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Markets

Decentralized Lending Protocol Centrifuge Accrues $6M Unpaid Debt

1754 Factory, the originator of the debt pool with the most distressed loans, said it is liquidating the assets off-chain and negotiating with borrowers for repayments.

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Finance

Core Scientific to Hand Crypto Mining Rigs to NYDIG to Extinguish $38.6M in Debt

NYDIG had previously said it would object to a $70 million lifeline loan for Core if its own deal wasn't finalized.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf Restructures Debt

A slew of mining firms have restructured their debt loads while others are facing bankruptcy.

Equipamiento para la minería de bitcoin. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Restructures Another $11M of Debt

The deal with investment bank B. Riley includes a share sale and some additional time for repayments.

The Greenidge Generation facility in Dresden, New York. (CoinDesk)

Finance

BankProv Stops Offering Loans Collateralized With Crypto Mining Machines

The crypto-friendly bank wrote off $47.9 million in loans last year, primarily mining rig-collateralized debt.

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Observers Maintain Risk-On Bias as US Debt Ceiling Nears

Observers said the "extraordinary measures" the U.S. Treasury Dept. has promised to implement after the limit is reached will likely ease financial conditions and keep risk assets steady. The government is set to hit the debt limit on Thursday.

The U.S. government will hit the debt ceiling on Thursday. (Pexels/Pixabay)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Warns of Default, Looks to Amend BlockFi Loan

The outstanding $20 million loan is secured by only $5 million in assets.

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Pays Off Silvergate Revolving Credit

The company also reiterated its expectation to have 23 exahash per second of computing power around the middle of 2023.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

Stronghold Digital Mining Swaps Debt for Preferred Stock

The bitcoin miner has been reducing its debt since the summer.

Stronghold runs a coal refuse facility in Pennsylvania. (Stronghold Digital Mining)

Finance

Bitcoin Miners’ FTX Contagion Exposure May Amplify Industry Pain

Core Scientific, Bitfarms and Genesis Digital Assets are among miners that have direct and indirect exposures to the fallout.

Obra de IA sobre el colapso. (DALL-E/CoinDesk)