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Shareholders trimmed support for executive pay packages at leading US Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) miners to an average of 64% in this year\u2019s proxy season, far below the over 90% approval norm across the S&P 500,<\/span> according<\/a><\/strong> to a July 10 VanEck<\/a> research note.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

VanEck reviewed filings from eight listed miners and found average named-executive-officer (NEO) compensation climbed from $6.6 million in 2023 to $14.4 million in draft 2024 proxies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Equity and other long-term instruments accounted for 79% of total pay in 2023 and 89% in 2024, well above the Russell 3000\u2019s 63% and the energy sector\u2019s 63% weighting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Base salaries remained near industry norms at roughly $474,000, but equity grants increased significantly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Riot Platforms\u2019<\/a> CEO secured a $79.3 million 2024 stock award, nearly double Marathon\u2019s $40.1 million grant and multiple times the peer averages. Meanwhile,\u00a0<\/span>Core Scientific (CORZ<\/a>), which was emerging from bankruptcy, issued its CEO $39.5 million in stock as part of remuneration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Say-on-pay votes show mounting resistance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

CORZ, Riot, and Marathon (MARA<\/a>) failed their 2025 advisory votes on compensation, garnering approval rates of only 38%, 32%, and 22%, respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Industry-wide, six in eight companies missed the 70% support threshold that proxy adviser ISS flags as \u201clow support,\u201d a failure rate of 75% versus about 4% for the Russell 3000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Investors also scrutinised dilution. Equity plan expansions equal to roughly 10% of the shares outstanding were approved at Terawulf<\/a> and CORZ, while smaller increases were approved at Bit Digital<\/a>, Hut 8<\/a>, and MARA. Analysts warned that generous share reserves amplify insider dilution when awards vest on short timelines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gradual shift toward performance gating<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Six of the eight miners now use performance stock units (PSUs) that vest on multi-year share price or total shareholder return targets, up from two in 2022. However, CleanSpark<\/a> has yet to adopt PSUs, and Bit Digital has authorization but no issuance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

VanEck noted that most plans still rely on two to three-year vesting horizons and \u201cas-achieved\u201d equity, leaving alignment gaps with long-term value creation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Comparing 2024 NEO pay with market cap gains shows stark dispersion: Riot\u2019s $230 million aggregate NEO compensation equalled 73% of its market-cap increase, while Marathon\u2019s 18% ratio and Core Scientific\u2019s 2% ratio reflected better alignment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

VanEck concluded that boards can temper push-back by tying bonuses to cost-per-coin-mined<\/a> to enforce operating discipline, linking long-term equity to return-on-capital metrics instead of absolute share-price targets, and extending vesting schedules and capping awards to curb dilution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shareholders trimmed support for executive pay packages at leading US Bitcoin (BTC) miners to an average of 64% in this year\u2019s proxy season, far below the over 90% approval norm across the S&P 500, according to a July 10 VanEck research note.\u00a0 VanEck reviewed filings from eight listed miners and found average named-executive-officer (NEO) compensation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1511,"featured_media":489058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,77968,2376],"tags":[],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShareholders push back against high pay for public Bitcoin miner execs after record equity grants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VanEck reviewed filings from eight listed miners and found average named-executive-officer (NEO) compensation climbed from $6.6 million in 2023 to $14.4 million in draft 2024 proxies.\" 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