In an era of digital world, Bitcoin and other forms of digital currencies have gained much popularity over the years. People have minted great amount of profits by selling and buying Bitcoins.
Let’s take a look at some of the largest Bitcoin mining companies by market captalization, according to the data from CompaniesMarketCap.
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Marathon Digital Holdings (Market cap: $5.01 billion)
MARA is a global leader in digital asset compute that develops and deploys innovative technologies to build a more sustainable and inclusive future. MARA secures the world’s preeminent blockchain ledger and supports the energy transformation by converting clean, stranded or otherwise under-utilized energy into economic value. The company helps solve the challenges of energy transformation by providing innovative solutions to the energy sector and beyond. The firm’s goal is to convert unused or under-utilized energy, like excess generation from renewables, and alternative sources, such as captured methane and biogas, into economic value. It also offer advanced technology solutions to optimize the data center operations.
CleanSpark (Market cap: $2.84 billion)
CleanSpark responsibly develops infrastructure for Bitcoin. It strives to leave the planet better than people found it by investing in communities that source low-carbon energy, like wind, solar, nuclear and hydro. The company helps to redefine the landscape of traditional finance and policies surrounding it. Through advocacy, education and strategic partnerships, it is showing how Bitcoin can democratize access to wealth. The company owns and operate multiple data centers that primarily run on low-carbon power.
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Phoenix Group (Market cap: $2.66 billion)
Phoenix Group has a significant presence in key regions like the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. As a major contributor to the global hash rate, the company is a cornerstone in the crypto mining landscape. It offers unparalleled mining services on a global scale. The firm’s vast 725MW mining operation leverages the latest technology and premium hardware, and ensures efficient and reliable mining services tailored to the evolving needs of the cryptocurrency domain.
Core Scientific (Market cap: $2.50 billion)
Core Scientific, Inc. engages in the business of operating a purpose-built facility for digital asset mining and provision of blockchain infrastructure, software solutions, and services. It operates under the mining and hosting segments. The mining segment focuses on Bitcoin mining for the company’s own account. The hosting segment includes blockchain infrastructure and third-party hosting business. It has been mining Bitcoin at scale for years and has become one of the largest in North America, setting the pace for the industry. The company has deployed, energized and maintained more than 600,000 miners, gaining invaluable experience and knowledge along the way.
Riot Blockchain (Market cap: $2.44 billion)
Riot is a Bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company focused on a vertically integrated strategy. The company has Bitcoin mining operations in central Texas and Kentucky, and electrical switchgear engineering and fabrication operations in Denver, Colorado. Riot platforms has initiated a large-scale, 1 gigawatt development to expand its Bitcoin mining and hosting capabilities in Navarro County, Texas with its new Corsicana facility. Development of the Corsicana facility has begun with an initial 400 megawatts of capacity on a 265-acre site. The substation was energized in April 2024 and mining operations have begun. Moreover, the two operational sites, both in Kentucky, total 60 MW of operational capacity.
Iris Energy (Market cap: $1.40 billion)
The company is responsible in powering Bitcoin, AI and beyond. It owns and operates next-generation data centers powered by 100 percent renewable energy. Iris Energy targets regions where there are low-cost, abundant and attractive renewable energy sources, and where it can help solve energy market problems. Its facilities are powered by 100 percent renewable energy and are well placed to service power-dense applications, such as Bitcoin mining and GPUs – including NVIDIA H100s.
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TeraWulf (Market cap: $1.26 billion)
TeraWulf develops, owns and operates fully integrated Bitcoin mining facilities in strategic locations across the United States. It generates attractive investor returns while providing sustainable benefits for the community. The company focuses on plug capacity to ensure flexible growth through dynamic markets. Its vertically integrated, infrastructure-first strategy ensures the ability to create and take advantage of plug-ready digital asset infrastructure. The firm builds sustainable, scalable facilities utilizing 95 percent zero-carbon energy while delivering peer-leading power supply economics. Being an ESG-principled and practiced company, TeraWulf structures its operations in ways that allow for sustainable bitcoin mining that positively impacts the local community and environment.
Cipher Mining (Market cap: $1.26 billion)
Cipher is an industrial-scale Bitcoin mining company dedicated to expanding and strengthening the Bitcoin network’s critical infrastructure in the United States. Its mission is to provide the vital foundation required for the Bitcoin network to flourish. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York. Cipher Mining Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bitfury Holding B.V. Cipher currently has 75,000 deployed mining rigs, according to the company’s June 2024 operational update. It has listed two sites on its website, in Odessa and Alborz, Texas. The 40MW Alborz site was a joint venture in 2022 between Cipher and renewable energy firm WindHQ. The JV received a two-year $46.9 million secured credit facility from crypto lender BlockFi Lending to buy the crypto rigs.
Bitdeer Technologies Group (Market cap: $1.09 billion)
Bitdeer is a world-leading technology company for blockchain and high-performance computing. It handles complex processes involved in computing such as equipment procurement, transport logistics, datacenter design and construction, equipment management, and daily operations. The company also offers advanced cloud capabilities to customers with high demand for artificial intelligence. Headquartered in Singapore, Bitdeer has deployed data centers in the United States, Norway and Bhutan. Recently, in second quarter of 2024, the company reported revenue of $99.2 million, gross profit of $24.4 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $24.9 million, up 5.8 percent, 50.6 percent and 33.2 percent year-over-year, respectively.
Hut 8 Mining (Market cap: $1.08 billion)
Hut 8 Corp. is an energy infrastructure operator and Bitcoin miner with self-mining, hosting, managed services, and traditional data center operations across North America. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the company’s portfolio comprises 19 sites to make it a leading, vertically integrated operator of large-scale energy infrastructure and one of North America’s largest Bitcoin miners.
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