Hut 8 Corp (NASDAQ:HUT),  a leading, vertically integrated operator of large-scale energy infrastructure and one of North America’s largest Bitcoin miners, stock rose 11.97% (As on March 29, 8:00:00 PM UTC-4, Source: Google Finance) after the company reported 32% increase in the revenue for the six months ended December 31, 2023 to $60.6 million from $46.0 million in the prior period, and consisted of $41.5 million in Digital Assets Mining revenue, $12.6 million in Managed Services revenue, $1.1 million in High Performance Computing – Colocation and Cloud revenue, and $5.4 million in Other revenue. Other consists primarily of hosting services revenue and equipment sales, if any. Net income for the six months ended December 31, 2023 improved to $6.2 million compared to a net loss of $81.3 million in the prior year period. Net income was impacted by the Company’s decision to early adopt ASU 2023-08, the new FASB fair value accounting rules, which led to a $32.6 million gain on the revaluation of the Company’s digital asset holdings in the six months ended December 31, 2023. Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended December 31, 2023 increased by 386% to $62.3 million from $12.8 million in the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA includes the gain from the early adoption of ASU 2023-08. As of December 31, 2023, the Company held 9,195 Bitcoin on its balance sheet, representing a market value of approximately $388.1 million. As of February 29, 2024, the Company held 9,110 Bitcoin on its balance sheet, representing a market value of approximately $557.3 million.

Moreover, Operating portfolio totaled 839 megawatts (“MW”) across 11 sites in North America comprising six digital asset mining sites and five cloud and colocation data centers as of December 31, 2023. Self-mining hashrate totaled approximately 6.3 exahash per second (EH/s) as of December 31, 2023, including the Company’s net share of the King Mountain joint venture. During the six months ended December 31, 2023, 1,244 Bitcoin were mined. As of December 31, 2023, total self-mined Bitcoin balance of 9,195, which represented a market value of approximately $388.1 million. As of February 29, 2024, total self-mined Bitcoin balance of 9,110 Bitcoin, which represented a market value of approximately $557.3 million. Cost to mine a Bitcoin for owned facilities, including the Company’s net share of the King Mountain JV, was $16,353, versus $16,447 for the six months ended December 31, 2022. Cost to mine including hosted miners was $18,815, versus $16,305 in the six months ended December 31, 2022.