On Thursday, the publicly-listed bitcoin mining firm Cleanspark announced that it added 93 petahash per second (PH/s) of hashpower to the company’s existing operations by acquiring 1,061 Whatsminer M30S bitcoin mining rigs. The latest ASIC acquisition follows Cleanspark’s recent purchase contract to buy 1,800 Antminer S19 XP units for “an exceptionally discounted price.”
Cleanspark orders 2 bulk orders of ASIC Miners for 30 days at a discount
Cleanspark bought two bulk orders for bitcoin mining machines in the past 30 days amid the downturn in the crypto markets. Cleanspark, Inc., Nasdaq: CLSK, announced that it had purchased 1,061 Whatsminer 30S bitcoin mining machines. Microbt manufactured the Whatsminer Series M30S. These 1,061 devices equate to 93 Petahash Per Second (PH/s).
Cleanspark detailed that the 93 PH/s have already been added to existing operations and the machines are currently mining bitcoin (BTC) at the firm’s renewable-powered co-location facility. The bitcoin mining company’s CEO, Zach Bradford, explained that the firm is seeing “unprecedented opportunities in this market.” According to Cleanspark, the company managed to purchase the Whatsminer machines at a much lower price than what the devices were selling for a few months ago.
Additionally, Antminer S19XP machines were purchased for a reduced rate by the bitcoin mining firm. “Our tried-and-true hybrid approach of co-locating our machines while expanding our own mining facilities puts us in an excellent position to sustainably grow our bitcoin mining capacity in what is shaping up to be an incredible market for builders,” Bradford remarked after the ASIC device acquisition.
Cleanspark Says Company’s Bitcoin Production Grew by 50% in 6 Months
With the crypto winter and the macroeconomic climate cutting bitcoin’s value down, it’s quite possible that distressed bitcoin miners are selling large quantities of mining devices for discounts. Luxor Technologies co-founder, Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, estimated at the end June that loans of $4 billion backed crypto mining rigs were very close to default. Furthermore, JPMorgan’s strategists, led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, published a note on Wednesday that claims bitcoin production cost was slashed from $24K at the start of June 2022, to today’s estimate of around $13K.
Cleanspark disclosed that the firm’s computational power has risen 47% during the past six months and the company’s bitcoin production grew by 50%. “These important KPIs underscore the fact that our growth is outpacing global hashrate, particularly our ability to stay ahead of network difficulty adjustments. We believe that our operational strategy focused on efficiency, up-time and execution will allow these metrics to continually improve,” Bradford added.
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