From Profits to Pitfalls: A Crypto Miner’s Dramatic Decline 😬

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Bitdeer Technologies Group has announced a disastrous $531.9 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2024—a bit of a leap from their quaint $5 million loss in the same quarter last year. Some might call it an “investment strategy,” while others… well, let’s not mince words. 😂

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The blockchain and high-performance computing outfit released these unfortunate results with the kind of enthusiasm reserved for a dentist’s bill. Fourth quarter revenue tanked to $69 million, a solid nosedive from the $114.8 million they squabbled over in late 2023. 😉 Blame it on their “strategic investments” into ASIC technology, they’ll say. But apparently, innovation doesn’t come cheap when it’s busy also sinking your revenue ship. 🚢

Bitdeer’s “Grandiose” Plan 🤞

Here’s the fun part: Bitdeer remains undeterred by its financial gymnastics and is shooting for the stars—or, rather, a 40 exahashes per second hashrate by the end of 2025. 💪 They’re rolling out SEALMINER A1s and dreamily counting the exahashes their A2 models might someday deliver. It’s a strategy aimed at vertical integration, whatever that means these days. Think of it as corporate yoga… but with more servers. 🧘‍♂️🤖

Yet, even with $476.3 million still lounging in their piggy bank as of December 31, 2024, one has to wonder if their stockholders sleep soundly at night. Speaking of, Bitdeer stock (BTDR) dropped 30% today and currently lingers sulkily at $9.10. Ouch. 🥴

The Never-Boring Industry Outlook 😂

Now, don’t drown in despair just yet! The company swears its pivot to artificial intelligence (because, really, who isn’t pivoting there these days?) and 2.6-gigawatt power expansions will save the day. Their less-than-giddy pals at Crusoe Energy are doing a similar jig, leasing AI data centers and hoping that words like “diversification” will keep shareholders entertained. 🎪

But let’s not ignore the real villain here: April 2024’s halving event, which halved bitcoin rewards like it was handing out digestive biscuits at a tea party. Miners now face an average cost of producing bitcoin that hovers somewhere between “absurd” and “completely unreal”—$55,950, if we’re optimistic, $106,000 if we aren’t. As for profitability? Maybe next year, folks. 💸

That said, there are still reasons for optimism—yes, improbably, optimism! Bitcoin crossed the $100,000 mark for the first time in Q4 of 2024, buoyed along by a wave of pro-cryptocurrency policies courtesy of President Donald Trump’s encore administration. (Who saw that one coming?) Go figure. 😵‍💫

Bitcoin Miners in Action

So, in conclusion: Will this industry float like Bitcoin on a bull run, or will it plummet straight into digital oblivion? Stay tuned, because we’re only halfway through this melodrama. 🎭

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2025-02-25 23:46