québec, Canada. Refer to Section 6 - Expansion Projects - D. Canada Expansion of this MD&A and the 2023 AIF under the Section 5.5 - FUTURE GROWTH PLANS - CANADA EXPANSION.

 

There are no material restrictions in Québec or Canada on the business of operating a server farm or conducting the business of the Company as described herein and in the 2023 AIF, and as of the date of this MD&A, the Company has not received any material notices or statements from regulatory authorities in the Québec or Canada that would negatively impact its operations in Québec or Canada. The Company is not relying on any registrations, exemptions, or “no action” letters to conduct its business in Québec or Canada.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

19. RISK FACTORS

 

The Company is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and is affected by several factors that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, operating results, and/or future prospects. These risks should be considered when evaluating an investment in the Company and may, among other things, cause a decline in the price of the Corporation’s shares.

 

The risks and uncertainties that Management considers as the most material to the Company’s business are described in the section entitled Risk Factors of the Company’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2023, dated March 6, 2024. These risks and uncertainties have not materially changed during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

 

20. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

 

The Company’s significant accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions are summarized in Note 4 to the 2023 Annual Financial Statements.

 

21. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION AND NEW ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Refer to Note 3 to the 2023 Annual Financial Statements and Note 3 to the Financial Statements for more information regarding the Company’s material accounting policy information and new accounting policies.

 

22. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This MD&A contains forward-looking statements about the Company’s objectives, plans, goals, aspirations, strategies, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, performance, prospects, opportunities and legal and regulatory matters. Specific forward-looking statements in this MD&A include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the Company’s anticipated future results, events and plans, strategic initiatives, future liquidity, and planned capital investments. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “foresee”, “could”, “estimate”, “goal”, “intend”, “plan”, “seek”, “strive”, “will”, “may”, “maintain”, “achieve”, “grow”, “should” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company and its Management.

 

Forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current estimates, beliefs and assumptions, which are based on management’s perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors it believes are appropriate under the circumstances. The Company’s expectation of operating and financial performance is based on certain assumptions including assumptions about operational growth, anticipated cost savings, operating efficiencies, anticipated benefits from strategic initiatives, future liquidity, and planned capital investments. The Company’s estimates, beliefs and assumptions are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and other uncertainties and contingencies regarding future events and as such, are subject to change. The Company can give no assurance that such estimates, beliefs and assumptions will prove to be correct.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

22. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

Numerous risks and uncertainties could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed, implied or projected in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include:

 

Bitcoin Halving event;
insolvency, bankruptcy, or cessation of operations of mining pool operator;
reliance on foreign mining pool operator;
counterparty risk;
emerging markets operating risks;
reliance on manufacturing in foreign countries and the importation of equipment to the jurisdictions in which the company operates;
dependency on continued growth in blockchain and cryptocurrency usage;
the availability of financing opportunities and risks associated with economic conditions, including BTC price, Bitcoin network difficulty and share price fluctuations;
global financial conditions;
employee retention and growth;
cybersecurity threats and hacking;
limited operating history and limited history of de-centralized financial system;
risk related to technological obsolescence and difficulty in obtaining hardware;
economic dependence on regulated terms of service and electricity rates;
costs and demands upon Management and accounting and finance resources as a result of complying with the laws and regulations affecting public companies;
expense and impact of restatement of the Company’s historical financial statements;
lack of comprehensive accounting guidance for cryptocurrencies under IFRS Accounting Standards;
internal control material weakness;
increases in commodity prices or reductions in the availability of such commodities could adversely impact the Company’s results of operations;
permits and licenses;
server or internet failures;
tax consequences;
environmental regulations and liability;
adoption of environmental, social, and governance practices and the impacts of climate change;
erroneous transactions and human error;
facility developments;
non-availability of insurance;
competition;
hazards associated with high-voltage electricity transmission and industrial operations;
corruption, political and regulatory risk;
potential being classified as a passive foreign investment company;
lawsuits and other legal proceedings and challenges;
conflict of interests with directors and management; and
other factors beyond the Company’s control.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

22. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS (Continued)

 

The above is not an exhaustive list of the factors that may affect the Company’s forward-looking statements. For a more comprehensive discussion of factors that could affect the Company, refer to the risk factors discussed above and those contained in the “Risk Factors” of the 2023 AIF. Other risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that the Company presently believes are not material could also cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed, implied or projected in its forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company’s expectations only as of the date of this MD&A. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

23. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING NON-IFRS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RATIOS

 

This MD&A makes reference to certain measures that are not recognized under IFRS and do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS. They are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. The Company uses non-IFRS and other financial measures and ratios including “EBITDA,” “EBITDA margin,” “Adjusted EBITDA,” “Adjusted EBITDA margin,” “Gross Mining profit,” “Gross Mining margin,” “Gross margin”, “Operating margin”, “Direct Cost”, “Direct Cost per BTC”, “Total Cash Cost” and “Total Cash Cost per BTC” as additional information to complement IFRS measures by providing further understanding of the Company’s results of operations from Management’s perspective. Refer to Section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios of the MD&A for more details.

 

These measures are provided as additional information to complement IFRS measures by providing further understanding of the Company’s results of operations from Management’s perspective. Accordingly, they should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of the Company’s financial information reported under IFRS. Reconciliations from IFRS measures to non-IFRS measures are included throughout this MD&A.

 

24. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Additional information and other publicly filed documents relating to the Company, including the Company’s 2023 AIF, are available through the internet on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

25. GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 

Termes Définition
ASIC ASIC stands for Application Specific Integrated Circuit and refers primarily to specific computer devices designed to solve the SHA-256 algorithm.
Bitcoin (BTC) BTC is a decentralized digital currency that is not controlled by any centralized authority (e.g., a government, financial institution or regulatory organization) that can be sent from user to user on the Bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries to clear transactions. Transactions are verified through the process of Mining and recorded in a public ledger known as the Blockchain. BTC is created when the Bitcoin network issues Block Rewards through the Mining process.
Block Reward A Bitcoin block reward refers to the new BTC that are awarded by the Blockchain network to eligible cryptocurrency Miners for each block they successfully mine. The current block reward is 3.125 BTC per block.
Blockchain A Blockchain is a cloud-based public ledger that exists on computers that participate on the network globally. The Blockchain grows as new sets of data, or ‘blocks’, are added to it through Mining. Each block contains a timestamp and a link to the previous block, such that the series of blocks form a continuous chain.  Given that each block has a separate hash and each hash requires information from the previous block, altering information an established block would require recalculating all the hashes on the Blockchain which would require an enormous and impracticable amount of computing power. As a result, once a block is added to the Blockchain it is very difficult to edit and impossible to delete.
Exahash or EH/s One quintillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000) hashes or one million Terahash per second.
Hash A hash is a function that converts or maps an input of letters and numbers into an encrypted output of a fixed length, which outputs are often referred to as hashes. A hash is created using an algorithm. The algorithm used in the validation of Bitcoin transactions is the SHA-256 algorithm.
Hashrate Hashrate refers to the number of hash operations performed per second and is a measure of computing power in Mining cryptocurrency.  
Mégawatt A megawatt is 1,000 kilowatts of electricity and, in the industry of cryptocurrency Mining, is typically a reference to the number of megawatts of electricity per hour that is available for use.
Mineurs ASICs used by the Company to perform Mining.
Minage Mining refers to the process of using specialized computer hardware, and in the case of the Company, ASICs, to perform mathematical calculations to confirm transactions and increase security for the BTC Blockchain. As a reward for their services, Bitcoin Miners collect transaction fees for the transactions they confirm, along with newly created BTC as Block Rewards.
Mining Pool A Mining pool is a group of cryptocurrency Miners who pool their computational resources, or hashrate, in order to increase the probability of finding a block on the BTC Blockchain. Mining pools administer regular payouts to mitigate the risk of Miners operating for a prolonged period of time without finding a block.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

25. GLOSSARY OF TERMS (Continued)

 

Termes Définition
Network Difficulty Network difficulty is a unitless measure of how difficult it is to find a hash below a given target. The Bitcoin network protocol automatically adjusts Network Difficulty by changing the target every 2,016 blocks hashed based on the time it took for the total computing power used in Bitcoin Mining to solve the previous 2,016 blocks such that the average time to solve each block is ten minutes.
Network Hashrate Network hashrate refers to the total global hashrate (and related computing power) used in Mining for a given cryptocurrency.
Petahash or PH/s One quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) hashes or one thousand Terahash per second.
SHA-256 SHA stands for Secure Hash Algorithm. The SHA-256 algorithm was designed by the US National Security Agency and is the cryptographic hash function used within the Bitcoin network to validate transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain.
« HODL » synthétique Synthetic HODL is the Company’s use of financial instruments to create BTC-equivalent exposure.
Terahash or TH/s One trillion (1,000,000,000,000) hashes or one Terahash per second.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

FORM 52-109F2

CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS

FULL CERTIFICATE

 

I, Nicolas Bonta, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Bitfarms Ltd., certify the following

 

1.Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the “interim filings”) of Bitfarms Ltd. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended March 31, 2024.

 

2.No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings.

 

3.Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings.

 

4.Responsibility: The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer.

 

5.Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings:

 

(a)designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that:

 

(i)material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the interim filings are being prepared; and

 

(ii)information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and

 

(b)designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer’s GAAP.

 

5.1Control framework: The control framework the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer’s ICFR is the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

 

5.2ICFR - material weakness relating to design: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A for each material weakness relating to design existing at the end of the interim period:

 

(a)a description of the material weakness;

 

(b)the impact of the material weakness on the issuer’s financial reporting and its ICFR; and

 

(c)the issuer’s current plans, if any, or any actions already undertaken, for remediating the material weakness.

 

5.3Limitation on scope of design: N/A

 

6.Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer’s ICFR that occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ended on March 31, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR.

 

Date: May 15, 2024

 

(signed) “Nicolas Bonta”  
Nicolas Bonta  
Interim Chief Executive Officer  

 

Exhibit 99.4

 

FORM 52-109F2

CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS

FULL CERTIFICATE

 

I, Jeffrey Lucas, Chief Financial Officer of Bitfarms Ltd., certify the following:

 

1.Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the “interim filings”) of Bitfarms Ltd. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended March 31, 2024.

 

2.No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings.

 

3.Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings.

 

4.Responsibility: The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer.

 

5.Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings:

 

(a)designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that:

 

(i)material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the interim filings are being prepared; and

 

(ii)information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and

 

(b)designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer’s GAAP.

 

5.1Control framework: The control framework the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer’s ICFR is the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

 

5.2ICFR - material weakness relating to design: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A for each material weakness relating to design existing at the end of the interim period:

 

(a)a description of the material weakness;

 

(b)the impact of the material weakness on the issuer’s financial reporting and its ICFR; and

 

(c)the issuer’s current plans, if any, or any actions already undertaken, for remediating the material weakness.

 

5.3Limitation on scope of design: N/A

 

6.Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer’s ICFR that occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ended on March 31, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR.

 

Date: May 15, 2024

 

(signed) “Jeffrey Lucas”  
Jeffrey Lucas  
Directeur financier  

 

Exhibit 99.5

 

FORM 51-102F3
MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

 

Item 1 Name and Address of Company

 

Bitfarms Ltd. (“Bitfarms” or the “Company”) 110 Yonge

Street, Suite 1601

Toronto, Ontario M5C 1T4

 

Item 2 Date of Material Change

 

May 15, 2024.

 

Item 3 News Release

 

The press release attached as Schedule “A” was released on May 15, 2024 by a newswire company in Canada.

 

Item 4 Summary of Material Change

 

The material change is described in the press release attached as Schedule “A”.

 

Item 5 Full Description of Material Change

 

The material change is described in the press release attached as Schedule “A”.

 

Item 6 Reliance of subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 7 Omitted Information

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8 Executive Officer

 

Nicolas Bonta

Président

Bitfarms ltée

nbonta@bitfarms.com

 

Item 9 Date of Report

 

May 15, 2024.

 

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Bitfarms publie ses résultats du premier trimestre de 2024

- Revenue of $50 million, up 9% Q/Q and 67% Y/Y -

- Gross mining margin of 59%, up from 52% in Q4 2023 & 41% in Q1 2023 -

- Secured additional 24,000 miners in March, increasing total delivery to 88,000 in 2024 -

- Current hashrate of 7.0 EH/s, up from 6.5 EH/s at year end -

- On track to achieve guidance of 21 EH/s and 21 w/TH in 2024 -

 

Ce communiqué de presse constitue un « communiqué de presse désigné » aux fins du supplément de prospectus de la Société daté du 8 mars 2024, à son prospectus préalable de base simplifié daté du 10 novembre 2023.

 

Toronto, Ontario and Brossard, Québec (May 15, 2024) - Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq/TSX: BITF), a global Bitcoin vertically integrated company, reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. All financial references are in U.S. dollars.

 

En exécutant l’expansion et la mise à niveau transformatrice de la flotte, Bitfarms a réalisé des gains d’efficacité notables et progresse vers des conseils 2024 de 21 EH/s et 21 w/TH, ce qui représente une augmentation du taux de hachage de 223 % et une amélioration de l’efficacité de 40 %. Il s’agirait des gains de croissance et d’efficacité les plus importants de l’histoire de la Société et parmi les sociétés de minage Bitcoin cotés en bourse cette année.

 

En outre, la Société a récemment doublé sa capacité d’énergie contractuelle sur son site d’Yguazu, au Paraguay, de 100 MW à 200 MW d’hydroélectricité stable, à faible coût et durable. Cela augmentera le nombre total de mégawatts sous gestion de Bitfarms de 23 %, passant de 428 MW à la fin de l’année 2024 à 528 MW en 2025, et fournira une capacité de croissance significative.

 

« Ces actions stratégiques nous positionnent bien pour générer une croissance organique significative et capturer une plus grande part de la demande mondiale de bitcoins », a déclaré Ben Gagnon, directeur des opérations de minage de Bitfarms. « Notre croissance prend de l’ampleur. Nous sommes actuellement à 7 EH/s et sur la bonne voie pour atteindre 12 EH/s et 25 w/TH au deuxième trimestre de2024. Les mises à niveau de nos mineurs ont amélioré l’efficacité globale de la flotte de 35 w/TH à 31 w/TH, y compris l’amélioration de l’efficacité combinée de 51 % à nos installations de Garlock et Farnham au Québec. Les installations de mineurs en cours devraient contribuer à réduire progressivement le w/TH de l'entreprise et à réduire considérablement les coûts de production, ce qui ferait de Bitfarms l’un des mineurs de bitcoins les plus efficaces d’ici la fin de l’année 2024.

 

En avril, Bitfarms a reçu la confirmation des autorités fiscales canadiennes que 24 millions de dollars en taxes sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) précédemment payées seront remboursés, de même que les paiements futurs. Avec le recouvrement de la TVA, le coût direct moyen de production par BTC aurait été réduit de 2 100 $ au premier trimestre de 2024.

 

Jeff Lucas, directeur financier de Bitfarms, a déclaré : « Cette injection de liquidités améliore encore notre flexibilité financière. Combinés à notre bilan solide et à notre stratégie d’efficacité du capital, nous sommes bien placés pour financer nos initiatives de croissance de 2024. Plus particulièrement, nous avons suffisamment de liquidités pour payer tous les mineurs nécessaires pour atteindre 21 EH/s.

 

Faits saillants du deuxième trimestre de 2024 & des activités récentes

 

Opérations

Taux de hachage (hashrate) actuel de 7,0 EH/s, en hausse par rapport à 6,5 EH/s au premier trimestre de 2024.

Moyenne de 6,7 BTC par jour dans la production quotidienne au deuxième trimestre de 2024.

 

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Mise à niveau de la flotte et expansion de la ferme

Option d’achat exercée pour 28 000 mineurs Bitmain T21 et sécurisation de 19 280 mineurs Bitmain T21 supplémentaires, 3 888 mineurs Bitmain S21 et 740 mineurs hydrauliques Bitmain S21 en mars, qui sont tous prévus pour la livraison et le déploiement au deuxième semestre de 2024.
Mise sous tension de la première tranche des mineurs Bitmain T21 dans deux fermes au Québec et début des installations à Paso Pe, au Paraguay, en avril.
Mise à niveau des mineurs de Farnham et Garlock en avril, ce qui a entraîné une amélioration combinée de 51 % de l’efficacité énergétique à ces endroits et une amélioration de l’efficacité de l’entreprise de 9 %.
Achat d’un terrain à Yguazu en janvier et début de la construction sur le site de l’installation de 100 MW.

 

Faits saillants financiers du deuxième trimestre 2024

 

Chiffre d’affaires total de 50 millions de dollars, en hausse de 9 % par rapport aux 46 millions de dollars au quatrième trimestre de 2023.
Le bénéfice de minage brut* et la marge de minage brute* de 29 millions de dollars et de 59 %, respectivement, en hausse par rapport à 23 millions de dollars et 52 % au quatrième trimestre de 2023, respectivement.
Frais généraux et administratifs de 13 millions de dollars, en baisse de 2 % par rapport au quatrième trimestre de 2023.
Perte d’exploitation de 24 millions de dollars, qui comprenait un amortissement accéléré de 19 millions de dollars sur les anciens mineurs, contre une perte d’exploitation de 13 millions de dollars au quatrième trimestre de 2023, qui comprenait une reprise hors trésorerie de 1 million de dollars de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques et 2 millions de dollars en charges de dépréciation hors trésorerie.
Perte nette de 6 millions de dollars, ou (0,02) $ par action de base et diluée qui comprenait un gain hors trésorerie de 9 millions de dollars pour la réévaluation du passif des bons de souscription relative aux activités de financement de 2021 et 2023 . Cela se compare à une perte nette de 57 millions de dollars, ou (0,19)$ par action de base et diluée au quatrième trimestre de 2023, qui comprenait une charge hors trésorerie de 38 millions de dollars pour la réévaluation du passif des bons de souscription.
BAIIA ajusté* de 21 millions de dollars, ou 42 % des revenus, en hausse par rapport à 14 millions de dollars, ou 30 % des revenus, au quatrième trimestre de 2023, une augmentation largement due à la hausse du prix moyen du BTC.
La Société a obtenu 943 BTC à un coût de production direct moyen par BTC* de 20 500 $, par rapport à 16 200 $ au quatrième trimestre de 2023.
Le coût total de production par BTC* était de 30 300 $ au premier trimestre de 2024, en hausse par rapport à 25 200 $ au quatrième trimestre de 2023 en raison d'une quantité moindre de BTC obtenue.

 

Liquidité**

 

Au 31 mars 2024, la Société disposait de liquidités totales** de 124 millions de dollars, comprenant 66 millions de dollars en espèces et 806 BTC évalués à 58 millions de dollars sur la base d’un prix du BTC de 71 400 dollars au 31 mars 2024.

 

Deuxième trimestre de 2024 et activités de financement récentes

 

Vendu 941 BTC à un prix moyen de 52 700 $ pour un produit total de 50 millions de dollars au premier trimestre de 2024 et vendu 245 des 269 BTC obtenus au cours du mois d'avril 2024, générant un produit total de 16 millions de dollars. Une partie des fonds a été utilisée pour rembourser entièrement les dettes liées à l’équipement et pour payer les dépenses en capital.

 

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Ajouté 24 BTC à la trésorerie en avril 2024 pour un total de 830 BTC détenus en trésorerie, représentant une valeur totale de 51 millions de dollars, basée sur un prix BTC de 61 300 $ au 30 avril 2024.
Commenced a new at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program on March 11, 2024, raising net proceeds of $38 million during Q1 2024 and $121 million through May 14, 2024.
Remboursé le reste des dettes liées à l’équipement en février.
Conclu un contrat de vente et de cession-bail pour monétiser la valeur de l’installation de Garlock et reçu un produit net de 2 millions de dollars à allouer aux plans d’expansion.
Reçu la confirmation des autorités fiscales canadiennes, en avril 2024, du remboursement de 24 millions de dollars de TVA précédemment payée.

 

Performance opérationnelle trimestrielle

 

  Q1 2024 Q4 2023 Q1 2023
Total des BTC obtenus 943 1,236 1,297
Moyenne des watts/efficacité moyenne du TH*** 35 35 38
BTC vendu 941 1,135 1,267

 

  Depuis le 31 mars, Depuis le 31 décembre, Depuis le 31 mars,
  2024 2023 2023
Fonctionnement EH/s 6.5 6.5 4.8
Capacité d'exploitation (MW) 240 240 188
Hydroélectricité (MW) 186 186 178

 

Revenu moyen trimestriel**** et coût de production par BTC*

 

  Q1 2024 Q4 2023 Q3 2023 Q2 2023 Q1 2023
Rev. moy.****/BTC 52 400 $ 36 400 $ 28 100 $ 28 000 $ 22 500 $
Coût direct*/BTC 20 500 $ 16 200 $ 16 900 $ 15 700 $ 12 500 $
Coût total en espèces*/BTC 30 300 $ 25 200 $ 22 700 $ 21 800 $ 17 700 $

*Gross mining profit, gross mining margin, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Direct Cost per BTC and Total Cash Cost per BTC are non-IFRS financial measures or ratios and should be read in conjunction with, and should not be viewed as alternatives to or replacements of measures of operating results and liquidity presented in accordance with IFRS. Readers are referred to the reconciliations of non-IFRS measures included in the Company’s MD&A and at the end of this press release.
**Liquidity represents cash and balance of digital assets.
***Average watts represents the energy consumption of miners.
****Average revenue per BTC is for mining operations only and excludes Volta revenue.

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Conférence téléphonique

 

Management will host a conference call today at 8:00 am EST. A presentation of the Q1 2024 results will be accessible before the call on the Investor website and can be accessed here.

 

Participants may join by calling: 1-877-545-0523 (domestic), or 1-973-528-0016 (international), and should do so 10 minutes prior to the start time. Participants will be greeted by an operator and asked for the access code, which is 878603. If you do not have the code, then you may reference the Bitfarms’ Q1 2024 results conference call.

 

The conference call will also be available through a live webcast found here.

 

Une retransmission de la webdiffusion sera disponible et peut être consultée dans la section Événements de notre site Web pour les investisseurs. Une rediffusion audio sera disponible jusqu’au 3 juin 2024 et peut être consultée au 1-877-481-4010 (nationale) ou 1-919-882-2331 (international), en utilisant le code d’accès 50495.

 

Conférences et événements à venir

 

May 15: Digital Blockchain Summit, Washington DC
May 22-23: B Riley Securities 24th Annual Institutional Investor Conference, Beverly Hills, CA
Juin 25: Northland Capital Markets Growth Conference, Virtual

 

Mesures non IFRS*

 

En tant qu'entreprise canadienne, Bitfarms respecte les normes internationales d'information financière (IFRS) qui sont émises par l'International Accounting Standard Board (IASB). En vertu des règles IFRS, la société ne reflète pas dans son compte de résultat les gains de réévaluation sur la valeur de marché de ses avoirs en bitcoins. Elle n'inclut pas non plus les pertes de réévaluation sur la valeur de marché de ses avoirs en bitcoins dans l'EBITDA ajusté, qui est une mesure de la rentabilité en espèces de ses opérations et ne reflète pas le changement de valeur de ses actifs et de ses passifs.

 

La Société utilise le BAIIA ajusté pour mesurer la performance financière et la capacité de génération de trésorerie de ses activités opérationnelles.

 

2023 Redressement

 

Au cours de la préparation des états financiers de la Société pour l’exercice clos le 31 décembre, 2023 la Société a réévalué l’application des normes comptables IFRS sur la comptabilisation des bons de souscription émis dans le cadre des financements par placement privé effectués en 2021 et, à ce titre, a redressé (le « redressement ») ses états consolidés de la situation financière au décembre 31 2022 et 1 2022au janvier, ses états consolidés de résultat et de résultat global pour l’exercice clos le décembre 31 2022 et les trois mois clos le mars,31 2023 ainsi que ses états consolidés des flux de trésorerie pour l’exercice 31 clos2022 le décembre et les trois mois clos 31 le2023 mars, qui ont été précédemment déposés sur SEDAR+ et EDGAR. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez consulter la note 3e des états financiers consolidés vérifiés pour l’exercice clos le 31 décembre 2023, ainsi que la note 3d des états financiers consolidés condensés intermédiaires pour le trimestre clos le 31 mars 2024, disponibles sur SEDAR+ et EDGAR. Comme décrit dans le rapport de gestion intermédiaire (MD&A) pour les trois mois terminés le 31 mars 2024, disponible sur SEDAR+ et EDGAR, la Société entreprend des efforts de remédiation à la lumière du redressement et afin d’améliorer l’efficacité globale de son contrôle interne sur l’information financière pour la comptabilisation d’instruments financiers complexes.

 

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À propos de Bitfarms ltée

 

Fondée en 2017, Bitfarms est une société de minage de bitcoins mondiale qui apporte sa puissance de calcul à un ou plusieurs pools de minage à partir desquels elle reçoit un paiement en bitcoins. Bitfarms développe, possède et exploite des fermes de minage verticalement intégrées avec une gestion interne et des services d'ingénierie électrique et d'installation appartenant à la Société, ainsi que plusieurs centres de réparation technique sur site. Le système d'analyse de données exclusif de la Société offre les meilleures performances opérationnelles et le meilleur temps de fonctionnement de sa catégorie.

 

Bitfarms a actuellement 12 installations de minage de bitcoins et une en cours de développement situées dans quatre pays : le Canada, les États-Unis, le Paraguay et l’Argentine. Alimenté principalement par des contrats hydroélectriques et d’électricité à long terme respectueux de l’environnement, Bitfarms s’engage à utiliser une infrastructure énergétique durable et souvent sous-utilisée.

 

Pour en savoir plus sur les événements, les développements et les communautés en ligne de Bitfarms :

 

www.bitfarms.com

https://www.facebook.com/BitfarmsFR/
https://twitter.com/bitfarms_fr
https://www.instagram.com/bitfarms_fr/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitfarms-fr

 

Glossaire des termes

 

BTC BTC/jour = Bitcoin ou Bitcoin par jour
EH ou EH/s = Exahash ou exahash par seconde
MW ou MWh = Mégawatts ou mégawattheure
w/TH = Efficacité en watts/terahash (y compris le coût de l’alimentation de l’équipement supplémentaire)
Synthetic HODL™ = l'utilisation d'instruments qui créent une exposition équivalente au bitcoin.

 

Mise en garde

 

Le commerce des titres de la Société doit être considéré comme hautement spéculatif. Aucune bourse, commission des valeurs mobilières ou autre autorité réglementaire n'a approuvé ou désapprouvé les informations contenues dans le présent document. Ni la Bourse de Toronto, ni le Nasdaq, ni aucune autre bourse de valeurs ou autorité de réglementation n'acceptent la responsabilité de la pertinence ou de l'exactitude de ce communiqué.

 

Énoncés prévisionnels

 

Ce communiqué de presse contient certaine « information prospectives » et « déclarations prospectives » (collectivement, « information prospectives ») qui sont basées sur des attentes, des estimations et des projections à la date de ce communiqué de presse et qui sont couvertes par des règles d'exonération « safe harbors » en vertu des lois sur les valeurs mobilières du Canada et des États-Unis. Les déclarations et informations contenues dans ce communiqué concernant la croissance projetée, le hashrate cible, les opportunités liées à la diversification et à l'expansion géographiques de la Société, la mise à niveau et le déploiement des mineurs ainsi que leur calendrier, l'amélioration de la performance financière et de la liquidité du bilan, d'autres opportunités et perspectives de croissance, et d'autres déclarations concernant la croissance future, les plans et les objectifs de la Société sont des informations prospectives. Toute déclaration impliquant des discussions relatives à des prédictions, des attentes, des croyances, des plans, des projections, des objectifs, des hypothèses, des événements ou des performances futurs (en utilisant souvent, mais pas toujours, des expressions telles que « s'attend à » ou « ne s'attend pas à », « est attendu », « anticipe » ou « n'anticipe pas », « planifie », « budget », « programmé », « prévisions », « estimations », « perspectives », « croire » ou « avoir l'intention » ou des variantes de ces mots et de ces expressions ou déclarant que certaines actions, événements ou résultats « peuvent » ou « pourraient », « seraient », « pourraient » ou « seront » pris pour se produire ou être atteints) ne sont pas des déclarations de faits historiques et peuvent constituer de l'information prospectives.

 

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This forward-looking information is based on assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time they were made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others, risks relating to: the construction and operation of the Company’s facilities may not occur as currently planned, or at all; expansion may not materialize as currently anticipated, or at all; the power purchase agreements and economics thereof may not be as advantageous as expected; the digital currency market; the ability to successfully mine digital currency; revenue may not increase as currently anticipated, or at all; it may not be possible to profitably liquidate the current digital currency inventory, or at all; a decline in digital currency prices may have a significant negative impact on operations; an increase in network difficulty may have a significant negative impact on operations; the volatility of digital currency prices; the anticipated growth and sustainability of hydroelectricity for the purposes of cryptocurrency mining in the applicable jurisdictions; the inability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power for the Company to operate cryptocurrency mining assets; the risks of an increase in the Company’s electricity costs, cost of natural gas, changes in currency exchange rates, energy curtailment or regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates and the potential adverse impact on the Company’s profitability; the ability to complete current and future financings; the impact of the Restatement on the price of the Company’s common shares, financial condition and results of operations; the risk that a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting could result in a misstatement of the Company’s financial position that may lead to a material misstatement of the annual or interim consolidated financial statements if not prevented or detected on a timely basis; historical prices of digital currencies and the ability to mine digital currencies that will be consistent with historical prices; and the adoption or expansion of any regulation or law that will prevent Bitfarms from operating its business, or make it more costly to do so. For further information concerning these and other risks and uncertainties, refer to the Company’s filings on www.sedarplus.ca (which are also available on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov), including the MD&A for the year-ended December 31, 2023, filed on March 7, 2024 and the MD&A for three-month period ended March 31, 2024 filed on May 15, 2024. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, including factors that are currently unknown to or deemed immaterial by the Company. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking information. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking information other than as required by law.

 

Contact pour les relations avec les investisseurs :

 

Tracy Krumme

SVP, Investor Relations

+1 786-671-5638

tkrumme@bitfarms.com

 

Contacts pour les médias :

 

Agence réelle

Khushboo Chaudhary

+1 646-373-9946

mediarelations@bitfarms.com

 

Québec Media : Tact

Louis-Martin Leclerc

+1 418-693-2425

lmleclerc@tactconseil.ca

 

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Bitfarms ltée Résultats financiers et opérationnels consolidés

 

  Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire) 2024 2023(3) Changement en $ Changement en pourcentage
Revenus 50,317 30,050 20,267 67%
Coût des revenus (60,999) (38,403) (22,596) 59%
Perte brute (10,682) (8,353) (2,329) 28%
Marge brute (1) (21)% (28)%
Dépenses d'exploitation        
Dépenses générales et administratives (13,196) (8,360) (4,836) 58%
Gain réalisé sur la disposition de biens numériques 587 (587) (100)%
Reprise de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques 2,695 (2,695) (100)%
Gain (perte) sur la disposition d’immobilisations et de matériel 170 (1,566) 1,736 111%
Perte d'exploitation (23,708) (14,997) (8,711) 58%
Marge d’exploitation (1) (47)% (50)%
Revenu financier net 11,443 10,967 476 4%
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu (12,265) (4,030) (8,235) 204%
Recouvrement d'impôts sur le revenu 6,285 330 5,955 nm
Perte nette (5,980) (3,700) (2,280) 62%
Perte de base et diluée par action (en dollars américains) (0.02) (0.02)
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt 17,433 1,225 16,208 nm
Total du résultat global (perte nette), net d’impôt 11,453 (2,475) 13,928 563%
Bénéfice de minage brut (2) 29,312 12,026 17,286 144%
Gross Mining margin (2) 59% 41%
EBITDA (2) 26,410 18,024 8,386 47%
Marge d'EBITDA (2) 52% 60%
EBITDA ajusté (2) 21,007 6,364 14,643 230%
Marge EBITDA ajustée (2) 42% 21%

nm: not meaningful

 

 

1 Gross margin and Operating margin are supplemental financial ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios of the Company's MD&A.
2 Gross Mining profit, Gross Mining margin, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-IFRS measures or ratios; refer to section 9 - Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios of the Company's MD&A.
3 Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to the Q1 2024 interim financial statements Note 3d - Basis of Presentation and Material Accounting Policy Information - Restatement.

 

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Bitfarms ltée Rapprochement du bénéfice net (perte) consolidé(e) à l'EBITDA et à l'EBITDA ajusté 

 

  Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire) 2024 2023(1) Changement en $ Changement en pourcentage
Revenus 50,317 30,050 20,267 67%
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu (12,265) (4,030) (8,235) 204%
Charges d’intérêts et (revenus) (302) 1,354 (1,656) (122)%
Dépréciation et amortissement 38,977 20,700 18,277 88%
EBITDA 26,410 18,024 8,386 47%
Marge du BAIIA 52% 60%
Rémunération en actions 3,094 2,536 558 22%
Gain réalisé sur la disposition de biens numériques (587) 587 100%
Reprise de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques (2,695) 2,695 100%
Gain sur extinction de dettes à long terme et passifs locatifs (12,835) 12,835 100%
(Gain) perte sur réévaluation des bons de souscription (9,040) 1,221 (10,261) (840)%
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables (338) (2,171) 1,833 (84)%
Frais financiers nets et autres 881 2,871 (1,990) (69)%
EBITDA ajusté 21,007 6,364 14,643 230%
Marge du BAIIA ajustée 42% 21%

 

 

1Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to the Q1 2024 interim financial statements Note 3d - Basis of Presentation and Material Accounting Policy Information - Restatement.

 

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Bitfarms ltée Calcul du bénéfice de minage brut et de la marge de minage brute

 

  Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire) 2024 2023 Changement en $ % Change
Perte brute (10,682) (8,353) (2,329) 28%
Revenus non reliés au minage (1) (894) (842) (52) 6%
Dépréciation et amortissement 38,977 20,700 18,277 88%
Achats de composants électriques 387 320 67 21%
Salaires et charges sociales des électriciens 321 356 (35) (10)%
Autre 1,203 (155) 1,358 876%
Bénéfice brut de l'activité de minage 29,312 12,026 17,286 144%
Marge brute de minage 59% 41%

 

(1) Conciliation des revenus non reliés au minage :

 

  Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire) 2024 2023 Changement en $ % Change
Revenus 50,317 30,050 20,267 67%
Moins de revenus liés au minage dans le but de calculer la marge brute de minage :        
Revenus de minage (49,423) (29,208) (20,215) 69%
Revenus hors minage 894 842 52 6%

 

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Bitfarms ltée Calcul du coût direct et du coût direct par BTC

 

  Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire) 2024 2023 Changement en $ % Change
Coût des revenus 60,999 38,403 22,596 59%
Dépréciation et amortissement (38,977) (20,700) (18,277) 88%
Achats de composants électriques (387) (320) (67) 21%
Salaires et charges sociales des électriciens (321) (356) 35 (10)%
L'infrastructure (1,974) (942) (1,032) 110%
Autre 82 (82) (100)%
Coût direct 19,340 16,167 3,173 20%
Quantité de BTC obtenus 943 1,297 (354) (27)%
Coût direct par BTC (en dollars américains) 20,500 12,500 8,000 64%

 

Bitfarms ltée - Coût total en espèces et coût total par BTC

 

  Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire) 2024 2023 Changement en $ Changement en pourcentage
Coût des revenus 60,999 38,403 22,596 59%
Dépenses générales et administratives 13,196 8,360 4,836 58%
  74,195 46,763 27,432 59%
Dépréciation et amortissement (38,977) (20,700) (18,277) 88%
Achats de composants électriques (387) (320) (67) 21%
Salaires et charges sociales des électriciens (321) (356) 35 (10)%
Rémunération en actions (3,094) (2,536) (558) 22%
Autre (2,814) 62 (2,876) nm
Coût total des liquidités 28,602 22,913 5,689 25%
Quantité de BTC obtenus 943 1,297 (354) (27)%
Coût total en espèces par BTC (en dollars américains) 30,300 17,700 12,600 71%

 

 

 

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