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Bitdeer Raises $330M Via Convertible Note Sale
The deal secures 4.875% in five-year debt with a 44% conversion premium.
Jun 25, 2025, 5:56 p.m.
What to know:
- Bitdeer Technologies has completed a $330 million private placement of convertible senior notes maturing in 2031.
- The notes have a conversion price of $15.87 per share, which is 44% above Bitdeer's current trading price.
- Bitdeer is using part of the proceeds for a call option to settle conversions and for datacenter expansion and ASIC development.
Bitcoin miner and ASIC manufacturer Bitdeer Technologies (BTDR) has completed a $330 million private placement of convertible senior notes maturing July 1, 2031. The notes bear interest at 4.875% and feature a conversion price of $15.87 per share — about 44% above BTDR’s current $11 trading price.
The bond’s conversion rate of 62.9921 Class A shares per $1,000 principal means full conversion could yield roughly 20.8 million new shares. To cover this, Bitdeer prepaid Barclays $129.6 million for a call option with a zero strike price on over 10.2 million shares, or 49% of the conversion total. The option allows Bitdeer to settle conversions using shares from Barclays’ inventory rather than tying up its own stock.
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Bitdeer, is using roughly $129.6 million of the proceeds to fund the zero-strike call option, $36.1 million to pay the cash consideration for its concurrent note exchange transactions, and the remaining funds for datacenter expansion, the development of its ASIC manufacturing and working capital.
The company is currently working on new ASIC chip designs that could potentially make its mining rigs substantially more efficient than current models.
Shares are marginally lower in Wednesday trade.
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