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Hut 8 Reports Decline in Q2 Revenue

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The Canadian-based Bitcoin mining firm Hut 8
has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2023, revealing a
decline in revenue and low mining output. The decline in performance was
reportedly due to multiple factors, including suspended operations at specific
facilities and issues with the supply of electricity.

Hut 8’s revenue decreased by USD $25 million
to USD $19 million during the quarter ended June 30. This compares to USD $44
million reported during the corresponding period of last year. Additionally,
the company mined 399 Bitcoins in the quarter, which is a 58% year-over-year
decline.

Hut 8’s profit from mining operations dropped
to USD $3.2 million during the period from USD $14.9 million in the second quarter of last year. Besides that, the firm’s installed hashrate
was 2.6EH/s as of June 2023. Hut 8 reportedly suspended operations at its North
Bay facility and faced electrical issues at the Drumheller facility during the period.

Jaime Leverton, the CEO of Hut 8, said:
“We continued to build momentum toward closing our transaction with USBTC
by progressing toward receiving regulatory approvals to proceed and improving
our projected post-merger self-mining capacity to 7.5 EH/s. We have been unique
in our approach to…

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