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 August 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 and six months ended June 30, 2024 and management’s discussion and analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 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S-8 (File No. 333-278868) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report was furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.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 and six months ended June 30, 2024
99.2   Management’s Discussion & Analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024
99.3   CEO Certification of Interim Filings - Interim Certificate dated August 8, 2024
99.4   CFO Certification of Interim Filings - Interim Certificate dated August 8, 2024
99.5   Material Change Report dated August 8, 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/ Ben Gagnon
    Name:  Ben Gagnon
    Title: Directeur général

 

Date: August 8, 2024

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 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 13
6. Actifs numériques 14
7. Actifs et passifs dérivés 15
8. Actifs détenus en vue de la vente 16
9. Dépréciation 17
10. Biens, installations et équipements 18
11. Actifs incorporels 21
12. Long-term Deposits, Equipment Prepayments, Commitments and Other 23
13. Dettes commerciales et frais à payer 26
14. Warrant Liabilities 26
15. Long-term Debt 28
16. Baux 30
17. Impôts sur le revenu 31
18. Capital action 31
19. Instruments financiers 33
20. Transactions et soldes avec les parties liées 34
21. Net Loss Per Share 34
22. Share-based Payments 35
23. Détails supplémentaires de l'état des profits et des pertes et du résultat global 36
24. Information géographique 39
25. Détails supplémentaires sur l'état des flux de trésorerie 40
26. Subsequent Events 40

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars - unaudited)

 

 

 

       As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   Notes   2024   2023 
actifs            
Actuel            
Liquidités        138,619    84,038 
Créances commerciales        735    714 
Autres actifs   5    17,627    1,494 
Dépôts prépayés à court terme   9    10,671    6,393 
Inventaire des composants électriques   23    1,076    705 
Impôts à recevoir        450     
Actifs numériques   6    56,748    31,870 
Actifs numériques - donnés en garantie   6, 15        2,101 
Actifs dérivés   7    2,255    1,281 
Actifs détenus en vue de la vente   8    9,108    1,388 
         237,289    129,984 
Au long terme               
Biens, installations et équipements   10, 24    233,293    186,012 
Actifs au titre du droit d’utilisation   16    13,184    14,315 
Dépôts à long terme, prépaiements des équipements et autres   12    47,790    44,714 
Actifs incorporels   11    4,378    3,700 
TOTAL DES ACTIFS        535,934    378,725 
Passif               
Actuel               
Dettes commerciales et frais à payer   13    24,230    20,739 
Tranche courant de la dette à long terme   15    164    4,022 
Responsabilité relative au contrat de location   16    2,008    2,857 
Impôts à payer            1,110 
Passifs liés aux bons de souscription   14, 18    20,032    40,426 
         46,434    69,154 
Au long terme               
Dette à long terme   15    1,487     
Responsabilité relative au bail   16    12,208    12,993 
Provision pour mise hors service d’actifs        1,928    1,816 
TOTAL DES PASSIFS        62,057    83,963 
Capitaux propres               
Capital action        727,055    530,123 
Surplus d’apport        59,406    56,622 
Déficit accumulé        (315,739)   (294,924)
Excédent de réévaluation        3,155    2,941 
TOTAL DES CAPITAUX PROPRES        473,877    294,762 
Total des passifs et des actions        535,934    378,725 

 

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

 

7 Août 2024   /s/ Nicolas Bonta   /s/ Ben Gagnon   /s/ Jeffrey Lucas
Date of approval of the financial statements   Chairman of the Board of Directors   Directeur général   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 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   Notes   2024   2023 (restated - Note 3d)   2024   2023 (restated - Note 3d) 
                     
Revenus   6, 24    41,548    35,479    91,865    65,529 
Coût des revenus   23    (52,823)   (41,519)   (113,822)   (79,922)
Perte brute        (11,275)   (6,040)   (21,957)   (14,393)
                          
Dépenses d'exploitation                         
Dépenses générales et administratives   23    (12,402)   (9,155)   (25,598)   (17,515)
Reprise de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques   6                2,695 
Gain (perte) sur la disposition d’immobilisations et de matériel        99    7    269    (1,559)
Dépréciation des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance et des immobilisations corporelles   9        (9,982)       (9,982)
Perte d'exploitation        (23,578)   (25,170)   (47,286)   (40,754)
                          
Produits (charges) financiers nets   23    (1,317)   (1,007)   10,126    9,960 
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu        (24,895)   (26,177)   (37,160)   (30,794)
                          
Recouvrement (charge) d'impôt sur le revenu   17    (1,704)   94    4,581    424 
Perte nette        (26,599)   (26,083)   (32,579)   (30,370)
                          
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    (5,455)   579    11,978    2,391 
Perte globale totale, nette d'impôts        (32,054)   (25,504)   (20,601)   (27,979)
                          
Perte par action   21                     
De base et dilué        (0.07)   (0.11)   (0.09)   (0.13)
Nombre moyen pondéré d'actions ordinaires en circulation   21                     
De base et dilué        401,239,000    246,129,000    369,992,000    239,372,000 

 

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                    (32,579)       (32,579)
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt                        11,978    11,978 
Perte globale totale, nette d'impôts                    (32,579)   11,978    (20,601)
                                    
Transfer of revaluation surplus on disposal of digital assets to accumulated deficit, net of tax                    11,764    (11,764)    
Rémunération en actions   22            4,769            4,769 
Issuance of common shares   18    84,196,000    173,564                173,564 
Règlement des unités d'actions restreintes   22    125,000    289    (289)            
Exercice d'options d'achat d'actions et de bons de souscription   18, 22    7,401,000    23,079    (1,696)           21,383 
Balance as of June 30, 2024        425,875,000    727,055    59,406    (315,739)   3,155    473,877 
                                    
Balance as of January 1, 2023 (restated - Note 3d)        224,200,000    404,934    47,653    (197,189)       255,398 
Perte nette                    (30,370)       (30,370)
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt                        2,391    2,391 
Perte globale totale, nette d'impôts                    (30,370)   2,391    (27,979)
                                    
Transfer of revaluation surplus on disposal of digital assets to accumulated deficit, net of tax                    1,247    (1,247)    
Rémunération en actions   22            4,998            4,998 
Issuance of common shares   18    33,551,000    37,587                37,587 
Règlement des unités d'actions restreintes   22    108,000    279    (279)            
Exercise of stock options   18, 22    400,000    295    (133)           162 
Balance as of June 30, 2023 (restated - Note 3d)        258,259,000    443,095    52,239    (226,312)   1,144    270,166 

 

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)

 

 

       Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   Notes   2024   2023 (restated - Note 3d) 
             
Flux de trésorerie liés aux activités d'exploitation            
Perte nette        (32,579)   (30,370)
Ajustement pour les éléments non monétaires :               
Dépréciation et amortissement   23, 25    87,554    41,228 
Dépréciation des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance et des immobilisations corporelles   9        9,982 
Revenu financier net   23    (10,126)   (9,960)
Actifs numériques obtenus   6    (89,806)   (63,451)
Reprise de la perte de réévaluation sur les actifs numériques   6        (2,695)
Rémunération en actions   22    4,769    4,998 
Recouvrement d'impôts sur le revenu   17    (4,581)   (424)
Perte (gain) sur la disposition des biens, des installations et de l’équipement        (269)   1,559 
Produit de la vente d'actifs numériques obtenus   6    83,326    59,370 
Interest and financial income received (expenses paid)        2,469    (4,947)
Impôts payés sur le revenu        (789)   (237)
Variations des éléments non monétaires du fonds de roulement   25    (12,033)   (2,581)
Variation nette de la trésorerie liée aux activités opérationnelles        27,935    2,472 
                
Flux de trésorerie utilisés pour les activités d'investissement               
Acquisition d'immobilisations corporelles        (123,119)   (19,025)
Produits de la vente d'immobilisations corporelles et d'actifs détenus en vue de la vente        1,546    2,626 
Achat de titres négociables   23    (5,720)   (21,368)
Produit de la cession de titres négociables   23    6,471    28,494 
Paiements anticipés d'équipement et de construction        (31,010)   (9,956)
Variation nette de la trésorerie liée aux activités d’investissement        (151,832)   (19,229)
                
Flux de trésorerie provenant des activités de financement               
Issuance of common shares   18    173,564    37,587 
Remboursement de la dette à long terme   15    (4,066)   (18,938)
Produit de la dette à long terme   15    1,695     
Remboursement des passifs de location   16    (1,363)   (2,118)
Exercice d'options d'achat d'actions et de bons de souscription   18, 22    8,532    162 
Variation nette des liquidités liées aux activités de financement        178,362    16,693 
                
Net increase in cash        54,465    (64)
Cash, beginning of the period        84,038    30,887 
Écarts de taux de change sur la conversion monétaire        116    68 
Cash, end of the period        138,619    30,891 

 

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 OF OPERATIONS

 

Bitfarms Ltd. a été constituée en vertu de la Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions le 1er octobre 11, 2018 et prorogée en vertu de la Loi sur les sociétés par actions (Ontario) le 1er août 27, 2021. Les états financiers consolidés de la société comprennent les comptes de Bitfarms Ltd. et de ses filiales détenues à 100 % (désignées ensemble comme la « société » ou « Bitfarms »). Les actions ordinaires de la société sont cotées au Nasdaq Stock Market et à la Bourse de Toronto (Nasdaq/TSX : BITF). Son siège social est situé à l'adresse suivante : 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 24 “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 data centers and provides electrician services to both commercial and residential customers in Quebec.

 

Bitfarms owns and operates data centers housing 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 (as defined below). 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 is primarily engaged in the Bitcoin Mining industry, a highly volatile industry subject to significant inherent risk. Declines in the market prices of cryptocurrencies, an increase in the difficulty of BTC mining, delays in the delivery of Mining equipment, changes in the regulatory environment and adverse changes in other inherent risks can significantly and negatively impact the Company’s operations and cash flows and its ability to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet its financial obligations. Adverse changes to the factors mentioned above have impacted the recoverability of the Company’s digital assets and property, plant and equipment (“PPE”), resulting in impairment losses being recorded.

 

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 following the date these interim condensed consolidated financial statements were authorized for issuance (the “twelve-month period”). These analyses are based on BTC market factors including price, difficulty and network hashrate for the twelve-month period.

 

A BTC Halving event 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 event 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, 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. Similar to past BTC Halvings events, the BTC price did not have an immediate favorable impact after the BTC Halving that occurred on April 19, 2024. It took approximately six months for the Company’s revenue per terahash to return to the level experienced prior to the May 2020 BTC Halving event.

 

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 fully 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 (the “Board”) on August 7, 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.

 

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

 

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.

 

The Company does not expect the adoption of the amendments to have a significant impact on the Company’s Financial Statements.

 

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.

 

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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)

 

Les amendements suivants aux normes existantes ont été publiés et sont applicables à la société pour son exercice annuel commençant le 1, 2026, une application anticipée étant autorisée :

 

Amendments to IFRS 9, Financial Instruments (“IFRS 9”) and IFRS 7, Financial Instruments: Disclosures

(“IFRS 7”)

Les amendements aux normes IFRS 9 et IFRS 7 précisent que les actifs et les passifs financiers sont comptabilisés et décomptabilisés à la date de règlement, sauf dans le cas d'achats ou de ventes réguliers d'actifs et de passifs financiers répondant aux conditions de la nouvelle exception. La nouvelle exception permet aux entreprises de choisir de décomptabiliser certains passifs financiers réglés par des systèmes de paiement électronique avant la date de règlement.

 

Ces amendements fournissent également des lignes directrices pour évaluer les caractéristiques des flux de trésorerie contractuels des actifs financiers, qui s'appliquent à tous les flux de trésorerie éventuels, y compris ceux qui découlent des caractéristiques environnementales, sociales et de gouvernance (ESG).

 

En outre, les amendements relatifs aux investissements dans des instruments de capitaux propres comptabilisés à la juste valeur par le biais des autres éléments du résultat global exigent de présenter séparément le gain ou la perte de juste valeur pour les investissements décomptabilisés au cours de la période et les investissements détenus. Les amendements ont ajouté des obligations d'information pour les instruments financiers comportant des éléments conditionnels susceptibles de modifier l'échéancier ou le montant des flux de trésorerie contractuels qui ne sont pas directement liés aux risques et aux coûts de base des prêts.

 

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

 

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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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)

 

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 and six months ended June 30, 2023 - Restatement

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2023 (tel que rapporté)   Warrant adjustments   2023 (après redressement)   2023 (tel que rapporté)   Warrant adjustments   2023 (après redressement) 
                         
Perte d'exploitation   (25,170)       (25,170)   (40,754)       (40,754)
                               
Revenu financier net (dépenses)   182    (1,189)   (1,007)   12,370    (2,410)   9,960 
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (24,988)   (1,189)   (26,177)   (28,384)   (2,410)   (30,794)
                               
Recouvrement d'impôts sur le revenu   94        94    424        424 
Perte nette   (24,894)   (1,189)   (26,083)   (27,960)   (2,410)   (30,370)
                               
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   579        579    2,391        2,391 
Perte globale totale, nette d'impôts   (24,315)   (1,189)   (25,504)   (25,569)   (2,410)   (27,979)
                               
Perte par action                              
De base et dilué   (0.10)   (0.01)   (0.11)   (0.12)   (0.01)   (0.13)

 

Interim consolidated statements of cash flows extract for the six months ended June 30, 2023 - Restatement

 

   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2023 (tel que rapporté)   Warrant adjustments   2023 (après redressement) 
             
Flux de trésorerie liés aux activités d'exploitation               
Perte nette   (27,960)   (2,410)   (30,370)
Réajustements pour :               
Revenu financier net   (12,370)   2,410    (9,960)
Variation nette de la trésorerie liée aux activités opérationnelles   2,472        2,472 

 

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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 4:         SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS AND ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of the Financial Statements requires Bitfarms’ management team (“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 first quarter of 2024, in connection with the replacement of older Miners following the Company’s transformative fleet upgrade as described in Note 10 - 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.

 

NOTE 5:         OTHER ASSETS

 

   As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   2024   2023 
Taxes de vente à recevoir*   17,067    805 
Autres créances   560    689 
    17,627    1,494 

 

* Refer to Note 23b for more details about the Canadian sales tax recovery and Note 23d for more details about the provision applied to the Argentine value-added tax (VAT) receivable included in sales taxes receivable.

 

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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 6:         DIGITAL ASSETS

 

BTC transactions and the corresponding values for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023 
   Quantité   Valeur   Quantité   Valeur 
Balance of digital assets including digital assets pledged as collateral as of April 1,   806    57,542    435    12,379 
BTC gagnés*   614    40,383    1,223    34,243 
BTC échangé contre de l'argent et des services   (515)   (33,756)   (1,109)   (30,887)
Gain réalisé sur la cession d'actifs numériques**       5,803        1,110 
Change in unrealized loss on revaluation of digital assets**       (13,224)       (111)
Balance of digital assets including digital assets pledged as collateral as of June 30,   905    56,748    549    16,734 
Less digital assets pledged as collateral as of June 30,***           (70)   (2,137)
Balance of digital assets excluding digital assets pledged as collateral as of June 30,   905    56,748    479    14,597 

 

   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   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*   1,557    89,806    2,520    63,451 
BTC échangé contre de l'argent et des services   (1,456)   (83,326)   (2,376)   (59,370)
Gain réalisé sur la cession d'actifs numériques**       16,866        1,697 
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on revaluation of digital assets**       (569)       4,251 
Balance of digital assets including digital assets pledged as collateral as of June 30,   905    56,748    549    16,734 
Less digital assets pledged as collateral as of June 30,***           (70)   (2,137)
Balance of digital assets excluding digital assets pledged as collateral as of June 30,   905    56,748    479    14,597 

 

* 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 and six months ended June 30, 2024, a loss of $5,455, net of $1,966 of deferred income tax recovery, and a gain of $11,978, net of $4,319 of deferred income tax expense, respectively, were presented in other comprehensive income (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: gain of $579, net of $420 of deferred income tax expense, and a gain of $2,391, net of $862 of deferred income tax expense, respectively).

 

*** Refer to Note 15 for details of the Company’s long-term debt and BTC pledged as collateral. During the first quarter of 2024, the NYDIG Loan balance was fully repaid and the BTC previously pledged as collateral thereunder became unencumbered.

 

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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 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) :

 

   Depuis le 30 juin   Depuis le 31 décembre, 
   2024   2023 
   Actifs dérivés   Passifs dérivés   Actifs dérivés   Passifs dérivés 
   six-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   355        28    20 
Achats   3,026        1,253    366 
Vente   (2,407)           (386)
Solde en fin de période   2,255        1,281     

 

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

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023   2024   2023 
Variation non réalisée de la juste valeur des contrats en cours   (2,424)   35    (296)    
Gain (perte) réalisé(e) sur les contrats réglés   289    (250)   651    (180)
    (2,135)   (215)   355    (180)

 

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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 8:         ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

 

As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, assets held for sale consisted of the following:

 

      As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   Notes  2024   2023 
Mineurs  i.   8,707    521 
Composants électriques pour l'industrie minière      401    867 
       9,108    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 & M50
Miners
   Innosilicon T2T & T3,
Canaan Avalon A10
and Antminer T15 &
S15 Miners
   MicroBT
WhatsMiner
M20S Miners
   Bitmain S19j Pro
Miners
   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    38,302    7,928                    2,609    822    40,911    8,750 
Dispositions    (1,140)   (251)           (258)   (108)   (300)   (205)   (1,698)   (564)
Balance as of June 30, 2024    37,162    7,677            473    208    2,609    822    40,244    8,707 

 

a.S19j Pro Bitmain Miners

During the second quarter of 2024, the Company ceased using 2,609 Bitmain S19J Pro Miners and plans to dispose of them within the next 12 months.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 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, M31 and M50 Miners

During the first quarter of 2024, the company ceased using 2,775 MicroBT WhatsMiner M30 Miners and 4,921 MicroBT WhatsMiner M31 Miners and plans to dispose of them within the next 12 months.

 

During the second quarter of 2024, the Company ceased using 22,956 MicroBT WhatsMiner M30 Miners, 7,118 MicroBT WhatsMiner M31 Miners and 532 MicroBt WhatsMiner M50 Miners and plans to dispose of them within the next 12 months.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company sold an aggregate 1,140 MicroBT WhatsMiner M30 and M31 Miners with a carrying amount of $251 and disposed of them for net proceeds of $289 resulting in a gain of $38.

 

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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 8:         ASSETS HELD FOR SALE (Continued)

 

i.Miners held of sale (Continued)

 

c.MicroBT WhatsMiner M20S Miners

During the six months ended June 30, 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 June 30, 2024.

 

NOTE 9:        IMPAIRMENT

 

2023 perte de valeur

 

Dépréciation des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance au cours du deuxième trimestre de l'année 2008 2023

i.Contexte

Sur le site Web 2022, la société a conclu des accords avec des courtiers externes afin de pouvoir procéder à l'importation de ses mineurs en Argentine. En vertu de ces accords, la société a dû verser des acomptes aux courtiers externes, qui ont été classés en tant que dépôts prépayés à court terme dans les états consolidés de la situation financière. Au cours du deuxième trimestre de 2023, la société a décidé de mettre fin aux accords d'importation avec les courtiers externes à compter du mois de juin 30, 2023.

 

ii.Perte de valeur

La Société a assumé le coût de la résiliation des accords d'importation avec les courtiers afin de mettre en œuvre sa nouvelle stratégie d'importation, ce qui l'a amenée à renoncer à un solde de dépôts de6,982. En conséquence, au cours du deuxième trimestre de 2023, la société a déprécié des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance pour un montant de6,982. Cette dépréciation est présentée dans les états consolidés du résultat et du résultat global sous la rubrique Dépréciation des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance, du matériel et des acomptes versés pour la construction, des immobilisations corporelles et des actifs liés aux droits d'utilisation.

 

Dépréciation d'actifs minéraux au cours du deuxième trimestre de l'année 2004 2023

i.Contexte

L'actif minéral Suni a été acquis dans le cadre de l'acquisition inversée de Bitfarms Ltd (Israël) en avril 12, 2018, et sa valeur a été estimée à l'époque à9,000 sur la base de l'évaluation d'un évaluateur indépendant. Suni est un gisement de minerai de fer situé au Canada qui était détenu par l'acquéreur. Depuis son acquisition, suite à la présence d'indicateurs de dépréciation, l'actif minéral Suni a été ramené à une valeur comptable nette de3,000 au mois de décembre 31, 2022.

 

ii.Perte de valeur

During the second quarter of 2023, in connection with the planned disposal of the Suni mineral asset, Management tested the cash-generating unit for impairment, resulting in a further impairment charge of $3,000 and reducing the carrying amount to nil. This impairment charge is presented in the consolidated statements of profit or loss and comprehensive profit or loss under Impairment on short-term prepaid deposits, equipment and construction prepayments, property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets. On July 27, 2023, the Company sold the Suni mineral asset for a nominal amount to a third party.

 

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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 10:         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, PPE consisted of the following:

 

   Notes 

BVVE et

électrique

composants

   Mineral
assets
  

Terre et

bâtiments

  

Location

Améliorations

   Véhicules   Total 
coût                           
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2024      354,803        5,740    50,728    1,262    412,533 
Ajouts      151,398        11,231    2,112    78    164,819 
Dispositions      (107)           (560)   (25)   (692)
Transfert vers les actifs détenus en vue de la vente  8   (168,148)                   (168,148)
Recouvrement de la taxe de vente  23   (14,763)       (428)   (657)   (18)   (15,866)
Balance as of June 30, 2024      323,183        16,543    51,623    1,297    392,646 
                                  
Amortissement cumulé                                 
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2024      199,794        424    25,656    647    226,521 
Amortissement  25   92,414        85    2,016    86    94,601 
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement  23, 25   (8,624)       (28)   (104)   (4)   (8,760)
Dispositions      (31)           (423)   (16)   (470)
Transfert vers les actifs détenus en vue de la vente  8   (159,289)                   (159,289)
Dépréciation des dépôts transférés en PPE      6,750                    6,750 
Balance as of June 30, 2024      131,014        481    27,145    713    159,353 
                                  
Net book value as of June 30, 2024      192,169        16,062    24,478    584    233,293 

 

   Notes 

BVVE et

électrique

composants

   Mineral
assets
  

Terre et

bâtiments

  

Location

Améliorations

   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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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 10:         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Continued)

 

BVVE

Further details of the quantity and models of BTC BVVE held by the Company as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are as follows :

 

   Notes  

MicroBT

WhatsMiner*

  

Bitmain

S19j Pro

  

Bitmain

T21

  

Bitmain

S21

   Total 
Quantité à partir de janvier 1, 2024        51,738    16,361            68,099 
Ajouts        1,943        35,898    3,975    41,816 
Dispositions        (1,398)   (300)           (1,698)
Quantity as of June 30, 2024        52,283    16,061    35,898    3,975    108,217 
Classés comme actifs détenus en vue de la vente   8    (37,635)   (2,609)           (40,244)
Présenté en tant qu'immobilisations corporelles        14,648    13,452    35,898    3,975    67,973 

 

* Includes 473 M20S classified as assets held for sale, 34,877 M30 of which 24,657 are classified as assets held for sale, 12,517 M31 of which 11,973 are classified as assets held for sale, 1,943 M50 of which 532 are classified as assets held for sale and 2,473 M53 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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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 10:         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Continued)

 

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

i.Contexte

During the first quarter of 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 12 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 five years to two 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 five years to straight-line method over two years to represent the change in pattern in which their future economic benefits are expected to be consumed by the Company.

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded accelerated depreciation of $46,154 and $64,657, respectively, 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 during the first quarter of 2024. As a result, the Company performed evaluations of the recoverable amount of the assets for operating the data centers separately in Quebec, Washington State, Argentina and Paraguay. Based on its calculations, which were based on discounted cash flow models, the Company determined that no impairment loss should be recorded.

 

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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 11:        INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

   Systems software   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 June 30, 2024   5,150    4,713    9,863 
                
Amortissement cumulé               
Solde au mois de janvier 1, 2024   5,138    113    5,251 
Amortissement   6    228    234 
Balance as of June 30, 2024   5,144    341    5,485 
                
Net book value as of June 30, 2024   6    4,372    4,378 

 

   Systems software   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 data center 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 six months ended June 30, 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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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 11:        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 du centre de données
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        
                    
       4,713   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.

 

** In May 2024, the Company finalized an amendment to the existing contract for an additional 100 MW of energy capacity for a total capacity of 200 MW.

 

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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 12:         LONG-TERM DEPOSITS, EQUIPMENT PREPAYMENTS, COMMITMENTS AND OTHER

 

       As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
       2024   2023 
Dépôts de garantie pour l'énergie, l'assurance et le loyer   a    12,881    4,901 
Paiements anticipés d'équipement et de construction   B    34,909    39,813 
         47,790    44,714 

 

a.Dépôts de garantie pour l'énergie, l'assurance et le loyer

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had security deposits for energy, insurance and rent in the amount of $12,881, which includes $5,930 and $3,380 of security deposits for energy consumption at its operational Paso Pe data center and at its future Yguazu data center in Paraguay, respectively. On May 13, 2024, the Company amended its power purchase agreement (“PPA”) for its Yguazu data center 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.

 

b.Paiements anticipés d'équipement et de construction

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

 

       As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
       2024   2023 
Crédits miniers   i.        11,330 
Bitmain T21 Miners Purchase Order and Purchase Option   ii.    7,448    16,912 
Mars 2024 Bon de commande   iii.    7,731     
Autres composants électriques et BVVE   iv.    6,348    4,400 
Travaux de construction et matériaux   v.    13,382    7,171 
         34,909    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 at December 31, 2022, which was fully utilized during 2023 for the acquisition of hydro Miners and hydro containers. These items were received during the six months ended June 30, 2024 and the long-term deposit balance was reduced to nil upon the transfer to property, plant and equipment.

 

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

 

b.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 approximately 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 approximately 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. The total hashrate from the Miners received should correspond to the total hashrate specified in the initial agreements. The quantity of Miners received may vary based on the individual specifications of each Miner.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company made additional deposits of $85,998 towards the Purchase Order, of which approximately 35,900 Bitmain T21 Miners with a book value of $95,462 were received or in transit. During the first quarter of 2024, the Company also fully exercised the Purchase Option with deliveries scheduled for September and October 2024. As of June 30, 2024, the deposit balance for the Purchase Order and the Purchase Option was $7,448.

 

iii.Mars 2024 Bon de commande

During the first quarter of 2024, the Company purchased approximately 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. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company made deposits of $21,339 towards the March 2024 Purchase Order, of which approximately 4,000 Bitmain S21 Miners with a book value of $13,608 were received. As of June 30, 2024, the deposit balance for the March 2024 Purchase Order was $7,731. The total hashrate from the Miners received should correspond to the total hashrate specified in the initial agreements. The quantity of Miners received may vary based on the individual specifications of each Miner.

 

iv.Autres composants électriques et BVVE

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had deposits for other BVVE and electrical components in the amount of $6,348.

 

v.Travaux de construction et matériaux

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had deposits for construction work and materials in the amount of $13,382, mainly for the Paraguay expansions.

 

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

 

c.Engagements

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

 

   Depuis le 30 juin 
   2024 
Trois mois se terminant en septembre 30, 2024   84,152 
Trois mois se terminant en décembre 31, 2024   30,772 
    114,924 

 

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 against the Company. This 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.

 

d.Contingent liabilities

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 that the Miners were manufactured in China, and notified the Company of a potential assessment of a U.S. importation duty of 25%.

 

During the third quarter of 2023, the Company submitted 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 June 30, 2024.

 

As described in Note 20, in March 2024, as a result of the Company’s decision to terminate the employment of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), a termination payment of $1,614 was accrued during the first quarter of 2024 and paid during the three months ended June 30, 2024 based on the terms of the former CEO’s employment agreement. On May 10, 2024, the former 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.

 

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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 13:        TRADE PAYABLES AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

 

   Depuis le 30 juin   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   2024   2023 
Dettes commerciales et charges à payer   20,908    9,077 
Envois de fonds du gouvernement*   3,322    11,662 
    24,230    20,739 

 

* Refer to Note 23b for more details about the reversal of Canadian government remittances payable.

 

NOTE 14:         WARRANT LIABILITIES

 

The fair value of warrant liabilities is as follows:

 

   Depuis le 30 juin   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   2024   2023 
2023 placement privé   19,565    34,276 
2021 private placements   467    6,150 
    20,032    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 “2023 private placement”). 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 (expenses) income.

 

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

 

   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023 
   Number of warrants   Weighted
average exercise
price (USD)
   Number of warrants   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   (11,866,000)   4.90         
Outstanding, June 30,   18,128,000    1.94    19,153,000    4.21 

 

The weighted average contractual life of the warrants as of June 30, 2024, was 1.5 years (June 30, 2023: 0.9 years).

 

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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 14:         WARRANT LIABILITIES (Continued)

 

On January 7, 2024, 96,000 broker warrants from the January 7, 2021 private placement expired and were derecognized during the six months ended June 30, 2024, which resulted in a non-cash gain on revaluation of warrants of $61 included in Net financial (expenses) 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 Sherbrooke, Quebec issued during the first quarter of 2022 expired. These warrants were recorded as equity instruments.

 

On May 17, 2024, 10,613,000 warrants and 1,132,000 broker warrants from the May 17, 2021 private placement expired and were derecognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, which resulted in a non-cash gain on revaluation of warrants of $43 and $1,739, respectively, included in Net financial (expenses) income.

 

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 18 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
   Juin 30,
2024
   Décembre 31,
2023
 
Rendement du dividende (%)            
Volatilité attendue du prix de l'action (%)   87%   84%   91%
Taux d'intérêt sans risque (%)   4.67%   4.71%   4.23%
Durée de vie prévue des bons de souscription (années)   2.74    2.40    2.90 
Prix de l'action (CAD)   4.42    3.53    3.85 
Prix d'exercice (USD)   1.17    1.17    1.17 
Juste valeur des warrants (USD)   2.51    1.80    2.15 
Number of warrants outstanding (exercised)   (5,111,000)   10,841,000    15,952,000 

 

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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 14:         WARRANT LIABILITIES (Continued)

 

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

   Réévaluation en fin de période 
Date d'évaluation  June 30, 2024   December 31,
2023
 
Rendement du dividende (%)        
Volatilité attendue du prix de l'action (%)   62%   82%
Taux d'intérêt sans risque (%)   4.71%   4.23%
Durée de vie prévue des bons de souscription (années)   0.09    0.46 
Prix de l'action (CAD)   3.53    3.85 
Prix d'exercice (USD)   3.06    4.20 
Juste valeur des warrants (USD)   0.06    0.32 
Nombre de bons de souscription en circulation   7,287,000    19,128,000 

 

NOTE 15:         Dette à long terme

 

   As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   2024   2023 
Building financing   1,651     
financement d'équipement       4,022 
Total de la dette à long terme   1,651    4,022 
Moins la partie à court terme de la dette à long terme   (164)   (4,022)
Partie non courante de la dette à long terme   1,487     

 

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

 

   As of June 30,   As of December 31 
   2024   2023 
   six-month period   twelve-month period 
Solde au mois de janvier 1,   4,022    47,147 
Émission de dettes à long terme   1,695     
Paiements   (4,195)   (33,233)
Gain sur l'extinction de la dette à long terme       (12,580)
Intérêts sur la dette à long terme   129    2,688 
Solde en fin de période   1,651    4,022 

 

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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 15:         LONG-TERM DEBT (Continued)

 

a.Building financing

In March 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 the first quarter of 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 six months ended June 30, 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 16:         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 six months ended June 30, 2024 and the year ended December 31, 2023:

 

   Locaux loués   Véhicules   Autres équipements   Total des actifs du ROU   Responsabilité relative au bail 
Au 31 janvier 2024   13,762    544    9    14,315    15,850 
Ajouts et extensions d'actifs ROU   603    118        721    721 
Amortissement   (1,344)   (127)   (8)   (1,479)    
Résiliation de bail   (373)           (373)   (518)
Paiements                   (1,946)
Intérêt                   583 
Change                   (474)
A partir de 30 juin 2024   12,648    535    1    13,184    14,216 
Moins la partie à court terme des dettes de location                       (2,008)
Portion non courante des dettes de location                       12,208 

 

   Locaux loués   Véhicules   Autres équipements   Total des actifs du ROU   Responsabilité relative au bail 
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 17:         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 June 30, 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

 

   Three months ended June 30,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023   2024   2023 
Current tax recovery (expense):                
Année en cours       (144)       (256)
Année précédente   262    (182)   262    (182)
    262    (326)   262    (438)
                     
Recouvrement (charge) d'impôts différés :                    
Année en cours   (1,966)   420    4,319    862 
Année précédente                
    (1,966)   420    4,319    862 
    (1,704)   94    4,581    424 

 

NOTE 18:         SHARE CAPITAL

 

actions ordinaires

The Company’s authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had 425,875,000 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 six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued 84,196,000 common shares in the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $180,177 at an average share price of approximately $2.14. The Company received net proceeds of $174,503 after paying commissions of $5,403 to the sales agent for the 2024 ATM Program and $271 in other transaction costs. The Company capitalized $939 of professional fees and registration expenses to initiate the 2024 ATM Program.

 

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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:         SHARE CAPITAL (Continued)

 

Common shares (Continued)

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

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company issued 33,551,000 common shares in its at-the-market equity offering program that commenced on August 16, 2021 (“the 2021 ATM Program”) in exchange for gross proceeds of $38,900 at an average share price of approximately $1.16. The Company received net proceeds of $37,587 after paying commissions of $1,234 to the sales agent for the 2021 ATM Program and $79 in other transaction costs.

 

ii.options sur actions

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, option holders exercised stock options to acquire 2,290,000 common shares (six months ended June 30, 2023: 400,000) resulting in proceeds of approximately $2,546 (six months ended June 30, 2023: $160) 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 14 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 (expenses) income.

 

iv.Shareholder rights plan

On June 10, 2024, the Board approved a shareholder rights plan (the “June 2024 Rights Plan”). On July 24, 2024, the Capital Markets Tribunal of the Ontario Securities Commission issued an order to cease trading any securities issued, or that may be issued, in connection with or pursuant to the June 2024 Rights plan. Also on July 24, 2024, the Board approved the adoption of a new shareholder rights plan (the “July 2024 Rights Plan”), pursuant to which one right (a “Right”) will be issued and attached to each common share outstanding as at August 6, 2024 (the “Record Time”). A Right will also be attached to each common share issued after the Record Time. Subject to the terms of the July 2024 Rights Plan, the Rights become exercisable if a person (the “Acquiring Person”), along with certain related persons (including persons “acting jointly or in concert” as defined in the July 2024 Rights Plan), acquires or announces its intention to acquire 20% or more of the common shares without complying with the “Permitted Bid” provisions of the July 2024 Rights Plan. Following a transaction that results in a person becoming an Acquiring Person, the Rights entitle the holder thereof to purchase common shares at a significant discount to the market price. The July 2024 Rights Plan is subject to the acceptance of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) and shareholder ratification within six months of its adoption. The TSX has notified the Company that the TSX will defer its consideration of the acceptance of the July 2024 Rights Plan until (a) such time as it is satisfied that the appropriate securities common will not intervene pursuant to National Policy 62-202 and (b) the July 2024 Rights Plan is ratified by the shareholders of the Company by no later than January 24, 2025. A deferral of acceptance of the July 2024 Rights Plan by the TSX will not affect the adoption or operation of the July 2024 Rights Plan. The Board intends to recommend the ratification of the July 2024 Rights Plan at the Company’s upcoming special meeting of shareholders to be held on October 29, 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 19:         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 June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   Mesures  2024   2023 
Actifs financiers au coût amorti             
Liquidités  Niveau 1   138,619    84,038 
Créances commerciales  Niveau 3   735    714 
Autres créances  Niveau 3   560    689 
              
Actifs financiers à la juste valeur par le biais du compte de résultat             
Actifs dérivés  Niveau 2   2,255    1,281 
Total de la valeur comptable et de la juste valeur      142,169    86,722 
              
Passifs financiers au coût amorti             
Dettes commerciales et charges à payer  Niveau 3   20,908    9,077 
Dette à long terme  Niveau 2   1,651    4,022 
              
Passifs financiers à la juste valeur par le biais du compte de résultat             
Passifs liés aux bons de souscription  Niveau 2   20,032    40,426 
Total de la valeur comptable et de la juste valeur      42,591    53,525 
              
Valeur comptable nette et juste valeur      99,578    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 (expenses) 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 14 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 20:         TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES WITH RELATED PARTIES

 

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

 

   As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   2024   2023 
Dettes commerciales et frais à payer        
Rémunération des directeurs   132    112 
Plan d'intéressement des administrateurs et des cadres supérieurs   46    1,567 
    178    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 elected to terminate the employment agreement of the Company’s CEO. It was planned that the CEO would depart upon completion of an executive search and would lead the Company during the interim. However, on May 13, 2024, the Company announced the acceleration of the termination of the CEO effective immediately. A termination payment under the CEO’s employment agreement totaling $1,614 was accrued during the first quarter of 2024 and paid during the three months ended June 30, 2024 after the CEO’s departure. See Note 12 for more details.

 

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

 

NOTE 21:         NET LOSS PER SHARE

 

For the six months ended June 30, 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 and six months ended June 30, 2024, would have totaled approximately 11,280,000 and 13,474,000, respectively (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: 3,850,000 and 3,731,000, respectively).

 

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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 22:        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 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023   2024   2023 
Plans de paiement fondés sur des actions et réglés en instruments de capitaux propres   1,675    2,462    4,769    4,998 

 

Options

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Board approved stock option grants to purchase 330,000 common shares in accordance with the Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP Plan”) adopted on May 18, 2021 (six months ended June 30, 2023: 8,471,000 common shares). All options issued according to the LTIP Plan become exercisable when they vest and can be exercised for a maximum period of 5 years from the date of the grant.

 

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

 

   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023 
   Nombre d'options   Weighted Average
Exercise Price ($CAD)
   Nombre d'options   Weighted Average
Exercise Price ($CAD)
 
Encours, janvier 1,   20,939,000    2.41    21,804,000    3.47 
Accordé   330,000    2.55    8,471,000    1.89 
Exercé   (2,290,000)   1.55    (400,000)   0.54 
Confisqué   (1,443,000)   2.27         
Annulé           (10,535,000)   5.17 
Expiré   (295,000)   5.60    (340,000)   5.47 
Outstanding, June 30,   17,241,000    2.48    19,000,000    1.85 
Exercisable, June 30,   10,230,000    1.78    5,841,000    1.16 

 

The weighted average contractual life of the stock options as of June 30, 2024 was 3.7 years (June 30, 2023: 4.3 years).

 

Les données utilisées pour évaluer les attributions d'options à l'aide du modèle Black-Scholes sont les suivantes :

 

Date d'attribution  Mai 22,
2024
 
Rendement du dividende (%)    
Volatilité attendue du prix de l'action (%)   83%
Taux d'intérêt sans risque (%)   4.64%
Durée de vie prévue des options sur actions (années)   3 
Prix de l'action (CAD)   2.55 
Prix d'exercice (CAD)   2.55 
Juste valeur des options (USD)   0.97 
Période d'acquisition des droits (années)   1.5 
Nombre d'options attribuées   330,000 

 

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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 22:         SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (Continued)

 

Restricted Share Units (’‘RSU’’)

Les détails des RSU sont les suivants :

 

   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023 
   Number of RSUs   Prix d'attribution moyen pondéré ($CAD)   Number of RSUs   Prix d'attribution moyen pondéré ($CAD) 
Encours, janvier 1,   625,000    4.05    400,000    3.73 
Accordé   175,000    2.95         
Réglé   (125,000)   3.13    (108,000)   3.24 
Confisqué   (92,000)   4.04         
Outstanding, June 30,   583,000    3.92    292,000    3.91 

 

On March 28, 2024, the Board approved the grant of 175,000 RSUs (six months ended June 30, 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.

 

NOTE 23:         ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO THE STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE PROFIT OR LOSS

 

Coût des revenus

 

      Three months ended June 30,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   Notes  2024   2023   2024   2023 
Énergie et infrastructures  a   (20,390)   (19,916)   (41,704)   (36,943)
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - énergie et infrastructures  B   17,017        17,017     
Dépréciation et amortissement      (57,337)   (20,528)   (96,314)   (41,228)
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement  B   8,760        8,760     
Composants électriques et salaires  a   (873)   (1,075)   (1,581)   (1,751)
       (52,823)   (41,519)   (113,822)   (79,922)

 

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

 

Dépenses générales et administratives

 

      Three months ended June 30,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   Notes  2024   2023   2024   2023 
Salaires      (4,032)   (2,578)   (10,079)   (5,199)
Paiements fondés sur des actions      (1,675)   (2,462)   (4,769)   (4,998)
Services professionnels      (5,695)   (1,652)   (7,353)   (3,530)
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - services professionnels  B   1,389        1,389     
Assurances, droits et autres      (2,436)   (1,938)   (4,393)   (2,912)
Voyage, véhicule à moteur et repas      (466)   (205)   (712)   (383)
Hébergement et télécommunications      (75)   (114)   (153)   (206)
Publicité et promotion      (165)   (206)   (281)   (287)
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - autres frais généraux et administratifs  B   753        753     
       (12,402)   (9,155)   (25,598)   (17,515)

 

Produits (charges) financiers nets

      Three months ended June 30,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   Notes  2024   2023 (restated - Note 3d)   2024   2023 (restated - Note 3d) 
(Loss) gain revaluation of warrants      (1,455)   (1,189)   7,585    (2,410)
Gain (perte) sur actifs et passifs dérivés      (2,135)   (215)   355    (180)
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables  c   413    4,955    751    7,126 
Gain sur extinction de dettes à long terme et passifs locatifs                  12,835 
Revenus d'intérêts      2,042    177    2,722    443 
Intérêts sur les dettes à long terme et les dettes de location      (349)   (1,023)   (727)   (2,643)
Perte de change      (943)   (2,719)   (1,004)   (2,989)
Provision income (expense) on VAT receivable  d   65    (693)       (1,702)
Autres produits (charges) financiers      1,045    (300)   444    (520)
       (1,317)   (1,007)   10,126    9,960 

 

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

 

a.Inventaire des composants électriques

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the cost of electrical component inventory recognized as an expense and included in cost of revenues was $380 and $975, respectively (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: $450 and $840, respectively).

 

b.Canadian sales tax refund

In April 2024, the Company received confirmation from the Provincial tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company from February 5, 2022 onwards are refundable. Between February 5, 2022, the date on which the new crypto currency sales tax legislation came into effect, and April 2024, the Company filed monthly sales tax refund claims totaling approximately $24,400 (CAD$33,000) that were not paid to the Company, pending the finalization of the aforementioned legislation. 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.

 

In addition to not receiving its Canadian sales tax refund claims, the Company was self-assessing sales taxes payable when appropriate. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company reversed $9,560 of government remittances previously included in PPE and accrued in trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities, as disclosed in Note 13. Of this amount, $5,360 was recorded as a decrease to cost of revenues, $520 was recorded as a decrease to general and administrative expense and $3,680 was recorded as a decrease to PPE.

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, sales tax recoveries of $22,200 for previous years (i.e., 2022 and 2023) and $2,200 for the period of January to April 2024 were recognized and presented as direct adjustments in their respective expense and asset categories.

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, $19,200 of the total $24,400 of sales tax claims were refunded by the Canadian tax authorities and the remaining $5,200 was recorded as sales tax receivable in Note 5, which was subsequently received in July 2024.

 

c.Gain sur la vente des titres négociables

During the three and six months ended June 30, 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 ARS gave rise to a gain as the amount received in ARS exceeded the amount of ARS the Company would have received from a direct foreign currency exchange.

 

d.Provision income (expense) on VAT receivable

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 recorded a provision to reduce the Argentine VAT receivable to nil starting in the fourth quarter of 2023. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the provision expense is classified within the respective expense and asset categories. 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 12 with the short-term portion included in sales tax receivable in Note 5.

 

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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 24:         GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

 

Segment déclarable

The reporting segments are identified on the basis of information that is reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) to make decisions about resources to be allocated and to assess performance. Accordingly, for Management purposes, the Company is organized into operating segments based on the products and services of its business units and has one material reportable segment, cryptocurrency Mining, which is the operation of data centers that support the validation and verification of transactions on the BTC blockchain, earning cryptocurrency for providing these services, as described in Note 1.

 

Revenus

Les revenus* par pays sont les suivants :

 

   Three months ended  June 30,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023   2024   2023 
Amérique du Nord                
Canada   28,129    26,458    60,267    49,947 
ÉTATS-UNIS   3,296    4,293    8,183    8,184 
    31,425    30,751    68,450    58,131 
Amérique du Sud                    
Argentine   7,979    2,796    19,555    4,092 
Paraguay   2,144    1,932    3,860    3,306 
    10,123    4,728    23,415    7,398 
    41,548    35,479    91,865    65,529 

 

*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 and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company earned 97%% and 98% of its revenues, respectively, from one Mining pool (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: 97%% and 97%, respectively). The Company has the ability to switch Mining Pools or to mine independently at any time.

 

Biens, installations et équipements

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

 

   Depuis le 30 juin   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   2024   2023 
Amérique du Nord        
Canada   106,350    101,454 
ÉTATS-UNIS   14,403    18,154 
    120,753    119,608 
Amérique du Sud          
Argentine   43,718    54,657 
Paraguay   68,822    11,747 
    112,540    66,404 
    233,293    186,012 

 

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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 25:         ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO THE STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023 
         
Variations des éléments du fonds de roulement :        
Augmentation des créances commerciales, nettes   (21)   (318)
Diminution (augmentation) des autres actifs courants   (6,723)   864 
Augmentation des stocks de composants électriques   (370)   (76)
Decrease (increase) in deposits   (1,822)   592 
Diminution des dettes commerciales et des charges à payer   (2,588)   (3,388)
Decrease in taxes payable   (509)   (255)
    (12,033)   (2,581)
           
Transactions importantes sans effet de trésorerie :          
Ajout d'actifs ROU, d'immobilisations corporelles et de passifs de location connexes   721    318 
Acquisition d'immobilisations corporelles financées par des crédits à court terme   7,473    2,750 
Paiements anticipés d'équipements réalisés en tant qu'acquisitions d'immobilisations corporelles   29,756    4,905 
           
Dépréciation et amortissement          
Biens, installations et équipements   85,841    39,657 
Actifs ROU   1,479    1,559 
Actifs incorporels   234    12 
    87,554    41,228 

 

NOTE 26:        SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

2024 ATM Program

During the period from July 1, 2024 to August 7, 2024, the Company issued 25,127,000 common shares through the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $67,948 at an average share price of approximately $2.70. The Company received net proceeds of $65,828 after paying commissions of $2,120 to the sales agent. Refer to Note 18 for further details of the Company’s 2024 ATM program.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

For the three and six months ended June 30, 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. Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Operational Highlights 6
5. Production and Mining Operations 7
6. Expansion Projects 9
7. Financial Performance 15
8. Selected Quarterly Information 26
9. Mesures et ratios financiers non conformes aux IFRS et autres mesures 28
10. Liquidity and Capital Resources 35
11. Financial Position 44
12. Instruments financiers 47
13. Related Party Transactions 47
14. Restatement 47
15. Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting 48
16. Recent and Subsequent Events 49
17. Capital action 50
18. Regulatory Compliance 51
19. Risk Factors 53
20. Significant Accounting Estimates 54
21. Material Accounting Policy Information and New Accounting Policies 54
22. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 54
23. Cautionary Note Regarding Non-IFRS and Other Financial Measures and Ratios 56
24. Informations supplémentaires 56
25. Glossaire des termes 57

 

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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 August 7, 2024. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Company’s second 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 as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS Accounting Standards”) applicable to the preparation of interim financial statements, 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
Q2 2024 Three months ended June 30, 2024
Q2 2023 Three months ended June 30, 2023
YTD Q2 2024 Six months ended June 30, 2024
YTD Q2 2023 Six months ended June 30, 2023

 

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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 operates vertically integrated Bitcoin data centers with in-house management and company-owned electrical engineering, installation service, and multiple onsite technical repair centers. The Company’s proprietary data analytics system delivers best-in-class operational performance and uptime.

 

Bitfarms owns and operates data centers housing 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 operating Bitcoin data centers and two 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
August 7, 2024
   Contracted power as of
August 7, 2024
 
Amérique du Nord       
Canada   159 MW    180 MW 1, 2
États-Unis   17 MW    21 MW2
    176 MW    201 MW 
Amérique du Sud          
Paraguay   80 MW    280 MW 2
Argentine   54 MW    210 MW 2
    134 MW    490 MW 
    310 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 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   2024   2023 
Revenus   41,548    35,479    91,865    65,529 
Perte brute   (11,275)   (6,040)   (21,957)   (14,393)
Marge brute (1)   (27)%   (17)%   (24)%   (22)%
Perte d'exploitation   (23,578)   (25,170)   (47,286)   (40,754)
Marge d’exploitation (1)   (57)%   (71)%   (51)%   (62)%
Perte nette   (26,599)   (26,083)   (32,579)   (30,370)
Basic and diluted loss per share   (0.07)   (0.11)   (0.09)   (0.13)
Bénéfice de minage brut (2)   20,650    16,355    51,990    30,298 
Gross Mining margin (2)   51%   48%   58%   48%
EBITDA ajusté (2)   11,618    9,968    34,942    18,343 
Marge EBITDA ajustée (2)   28%   28%   38%   28%

 

   As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31, 
   2024   2023 
TOTAL DES ACTIFS   535,934    378,725 
Current financial liabilities   41,104    53,525 
Non-current financial liabilities   1,487     
Long-term debt included in financial liabilities   1,651    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.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

4. SECOND QUARTER 2024 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Financier

Revenues of $41.5 million, gross loss of $11.3 million (gross margin1 of negative 27%) including non-cash depreciation and amortization expense of $57.3 million, operating loss of $23.6 million (operating margin1 of negative 57%), and net loss of $26.6 million;
Gross Mining profit2 of $20.7 million (51% Gross Mining margin2); and
Adjusted EBITDA2 of $11.6 million (28% Adjusted EBITDA margin2).

 

Opérations

Increased hashrate from 6.5 EH/s at March 31, 2024 to 10.4 EH/s at June 30, 2024, an increase of 60%, through the installation of approximately 39,400 more efficient Miners;
Received confirmation from the Provincial tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company from February 5, 2022 onwards is refundable, resulting in a sales tax recovery of approximately $24.0 million for claims between February 5, 2022 and April 2024;
Earned 614 BTC at an average direct cost of $30,600 per BTC2 or an average total cash cost of $47,300 per BTC2 and held 905 BTC valued at approximately $56.7 million as of June 30, 2024; and
Sold 515 BTC at an average price of $65,500 per BTC for total proceeds of $33.8 million, a portion of which was used to pay capital expenditures.

 

Expansions

Executed Bitfarms’ transformative fleet upgrade with the deployment of 39,400 Miners across 9 data centers located in Canada, the US, and Paraguay, enabling the Company to achieve 10.4 EH/s at June 30, 2024.

 

Paraguay

Energized the Paso Pe data center and installed approximately 9,500 Bitmain T21 Miners and 1,800 MicroBT M53S WhatsMiner Miners;
Finalized an amendment to the existing energy contract at the Yguazu data center for an additional 100 MW of energy capacity for a total capacity of 200 MW; and
Started construction of the Yguazu data center.

Canada

Installed approximately 23,100 Bitmain T21 Miners, 3,700 Bitmain S21 Miners and 100 MicroBT WhatsMiner M53S Miners into the Company’s Quebec data centers, adding a net 2.5 EH/s and improving energy efficiency of the Company’s operations at its data centers by approximately 40% across the region. The Company sold some of its older generation Miners to third parties for approximately $0.3 million.

États-Unis

Entered into an agreement to lease a site in Sharon, Pennsylvania, providing the Company immediate capacity of 12 MW of electricity with up to 108 MW of additional development capacity. Upon completion, the Sharon data center is expected to support an additional 8 EH/s; and
Installed approximately 1,000 Bitmain T21 and 200 Bitmain S21 Miners at the Washington data center.

 

Financing

Raised $136.4 million in net proceeds through the Company’s 2024 at-the-market equity offering program (“2024 ATM Program”).

 

 

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 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
   2024   2023   Changement en pourcentage   2024   2023   Changement en pourcentage 
Total des BTC obtenus   614    1,223    (50)%   1,557    2,520    (38)%
Average Watts/Average TH efficiency*   28    37    (24)%   31    37    (16)%
BTC vendu   515    1,109    (54)%   1,456    2,376    (39)%

 

*Average Watts represents the average energy consumption of deployed Miners

 

Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023

614 BTC earned in Q2 2024, compared to 1,223 BTC earned in Q2 2023, representing a decrease of 50% as a result of reduced block rewards following the April 2024 halving event and a 71% increase in average network difficulty, partially offset by an increase in hashrate from the Company’s expansions and certain upgrades to its Miner fleet with higher efficiency Miners;
With the Company upgrading its fleet with more efficient Miners, the Company improved its ending energy efficiency to 25 Watts/TH on June 30, 2024 compared to 34 Watts/TH on March 31, 2024. This improvement resulted in a 28 average Watts/Average TH efficiency during Q2 2024, compared to 37 average Watts/Average TH efficiency during Q2 2023, representing an improvement of 24%; and
515 BTC sold in Q2 2024, compared to 1,109 BTC in Q2 2023. The proceeds were used in part to fund operations and to manage liquidity.

 

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023

1,557 BTC earned during YTD Q2 2024, compared to 2,520 BTC earned during YTD Q2 2023, representing a decrease of 38% from the previous year as a result of reduced block rewards following the April 2024 halving event and a 81% increase in average network difficulty, partially offset by an increase in hashrate from the Company’s expansions and certain upgrades to its Miner fleet with higher efficiency Miners;
With the Company upgrading its fleet with more efficient Miners, the Company improved its ending energy efficiency to 25 Watts/TH on June 30, 2024 compared to 35 Watts/TH on December 31, 2023. This improvement resulted in a 31 average Watts/Average TH efficiency during YTD Q2 2024, compared to 37 average Watts/Average TH efficiency during YTD Q2 2023, representing an improvement of 16%; and
1,456 BTC sold in YTD Q2 2024, compared to 2,376 BTC in YTD Q2 2023. The proceeds were used in part to fund operations, repay equipment financing indebtedness and to manage liquidity.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

5. PRODUCTION AND MINING OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Key Performance Indicators (Continued)

 

   Depuis le 30 juin 
   2024   2023   Changement en pourcentage 
EH/s d’opérations en fin de période   10.4    5.3    96%
Watts/TH efficiency*   25    37    (32)%
Capacité des opérations de fin de période (MW)   310    207    50%
Hydroélectricité (MW)   256    178    44%
Hydro power proportion of period-end operating capacity   83%   86%   (3)%

 

*Watts represents the energy consumption of deployed Miners

 

As of June 30, 2024 v. as of June 30, 2023

10.4 EH/s online as of June 30, 2024, compared to 5.3 EH/s online as of June 30, 2023, an increase of 96%, as a result of the Company’s expansions in Rio Cuarto (Argentina), Baie-Comeau (Quebec) and Paso Pe (Paraguay), as well as the upgrade of its Miner fleet with higher efficiency Miners;
With the Company upgrading its fleet with more efficient Miners, the Company improved its ending energy efficiency to 25 Watts/TH on June 30, 2024 compared to 37 Watts/TH on June 30, 2023;
310 MW operating capacity as of June 30, 2024, compared to 207 MW operating capacity as of June 30, 2023, an increase of 50%, as a result of the installation of approximately 13,400 Miners in Rio Cuarto from Q2 2023 to Q1 2024 (resulting in an additional 25 MW), the expansion in Baie-Comeau (resulting in an additional 11 MW) and the expansion in Paso Pe (resulting in an additional 70 MW); and
256 MW hydro power as of June 30, 2024, compared to 178 MW hydro power as of June 30, 2023, an increase of 44% as a result of the Company’s expansion in Baie-Comeau and Paso Pe and representing 83% of the Company’s total operating energy capacity at June 30, 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”, “United States Expansion”, “Canada 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 June 30, 2024, the Company operated 10.4 EH/s, an increase of 5.1 EH/s, or 96%, compared to Q2 2023, with the installation of additional Miners in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Rio Cuarto, Argentina, and Paso Pe, Paraguay, and the Company upgrading its fleet with more efficient Miners. In July 2024, the Company achieved 11.1 EH/s. Through its expansion projects and the investment in its transformative fleet upgrade, the Company is executing towards its targets of 21 EH/s and 21 w/TH by end of 2024 and 35 EH/s by the end of 2025.

 

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

 

(Period-end operating hashrate in EH/s)  As of June 30,   As of July 31,   Target -
December 31,
 
Pays  2024   2024   2024 
Amérique du Nord            
Canada   5.6    5.8    8.1 
ÉTATS-UNIS   0.5    0.6    1.3 
    6.1    6.4    9.4 
Amérique du Sud               
Argentine   1.6    1.6    2.5 
Paraguay   2.7    3.1    9.1 
    4.3    4.7    11.6 
    10.4    11.1    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 cost and supply of Bitcoin Mining equipment, the ability to import equipment into countries where it operates in a cost-effective and timely manner, the supply of electrical and other supporting infrastructure equipment, the availability of construction materials, currency exchange rates and the impact of geopolitical events on the supply chains described above. Adding reliable, environmentally-friendly hydro power is an element 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 19 - 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 underpins the Company’s 2024 expansion strategy. Securing additional Miners is a key element of the Company’s strategy to capitalize on increasing Bitcoin prices 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. On that date, the Company also purchased an additional 19,280 Bitmain T21 Miners for $14/TH, and 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 Purchase Order and Purchase Option, is expected to enable the Company to reach 21 EH/s operating capacity and 21w/TH efficiency in 2024 without redeploying its older Miners, which the Company intends to continue liquidating to help offset the cost of new Miners. During YTD Q2 2024, the Company sold approximately 1,200 older generation Miners to third parties for approximately $0.3 million.

 

As of June 30, 2024, the Company paid $124.3 million towards these new orders with remaining payments of $114.9 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 July 31, 2024:

 

DATE  Order  Quantity1   Miner Model  Miners Energized   Hashrate (EH/s)2   Remaining Miners 
Q4 2023  Bon de commande   35,898   Bitmain T21   35,898    6.8     
Q1 2024  Purchase Option   28,000   Bitmain T21           28,000 
Q1 2024  Mars 2024 Bon de commande   19,280   Bitmain T21           19,280 
      3,975   Bitmain S21   3,975    0.8     
      740   Bitmain S21 hydro           740 
       87,893       39,873    7.6    48,020 

 

 

1 The total hashrate from the Miners received should correspond to the total hashrate specified in the initial agreements. The quantity of Miners received may vary based on the individual specifications of each Miner.

 

2 The hashrate is based on the average 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

From March 2024 to June 2024, construction of the Paso Pe data center and the underground cable connections were completed, the 80 MW capacity transformer was received and installed, as well as approximately 9,500 Bitmain T21 air-cooled Miners and approximately 1,800 MicroBT M53S Hydro Miners housed within a portion of the eight Hydro Containers. Following the commissioning of the substation, the Company successfully energized the 70 MW substation in June 2024 and started operating 4 of 5 air cooling warehouses and 6 of the 8 hydro containers, adding 2.5 EH/s to the Company’s operating hashrate in Q2 2024.

 

In July 2024, the Company additionally installed approximately 1,800 Bitmain T21 air-cooled Miners, completing the Paso Pe expansion and contributing to a total of approximately 2.8 EH/s at an efficiency of 22 w/TH.

 

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 totaled $25.8 million, excluding the cost of the power purchase agreement guarantees required by National Electricity Administration (“ANDE”), the operator of Paraguay national electricity grid, to secure the monthly electricity purchase payment obligations.

 

Yguazu 2024 update

In January 2024, the Company purchased the land for the initially planned 100 MW Yguazu data center to contribute sufficient infrastructure to achieve the Company’s 21.0 EH/s target.

 

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 100 MW hydro-powered component of the project.

 

In May 2024, the Company amended its power purchase agreement for the Yguazu data center to increase the contracted power from 100 MW to 200 MW commencing on January 1, 2025. The Company expects to complete the build out of the infrastructure for the first 100 MW before December 31, 2024 and the additional 100 MW before June 30, 2025. In June 2024, the Company purchased land for the planned additional 100 MW capacity.

 

In April 2024, the Company started construction of the Yguazu data center. The cost of developing the 200 MW data center and the installation of the high voltage lines is estimated to range from $57.0 million to $62.0 million, excluding the cost of the power purchase agreement guarantees required by ANDE.

 

Electricity rate update - Paso Pe and Yguazu

Beginning in July 2024, the Company’s sustainable hydropower will be provided at a cost of approximately 4.4 cents per kWh, before VAT, following the increase in the tariff for crypto mining activities compared to the previous rate of 3.9 cents per kWh, before VAT. Refer to section 18 - Regulatory Compliance - Paraguay for details about how the Company is challenging the tariff increases.

 

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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 (Continued)

 

Paso Pe position as of June 30, 2024

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had placed deposits of $0.5 million and $0.2 million with suppliers for construction costs and for electrical components, respectively. As of June 30, 2024, property, plant and equipment (“PPE”) included $24.4 million related to the Paso Pe data center, for warehouse construction and infrastructure equipment costs.

 

Yguazu position as of June 30, 2024

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had placed deposits of $7.1 million and $3.9 million with suppliers for construction costs and for electrical components, respectively. As of June 30, 2024, PPE included $1.5 million related to the Yguazu data center, for warehouse construction and infrastructure equipment costs.

 

2024 plan

The Company expects to complete construction of its Yguazu data center by December 31, 2024, with installation of the new T21 miners starting as early as Q4 2024 and through the first quarter of 2025 which will increase the Paraguay online hashrate from 3.1 EH/s in July 2024 to 9.1 EH/s at completion.

 

B.United States Expansion

 

Washington 2024 plan

The Company expects to complete the upgrade of a portion of its current fleet of miners in Washington during Q3 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.

 

Washington 2024 update

In January 2024, in connection with the construction of the new 6 MW data center, the Company elected to cancel the lease of a 5 MW data center in Washington State in order to transfer Miners from the leased data center to the newly constructed data center on Company-owned property. In April 2024, the cancellation of the lease was effective. In June 2024, the Company energized a 3 MW temporary data center until the new 6 MW data center is fully constructed.

 

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.

 

In April 2024, approximately 1,000 Bitmain T21 Miners and 200 Bitmain S21 Miners were installed at the current operating data center.

 

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

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

6. EXPANSION PROJECTS (Continued)

 

B.United States Expansion (Continued)

 

Pennsylvania 2024 & 2025 plan

In June 2024, the Company entered into an agreement to lease a site located in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and develop up to 120 MW of power capacity. The agreement includes a five-year lease in an industrialized area, including a 11,200 square feet warehouse, with options to renew for a total of seventeen years and an option to purchase at fair market value throughout the lease term. The lease has variable minimum monthly payments ranging between $33,000 and $150,000 with annual adjustments at the lesser of (i) the Consumer Price Index, (ii) 3% and (iii) the fair market value of rent adjustments throughout the lease term beginning after year 3. The Company placed a $0.2 million deposit to be applied against the lease once it commences. The Company does not have access to utilize the site until the agreement is finalized. The agreement, once finalized, will allow the Company to use 12 MW of immediate capacity, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2024, and up to 108 MW of additional development capacity.

 

The Company plans to fully develop the available 120 MW for its operations. The mining operations are expected to increase the online hashrate by 0.6 EH/s in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 8.0 EH/s in total once fully energized. The cost of developing the 120 MW Bitcoin data center for computational power and the installation of the high voltage lines is estimated to range from $55.0 million to $70.0 million. A concurrent evaluation of developing the site for higher power computing and artificial intelligence are in exploratory stages and may impact estimated capital expenditures and increase in online hashrate.

 

C.Canada Expansion

 

Canada 2024 plan

As part of the Miner upgrade and expansion initiatives, the Company expects to install new Miners at its data centers in Canada during 2024 with new T21 Miners and MicroBT WhatsMiner M53S Miners, which are expected to increase the online Canadian hashrate from 5.8 EH/s in July 2024 to 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 MicroBT WhatsMiner M53S Miners at its Farnham data center, adding a net 0.2 EH/s after removing older, less efficient Miners.

 

In March 2024, the Company entered into a sale leaseback agreement for the Garlock data center and received net proceeds of $1.7 million. Refer to Note 15 to the Financial Statements.

 

Between April and June 2024, approximately 26,900 new Miners were installed at the Company’s data centers in Canada, adding a net 1.6 EH/s after removing older Miners.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

6. EXPANSION PROJECTS (Continued)

 

C.Canada Expansion (Continued)

 

Baie-Comeau 2024 plan

The Company began construction of the second 11 MW data center during May 2024 and plans to commission in the second half of 2024, upon the expected completion of local grid infrastructure improvements 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 June 30, 2024

The Company has $7.5 million of PPE at the Baie-Comeau data center, including infrastructure equipment that was repurposed from other data centers.

 

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 of the Argentina operations 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 believes a higher expected return can be achieved from expanding and further developing its other locations. 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 June 30, 2024

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had placed deposits of $3.4 million with suppliers for existing and additional construction work and had PPE with a net book value of $43.7 million.

 

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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 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(3)   $ Change   % Change   2024   2023(3)   $ Change   % Change 
Revenus   41,548    35,479    6,069    17%   91,865    65,529    26,336    40%
Coût des revenus   (52,823)   (41,519)   (11,304)   27%   (113,822)   (79,922)   (33,900)   42%
Perte brute   (11,275)   (6,040)   (5,235)   87%   (21,957)   (14,393)   (7,564)   53%
Marge brute (1)   (27)%   (17)%           (24)%   (22)%        
                                         
Dépenses d'exploitation                                        
Dépenses générales et administratives   (12,402)   (9,155)   (3,247)   35%   (25,598)   (17,515)   (8,083)   46%
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   99    7    92    nm    269    (1,559)   1,828    117%
Dépréciation des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance et des immobilisations corporelles       (9,982)   9,982    100%       (9,982)   9,982    100%
Perte d'exploitation   (23,578)   (25,170)   1,592    (6)%   (47,286)   (40,754)   (6,532)   16%
Marge d’exploitation (1)   (57)%   (71)%           (51)%   (62)%        
(Produits) charges financières nettes   (1,317)   (1,007)   (310)   31%   10,126    9,960    166    2%
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (24,895)   (26,177)   1,282    (5)%   (37,160)   (30,794)   (6,366)   21%
Recouvrement (charge) d'impôt sur le revenu   (1,704)   94    (1,798)   nm    4,581    424    4,157    980%
Perte nette   (26,599)   (26,083)   (516)   2%   (32,579)   (30,370)   (2,209)   7%
                                         
Perte de base et diluée par action (en dollars américains)   (0.07)   (0.11)           (0.09)   (0.13)        
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt   (5,455)   579    (6,034)   nm    11,978    2,391    9,587    401%
Perte globale totale, nette d'impôts   (32,054)   (25,504)   (6,550)   26%   (20,601)   (27,979)   7,378    (26%)
                                         
Bénéfice de minage brut (2)   20,650    16,355    4,295    26%   51,990    30,298    21,692    72%
Gross Mining margin (2)   51%   48%           58%   48%        
EBITDA (2)   21,989    (4,803)   26,792    558%   48,399    12,634    35,765    283%
Marge d'EBITDA (2)   53%   (14)%           53%   19%        
EBITDA ajusté (2)   11,618    9,968    1,650    17%   34,942    18,343    16,599    90%
Marge EBITDA ajustée (2)   28%   28%           38%   28%        

 

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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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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

A.Revenus

 

Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023

 

Revenues were $41.5 million in Q2 2024 compared to $35.5 million in Q2 2023, an increase of $6.0 million, or 17%.

 

The most significant factors impacting the increase in Bitfarms’ revenues in Q2 2024, compared to Q2 2023, are presented in the table below. Revenues increased mostly due to an increase in the Company’s average BTC hashrate and average BTC price, partially offset by lower BTC earned resulting from lower block rewards following the BTC halving event that occurred on April 19, 2024 and 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 June 30, 2023        1,223    35,479     
Impact of BTC halving event on April 19, 2024 on Bitfarms’ quantity of BTC earned during Q2 2024   1    (362)   (20,871)   (59)%
Impact of increase in network difficulty during Q2 2024 as compared to Q2 2023   2    (704)   (44,763)   (126)%
Impact of increase in average Bitfarms’ BTC hashrate during Q2 2024 as compared to Q2 2023   3    457    28,635    81%
Impact of difference in average BTC price in Q2 2024 as compared to Q2 2023   4         43,139    122%
Other Mining variance and change in Volta             (71)   (1)%
BTC and revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2024        614    41,548    17%

 

Notes

 

1Calculated as the theoretical BTC earned based on Bitfarms’ actual hashrate during Q2 2024 assuming the BTC halving event did not occur, compared to actual BTC earned during the same period multiplied by average BTC price

 

2Calculated as the difference in BTC earned in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023, based on the change in network difficulty, multiplied by Q2 2024 average BTC price

 

3Calculated as the difference in BTC earned in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023, based on the change in Bitfarms’ average BTC hashrate, multiplied by Q2 2024 average BTC price

 

4Calculated as the difference in average BTC price in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023 multiplied by BTC earned in Q2 2023

 

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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)

 

Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023 (Continued)

 

The following tables summarize the Company’s revenues and average hashrate for Q2 2024 and Q2 2023 by country:

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Amérique du Nord                
Canada   28,129    26,458    1,671    6%
ÉTATS-UNIS   3,296    4,293    (997)   (23)%
    31,425    30,751    674    2%
Amérique du Sud                    
Paraguay   2,144    1,932    212    11%
Argentine   7,979    2,796    5,183    185%
    10,123    4,728    5,395    114%
    41,548    35,479    6,069    17%

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin, 
(Average hashrate in EH/s except where indicated)  2024   2023   Changement   Changement en pourcentage 
Amérique du Nord                
Canada   4.5    3.6    0.9    25%
ÉTATS-UNIS   0.5    0.6    (0.1)   (17)%
    5.0    4.2    0.8    19%
Amérique du Sud                    
Paraguay   0.4    0.3    0.1    33%
Argentine   1.3    0.4    0.9    225%
    1.7    0.7    1.0    143%
    6.7    4.9    1.8    37%

 

Bitfarms earned the majority of its revenues during Q2 2024 from its Canadian operations, which accounted for 68% of total revenues, compared to 75% in Q2 2023. The Company’s operations in Argentina, USA and Paraguay accounted for 19%, 8% and 5% of total revenues in Q2 2024, respectively, compared to 8%, 12% and 5% in Q2 2023, respectively.

 

In Q2 2024, revenues from the Company’s operations in Canada, Argentina and Paraguay increased by $1.6 million, $5.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, compared to Q2 2023. The increases are due to the average hashrate increase of the Canada, Argentina, and Paraguay operations of 0.9 EH/s or 25%, 0.9 EH/s or 225% and 0.1 EH/s or 33%, respectively, and the increase in average BTC price, partially offset by the decrease in BTC block rewards following the BTC halving event that occurred on April 19, 2024 and the increase in network difficulty. Revenues from the US operations decreased by $1.0 million in Q2 2024 as compared to Q2 2023 due to its average hashrate decrease and the factors mentioned above.

 

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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)

 

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023

 

Revenues were $91.9 million in YTD Q2 2024 compared to $65.5 million in YTD Q2 2023, an increase of $26.4 million, or 40%.

 

The most significant factors impacting the increase in Bitfarms’ revenues in YTD Q2 2024, compared to YTD Q2 2023, are presented in the table below. Revenues increased mostly due to the increase in average BTC price and the increase in average Bitfarms’ hashrate, partially offset by the fewer BTC earned resulting from lower BTC block rewards following the BTC halving event that occurred on April 19, 2024 and 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 six months ended June 30, 2023        2,520    65,529     
Impact of BTC halving event on April 19, 2024 on Bitfarms’ quantity of BTC earned during YTD Q2 2024   1    (362)   (20,871)   (32)%
Impact of increase in network difficulty during YTD Q2 2024 as compared to YTD Q2 2023   2    (1,498)   (86,414)   (132)%
Impact of increase in average Bitfarms’ BTC hashrate during YTD Q2 2024 as compared to YTD Q2 2023   3    897    51,718    80%
Impact of difference in average BTC price in YTD Q2 2024 as compared to YTD Q2 2023   4         81,922    125%
Other Mining variance and change in Volta             (19)   %
BTC and revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2024        1,557    91,865    41%

 

Notes

 

1Calculated as the theoretical BTC earned based on Bitfarms’ actual hashrate during YTD Q2 2024 assuming the BTC halving event did not occur, compared to actual BTC earned during the same period multiplied by average BTC price

 

2Calculated as the difference in BTC earned in YTD Q2 2024 compared to YTD Q2 2023, based on the change in network difficulty, multiplied by YTD Q2 2024 average BTC price

 

3Calculated as the difference in BTC earned in YTD Q2 2024 compared to YTD Q2 2023, based on the change in Bitfarms’ average BTC hashrate, multiplied by YTD Q2 2024 average BTC price

 

4Calculated as the difference in average BTC price in YTD Q2 2024 compared to YTD Q2 2023 multiplied by BTC earned in YTD Q2 2023

 

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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)

 

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023 (Continued)

 

The following tables summarize the Company’s revenues and average hashrate for YTD Q2 2024 and YTD Q2 2023 by country:

 

   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Amérique du Nord                
Canada   60,267    49,947    10,320    21%
ÉTATS-UNIS   8,183    8,184    (1)   %
    68,450    58,131    10,319    18%
Amérique du Sud                    
Paraguay   3,860    3,306    554    17%
Argentine   19,555    4,092    15,463    378%
    23,415    7,398    16,017    217%
    91,865    65,529    26,336    40%

 

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   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(Average hashrate in EH/s except where indicated)  2024   2023   Changement   Changement en pourcentage 
Amérique du Nord                
Canada   4.1    3.5    0.6    17%
ÉTATS-UNIS   0.6    0.6        %
    4.7    4.1    0.6    15%
Amérique du Sud                    
Paraguay   0.3    0.2    0.1    50%
Argentine   1.3    0.3    1.0    333%
    1.6    0.5    1.1    220%
    6.3    4.6    1.7    37%

 

The Company’s Canadian operations accounted for a smaller proportion of total revenues in YTD Q2 2024 largely due to the expansion of operations in Argentina. Bitfarms earned the majority of its revenues from its Canadian operations in YTD Q2 2024, which accounted for 66% of total revenues, compared to 76% in YTD Q2 2023. The Company’s operations in Argentina, USA and Paraguay accounted for 21%, 9% and 4% of total revenues in YTD Q2 2024, respectively, compared to 6%, 13% and 5% in YTD Q2 2023, respectively.

 

For the Company’s Canadian operations, the impact of the increase in average BTC price and the average hashrate increase of 0.6 EH/s, or 17%, was partially offset by the increase in network difficulty and decrease in block rewards following the BTC halving event that occurred on April 19, 2024 which resulted in revenues increasing by $10.4 million during YTD Q2 2024 as compared to YTD Q2 2023. The average hashrate increase of the Argentina and Paraguay operations of 1.0 EH/s, or 333%, and 0.1 EH/s, or 50%, respectively, resulted in YTD Q2 2024 revenues increasing by $15.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, compared to YTD Q2 2023. Revenues from the Company’s USA operations remained similar during YTD Q2 2024 as compared to YTD Q2 2023 due to the increase in average BTC price, offset by the increase in network difficulty and the decrease in block rewards following the BTC halving event that occurred on April 19, 2024.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

B.Cost of Revenues

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   $ Change   % Change   2024   2023   $ Change   % Change 
Énergie et infrastructures   (20,390)   (19,916)   (474)   2%   (41,704)   (36,943)   (4,761)   13%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - énergie et infrastructures   17,017        17,017    100%   17,017        17,017    100%
Dépréciation et amortissement   (57,337)   (20,528)   (36,809)   179%   (96,314)   (41,228)   (55,086)   134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   8,760        8,760    100%   8,760        8,760    100%
Composants électriques et salaires   (873)   (1,075)   202    (19)%   (1,581)   (1,751)   170    (10)%
    (52,823)   (41,519)   (11,304)   27%   (113,822)   (79,922)   (33,900)   42%

 

Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023

 

Bitfarms’ cost of revenues for Q2 2024 was $52.8 million, compared to $41.5 million for Q2 2023. The increase in cost of revenues was mainly attributable to:

A $36.8 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 progressively installs new Miners in 2024. Refer to Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment to the Financial Statements.
A $0.5 million, or 2%, increase in energy and infrastructure expenses, mainly due to Company adding new and more efficient Miners, which increased energy utilization to an average of 199 MW during Q2 2024 versus 186 MW for the same period in 2023, partially offset by Canadian sales taxes on its energy and infrastructure expenses no longer being expensed as explained below, resulting in a net increase in total electricity costs of $0.4 million.

These increases were partially offset by:

A $25.8 million sales tax recovery due to the Company receiving confirmation from the Provincial tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company from February 5, 2022 onwards are refundable. Refer to Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund) to the Financial Statements.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

B.Cost of Revenues (Continued)

 

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023

 

Bitfarms’ cost of revenues was $113.8 million for YTD Q2 2024 compared to $79.9 million for YTD Q2 2023. The increase in cost of revenues was mainly due to:

A $55.1 million increase in non-cash depreciation and amortization expense as explained in the Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023 section above.
A $4.7 million, or 13%, increase in energy and infrastructure expenses, mainly due to the Company adding new and more efficient Miners, which increased energy utilization to an average of 206 MW during YTD Q2 2024 versus 178 MW for the same period in 2023, partially offset by Canadian sales taxes on its energy and infrastructure expenses no longer being expensed as explained in the Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023 section above, resulting in a net increase in total electricity costs of $3.5 million.
A $1.4 million assessment, which the Company is challenging, 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 YTD Q2 2024 compared to nil in YTD Q2 2023.

 

These increases were partially offset by:

A $25.8 million sales tax recovery due to the Company receiving confirmation from the Provincial tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company from February 5, 2022 onwards are refundable as explained in the Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023 section above.
A decrease in rent expense of $0.2 million, mainly due to the capitalization of the leased Washington data center which was cancelled in Q2 2024.

 

C.Dépenses générales & administratives

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   $ Change   % Change   2024   2023   $ Change   % Change 
Salaires   (4,032)   (2,578)   (1,454)   56%   (10,079)   (5,199)   (4,880)   94%
Paiements fondés sur des actions   (1,675)   (2,462)   787    (32)%   (4,769)   (4,998)   229    (5)%
Services professionnels   (5,695)   (1,652)   (4,043)   245%   (7,353)   (3,530)   (3,823)   108%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - services professionnels   1,389        1,389    100%   1,389        1,389    100%
Assurances, droits et autres   (2,436)   (1,938)   (498)   26%   (4,393)   (2,912)   (1,481)   51%
Voyage, véhicule à moteur et repas   (466)   (205)   (261)   127%   (712)   (383)   (329)   86%
Hébergement et télécommunications   (75)   (114)   39    (34)%   (153)   (206)   53    (26)%
Publicité et promotion   (165)   (206)   41    (20)%   (281)   (287)   6    (2)%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - autres frais généraux et administratifs   753        753    100%   753        753    100%
    (12,402)   (9,155)   (3,247)   35%   (25,598)   (17,515)   (8,083)   46%

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

C.General & Administrative Expenses (Continued)

 

Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023

 

Bitfarms’ general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses were $12.4 million in Q2 2024, compared to $9.2 million for Q2 2023. The increase of $3.2 million, or 35%, in G&A expense was largely due to:

 

A $4.0 million increase in professional services mainly related to legal fees incurred in connection with (i) the Strategic Alternatives Review Process, including engagement with and response to a significant shareholder/competitor of the Company, and the implementation and defense of the Company’s June 10, 2024 shareholder rights plan put in place to protect the Strategic Alternatives Review Process and (ii) the employment agreement dispute with the former Chief Executive Officer’s (“CEO”).
A $1.5 million increase in salaries and wages due to the increase in the Company’s headcount in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023 to support global expansion as well as merit, market-based adjustments and cost of living salary increases.

 

The increases were partially offset by:

A $2.1 million sales tax recovery due to the Company receiving confirmation from the Provincial tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company from February 5, 2022 onwards are refundable as explained in Section 7b - Financial Performance (Cost of Revenues) above.

 

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023

 

For YTD Q2 2024, Bitfarms’ G&A expenses were $25.6 million, compared to $17.5 million for the same period in 2023. The increase of $8.1 million, or 46%, in G&A expenses was mainly due to:

 

A $4.9 million increase in salaries and wages due to the increase in the Company’s headcount in YTD Q2 2024 compared to YTD Q2 2023 to support the global expansion as well as merit, market-based adjustments and cost of living salary increases, and the termination payment under the former CEO’s employment agreement totaling $1.6 million which was paid in Q2 2024 after the former CEO’s departure.
A $3.8 million increase in professional services mainly related to legal fees incurred in connection with (i) the Strategic Alternatives Review Process, including engagement with and response to a significant shareholder/competitor of the Company, and the implementation and defense of the Company’s June 10, 2024 shareholder rights plan put in place to protect the Strategic Alternatives Review Process and (ii) the employment agreement dispute with the former CEO.
A $0.2 million increase in insurance, duties and other due to increases in property and liability insurance expense as a result of expanded infrastructure and a larger number of Miners deployed as well as increases in property taxes, taxes and permits and software and licenses to support the global expansion.

 

The increases were partially offset by:

A $2.1 million sales tax recovery due to the Company receiving a confirmation from the Provincial tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company from February 5, 2022 onwards are refundable as explained in Section 7b - Financial Performance (Cost of Revenues) above.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

D.Produits (charges) financiers nets

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage   2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
(Loss) gain revaluation of warrants   (1,455)   (1,189)   (266)   22%   7,585    (2,410)   9,995    nm 
Gain (perte) sur actifs et passifs dérivés   (2,135)   (215)   (1,920)   893%   355    (180)   535    nm 
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables   413    4,955    (4,542)   (92)%   751    7,126    (6,375)   (89)%
Gain sur extinction de dettes à long terme et passifs locatifs               %       12,835    (12,835)   100%
Revenus d'intérêts   2,042    177    1,865    nm    2,722    443    2,279    514%
Intérêts sur les dettes à long terme et les dettes de location   (349)   (1,023)   674    (66)%   (727)   (2,643)   1,916    (72)%
Perte de change   (943)   (2,719)   1,776    (65)%   (1,004)   (2,989)   1,985    (66)%
Provision income (expense) on VAT receivable   65    (693)   758    nm        (1,702)   1,702    100%
Autres produits (charges) financiers   1,045    (300)   1,345    nm    444    (520)   964    nm 
    (1,317)   (1,007)   (310)   31%   10,126    9,960    166    2%

 

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Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023

 

Bitfarms’ net financial expenses was $1.3 million for Q2 2024, compared to $1.0 million for Q2 2023. The $0.3 million increase was primarily related to:

 

A $4.5 million decrease in the gain on disposition of marketable securities due to less funds being sent to Argentina in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023 as the capital expenditures related to the first data center were mostly paid in 2022 and 2023. Since Q3 2021, the Company has been utilizing a mechanism 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.
A $1.9 million increase in loss 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 loss is attributable to the decrease in the BTC price during Q2 2024. Refer to Section 10B - Liquidity and Capital Resources (Synthetic HODL program for digital assets management) for more details.

 

 

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 (expenses) income (Continued)

 

The increase was partially offset by:

A $1.9 million increase in interest income due to the Company’s higher average cash balance during Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023. Refer to Section 10a - Liquidity and Capital Resources (Cash Flows) for details of the Company’s cash flows.
A $1.8 million decrease in loss on foreign exchange due to the revaluation of the Company’s net monetary assets denominated in foreign currencies, following the weakening Argentine Pesos at the end of Q2 2023 compared to the end of Q2 2024.
A $1.3 million favorable increase in other financial income (expenses) mainly due to the interest earned on the refund of Canadian sales taxes from prior periods. See Section 7b - Financial Performance (Cost of Revenues) above.
A $0.8 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 Q2 2024, the Argentine VAT receivable provision expenses were classified within the respective expense and asset categories.

 

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023

 

Bitfarms’ net financial income was $10.1 million for YTD Q2 2024, compared to $10.0 million for YTD Q2 2023. The $0.2 million increase was mainly due to:

 

A $10.0 million change in (loss) gain on revaluation of warrants due to the decrease in the fair value of the warrant liabilities for the 2021 and 2023 private placements in YTD Q2 2024 compared to the increase in the fair value of the warrant liabilities for the 2021 private placements in YTD Q2 2023.
A $2.3 million increase in interest income due to the same factors explained in the Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023 section above.
A $2.0 million decrease in loss on foreign exchange due to the same factors explained in the Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023 section above.
A $1.9 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 ABL LLC (“NYDIG”) Loan that commenced on June 15, 2022 and was fully repaid in February 2024.
A $1.7 million decrease in provision expense on VAT receivable due to the same factors explained in the Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023 section above.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

7. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Continued)

 

D.Net financial (expenses) income (Continued)

 

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023 (Continued)

 

The increase was offset by:

A $12.8 million gain on extinguishment of long-term debt and lease liabilities during YTD Q2 2023. In February 2023:
BlockFi Lending LLC (“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 $6.4 million decrease in gain on disposition of marketable securities due to less funds being sent to Argentina during YTD Q2 2024 compared to YTD Q2 2023, as the capital expenditures related to the first data center were mostly paid in 2022 and 2023. The Company has been utilizing a mechanism since Q3 2021 to fund its Argentina expansion as explained in the Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023 section above.

 

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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)  Q2 2024   Q1 2024   Q4 2023   Q3 2023   Q2 2023   Q1 2023   Q4 2022   Q3 2022 
Revenus   41,548    50,317    46,241    34,596    35,479    30,050    27,037    33,247 
Perte nette   (26,599)   (5,980)   (57,159)   (16,507)   (26,083)   (4,287)   (13,084)   (82,728)
Basic net loss per share   (0.07)   (0.02)   (0.19)   (0.06)   (0.11)   (0.02)   (0.06)   (0.39)
                                         
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (24,895)   (12,265)   (57,537)   (16,106)   (26,177)   (4,617)   (12,893)   (87,453)
Intérêts (produits) et charges   (1,693)   (302)   91    368    846    1,354    3,071    3,221 
Dépréciation et amortissement   57,337    38,977    21,790    21,767    20,528    20,700    20,777    20,720 
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   (8,760)                            
EBITDA (1)   21,989    26,410    (35,656)   6,029    (4,803)   17,437    10,955    (63,512)
Marge d'EBITDA (1)   53%   52%   (77)%   17%   (14)%   58%   41%   (191)%
Rémunération en actions   1,675    3,094    3,906    2,011    2,462    2,536    3,795    3,961 
Perte (gain) réalisé(e) sur la cession d'actifs numériques                           28,567    44,329 
(Reprise de) perte de réévaluation des actifs numériques           (1,183)   1,183        (2,695)   (23,284)   (45,655)
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 
Perte (gain) sur la réévaluation des bons de souscription   1,455    (9,040)   37,874    (2,196)   1,189    1,221    (3,759)   (2,080)
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables   (413)   (338)   (999)   (4,120)   (4,955)   (2,171)   (7,317)   (13,690)
Frais de service non liés aux activités courantes   3,096                             
Sales tax recovery - prior years - energy and infrastructure and general and administrative expenses (2)   (18,468)   2,387    2,485    2,366    2,333    2,097    2,115    1,958 
Frais financiers nets et autres   2,284    811    7,635    3,610    3,760    2,785    1,761    2,809 
EBITDA ajusté (1)   11,618    23,324    16,332    8,883    9,968    8,375    3,930    12,236 
Marge EBITDA ajustée (1)   28%   46%   35%   26%   28%   28%   15%   37%

 

 

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.
2 Sales tax recovery relating to energy and infrastructure and general and administrative expenses have been allocated to their respective periods; refer to Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund) to the Financial Statements.
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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

8. SELECTED QUARTERLY INFORMATION (Continued)

 

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-Québec, 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 ANDE and Compañía de Luz y Fuerza S.A (“CLYFSA”). In Q3 2022, the Company began operations in Argentina. The data center 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 Q2 2024 details, refer to Section 7A - Financial Performance (Revenues); Section 10A - Liquidity and Capital Resources (Cash Flows); and Section 6 - Expansion Projects (United States Expansion, Paraguay Expansion, Argentina Expansion and Canada Expansion) of this MD&A.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

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
Gross
Mining
profit
Gross Profit adjusted to exclude: (i) non-Mining revenues; (ii) depreciation and amortization; (iii) purchase of electrical components and other expenses; (iv) electrician salaries and payroll taxes; and (v) sales tax recovery.

●   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; (viii) sales tax recovery; and (iv) 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; (v) sales tax recovery; and (vi) 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; (vi) sales tax recovery; and (vii) 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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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

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

 

Non-IFRS financial ratios

 

Ratios Définition Purpose
Gross
Mining
margin
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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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

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
Gross
margin
The percentage obtained when dividing Gross profit by Revenues. ●    To assess profitability of the Company across time periods.
Operating
margin
The percentage obtained when dividing Operating income (loss) by Revenues. ●    To assess operational profitability of the Company across time periods.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

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 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   % Change 
Revenus   41,548    35,479    6,069    17%   91,865    65,529    26,336    40%
                                         
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (24,895)   (26,177)   1,282    (5)%   (37,160)   (30,794)   (6,366)   21%
Intérêts (produits) et charges   (1,693)   846    (2,539)   (300)%   (1,995)   2,200    (4,195)   (191)%
Dépréciation et amortissement   57,337    20,528    36,809    179%   96,314    41,228    55,086    134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   (8,760)       (8,760)   100%   (8,760)       (8,760)   100%
EBITDA   21,989    (4,803)   26,792    nm    48,399    12,634    35,765    283%
Marge du BAIIA   53%   (14)%           53%   19%        
Rémunération en actions   1,675    2,462    (787)   (32)%   4,769    4,998    (229)   (5)%
Dépréciation des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance et des immobilisations corporelles       9,982    (9,982)   100%       9,982    (9,982)   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%
Perte (gain) de réévaluation des warrants   1,455    1,189    266    22%   (7,585)   2,410    (9,995)   (415)%
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables   (413)   (4,955)   4,542    (92)%   (751)   (7,126)   6,375    (89)%
Frais de service non liés aux activités courantes   3,096        3,096    100%   3,096        3,096    100%
Sales tax recovery - prior years - energy and infrastructure and general and administrative expenses (2)   (18,468)   2,333    (20,801)   (892)%   (16,081)   4,430    (20,511)   (463)%
Charges financières nettes et autres   2,284    3,760    (1,476)   (39)%   3,095    6,545    (3,450)   (53)%
EBITDA ajusté   11,618    9,968    1,650    17%   34,942    18,343    16,599    90%
Marge du BAIIA ajustée   28%   28%           38%   28%        

 

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1Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to Section 14 - Restatement.
2Sales tax recovery relating to energy and infrastructure and general and administrative expenses have been allocated to their respective periods; refer to Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund) to the Financial Statements.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

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 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change 
Perte brute   (11,275)   (6,040)   (5,235)   87%   (21,957)   (14,393)   (7,564)   53%
Revenus hors minage (1)   (1,165)   (1,236)   71    (6)%   (2,059)   (2,078)   19    (1)%
Dépréciation et amortissement   57,337    20,528    36,809    179%   96,314    41,228    55,086    134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   (8,760)       (8,760)   (100)%   (8,760)       (8,760)   (100)%
Composants électriques et salaires   873    1,075    (202)   (19)%   1,581    1,751    (170)   (10)%
Sales tax recovery - prior years - energy and infrastructure (2)   (16,366)   2,100    (18,466)   (879)%   (14,338)   4,017    (18,355)   (457)%
Autre   6    (72)   78    nm    1,209    (227)   1,436    nm 
Bénéfice brut de l'activité de minage   20,650    16,355    4,295    26%   51,990    30,298    21,692    72%
Marge brute de minage   51%   48%           58%   48%        

 

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(1)

Conciliation des revenus non reliés au minage :

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change 
Revenus   41,548    35,479    6,069    17%   91,865    65,529    26,336    40%
Moins de revenus liés au minage dans le but de calculer la marge brute de minage :                                        
Revenus de minage   (40,383)   (34,243)   (6,140)   18%   (89,806)   (63,451)   (26,355)   42%
Revenus hors minage   1,165    1,236    (71)   (6)%   2,059    2,078    (19)   (1)%

 

(2) Sales tax recovery relating to energy and infrastructure expenses has been allocated to their respective periods; refer to Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund) to the Financial Statements.  

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(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,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change 
Coût des revenus   52,823    41,519    11,304    27%   113,822    79,922    33,900    42%
Dépréciation et amortissement   (57,337)   (20,528)   (36,809)   179%   (96,314)   (41,228)   (55,086)   134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   8,760        8,760    100%   8,760        8,760    100%
Composants électriques et salaires   (873)   (1,075)   202    (19)%   (1,581)   (1,751)   170    (10)%
L'infrastructure   (922)   (761)   (161)   21%   (2,896)   (1,702)   (1,194)   70%
Sales tax recovery - prior years - energy and infrastructure (1)   16,366    (2,100)   18,466    (879)%   14,338    (4,017)   18,355    (457)%
Autre       82    (82)   (100)%       82    (82)   (100)%
Coût direct   18,817    17,137    1,680    10%   36,129    31,306    4,823    15%
Quantité de BTC obtenus   614    1,223    (609)   (50)%   1,557    2,520    (963)   (38)%
Coût direct par BTC (en dollars américains)   30,600    14,000    16,600    119%   23,200    12,400    10,800    87%

 

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

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change 
Coût des revenus   52,823    41,519    11,304    27%   113,822    79,922    33,900    42%
Dépenses générales et administratives   12,402    9,155    3,247    35%   25,598    17,515    8,083    46%
    65,225    50,674    14,551    29%   139,420    97,437    41,983    43%
Dépréciation et amortissement   (57,337)   (20,528)   (36,809)   179%   (96,314)   (41,228)   (55,086)   134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   8,760        8,760    100%   8,760        8,760    100%
Composants électriques et salaires   (873)   (1,075)   202    (19)%   (1,581)   (1,751)   170    (10)%
Rémunération en actions   (1,675)   (2,462)   787    (32)%   (4,769)   (4,998)   229    (5)%
Frais de service non liés aux activités courantes   (3,096)       (3,096)   100%   (3,096)       (3,096)   100%
Sales tax recovery - prior years - energy and infrastructure and general and administrative expenses (1)   18,468    (2,333)   20,801    nm    16,081    (4,430)   20,511    nm 
Autre   (415)   63    (478)   (759)%   (3,159)   308    (3,467)   nm 
Coût total des liquidités   29,057    24,339    4,718    19%   55,342    45,338    10,004    22%
Quantité de BTC obtenus   614    1,223    (609)   (50)%   1,557    2,520    (963)   (38)%
Coût total en espèces par BTC (en dollars américains)   47,300    19,900    27,400    138%   35,500    18,000    17,500    97%

 

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1 Sales tax recovery relating to energy and infrastructure and general and administrative expenses have been allocated to their respective periods; refer to Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund) to the Financial Statements.  

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(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 (including the 2024 ATM Program) to fund its expansion activities, operating expenses and debt service requirements. The Company has sufficient liquidity for its 2024 growth plan and anticipates requiring additional funds to complete its 2025 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, Javier Milei. While many of the foreign exchange restrictions implemented in 2019 are still in place, particularly for imports and dividend payments related to transactions before December 13, 2023; since taking office, President Milei has introduced changes to the import/export regime and foreign exchange regulations. For imports made after December 13, 2023, financial institutions can now grant access to the official foreign exchange (“FX”) market without prior Central Bank approval for deferred payments of new imports, with specific schedules based on the type of goods. Exporters can repatriate proceeds on an 80-20 basis, with 80% settled through the official FX market and 20% through the blue-chip swap market. There are indications that the government may lift capital controls during 2024. Announcements have been made with plans to offer dollar denominated bonds (BOPREAL) to companies, allowing them to send dividends abroad. This can be seen as a first step towards lifting foreign exchange restrictions. Additionally, in 2024, Argentine Congress passed “Ley Bases”, which includes, under the “Incentives Regime for Major Investments”, FX rules and benefits for certain large investment projects. The ongoing implications for economic and monetary policy, and its impact on Bitfarms, cannot be ascertained as of the 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.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

A.Cash Flows

 

   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(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   27,935    2,472    25,463    nm 
Investing activities   (151,832)   (19,229)   (132,603)   690%
Financing activities   178,362    16,693    161,669    968%
Écarts de taux de change sur la conversion monétaire   116    68    48    71%
Cash, end of the period   138,619    30,891    107,728    349%

 

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Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash flows from operating activities amounted to $27.9 million during YTD Q2 2024 compared to cash flows from operating activities of $2.5 million in YTD Q2 2023, primarily driven by:

 

An increase in proceeds from sale of digital assets earned of $24.0 million as a result of selling BTC in YTD Q2 2024 with significantly higher prices compared to YTD Q2 2023;
Receiving interest and financial income of $2.5 million in YTD Q2 2024 compared to paying $4.9 million of interest and financial expenses in YTD Q2 2023 mainly due to eliminating the remaining NYDIG debt balance in February 2024; and
Lower energy and infrastructure costs of $12.3 million, including sales tax recovery on energy and infrastructure cost as explained in Section 7B - Financial Performance - Cost of Revenues of this MD&A.

 

The increase was partially offset by:

Higher cash G&A expenses of $8.3 million as explained in Section 7B - Financial Performance - General & Administrative expenses of this MD&A; and
Other unfavorable working capital variances totaling $9.5 million as explained in Section 11 -Financial Position of this MD&A.

 

Cash Flows used in Investing Activities

Cash flows used in investing activities increased by $132.6 million during YTD Q2 2024 compared to YTD Q2 2023.

 

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

$121.6 million of net additions of PPE during YTD Q2 2024, compared to $16.4 million for the same period in 2023, primarily due to the acquisition of Miners and infrastructure build-out; and
$31.0 million in advance payments mainly for the transformative fleet upgrade during YTD Q2 2024, compared to $10.0 million in advanced payments during YTD Q2 2023.

 

The increase was partially offset by:

$0.8 million of net proceeds received in YTD Q2 2024 from the purchase and disposition of marketable securities to fund the Argentina expansion activities, compared to $7.1 million of net proceeds for the same period in 2023, as described in Note 23c - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss to the Financial Statements.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(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 $161.7 million from $16.7 million for YTD Q2 2023 to $178.4 million for YTD Q2 2024.

 

YTD Q2 2024

The Company raised:
$174.5 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;
$8.5 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) data center.
The amounts raised were partially offset by scheduled payments primarily 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 $1.4 million.

 

YTD Q2 2023

The Company raised $37.6 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 was partially offset by repayments towards the long-term debt and lease liabilities of $18.9 million and $2.1 million, respectively.
The long-term debt repayments included:
The settlement of the remaining $20.4 million principal balance 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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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

(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 2024 ATM Program. The Company may, at its discretion and from time-to-time, sell common shares of the Company in the 2024 ATM Program as for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $375.0 million.

 

Q2 2024 v. Q2 2023

During the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued 67,199,000 common shares through the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $140.8 million at an average share price of approximately $2.10. The Company received net proceeds of $136.4 million after paying commissions of $4.2 million to the sales agent, in addition to $0.3 million of other transaction fees.

 

During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company issued 17,611,000 common shares through the 2021 ATM program in exchange for gross proceeds of $22.5 million at an average share price of approximately $1.28. The Company received net proceeds of $21.8 million after paying commissions of $0.7 million to the sales agent.

 

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023

During YTD Q2 2024, the Company issued 84,196,000 common shares in the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $180.2 million at an average share price of approximately $2.14. The Company received net proceeds of $174.5 million after paying commissions of $5.4 million to the sales agent, in addition to $0.3 million of other transaction fees.

 

During YTD Q2 2023, the Company issued 33,551,000 common shares in the 2021 ATM program in exchange for gross proceeds of $38.9 million at an average share price of approximately $1.16. The Company received net proceeds of $37.6 million after paying commissions of $1.2 million to the sales agent, in addition to $0.1 million of other transaction fees.

 

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 $174.5 million raised from the 2024 ATM Program from March 11, 2024 through June 30, 2024 to fund the transformative fleet upgrade.

 

Private placements

YTD Q2 2024 v. YTD Q2 2023

During the six months ended June 30, 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 six months ended June 30, 2023, no warrants were exercised.

 

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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

 

Bitfarms’ capital management objective is to provide financial resources that will enable the Company to maximize the return to its shareholders while optimizing its cost of capital and ensuring the Company has sufficient liquidity to fund its 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 its 2025 expansion plans and to complete construction of additional data centers 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 event 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 event 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, 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. Similar to past BTC Halvings events, the BTC price did not have an immediate favorable impact after the BTC Halving that occurred on April 19, 2024. It took approximately six months for the Company’s revenue per terahash to return to the level experienced prior to the May 2020 BTC Halving event.

 

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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 “Board”) 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.

 

Presented below are the total BTC sold and proceeds in Q2 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)  June 30, 2024   March 31, 2024 
Quantity of BTC sold   515    941 
Total proceeds   33,756    49,570 

 

The sale of BTC as described above, while the Company continued to earn BTC, resulted in total holdings of 905 BTC as of June 30, 2024, valued at approximately $56.7 million based on a BTC price of approximately $62,700, as of June 30, 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. If the Company was to face challenges with one of its custodians, the Company could 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 August 7, 2024, the Company has 1,049 BTC, valued at $58.7 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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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 August 1, 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 Board 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 Board 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 August 7, 2024, the Company did not have any hedge position on future BTC compensation.

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company had BTC option contracts to sell digital assets which resulted in a loss of $0.3 million and $0.9 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 19 to the Financial Statements for more details.

 

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

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

B.Capital Resources (Continued)

 

Synthetic HODL program for digital assets management

Alongside the hedging program, and with the intent to manage a more capital-efficient portfolio, in June 2023, the Board 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 derivatives and volatility-targeting instruments. 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 replicate BTC HODL appreciation potential while utilizing excess cash flow from operations to fund capital growth programs. As of August 7, 2024, the Company has active call option contracts providing the right to buy up to 333 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 Board to more adequately respond to market factors that are beyond the Company’s operational control. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company purchased long-dated BTC call options which resulted in a loss of $1.8 million and a gain of $1.3 million, respectively, attributable to the change in the BTC price over the respective periods.

 

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 June 30, 2024:

 

(U.S. $ in thousands)  2024   2025   2026   2027   2028 and
thereafter
   Total 
Dettes commerciales et charges à payer   20,908                    20,908 
Dette à long terme   95    166    171    176    1,165    1,773 
Responsabilité relative au bail   1,475    3,017    2,865    2,589    8,534    18,480 
    22,478    3,183    3,036    2,765    9,699    41,161 

 

D.Engagements

 

As of June 30, 2024, the Company’s remaining payment obligations in connection with the Purchase Option and the March 2024 Purchase Order are outlined below:

 

   As of June 30, 
(U.S. $ in thousands)  2024 
Trois mois se terminant en septembre 30, 2024   84,152 
Trois mois se terminant en décembre 31, 2024   30,772 
    114,924 

 

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 against the Company. This 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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(In U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated)

 

 

10. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES (Continued)

 

E.Contingent liabilities

 

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 that the Miners were manufactured 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 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 June 30, 2024.

 

In March 2024, as a result of the Company’s decision to terminate the employment of the Company’s former CEO, a termination payment of $1.6 million was accrued during the first quarter of 2024 and paid during Q2 2024 based on the terms of the former CEO’s employment agreement. On May 10, 2024, the former 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. Refer to Note 20 - Transactions and Balances with Related Parties to the Financial statements.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

11. FINANCIAL POSITION

 

A.Working Capital

 

   As of June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31,         
(U.S. $ in thousands)  2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Total Current Assets   237,289    129,984    107,305    83%
Total Current Liabilities   46,434    69,154    (22,720)   (33)%
Working Capital   190,855    60,830    130,025    214%

 

With the BTC Halving event that occurred on April 19, 2024, the Company continues to place importance on maintaining sufficient liquidity to manage uncertainty and capitalize upon suitable opportunities the BTC Halving may present. The Company also anticipates requiring additional funds to complete its 2025 growth plans discussed in Section 6 - Expansion Projects of this MD&A. As of June 30, 2024, Bitfarms had working capital of $190.9 million, compared to $60.8 million as of December 31, 2023. The increase in working capital was mostly due to:

 

A $54.6 million increase in cash, mainly related to the issuance of (i) 84,196,000 common shares from the 2024 ATM Program, for net proceeds of $174.5 million and (ii) 7,401,000 common shares from the exercise of stock options and warrants, for total proceeds of $8.5 million. The liquidity raised was partially used for expansion projects during YTD Q2 2024, with the remainder intended for future payments of Miners as part of the transformative fleet upgrade and general working capital purposes.
A $22.8 million increase in total digital assets resulting from the increase of the Company’s treasury by 101 BTC and the appreciation of the BTC price during YTD Q2 2024.
A $20.4 million decrease in warrant liabilities due to the subsequent fair value revaluation of the warrants from the 2021 and the 2023 private placements, the exercise of 2023 private placements warrants and the expiration of a portion of the 2021 private placement warrants.
A $16.1 million increase in other assets resulting from the increase in sales taxes receivable due to the Company receiving confirmation from the Provincial tax authorities that Canadian sales taxes paid by the Company from February 5, 2022 onwards are refundable. Refer to Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund) to the Financial Statements.
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.

 

 

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

 

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(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  June 30,   Au mois de décembre 31,         
(U.S. $ in thousands)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage 
Amérique du Nord                
Canada   106,350    101,454    4,896    5%
ÉTATS-UNIS   14,403    18,154    (3,751)   (21)%
    120,753    119,608    1,145    1%
Amérique du Sud                    
Paraguay   68,822    11,747    57,075    486%
Argentine   43,718    54,657    (10,939)   (20)%
    112,540    66,404    46,136    69%
    233,293    186,012    47,281    25%

 

As of June 30, 2024, Bitfarms had PPE of $233.3 million, compared to $186.0 million as of December 31, 2023.

The increase of $47.3 million, or 25%, was primarily due to the $57.1 million increase in Paraguay PPE primarily due to approximately 8 hydro containers, 600 MicroBT WhatsMiner M53S and 9,500 Bitmain T21 Miners delivered and in transit and the construction of the Paso Pe warehouses and substation during YTD Q2 2024. In addition, the PPE in Canada increased by $4.9 million mainly due to the Miners fleet upgrade, which exceeded the regular depreciation expense and the accelerated depreciation of older Miners.
These increases were partially offset by the decrease in PPE in Argentina and the US by $10.9 million and $3.8 million, respectively, mostly due to regular depreciation expense and the accelerated depreciation of older Miners, which exceeded the value of the Miners received in connection with the transformative fleet upgrade program. Refer to Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment to the Financial Statements.

 

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

 

 

11. FINANCIAL POSITION (Continued)

 

C.Actifs incorporels

 

As of June 30, 2024, Bitfarms had intangible assets of $4.4 million, compared to $3.7 million as of December 31, 2023. The $0.7 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  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 du centre de données
2023  Paso Pe, Paraguay   1,065   50 MW1   Finissant en décembre 31, 2027  Linéaire sur la période des droits d'accès
2023  Yguazu, Paraguay   421   100 MW2   Finissant en décembre 31, 2027  Linéaire sur la période des droits d'accès
       3,801   172 MW        
                    
       4,713   178 MW        

 

 
1 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.
2 In May 2024, the Company finalized an amendment to the existing contract for an additional 100 MW of energy capacity for a total capacity of 200 MW.

 

Refer to Notes 5 and 14 to the 2023 Annual Financial Statements and Note 11 to the Financial Statements for more details.

 

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(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 19 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 20 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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15. INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

 

A.Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Management, under the supervision of the 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 CEO and CFO, is also responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFR”). Management, under the supervision of the 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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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 April 1, 2024 and ended June 30, 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 July 1, 2024 to August 7, 2024, the Company issued 25,127,000 common shares through the 2024 ATM Program in exchange for gross proceeds of $67.9 million at an average share price of approximately $2.70. The Company received net proceeds of $65.8 million after paying commissions of $2.1 million to the sales agent.

 

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17. SHARE CAPITAL

 

As of the date of this MD&A, the Company has 451,286,000 common shares outstanding, 13,055,000 vested and 4,027,000 unvested stock options, 17,122,000 warrants outstanding and 989,000 restricted stock units. There are no preferred shares or any other classes of shares outstanding.

 

On June 10, 2024, the Board approved a shareholder rights plan (the “June 2024 Rights Plan”). On July 24, 2024, the Capital Markets Tribunal of the Ontario Securities Commission issued an order to cease trading any securities issued, or that may be issued, in connection with or pursuant to the June 2024 Rights plan. Also on July 24, 2024, the Board approved the adoption of a new shareholder rights plan (the “July 2024 Rights Plan”), pursuant to which one right (a “Right”) will be issued and attached to each common share outstanding as at August 6, 2024 (the “Record Time”). A Right will also be attached to each common share issued after the Record Time. Subject to the terms of the July 2024 Rights Plan, the Rights become exercisable if a person (the “Acquiring Person”), along with certain related persons (including persons “acting jointly or in concert” as defined in the July 2024 Rights Plan), acquires or announces its intention to acquire 20% or more of the common shares without complying with the “Permitted Bid” provisions of the July 2024 Rights Plan. Following a transaction that results in a person becoming an Acquiring Person, the Rights entitle the holder thereof to purchase common shares at a significant discount to the market price. The July 2024 Rights Plan is subject to the acceptance of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) and shareholder ratification within six months of its adoption. The TSX has notified the Company that the TSX will defer its consideration of the acceptance of the July 2024 Rights Plan until (a) such time as it is satisfied that the appropriate securities common will not intervene pursuant to National Policy 62-202 and (b) the July 2024 Rights Plan is ratified by the shareholders of the Company by no later than January 24, 2025. A deferral of acceptance of the July 2024 Rights Plan by the TSX will not affect the adoption or operation of the July 2024 Rights Plan. The Board intends to recommend the ratification of the July 2024 Rights Plan at the Company’s upcoming special meeting of shareholders to be held on October 29, 2024.

 

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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 CFO. The following is a discussion of regulatory compliance considerations specific to each such jurisdiction:

 

Argentine

The Company operates one 54 MW data center located in Cordoba, Argentina (with a current 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 a total of two data centers with an aggregate power capacity of 80 MW located in the city of 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 data center 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.

 

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 (the “Public Hearing”) 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.

 

Following the Public Hearing, two significant developments ensued in June 2024. Firstly, Congress in Paraguay sanctioned a bill, pending presidential approval, which increases penalties for illegal use of electricity, particularly targeting unauthorized crypto mining. Penalties range from fines to imprisonment up to 10 years, with provisions for equipment confiscation.

 

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Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

18. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE (Continued)

 

Paraguay (Continued)

Secondly, ANDE has issued a decree implementing an abrupt increase in tariffs for the cryptocurrency mining industry. The decree increased the electricity tariffs from 6% to 16%, a 10% increase, across various voltage categories. In response to these developments, the Paraguayan Chamber of Digital Asset Mining (the “Chamber”), to which the Company is a founding member, was created. This organization’s primary objective is to facilitate constructive dialogue with the government and ANDE, seeking consensus on optimal strategies to address the issue of illegal cryptocurrency mining. Concurrently, the Chamber aims to promote economic stability and maintain the business friendly environment that has rendered Paraguay an attractive destination for the cryptocurrency mining industry, while contributing to the Nation’s infrastructural development. Despite these challenges, the Company maintains its confidence in Paraguay’s potential as a favorable location for cryptocurrency mining operations.

 

Washington State

The Company operates one 17 MW data center 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 data center 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.

 

Quebec

The Company operates a total of eight data centers with an aggregate power capacity of 159 MW located in the Province of Quebec, 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 Quebec or Canada on the business of operating a data center 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 Quebec or Canada that would negatively impact its operations in Quebec or Canada. The Company is not relying on any registrations, exemptions, or “no action” letters to conduct its business in Quebec 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 and Section 4.19 - Description of Business - Risk Factor in the 2023 AIF. These risks and uncertainties have not materially changed during the six months ended June 30, 2024, other than the risk described below, and hereby incorporated by reference.

 

The Company has been the subject of unsolicited interest from an investor which has been, and may continue to be, a distraction to management and employees and could have a material adverse impact on its business and operations.

 

On April 22, 2024, the Company received a proposal from an investor to acquire 100% of the common shares of Bitfarms (the “Unsolicited Proposal”). A special committee of the Board consisting solely of independent directors (the “Special Committee”) carefully considered the Unsolicited Proposal and determined it significantly undervalued the Company and its growth prospects. On June 24, 2024, the Unsolicited Proposal was withdrawn; however, the investor requisitioned a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of having a majority of the Board comprised of its nominees and initiated a hearing before the Capital Markets Tribunal of the Ontario Securities Commission. The requisitioned special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) is set to be held on October 29, 2024. The uncertainty regarding the Unsolicited Proposal, the Special Meeting and the possible future actions of the investor may be disruptive to the Company’s business, which could have a negative effect on its operations, financial condition or results of operations. Management and employee distraction related to the Unsolicited Proposal, the Special Meeting and the possible outcomes thereof may also adversely impact the Company’s ability to optimally conduct its business and pursue its strategic objectives.

 

The events surrounding the Unsolicited Proposal, Special Meeting and related circumstances and the Company’s responses have required, and may continue to require, significant time and attention by Management and its Board and have required the Company, and may continue to require the Company, to incur significant legal and advisory fees and expenses. Further, actions taken by the investor referenced above or other third parties as a result of or in connection with the Unsolicited Proposal and Special Meeting, including a proxy contest and litigation by adverse parties, could disrupt the Company’s business, distract the Company from efforts to improve its business, cause the Company to incur substantial additional expenses, create perceived uncertainties among current and potential employees and other constituencies as to the Company’s future direction that may result in lost revenues or other business arrangements and the loss of potential business opportunities, and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners. Actions that the Board has taken, and may take in the future, in response to any offer or other related actions by the investor referenced above or other third parties, including the Unsolicited Proposal, or any other offer or proposal may result in litigation against the Company. In the event third parties initiate litigation against the Company, these actions could harm the Company’s business and have a material adverse effect on its results of operations. The Company also believes the future trading price of its common shares could be subject to wide price fluctuations based on uncertainty associated with the Unsolicited Proposal, the Special Meeting and any future offer.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

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.

 

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;

 

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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)

 

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;
data center 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.

 

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.

 

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BITFARMS LTÉE

Management’s Discussion & Analysis

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

 

 

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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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.  
Megawatt or MW 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 generate BTC exposure with inherent risk management, capital efficiency and leverage characteristics.
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, Ben Gagnon, 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 June 30, 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 April 1, 2024 and ended on June 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR.

 

Date: August 8, 2024  
   
(signed) “Ben Gagnon”  
Ben Gagnon  
Directeur général  

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 June 30, 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 April 1, 2024 and ended on June 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR.

 

Date: August 8, 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

 

8 Août 2024

 

Item 3 News Release

 

The press release attached as Schedule “A” was released on August 8, 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

 

Ben Gagnon

Directeur général

Bitfarms ltée

Bgagnon@bitfarms.com

 

Item 9 Date of Report

 

8 Août 2024

 

 

 

Schedule "A"

 

 

Bitfarms publie ses résultats du deuxième trimestre de 2024

- Revenue of $42 million, down 16% Q/Q and up 17% Y/Y -

- Gross mining margin of 51%, compared to 64% in Q1 2024 and 48% in Q2 2023 -

- Current hashrate of 11.1 EH/s, up from 6.5 EH/s in Q1 2024 -

- Current efficiency of 25 w/TH, a 26% improvement from Q1 2024 -

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

- Increased MW capacity by 220 MW, bringing total to 648 and supporting over 35 EH/s in 2025 -

- Special Committee concludes strategic alternatives review process -

 

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 (August 8, 2024) - Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq/TSX: BITF), a global vertically integrated Bitcoin data center company, reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024. All financial references are in U.S. dollars.

 

During the quarter, Bitfarms made significant progress expanding its geographically diversified portfolio, adding 220 MW of capacity in Paraguay and Pennsylvania and energizing the Company’s largest site to-date in Paso Pe, Paraguay.

 

The Company’s new 120 MW site in Sharon, PA, which is on the PJM Interconnection, once the agreement is finalized, provides long-term access to low-cost U.S. energy and flexible power trading options. The PJM grid enjoys an abundant energy supply that is rapidly adding renewable capacity and contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Importantly, the site is well-suited for a wide range of opportunities beyond Bitcoin mining, including HPC/AI.

 

In South America, Bitfarms energized its 70 MW site in Paso Pe, making it the Company’s largest site by both EH and MW. The Company also signed an agreement for an additional 100 MW in Yguazu, bringing its total contracted power in Paraguay to 280 MW in the first half of 2025 and making Bitfarms the largest miner in the region. South America remains a highly strategic geography for Bitfarms, with favorable power contracts and access to reliable, sustainable energy.

 

Bitfarms recently appointed Ben Gagnon, a seasoned leader with significant experience in Bitcoin mining, as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gagnon has been with the Company for five years and previously served as Chief Mining Officer, where he was integral in establishing the Company’s fleet upgrade and transformative 2024 growth plan.

 

“I am honored to step into the CEO role at such a pivotal time for the Company,” stated Mr. Gagnon. “During the quarter, we made significant strides to position Bitfarms for accelerated growth and efficiency gains in the second half of the year and into 2025. We also continued to expand and diversify the business through new site agreements. Our new site in Sharon, PA represents Bitfarms' first foray into the PJM region, which we believe is the most attractive energy market in the U.S, and one in which we hope to further grow our footprint. This site, in combination with our new megawatts in South America, positions Bitfarms to reach over 35 EH/s in 2025, representing 67% growth from our year-end target of 21 EH/s. Over the next few years, we will continue executing our growth strategy with a sharp focus on U.S. expansion and diversification beyond Bitcoin mining.”

 

Jeff Lucas, Bitfarms Chief Financial Officer, stated “Our robust balance sheet and capital efficient growth strategy provides us with exceptional financial flexibility. Our 2024 growth and efficiency improvement plans are fully funded with sufficient liquidity for the infrastructure buildout and miner procurements needed to enable us to achieve 21 EH/s and 21w/TH by year-end.”

 

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Processus d’examen des options stratégiques

The Company also announced that the Special Committee of the Bitfarms Board of Directors, comprised of solely independent directors, has concluded the strategic alternatives review process announced on May 29th, 2024. Following the completion of that process, the Special Committee unanimously determined that continuing to execute Bitfarms’ strategic plan as an independent public company is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders at this time. The Board and management team remain open to reviewing any and all opportunities that may deliver value to shareholders.

 

Faits saillants du deuxième trimestre de 2024 & des activités récentes

Opérations
Taux de hachage (hashrate) actuel de 11,1 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.

 

Extension du portefeuille de centres de données & Mise à niveau de la flotte
Entered into an agreement to lease a site in Sharon, Pennsylvania, providing, once finalized, immediate capacity of 12 MW with further development capacity up to 108 MW.
Finalisation d'un amendement au contrat d'énergie existant à l'installation d'Yguazu pour une capacité énergétique supplémentaire de 100 MW pour une capacité totale de 200 MW.
Déploiement de 39 400 mineurs dans 9 installations situées au Canada, aux États-Unis et au Paraguay.

 

Faits saillants financiers du deuxième trimestre 2024

Revenu total de 42 millions de dollars, en baisse de 16 % par rapport au trimestre précédent en raison de la diminution des récompenses de blocs suite à l'événement de réduction de moitié (halving) de la BTC qui s'est produit le 19 avril 2024.
Bénéfice du minage brut* et marge du minage brute* de 21 millions de dollars et 51 %, respectivement, en baisse par rapport à 31 millions de dollars et 64 % au premier trimestre de 2024, respectivement.
Les frais généraux et administratifs s'élèvent à 12 millions de dollars, en baisse de 6 % par rapport au trimestre précédent.
Perte d'exploitation de 24 millions de dollars, dont 46 millions de dollars d'amortissement accéléré sur les anciens mineurs, contre une perte d'exploitation de 24 millions de dollars au premier trimestre de 2024, qui incluait un 19 millions de dollars d'amortissement accéléré sur des mineurs plus anciens dans le cadre de la modernisation de la flotte.
Perte nette de 27 millions de dollars, soit (0,07)$ par action de base et diluée, qui comprenait une dépense hors trésorerie de 31 millions de dollars pour la réévaluation des passifs liés aux bons de souscription d'actions dans le cadre des activités de financement et 2021 et 2023. Ce chiffre est à comparer à une perte nette de 66 millions de dollars, soit (0,02)$ par action de base et diluée au premier trimestre de 2024, qui comprenait un gain hors trésorerie de 9 millions de dollars au titre de la réévaluation du passif lié aux bons de souscription.
BAIIA ajusté* de 12 millions de dollars, soit 28 % des revenus, en baisse par rapport à 23 millions de dollars, soit 46 % des revenus, au premier trimestre de 2024.
La Société a obtenu 614 BTC à un coût de production direct moyen par BTC* de 30 600 $, par rapport à 18 400 $ au quatrième trimestre de 2024.
Le coût total de production par BTC* était de 47 300 $ au premier trimestre de 2024, en hausse par rapport à 27 900 $ au quatrième trimestre de 2024 en raison d'une quantité moindre de BTC obtenue.

 

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Liquidité**

 

Au 30 juin 2024, la Société disposait de liquidités** totales de 195 millions de dollars, comprenant 139 millions de dollars en espèces et 905 BTC évalués à 57 millions de dollars sur la base d'un prix du BTC de 62,700 au 30 juin 2024. Au 31 juillet 2024, la Société détenait 1 016 BTC.

 

Deuxième trimestre de 2024 et activités de financement récentes 

A vendu 515 BTC à un prix moyen de 65 500 $ pour un produit total de 34 millions de dollars au cours du deuxième trimestre de 2024 et vendu 142 des 253 BTC obtenus en juillet 2024, générant un produit total de 9 millions de dollars. Une partie des fonds a été utilisée pour payer des dépenses en capital.
Added 111 BTC to treasury in July 2024 for a total of 1,016 BTC held in treasury, representing a total value of $67 million based on a $66,100 BTC price on July 31, 2024.
Synthetic HODLTM of 233 long-dated BTC call options at July 31, 2024.
Raised $136 million in net proceeds during Q2 2024 and $240 million through August 7, 2024 through the Company’s 2024 at-the-market equity offering program (“2024 ATM Program”).
Confirmation par les autorités fiscales provinciales, en avril 2024, du remboursement d'un montant de 24 millions de dollars de taxes de vente canadiennes payées antérieurement. Au cours du deuxième trimestre de 2024, 19 millions de dollars a été remboursé au titre de la taxe sur les ventes et les 5 millions restants ont été reçus en juillet 2024.

 

Performance opérationnelle trimestrielle

 

   Q2 2024   Q1 2024   Q2 2023 
Total des BTC obtenus   614    943    1,223 
Moyenne des watts/efficacité moyenne du TH***   28    35    37 
BTC vendu   515    941    1,109 

 

   As of
June 30,
   As of
March 31,
   As of
June 30,
 
   2024   2024   2023 
Fonctionnement EH/s   10.4    6.5    5.3 
Capacité d'exploitation (MW)   310    240    207 
Hydroélectricité (MW)   256    186    178 

 

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

 

   Q2 2024   Q1 2024   Q4 2023   Q3 2023   Q2 2023 
Rev. moy.****/BTC  $65,800   $52,400   $36,400   $28,100   $28,000 
Coût direct*/BTC  $30,600   $18,400   $14,400   $15,100   $14,000 
Coût total en espèces*/BTC  $47,300   $27,900   $23,200   $20,700   $19,900 

 

*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 represent 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 Q2 2024 results will be accessible before the call on the Investor website and can be accessed here.

 

Les participants peuvent s'abonner en appelant le 1-888-506-0062 (national) : --- (national), ou 1-973-528-0011 (international), et doivent le faire 10 minutes avant l'heure de début. Un opérateur accueillera les participants et leur demandera le code d'accès, qui est 968924. Si vous n'avez pas le code, vous pouvez vous référer à la conférence téléphonique sur les résultats du deuxième trimestre de 2024 de Bitfarms.

 

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

 

Une retransmission sera disponible et pourra être consultée dans la section Événements de notre site Web pour les investisseurs. Une rediffusion audio sera disponible jusqu'au 20 août 2024 et sera accessible au 1-877-481-4010 (national), ou 1-919-882-2331 (international), en utilisant le code d'accès 50787.

 

Conférences et événements à venir 

9-11 septembre 2024 : 26e conférence annuelle sur l'investissement mondial de H.C. Wainwright, New York City
21-22 octobre, 2024: Sommet 2024 de l'AIM Dubaï

 

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.

 

The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA to measure its operating activities’ financial performance and cash generating capability.

 

2023 Redressement

 

During the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company reassessed the application of IFRS Accounting Standards on the accounting for warrants issued in connection with private placement financings conducted in 2021 and, as such, restated (the “Restatement”) its consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022, its consolidated statements of profit or loss and comprehensive profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the three months ended March 31, 2023 and its consolidated statements of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the six months ended June 30, 2023, which were previously filed on SEDAR+ and EDGAR. For further details, consult Note 3e of the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, and Note 3d of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, available on SEDAR+ and EDGAR. As described in the interim MD&A for three and six months ended June 30, 2024, available on SEDAR+ and EDGAR, the Company is undertaking remediation efforts in light of the Restatement and in order to improve the overall effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting for the accounting of complex financial instruments.

 

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À propos de Bitfarms ltée

 

Fondée en 2017, Bitfarms est une société mondiale de centres de données Bitcoin qui apporte sa puissance de calcul à un ou plusieurs pools miniers 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 de génie électrique et d'installation appartenant à la Société, ainsi que de nombreux centres de réparation technique sur site. Le système d'analyse de données exclusif de l'entreprise permet d'obtenir les meilleures performances opérationnelles et le meilleur temps de fonctionnement de sa catégorie.

 

Bitfarms a actuellement 12 l’exploitation de centres de données bitcoins et deux en cours de développement situés 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)
 T/T = Trimestre sur trimestre
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 taux de hachage 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 le calendrier y afférent, l’amélioration de la performance financière et de la liquidité du bilan, d’autres opportunités et perspectives de croissance, ainsi que d’autres déclarations concernant la croissance future, les plans et objectifs de la Société et le résultat des recommandations relatives aux alternatives stratégiques du comité spécial des administrateurs indépendants de la Société, sont de l’information prospective. 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 the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 filed on August 8, 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.

 

Contacts pour les relations avec les investisseurs :

 

Bitfarms

Tracy Krumme

SVP, Head of IR & Corp. Comms.

+1 786-671-5638

tkrumme@bitfarms.com

 

Innisfree M&A Incorporated

Gabrielle Wolf / Scott Winter

+1 212-750-5833

 

Groupe consultatif Laurel Hill

1-877-452-7184

416-304-0211

assistance@laurelhill.com

 

Contacts pour les médias :

 

États-Unis : Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

Dan Katcher or Joseph Sala

+1 212-355-4449

 

Québec : 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 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(3)   $ Change   % Change   2024   2023(3)   $ Change   % Change 
Revenus   41,548    35,479    6,069    17%   91,865    65,529    26,336    40%
Coût des revenus   (52,823)   (41,519)   (11,304)   27%   (113,822)   (79,922)   (33,900)   42%
Perte brute   (11,275)   (6,040)   (5,235)   87%   (21,957)   (14,393)   (7,564)   53%
Marge brute (1)   (27)%   (17)%           (24)%   (22)%        
                                         
Dépenses d'exploitation                                        
Dépenses générales et administratives   (12,402)   (9,155)   (3,247)   35%   (25,598)   (17,515)   (8,083)   46%
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   99    7    92    nm    269    (1,559)   1,828    117%
Dépréciation des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance et des immobilisations corporelles       (9,982)   9,982    100%       (9,982)   9,982    100%
Perte d'exploitation   (23,578)   (25,170)   1,592    (6)%   (47,286)   (40,754)   (6,532)   16%
Marge d’exploitation (1)   (57)%   (71)%           (51)%   (62)%        
(Produits) charges financières nettes   (1,317)   (1,007)   (310)   31%   10,126    9,960    166    2%
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (24,895)   (26,177)   1,282    (5)%   (37,160)   (30,794)   (6,366)   21%
Recouvrement (charge) d'impôt sur le revenu   (1,704)   94    (1,798)   nm    4,581    424    4,157    980%
Perte nette   (26,599)   (26,083)   (516)   2%   (32,579)   (30,370)   (2,209)   7%
                                         
Perte de base et diluée par action (en dollars américains)   (0.07)   (0.11)           (0.09)   (0.13)        
Variation de réévaluation du surplus - actifs numériques, déduction faite de l’impôt   (5,455)   579    (6,034)   nm    11,978    2,391    9,587    401%
Perte globale totale, nette d'impôts   (32,054)   (25,504)   (6,550)   26%   (20,601)   (27,979)   7,378    (26%)
                                         
Bénéfice de minage brut (2)   20,650    16,355    4,295    26%   51,990    30,298    21,692    72%
Gross Mining margin (2)   51%   48%           58%   48%        
EBITDA (2)   21,989    (4,803)   26,792    558%   48,399    12,634    35,765    283%
Marge d'EBITDA (2)   53%   (14)%           53%   19%        
EBITDA ajusté (2)   11,618    9,968    1,650    17%   34,942    18,343    16,599    90%
Marge EBITDA ajustée (2)   28%   28%           38%   28%        

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 Q2 2024 interim financial statements Note 3d - Basis of Presentation and Material Accounting Policy Information - Restatement.

 

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Bitfarms Ltd. Reconciliation of Consolidated Net Income (loss) to EBITDA and
Adjusted EBITDA 

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023(1)   Changement en $   % Change 
Revenus   41,548    35,479    6,069    17%   91,865    65,529    26,336    40%
Perte nette avant impôts sur le revenu   (24,895)   (26,177)   1,282    (5)%   (37,160)   (30,794)   (6,366)   21%
Intérêts (produits) et charges   (1,693)   846    (2,539)   (300)%   (1,995)   2,200    (4,195)   (191)%
Dépréciation et amortissement   57,337    20,528    36,809    179%   96,314    41,228    55,086    134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   (8,760)       (8,760)   100%   (8,760)       (8,760)   100%
EBITDA   21,989    (4,803)   26,792    nm    48,399    12,634    35,765    283%
Marge du BAIIA   53%   (14)%           53%   19%        
Rémunération en actions   1,675    2,462    (787)   (32)%   4,769    4,998    (229)   (5)%
Dépréciation des dépôts à court terme payés d'avance et des immobilisations corporelles       9,982    (9,982)   100%       9,982    (9,982)   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%
Perte (gain) de réévaluation des warrants   1,455    1,189    266    22%   (7,585)   2,410    (9,995)   (415)%
Gain sur la vente des titres négociables   (413)   (4,955)   4,542    (92)%   (751)   (7,126)   6,375    (89)%
Frais de service non liés aux activités courantes   3,096        3,096    100%   3,096        3,096    100%
Recouvrement de la taxe de vente - années antérieures - énergie et infrastructure et frais généraux et administratifs (2)   (18,468)   2,333    (20,801)   (892)%   (16,081)   4,430    (20,511)   (463)%
Charges financières nettes et autres   2,284    3,760    (1,476)   (39)%   3,095    6,545    (3,450)   (53)%
EBITDA ajusté   11,618    9,968    1,650    17%   34,942    18,343    16,599    90%
Marge du BAIIA ajustée   28%   28%           38%   28%        

nm: not meaningful

 

 

1 Prior year figures are derived from restated financial statements. Refer to the Q2 2024 interim financial statements Note 3d - Basis of Presentation and Material Accounting Policy Information - Restatement.
   
2 Sales tax recovery relating to energy and infrastructure and general and administrative expenses have been allocated to their respective periods; refer to the Q2 2024 interim financial statements Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund).

 

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

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change 
Perte brute   (11,275)   (6,040)   (5,235)   87%   (21,957)   (14,393)   (7,564)   53%
Revenus hors minage (1)   (1,165)   (1,236)   71    (6)%   (2,059)   (2,078)   19    (1)%
Dépréciation et amortissement   57,337    20,528    36,809    179%   96,314    41,228    55,086    134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   (8,760)       (8,760)   (100)%   (8,760)       (8,760)   (100)%
Composants électriques et salaires   873    1,075    (202)   (19)%   1,581    1,751    (170)   (10)%
Recouvrement de la taxe de vente - années antérieures - énergie et infrastructure (2)   (16,366)   2,100    (18,466)   (879)%   (14,338)   4,017    (18,355)   (457)%
Autre   6    (72)   78    nm    1,209    (227)   1,436    nm 
Bénéfice brut de l'activité de minage   20,650    16,355    4,295    26%   51,990    30,298    21,692    72%
Marge brute de minage   51%   48%           58%   48%        

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(1)Conciliation des revenus non reliés au minage :

 

   Trois mois terminés le 30 juin,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   Changement en pourcentage   2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change 
Revenus   41,548    35,479    6,069    17%   91,865    65,529    26,336    40%
Moins de revenus liés au minage dans le but de calculer la marge brute de minage :                                        
Revenus de minage   (40,383)   (34,243)   (6,140)   18%   (89,806)   (63,451)   (26,355)   42%
Revenus hors minage   1,165    1,236    (71)   (6)%   2,059    2,078    (19)   (1)%

 

 

(2)Sales tax recovery relating to energy and infrastructure expenses has been allocated to their respective periods; refer to Q2 2024 interim financial statements Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund).

 

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

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change 
Coût des revenus   52,823    41,519    11,304    27%   113,822    79,922    33,900    42%
Dépréciation et amortissement   (57,337)   (20,528)   (36,809)   179%   (96,314)   (41,228)   (55,086)   134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   8,760        8,760    100%   8,760        8,760    100%
Composants électriques et salaires   (873)   (1,075)   202    (19)%   (1,581)   (1,751)   170    (10)%
L'infrastructure   (922)   (761)   (161)   21%   (2,896)   (1,702)   (1,194)   70%
Recouvrement de la taxe de vente - années antérieures - énergie et infrastructure (1)   16,366    (2,100)   18,466    (879)%   14,338    (4,017)   18,355    (457)%
Autre       82    (82)   (100)%       82    (82)   (100)%
Coût direct   18,817    17,137    1,680    10%   36,129    31,306    4,823    15%
Quantité de BTC obtenus   614    1,223    (609)   (50)%   1,557    2,520    (963)   (38)%
Coût direct par BTC (en dollars américains)   30,600    14,000    16,600    119%   23,200    12,400    10,800    87%

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Bitfarms ltée Calcul du coût total en espèces et du coût total par BTC

 

   Trois mois terminés le 31 mars,   Semestre clos le 30 juin, 
(en milliers de dollars US, sauf indication contraire)  2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change   2024   2023   Changement en $   % Change 
Coût des revenus   52,823    41,519    11,304    27%   113,822    79,922    33,900    42%
Dépenses générales et administratives   12,402    9,155    3,247    35%   25,598    17,515    8,083    46%
    65,225    50,674    14,551    29%   139,420    97,437    41,983    43%
Dépréciation et amortissement   (57,337)   (20,528)   (36,809)   179%   (96,314)   (41,228)   (55,086)   134%
Recouvrement de la taxe sur les ventes - amortissement   8,760        8,760    100%   8,760        8,760    100%
Composants électriques et salaires   (873)   (1,075)   202    (19)%   (1,581)   (1,751)   170    (10)%
Rémunération en actions   (1,675)   (2,462)   787    (32)%   (4,769)   (4,998)   229    (5)%
Frais de service non liés aux activités courantes   (3,096)       (3,096)   100%   (3,096)       (3,096)   100%
Recouvrement de la taxe de vente - années antérieures - énergie et infrastructure et frais généraux et administratifs (1)   18,468    (2,333)   20,801    nm    16,081    (4,430)   20,511    nm 
Autre   (415)   63    (478)   (759)%   (3,159)   308    (3,467)   nm 
Coût total des liquidités   29,057    24,339    4,718    19%   55,342    45,338    10,004    22%
Quantité de BTC obtenus   614    1,223    (609)   (50)%   1,557    2,520    (963)   (38)%
Coût total en espèces par BTC (en dollars américains)   47,300    19,900    27,400    138%   35,500    18,000    17,500    97%

nm: not meaningful

 

 

1Sales tax recovery relating to energy and infrastructure and general and administrative expenses have been allocated to their respective periods; refer to Q2 2024 interim financial statements Note 23b - Additional Details to the Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Profit or Loss (Canadian sales tax refund).

 

 

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