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Hive Blockchain Held Onto All the Bitcoin It Mined in 2021, While Selling Some Ether
The Canadian miner’s bitcoin production rose 12% in December from November, while its ether output fell by about 7%.
By Aoyon Ashraf
Updated May 11, 2023, 7:14 p.m. Published Jan 10, 2022, 3:33 p.m.
Canadian crypto miner Hive Blockchain (HIVE) held onto all of the bitcoins it mined in 2021, while selling some of the ether and all of the it produced, the company said on Monday.
- The Vancouver, British Columbia-based crypto miner said it produced 1,768 bitcoins last year, while mining 41,966 ethers, the native token of Ethereum, a portion of which were sold to pay for chip upgrades. The miner also produced 46,209 ETC, all of which it sold in 2021.
- In total for the year, the miner produced 3,222 of what it calls “bitcoin-equivalent crypto currencies,” combining its production of both bitcoin and ether. That output was worth about $221 million using market prices of $43,000 per bitcoin and $3,400 for ether.
- “The company believes its unique position of having a large Bitcoin and Ethereum mining footprint provides investors with a unique value proposition,” Aydin Kilic, president and chief operating officer of Hive, said in a statement.
- Hive’s monthly bitcoin production rose about 12% for December from November to 245 as it expanded its hashing power, even as network difficulty rose by as much as 10%, the company said.
- Meanwhile, the miner said its ether output fell by about 7% from November to 2,178, with the network difficulty for ether rising about 2% in December.
- Hive’s stock was down more than 5% in early U.S. trading on Monday. Most of its peers were also down as bitcoin and ether prices dropped on Monday.
- On Jan. 3, Bitcoin miner Bitfarms and Marathon Digital said they both mined more than 3,000 bitcoins in 2021 and held onto almost all of the mined coins.
Read more: Crypto Miners Are Better Investments Than Bitcoin Even After Sell-Off: Analysts
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