El capital de trabajo de la compañía también disminuyó $112,4 millones durante el trimestre, ya que la compañía atribuyó la disminución a "la venta de monedas digitales durante el trimestre para financiar la expansión y un ajuste de mercado en el HODL de cierre, una estrategia de inversión en criptomonedas". en el que las personas compran y mantienen activos durante largos períodos de tiempo: saldos de las monedas digitales retenidas (revaluación de las monedas digitales)”.
Sin embargo, HIVE también registró ingresos trimestrales de 44,2 millones de dólares, un aumento del 13 % en comparación con el trimestre correspondiente del ejercicio anterior.
“Logramos un fuerte margen bruto de minería de $27 millones para el trimestre, un aumento del 18 % con respecto al trimestre anterior de $22,9 millones”, dijo la compañía. "Este logro fiscal fue impulsado por nuestras operaciones mineras globales de Bitcoin y Ethereum, que experimentaron un crecimiento significativo en la tasa de hash durante este período".
Afirmando ser "el criptominero más eficiente basado en activos digitales extraídos por Exahash (comúnmente medido como la cantidad de Bitcoin extraído por Exahash de la tasa de hash informada)", HIVE informó un aumento en su margen de minería del 42% el último trimestre a 61 % Este cuarto.
“HIVE has been able to consistently mine with strong profit margins during periods of market volatility, as a result of being globally diversified and enjoying low power costs in Sweden and Quebec, and higher profit margins from the Ethereum mining business,” HIVE said. HIVE Mined 1,338 Bitcoin and 7,675 Ethereum The company mined 1,338 Bitcoin equivalent, including 821 green and clean Bitcoin, as well as 7,675 green and clean Ethereum. HIVE said that its overall production of digital currencies increased by 7% QoQ and comprised 4% more Bitcoin produced and 20% more Ethereum produced. Talking about the positives on the balance sheet, Frank Holmes, HIVE’s executive chairman, said, “We wish to again thank our loyal shareholders for believing in our vision to mine both Ethereum and Bitcoin to generate robust cash flow returns on invested capital and we believe our results continue to validate the significant contribution to our strategy to mine both BTC and ETH and HODL as many coins as possible.” The company also pointed out that its Bitcoin production of 821 Bitcoin this quarter represents an increase of 265% YoY, as the company produced 225 Bitcoin for the period ending June 30, 2021. “This large increase in the quantity of Bitcoin production stands even as network difficulty has effectively doubled during this one-year period,” HIVE said. “It was an extremely challenging quarter for the global digital asset ecosystem, where we saw the capitulation of Bitcoin and Ethereum prices not seen since 2020,” Holmes said. “On a relative basis, we are very pleased with our company’s performance amongst our peers in the digital asset industry.” On the Flipside Holmes urged investors to focus on HIVE’s operating earnings from the company’s data centers, which generate digital assets, because as a result of recent changes to IFRS reporting rules, the quarterly mark-to-market fluctuations in the value of HIVE’s investment portfolio in digital assets must be reflected on the company’s income statement each quarter. HIVE said that it is dedicated to navigating this crypto storm for its shareholders. Why You Should Care HIVE attributed its loss of $95.3m to depreciation, unrealized valuation losses on digital currencies and investments, and impairment charges on equipment and equipment deposits, which in turn were all affected by lower Bitcoin and Ethereum prices seen in June and July 2022.