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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM
(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents incorporated by reference herein contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “target,” “plan,” “expect,” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the markets in which we operate. Such forward-looking statements are based on available current market material and management’s expectations, beliefs and forecasts concerning future events impacting us.
Factors that may impact such forward-looking statements include:
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This list is not an exhaustive list of the factors that may affect any of our forward-looking statements. These and other factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments on the date the statements are made and we undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as may be required under applicable law. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and other filings that have been made or will be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission by us. The Company will not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
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GRIID INFRASTRUCTURE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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Total current assets |
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Restricted cash |
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Property and equipment, net |
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Total assets |
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Liabilities and Shareholders' deficit |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
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Operating lease liability, current |
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Finance lease liability, current |
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CleanSpark credit agreement |
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Notes payable, net |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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Total current liabilities |
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Notes payable, net |
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Payable to lessor – construction in progress |
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Warrant liability |
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Unearned grant revenue |
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Deferred tax liability |
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Operating lease liability |
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Finance lease liability |
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Total liabilities |
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Shareholders' deficit |
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Additional Paid-In Capital |
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Accumulated deficit |
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Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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GRIID INFRASTRUCTURE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)
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Cryptocurrency mining revenue, net of mining pool operator fees |
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Unrealized loss (gain) on fair value of cryptocurrency, net |
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Realized (gain) loss on sale of cryptocurrencies |
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Loss from operations |
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Other income, net of other expense |
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Interest expense, net |
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Total other income (expense) |
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Income (loss) before income taxes |
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Income tax expense (benefit) |
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Net income (loss) |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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GRIID INFRASTRUCTURE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 |
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Balance, April 1, 2024, as converted |
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Unit-based compensation |
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197 |
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Issuance of equity shares |
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Net income |
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Balance, June 30, 2024 |
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 |
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Additional |
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Total |
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Balance, January 1, 2024, as converted |
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Unit-based compensation |
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206 |
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Issuance of equity shares |
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7,283 |
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Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |
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Net income |
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Balance, June 30, 2024 |
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 |
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Balance, April 1, 2023, as converted |
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Vesting of incentive units |
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Unit-based compensation |
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Net loss |
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Balance, June 30, 2023 |
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Balance, January 1, 2023, as converted |
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Vesting of incentive units |
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Net loss |
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Balance, June 30, 2023 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
6
GRIID INFRASTRUCTURE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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(Unaudited)
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Realized gain on sale of cryptocurrencies |
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Gain on fair value of bitcoin, net |
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Gain on extinguishment of leases |
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Change in fair value of warrant liability and embedded derivative liability |
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Gain on extinguishment of debt |
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Impairment of cryptocurrencies |
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Operating lease liability |
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$ |
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Reconciliation of cash and restricted cash to the Consolidated Balance Sheet |
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$ |
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Restricted Cash |
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$ |
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$ |
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Property and equipment purchases with equity shares |
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Amounts to be paid per the development and operation agreement |
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Non-cash deposits used in purchase of capital assets |
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Right-of-use asset and lease liability associated with operating lease |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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GRIID INFRASTRUCTURE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(amounts in thousands, except unit and per unit amounts or as otherwise indicated)
1. Description of Business
Griid Infrastructure Inc. (“GRIID” or, the “Company”) is a vertically integrated bitcoin mining company based in Cincinnati, Ohio that owns and operates a growing portfolio of energy infrastructure and high-density data centers across North America. The Company has built a bitcoin mining operation, which operates specialized computers (also known as “miners”) that generate cryptocurrency. Currently, the only cryptocurrency mined by GRIID is bitcoin. The Company was formed in the State of Delaware on May 23, 2018.
On December 29, 2023, the Company, formerly known as “Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp.” (“Adit”) consummated the previously announced reverse recapitalization transaction contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2021 (the “Adit Merger Agreement”), as amended by the first amendment to the Adit Merger Agreement, dated December 23, 2021 (the “First Amendment”), the second amendment to the Adit Merger Agreement, dated October 17, 2022 (the “Second Amendment”), and the third amendment to the Adit Merger Agreement, dated February 8, 2023 (the “Third Amendment,” together with the Adit Merger Agreement as amended by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment and the Third Amendment, the “Adit Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Adit Merger Agreement, (i) ADIT Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Adit (“Adit Merger Sub”), merged with and into Griid Holdco LLC (“GRIID Holdco”), with GRIID Holdco as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “merger”) and (ii) the Company’s name was changed from Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. to GRIID Infrastructure Inc. Upon entering the Transaction, GRIID’s LLC Agreement was amended to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Amended LLC Agreement”). As part of the Amended LLC Agreement, the Company became the sole member of GRIID Holdco. The governing documents were amended such that the business of GRIID Holdco is managed solely by the Company. Additionally, the Company adopted the Amended and Restated Bylaws of GRIID Infrastructure Inc. (the “Company Bylaws”) which governs the Company’s business and affairs.
On June 26, 2024, the Company, CleanSpark, Inc. (“CleanSpark”) and Tron Merger Sub, Inc., a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of CleanSpark (“CleanSpark Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “CleanSpark Merger Agreement”) under which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, CleanSpark Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of CleanSpark (the “CleanSpark Merger”). If the CleanSpark Merger is completed, the Company’s stockholders will receive, in exchange for each share of GRIID common stock held immediately prior to the CleanSpark Merger (other than certain excluded shares), that number of shares of CleanSpark common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the aggregate merger consideration by the total number of shares of GRIID common stock issued and outstanding as of the closing date of the CleanSpark Merger (the “Exchange Ratio”). The term “aggregate merger consideration” means the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) $
2. Liquidity and Financial Condition
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Since its inception, the Company has incurred net losses. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the Company incurred net income (losses) of $
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $
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The Company has received $
On June 26, 2024, CleanSpark and the Company entered into a senior secured term loan credit agreement (the “CleanSpark Credit Agreement”) under which CleanSpark provided a term loan of $
The Company terminated and settled the Blockchain debt for $
3. Basis of Presentation, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and its wholly or majority owned and controlled subsidiaries. Consolidated subsidiaries’ results are included from the date the subsidiary was formed or acquired. Intercompany investments, balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Non–controlling interests represents the minority equity investment in the Company’s subsidiaries, plus the minority investors’ share of the net operating results and other components of equity relating to the non–controlling interest.
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Amounts disclosed are in thousands except for share, per share, Bitcoin, and miner amounts, or as noted.
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and its results of operations, change in shareholders’ deficit and cash flows. The accompanying consolidation balance sheet as of June 30, 2024 was not unaudited. The accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 was derived from audited annual financial statements but these unaudited notes do not contain all of the disclosure from the previously audited annual financial statements. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, there were no significant changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies described in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of unaudited consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant items subject to such judgments, estimates and assumptions include revenue recognition, the useful lives and recoverability of long-lived assets, unit-based compensation expense, impairment analysis of indefinite lived intangibles, and the fair value of the Company’s warrant liability and embedded derivative liability. Actual results experienced by the Company may differ from those estimates.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principle or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities are measured at fair value using a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. This hierarchy maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs.
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As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value were the Company’s outstanding notes payable and warrant liability balances. The warrant liability associated with warrants issued in conjunction with the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement as well as the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (see Note 11) is accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis with changes in fair value recognized in the consolidated statement of operations. Carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash and cash equivalents, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities, is of approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value of the Company’s debt approximates carrying value as it was recorded at fair value upon the Company’s extinguishment of debt (see Note 11).
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized when control of the goods and services provided is transferred to the Company’s customers and in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods and services using the following steps: (1) identification of the contract, or contracts with a customer, (2) identification of performance obligations in the contract, (3) determination of the transaction price, (4) allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and (5) recognition of revenue when or as the Company satisfies the performance obligations.
The Company earns revenue under payout models determined by the mining pool operator. The payout model relevant to the Company during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is referred to as Full Pay Per Share (“FPPS”) payout model. The Company notes that all cryptocurrency mining revenue recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was earned from providing hash computations to mining pool operators under the FPPS payout model.
The Company earns
The Company has earned various revenues under a development and operation agreement with Helix Digital Partners, LLC (“HDP”). The Company generated cryptocurrency with a percentage to be paid to HDP the following month under the development and operation agreement. The Company could earn curtailment revenue under its development and operation agreement with HDP during months in which HDP curtails the supply of electricity to mines and sells the electricity to the market. The curtailment revenue represents compensation for forgone mining revenue. A management fee has been recognized in connection with this development and operation agreement and the Company recorded the revenues and expenses related to the is agreement on a gross basis. The management fee was recognized as mining services revenue, and revenue share amounts were recognized as other revenue. This development and operation agreement is still in place as of June 30, 2024, though there has been
The Company entered into a colocation mining services agreement (the "CleanSpark Hosting Agreement") with CleanSpark, the “Customer”, on June 26, 2024, to host the Customer’s miners (i.e., hosting services). The CleanSpark Hosting Agreement has an initial term of twelve months, which is automatically renewable for six successive six-month periods, unless CleanSpark provides thirty days’ termination notice at the end of a period. Under the CleanSpark Hosting Agreement, the Company determined that it is principally responsible for the provision of hosting services, and as such, recognizes revenue on a gross basis. The transaction price includes the following: (1) a revenue share percentage based upon the notional quantity of bitcoin earned by the Customer’s hosted miners, (2) reimbursement of electricity expenses incurred in the delivery of hosting services, and (3) maintenance fees. The Company determined that the CleanSpark Hosting Agreement contains a series of performance obligations which qualify to be recognized under a practical expedient available known as the “right to invoice.” This determination allows variable consideration in such contracts to be allocated to and recognized in the period to which the consideration relates, which is typically the period in which it is billed, rather than requiring estimation of variable consideration at the inception of the contract. All consideration is received in USD, as the CleanSpark Hosting Agreement does not include any noncash consideration (e.g., bitcoin), which is billed on a bimonthly basis (i.e., the 15th and end of the month). Upon the signing of the CleanSpark Hosting Agreement, the Company began hosting services at its Ava Data site only, with the other sites hosting in late July (Note 18). Revenue recorded under this agreement for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was $
Restricted Cash
As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company has $
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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-08, Intangible - Goodwill and Other - Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60) (“ASC 350-60”). ASC 350-60 requires entities with certain crypto assets to subsequently measure such assets at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in net income in each reporting period. Crypto assets that meet all the following criteria are within the scope of the ASC 350-60: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) meet the definition of intangible assets as defined in the Codification do not provide the asset holder with enforceable rights to or claims on underlying goods, services, or other assets are created or reside on a distributed ledger based on blockchain or similar technology are secured through cryptography are fungible, and are not created or issued by the reporting entity or its related parties. In addition, entities are required to provide additional disclosures about the holdings of certain crypto assets. Bitcoin, which is the sole crypto asset mined by the Company, meets each of these criteria. For all entities, the ASC 350-60 amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, including interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted for both interim and annual financial statements that have not yet been issued (or made available for issuance). If an entity adopts the amendments in an interim period, it must adopt them as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. The Company has elected to adopt the new guidance effective January 1, 2024 resulting in a $
Issued and Not Yet Adopted
The Company continually assesses any new accounting pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company’s financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its consolidated financial statements and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s consolidated financial statements properly reflect the change.
ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU focuses on income tax disclosures around effective tax rates and cash income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 largely follows the proposed ASU issued earlier in 2023 with several important modifications and clarifications. The guidance requires the rate reconciliation to include specific categories and provides further guidance on disaggregation of those categories based on a qualitative threshold equal to 5% or more of the amount determined by multiplying pretax income (loss) from continuing operations by the applicable statutory rate. It is effective for business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024.
ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”). ASU 2023-07 is intended to enhance reportable segment disclosures by requiring disclosures of significant segment expenses regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), requiring disclosure of the title and position of the CODM and explanation of how the reported measures of segment profit and loss are used by the CODM in assessing segment performance and allocation of resources. ASU 2023-07 is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 31, 2023. The Company does not expect the updated guidance to have a material impact on its disclosures.
4. Reverse recapitalization
On December 29, 2023, Adit, ADEX Merger Sub LLC, and GRIID Holdco consummated a merger (the “Adit Merger”) pursuant to the terms of the Adit Merger Agreement. The Adit Merger was accounted for as a reverse merger and recapitalization and Adit was considered the acquired company for financial statement reporting purposes. GRIID Holdco was deemed the predecessor for financial reporting purposes and the Company was deemed the successor SEC registrant, meaning that GRIID Holdco's financial statements for periods prior to the consummation of the Adit Merger are disclosed in the financial statements included within this report and will be disclosed in the Company's future reporting periods. No goodwill or other intangible assets were recorded, in accordance with GAAP. At the closing date, GRIID received gross cash consideration of $
Upon closing of the Adit Merger, the existing GRIID Holdco equity holders exchanged their interests in GRIID Holdco for an aggregate of
Upon consummation of the Adit Merger, GRIID Holdco’s Limited Liability Company Agreement was amended and restated pursuant to the the Amended LLC Agreement. As part of the Amended LLC Agreement, the Company became the sole member of GRIID Holdco. The governing documents were amended such that the business of GRIID Holdco and its wholly owned subsidiaries is
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managed solely by the Company. Additionally, the Company adopted the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company which govern the Company’s business and affairs.
GRIID Holdco accounted for the net assets acquired from Adit as a recapitalization. GRIID recorded the net assets acquired from Adit. In connection with the reverse recapitalization, GRIID incurred $
5. Cryptocurrencies
The following table presents additional information about cryptocurrencies as follows:
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Six months ended June 30, 2024 |
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Six months ended June 30, 2023 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Mining pool operating fees |
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) |
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) |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Fair value of bitcoin (in '000s) |
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$ |
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$ |
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The cost basis represents the valuation of bitcoin at the time the Company earns the bitcoin through mining activities. The cost basis for
The following table presents information based on the activity of bitcoin for the six months ended June 30, 2024:
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Six months ended June 30, 2024 |
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Six months ended June 30, 2023 |
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$ |
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Cumulative effect of the adoption of ASC 350-60 |
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Bitcoin sold and issued for operations |
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$ |
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The Company's bitcoin holdings are not subject to rehypothecation and do not serve as collateral for any existing loans or agreements. As of June 30, 2024, the Company held
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6. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net consist of the following:
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$ |
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$ |
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Depreciation expenses related to property and equipment was $
7. Leases
The Company adopted the amendments to ASC 842 Leases, which require lessees to recognize lease assets and liabilities arising from operating leases on the balance sheet.
Finance and operating lease assets and lease liabilities are as follows:
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Year-ended December 31, 2023 |
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$ |
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$ |
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The components of lease expense were as follows:
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Other information related to leases was as follows:
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June 30, 2024 |
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June 30, 2023 |
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Finance lease |
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June 30, 2024 |
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June 30, 2023 |
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June 30, 2024 |
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June 30, 2023 |
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Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of |
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Operating cash flows from operating leases |
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$ |
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|
$ |
|
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$ |
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$ |
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Operating cash flows from finance leases |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations |
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|
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|
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Operating leases |
|
$ |
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|
$ |
|
|
$ |
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|
$ |
|
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Finance lease |
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$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases were as follows:
Year |
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 |
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 |
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Operating |
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Finance |
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Operating |
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Finance |
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2024 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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2027 |
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Less: imputed interest |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Total |
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Plus: lease asset, current |
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) |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Total long-term lease liability |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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8. Long-Term Deposits
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Six months ended June 30, 2024 |
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Year-ended December 31, 2023 |
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Deposits on property and equipment |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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9. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
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Six months ended June 30, 2024 |
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Year-ended December 31, 2023 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Deposits made on mining services agreement |
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Miner purchases not paid |
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$ |
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$ |
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10. Debt and Warrants
The Company entered into the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Blockchain Credit Agreement") with various lenders, Blockchain Access UK Limited ("Blockchain") and Blockchain Capital Solutions (US), Inc. (collectively, the "Blockchain Parties"). Under the Blockchain Credit Agreement, the Company was required to ensure the Mined Currency on deposit in a Mined Currency Account with the lender was at all times greater than or equal to a value equal to
The Company entered into a deposit account control agreement with Customers Bank on March 28, 2022 (the “Customers Bank DACA”), which, in the event the Company defaulted on its repayment of the Blockchain credit agreement, would have allowed Blockchain to assume control of the Company’s bank account with regard to any funds remaining outstanding under the Blockchain Credit Agreement. The Customers Bank DACA was terminated on July 11, 2024, after the Blockchain Credit Agreement was extinguished.
The Company entered into an account control agreement with Coinbase on July 31, 2023 (the “Coinbase DACA”), which, in the event the Company defaulted on its repayment of the Blockchain Credit Agreement, would have allowed Blockchain to assume control of the Company’s cryptocurrency account with regard to any funds remaining outstanding under the Blockchain Credit Agreement. The Coinbase DACA was terminated on July 11, 2024, after the Blockchain Credit Agreement was extinguished.
On June 26, 2024, the Company successfully extinguished the Blockchain Credit Agreement with a principal and interest balance of $
Throughout 2022 and 2023, the Company completed private placements (the “bridge financings”) with certain accredited investors (the “promissory notes”) and a recognition of a warrant liability. The promissory notes have an interest rate of
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commencement (the “maturity date”). Pursuant to that certain share purchase agreement (the "GEM Agreement"), dated September 9, 2022, among GRIID Holdco, Adit, Global Yield LLC SCS ("GYBL") and Gem Yield Bahamas Limited (the "Purchaser"), any proceeds the Company receives under the GEM Agreement must be used to repay $
In connection with the bridge financings, the Company issued to accredited investors warrants to purchase an aggregate of
On December 29, 2023, the Company and EarlyBird Capital, Inc. (“EarlyBird”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Underwriting Agreement. Among other things, the amendment modified the amount of the deferred underwriting commission payable to EarlyBird to $
Pursuant to the CleanSpark Merger Agreement on June 26, 2024, CleanSpark and GRIID have entered into a secured term loan credit agreement (the “CleanSpark Credit Agreement”) under which CleanSpark provided a term loan of $
For the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the Company recognized total interest expense related to total Notes Payable of $
Aggregate annual future maturities of the Loans as of June 30, 2024 were as follows:
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2025 |
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2026 |
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Plus: Capitalized interest |
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Total U.S. dollar notes payable, net |
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$ |
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11. Fair Value Hierarchy
Recurring fair value measurements
As of June 30, 2024, the fair value of the warrant liability measured on a recurring basis was as follows:
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Level 3 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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The fair value of the warrant liability as of October 9, 2022 (see Note 10) and at the dates of issuance and as of June 30, 2024 were determined via the fair value assessment method and included multiplying the related fixed percent of total equity value by the estimated number of shares upon immediate close of the transaction and multiplied the quoted market price of the Company.
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October 9, 2022 |
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$ |
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December 31, 2022 |
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$ |
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December 31, 2023 |
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$ |
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March 31, 2024 |
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$ |
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June 30, 2024 |
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$ |
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As of December 31, 2023, the fair value of the warrant liability measured on a recurring basis was as follows:
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Level 1 |
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Level 3 |
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Total |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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A summary of the changes in the Company’s warrant liability measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively:
Warrant liability as of December 31, 2023 |
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$ |
|
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Change in fair value |
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( |
) |
Warrant liability as of June 30, 2024 |
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$ |
|
For the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized a gain of $
Non-recurring fair value measurements
Cryptocurrencies
The Company records its cryptocurrency assets based upon Level 1 inputs, specifically, the exchange-quoted price of the cryptocurrency. The company does not record impairment due to the adoption of ASC 350-60 as of January 1, 2024. The Company’s cryptocurrency holdings had an outstanding carrying balance of approximately $
The last impairment date for the Company’s cryptocurrency holdings was December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s cryptocurrency holdings had an outstanding carrying balance of approximately $
12. Unit Conversion to Shares
Upon the Adit Merger Agreement dated December 29, 2023, all units included in GRIID were converted to shares.
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13. Share-based Compensation
On April 16, 2024 the Company granted to certain of its employees options to purchase an aggregate of
The assumptions used to measure the fair value of the employee stock options granted using Black Scholes valuation technique as of the date of issuance were as follows:
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April 16, 2024 |
Volatility Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Risk-free rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Expected dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Expected term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Based upon the underlying characteristics and features of the shares, the Company has determined that they are to be accounted for as equity-classified awards.
The shares are granted at the market price of the Company’s units on the date of grant. The Company has varying vesting period and vesting schedules for shares granted.
Share activity under the Plan for the years ended June 30, 2024 was as follows:
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Weighted average fair value |
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Unvested, December 31, 2023 |
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Forfeited |
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( |
) |
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Unvested, June 30, 2024 |
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Expense related to the shares is recognized over the vesting period of each share. The Company has elected to recognize forfeitures as they occur. For the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the Company recognized $
As of June 30, 2024 there remained $
The total fair value of shares vested (based on grant date fair value) during June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, was $
14 . Commitments and Contingencies
Evaluation Agreement
The Company entered into an evaluation agreement with Hephaestus Capital Group (“Owner”) on April 17, 2023, for a term of six months. Under this agreement, the Company tests the hashrate of the Owner’s
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Litigation
From time to time, the Company may be a party to various claims in the normal course of business. Legal fees and other costs associated with such actions are expensed as incurred. The Company assesses, in conjunction with its legal counsel, the need to record a liability for litigation and contingencies. Reserve estimates are recorded when and if it is determined that a loss related matter is both probable and reasonably estimable.
We are not involved in any legal proceedings that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of our executive officers, threatened against or affecting our Company or our officers or directors in their capacities as such.
Indemnifications
In the ordinary course of business, the Company often includes standard indemnification provisions in its arrangements with its partners, suppliers, and vendors. Pursuant to these provisions, the Company may be obligated to indemnify such parties for losses or claims suffered or incurred in connection with its service, breach of representations or covenants, intellectual property infringement or other claims made against such parties. These provisions may limit the time within which an indemnification claim can be made. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount under these indemnification obligations due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such indemnifications and has not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
15. Unearned Grant Revenue
The Company has recorded funding from two grants as unearned grant revenue (a long-term liability) on its consolidated balance sheets.
16. Earnings Per Share
The calculation of the basic and diluted EPS is as follows:
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Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
The following table presents potentially dilutive securities that were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive:
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June 30, 2024 |
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June 30, 2023 |
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GEM warrants |
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Private warrants |
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Public warrants |
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17. Related-Party Transactions
On August 31, 2021, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Data Black River, entered into the HDP Agreement with HDP, an affiliate of Eagle Creek. Neal Simmons, who now serves on the Company’s board of directors, is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Creek.
Each of the directors and executives of GRIID has entered into customary indemnification agreements with GRIID.
On April 18, 2024, the Company entered into employment agreements with each of the executive officers of the Company (i.e. James D. Kelly III (Chief Executive Officer), Dwaine Alleyne (Chief Technology Officer), Alexander Fraser (General Counsel and Secretary), Michael Hamilton (Chief Research Officer), Gerard F. King II (Chief Operating Officer), Harry E. Sudock (Chief Strategy Officer) and Allan J. Wallander (Chief Financial Officer)). Under the terms of the executive employment agreements, each executive officer will receive an annual base salary and an annual target bonus opportunity. Each executive employment agreement also includescustomary confidentiality, non-competition, and assignment of inventions agreements with each executive officer.
On April 16, 2024 the Company granted to certain of its employees options to purchase an aggregate of
18. Subsequent Events
On July 3, 2024, the Company used funds from the CleanSpark Credit Agreement to payoff a portion of the bridge financings principal and interest along with a portion of vendor balances due. The amount of funds paid as of August 14, 2024 was $
On July 31, 2024 Ava Data LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ava Data”) and wholly owned subsidiary of GRIID, entered into two PowerFlex Agreements with the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) and the City of Lenoir City, Tennessee, pursuant to which Ava Data will participate in TVA’s Emergency Interruptions and Capacity Interruptions product types (collectively, the “Ava Data PowerFlex Agreements”). PowerFlex is a demand response program offered by TVA which offers participants monetary credit in exchange for temporarily reducing electricity demand during periods of high system demand. The Ava Data PowerFlex Agreements replace the Interruptible Power Product Agreement dated as of May 20, 2022, by and between Ava Data and TVA.
On August 1, 2024, Union Data Diner LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company and wholly owned subsidiary of GRIID (“Union Data”), entered into an amendment to a power supply agreement dated October 1, 2019 made and entered into among Union Data, Knoxville Utilities Board (“KUB”) and TVA pursuant to which Union Data will increase its power supply contract demand from
On August 2, 2024, CleanSpark, GRIID and the other loan parties from time to time party thereto, amended and restated the CleanSpark Credit Agreement, as amended the ("Amended and Restated CleanSpark Credit Agreement") under which CleanSpark initially provided a term loan of $
Per the Colocation Agreement (Note 3),
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Please read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with “Forward-Looking Statements” below and Part I, Item 1, "Business," and Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors," of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this Quarterly Report.
The Adit Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Adit was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes under GAAP. As a result of the closing of the Adit Merger, the financial statements of GRIID Infrastructure Inc. are the financial statements of the Company. The following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of GRIID Infrastructure Inc. prior to the Adit Merger and our Company following the completion of the Adit Merger should be read together with GRIID Infrastructure Inc.’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
On June 26, 2024, GRIID Infrastructure Inc., entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "CleanSpark Merger Agreement") with CleanSpark and Tron Merger Sub, Inc. ("Tron Merger Sub"), a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of CleanSpark. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Tron Merger Sub will merge with and into GRIID, with GRIID surviving as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of CleanSpark (the “CleanSpark Merger”). The following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of GRIID Infrastructure Inc. prior to the CleanSpark Merger should be read together with GRIID Infrastructure Inc.’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should read the sections titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and “Forward-Looking Statements” above for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
GRIID Infrastructure Inc.’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
This management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of GRIID Infrastructure Inc. and subsidiaries (which, in this section, are referred to as “GRIID,” the “Company,” “us”, “our” or “we”) is supplemental to and should be read in conjunction with GRIID’s consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
All references to “cryptocurrency” or “cryptocurrencies” in this section refer to bitcoin.
Objective
The objective of this management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of GRIID is to detail material information, events, uncertainties and factors impacting GRIID and provide investors an understanding from management’s perspective.
Company Overview
GRIID is an emerging American infrastructure company in the bitcoin mining sector. We employ a vertically integrated self-mining strategy (which is supported at times by unique collaborative partnerships in support of the broader approach) to develop and operate U.S. based mining facilities that generate bitcoin by performing computing associated with Proof of Work. GRIID’s current business plan does not include the expansion of its mining operations to include digital assets other than bitcoin, or any other activities with, or the holding of, any other cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we have 68MW of available electrical capacity in our New York facility and our three Tennessee facilities. Our mining operations currently utilize application specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”) manufactured by two leading companies, Bitmain and MicroBT. GRIID has also purchased ASICs manufactured by Intel. We have continued developing a U.S. focused power pipeline. Our existing facilities utilize approximately 67% carbon-free power. These carbon-free levels are based solely on generation type and not from offsets or carbon credits and can therefore be materially improved.
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We utilize two platforms that interact with our bitcoin:
Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin is mined utilizing specialized computers (“miners”) configured for the purpose of validating transactions on bitcoin blockchains (referred to as “mining”). All of the miners incorporate ASIC chips specialized to solve blocks on the bitcoin blockchains using the 256-bit secure hashing algorithm (“SHA-256”) in return for bitcoin rewards.
GRIID participates in “mining pools” organized by mining pool operators in which we share our mining power (known as “hash rate”) with the hash rate generated by other miners participating in the pool to earn bitcoin rewards. The mining pool operator provides a service that coordinates the computing power of the independent mining enterprises participating in the mining pool. Fees are paid to the mining pool operator to cover the costs of maintaining the pool. The pool uses software that coordinates the pool members’ mining power, identifies new block rewards, records how much hash rate each participant contributes to the pool, and assigns bitcoin rewards earned by the pool among its participants in proportion to the hash rate contributed to the pool in connection with solving a block. Monthly, we analytically compare our hash rate to the published global hash rate and fees to assure that the pro rata amount of bitcoin allocated to and received by us are reasonable.
Revenues from bitcoin mining are impacted by volatility in bitcoin prices, as well as increases in the bitcoin blockchain’s network hash rate resulting from the growth in the overall quantity and quality of miners working to solve blocks on the bitcoin blockchain and the difficulty index associated with the secure hashing algorithm employed in solving the blocks.
Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
The following factors impact our revenue and operating income recognized from bitcoin mining:
Market Price of Bitcoin
Our business is heavily dependent on the spot price of bitcoin. Mined bitcoin revenue is determined based on the spot price at contract inception. The price of bitcoin has experienced substantial volatility, and high or low prices may have little or no relationship to identifiable market forces, may be subject to rapidly changing investor sentiment, and may be influenced by factors such as technology, regulatory void or changes, fraudulent actors, manipulation, and media reporting. Bitcoin may have value based on various factors, including its acceptance as a means of exchange by consumers and others, scarcity, and global market demand.
Our financial performance and continued growth depend in large part on our ability to mine bitcoin efficiently and to sell bitcoin at favorable prices. Over time, we have observed a positive trend in the total market capitalization of bitcoin. However, historical trends are not indicative of future adoption, and it is possible that the adoption of bitcoin and blockchain technology may slow, take longer to develop, or never be broadly achieved, which would negatively impact our business and operating results.
Electricity
We currently have 68 MWs of existing available power capacity. We have developed strategic relationships with various energy providers for low-cost power and also have multiple LOIs and MOUs with energy providers which we anticipate will further scale our low-cost power pipeline. As of June 30, 2024, we derived approximately 67% of our energy from carbon-free sources.
We believe that GRIID will benefit from one of the lowest electricity costs among its publicly traded bitcoin mining peers at scale. GRIID has structured and secured competitive equipment supply agreements with strong counterparties for its current and future bitcoin mining facility sites.
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Equipment
GRIID runs a blend of predominantly MicroBT and Bitmain manufactured ASICs alongside a minority of units from alternative producers.
Hash Rate
Miners perform computational operations in support of bitcoin blockchains measured in “hash rate” or “hashes per second.” A “hash” is the computation run by mining hardware in support of the bitcoin blockchain; therefore, a miner’s “hash rate” refers to the rate at which it is capable of solving such computations. The ASIC chips utilized in GRIID’s miners are the well-established standard in the bitcoin mining industry. These ASIC chips are designed specifically to maximize the rate of bitcoin hashing operations.
Our business is not only impacted by the volatility in bitcoin prices, but also by increases in the bitcoin blockchain’s network hash rate resulting from the growth in the overall quantity and quality of miners working to solve blocks on the bitcoin blockchain and the difficulty index associated with the secure hashing algorithm employed in solving each block.
In bitcoin mining, hash rate is a measure of the processing speed by a bitcoin miner. A participant in a blockchain network’s mining function has a hash rate total of its miners seeking to mine bitcoin and, system- wide, there is a total hash rate of all miners. However, as the relative market price for bitcoin increases, more users are incentivized to mine it, which increases the network’s overall hash rate. As a result, a mining participant must increase its total hash rate to maintain its relative possibility of solving a block on the bitcoin blockchain. Achieving greater hash rate power by deploying increasingly sophisticated miners in ever greater quantities has become one of the bitcoin mining industry’s great sources of competition. Our goal is to deploy a powerful and ever expanding and evolving fleet of miners, while operating as energy-efficiently as possible.
Halving
The reward for solving a block on the bitcoin blockchain is subject to periodic incremental halving. Halving is a process designed to control the overall supply and reduce the risk of inflation in bitcoin using a proof of work consensus algorithm. At a predetermined block, the mining reward is reduced by half, hence the term “halving.”
For bitcoin, the reward was initially set at 50 bitcoin rewards per block. The bitcoin blockchain has undergone halving four times since its inception: first on November 28, 2012 at block 210,000; second on July 9, 2016 at block 420,000; third on May 11, 2020 at block 630,000; and then on April 12, 2024 at block 840,000, when the reward was reduced to its current level of 3.125 bitcoin per block. This deliberately controlled rate of bitcoin creation means that the number of bitcoins in existence will never exceed 21 million and that bitcoin cannot be devalued through excessive production. This process will repeat until the total amount of bitcoin rewards issued reaches 21 million and the theoretical supply of new bitcoin is exhausted, which is expected to occur around 2140. Many factors influence the price of bitcoin and potential increases or decreases in prices in advance of or following a future halving are unknown.
The Mergers and Public Company Costs
On December 29, 2023, Adit consummated the previously announced reverse recapitalization transaction contemplated by the Adit Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Adit Merger Agreement, (i) Adit Merger Sub merged with and into Griid Holdco LLC, with Griid Holdco LLC as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and (ii) the Company’s name was changed from Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. to GRIID Infrastructure Inc. The Adit Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization and Adit was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. GRIID Infrastructure Inc. is deemed the predecessor and GRIID will be the successor SEC registrant, meaning that GRIID’s financial statements for periods prior to the consummation of the Adit Merger will be disclosed in future periodic reports.
GRIID recorded the net assets acquired from Adit. In connection with the reverse recapitalization, GRIID incurred $21,140 of equity issuance costs, of which $17,639 as of August 14, 2024 have been paid, consisting of advisory, legal, share registration and other professional fees. The remainder of $3,501 would be reflected in debt on extinguishment in July 2024 (Note 18), as many of the vendor balances were settled for less than owed. $2,225 of these fees represent underwriter fees incurred by Adit prior to the reverse recapitalization, related to their initial public offering. Following the consummation of the Adit Merger, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Market and Cboe Canada, which we expect will require us to hire additional personnel and implement public company procedures and processes. We expect to incur additional annual expenses as a public company for internal controls compliance and
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public company reporting obligations, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, director fees and additional internal and external accounting and legal and administrative resources, including increased audit and legal fees.
On June 26, 2024, GRIID, CleanSpark and CleanSpark Merger Sub entered into the CleanSpark Merger Agreement under which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, CleanSpark Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of CleanSpark. If the CleanSpark Merger is completed, the Company’s stockholders will receive, in exchange for each share of GRIID common stock held immediately prior to the CleanSpark Merger (other than certain excluded shares), that number of shares of CleanSpark common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the aggregate merger consideration by the total number of shares of GRIID common stock issued and outstanding as of the closing date of the CleanSpark Merger. The term “aggregate merger consideration” means the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) $155,000,000 minus (ii) the amount of the Company’s outstanding liabilities as of the closing date of the CleanSpark Merger (net of cash on hand), including all indebtedness (as defined in the CleanSpark Merger Agreement), plus up to $5 million in severance obligations that would be due and payable upon termination of certain employees identified by CleanSpark prior to the closing date, by (y) $16.587 (which is the volume-weighted average price of CleanSpark common stock for the two consecutive trading days prior to the date of the CleanSpark Merger Agreement).
GRIID’s Key Financial and Operational Metrics
We monitor the following key financial and operating metrics to evaluate the growth of our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions.
Bitcoin Mining Results
The following illustrates GRIID’s balances of bitcoin, GRIID’s consolidated balance sheet and the various ways the balances of bitcoin were impacted during the applicable periods. Significant components are discussed below.
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Six months ended |
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Six months ended June 30, 2023 |
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Beginning balance |
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$ |
142 |
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$ |
51 |
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Adoption of ASC 350-60 |
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3 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Cryptocurrencies received from mining |
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5,475 |
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|
|
3,644 |
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Mining services revenue |
|
|
458 |
|
|
|
529 |
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Mining pool operating fees |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Consideration paid related to operation agreement |
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— |
|
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|
(4,049 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of cryptocurrencies |
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(6,025 |
) |
|
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— |
|
Gain on fair value of bitcoin, net |
|
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46 |
|
|
|
229 |
|
Realized gain on sale of cryptocurrencies and |
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|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of cryptocurrencies |
|
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— |
|
|
|
(144 |
) |
Ending balance |
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$ |
96 |
|
|
$ |
260 |
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|
|
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Number of bitcoin held |
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1.57 |
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8.85 |
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Average cost basis - per bitcoin |
|
|
61,454 |
|
|
|
27,540 |
|
Fair value - per bitcoin |
|
|
63,364 |
|
|
|
28,010 |
|
Cost basis of bitcoin (in '000s) |
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
260 |
|
Fair value of bitcoin (in '000s) |
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
263 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue Recognized from Bitcoin Mined
The number of bitcoin mined during the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 were approximately 36 and 83, respectively. The number of bitcoin mined during the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 were approximately 102 and 165, respectively. The decrease is due to the halving that occurred in April 2024. GRIID operates four mining sites, with three sites located in Tennessee and one in New York.
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Mining Pool Operating Fees
GRIID nets mining pool operating expenses against fees earned as a result of hash computation services under GRIID’s contracts with mining pool operators. Fees are paid to the mining pool operators to cover the costs of maintaining the pool.
Utilization of Bitcoin
When warranted, GRIID sells quantities of the bitcoin it has historically mined to pay operating expenses. GRIID also utilizes bitcoin to purchase new mining equipment, as well as to maintain, update and repair existing miners.
Realized Gain on Sale/Exchange of Bitcoin
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, GRIID recognized $0.1 million losses and $0.1 million in gains on the sale of bitcoin, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, GRIID recognized $12 million and $229 million in gains on the sale of bitcoin, respectively. GRIID has benefited from the increase in the global adoption and acceptance of bitcoin, although bitcoin generally has experienced substantial price volatility. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, average spot prices increased by $27,132, compared to an average increase of $12,009 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The number of bitcoin mined by GRIID decreased from 83 for three months ended June 30, 2023 to 36 for the three months ended June 30, 2024. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, average spot prices increased by $20,186, compared to an average increase of $13,900 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The number of bitcoin mined by GRIID decreased from 165 for six months ended June 30, 2023 to 102 for the six months ended June 30, 2024.
Impairment of Bitcoin
See discussion regarding the impairment of bitcoin in the subsection below.
Energy Cost
GRIID’s ability to control energy costs expended to mine bitcoin is essential to successful bitcoin mining operations. The electrical agreements entered into with power providers at GRIID’s mining locations contain minimum contracted power utilization amounts per month, for which our usage has not yet met the minimum billings. As a result, the rate per MWh used is higher than it will be once the related sites are fully operational. We anticipate the rate per MWh will decrease as usage at the new facilities increases once additional miners on order and anticipated to be ordered are deployed. GRIID sites located in the Tennessee Valley Authority service area saw an increase in fuel cost adjustment charges in 2022 due to a global shift in supply and demand on fuel and purchased power, which remained elevated in 2023 and to-date in 2024.
Hash Rate
GRIID’s hash rate contributed to a given pool represents the hash rate of our miners as a proportion of the total Bitcoin network hash rate, which drives the number of bitcoin rewards that will be earned by our miner fleet. We calculate and report our hash rate in exahash per second (“EH/s”). One exahash equals one quintillion hashes per second.
We measure the hash rate produced by our mining fleet through our management software, which captures the reported hash rate from each miner.
Components of Results of Operations
The following describes the components of revenue and expenses that are reflected in our consolidated statements of operations:
Cryptocurrency Mining Revenue
GRIID performs hash computation services under GRIID’s contracts with mining pool operators. For each contract, GRIID measures the noncash consideration using the beginning of the day bitcoin spot price on the date of contract inception. GRIID recognizes this noncash consideration on the same day that control of the contracted service transfers to the mining pool operator, which is the same day as contract inception.
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Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues consists of direct costs of earning bitcoin related to mining operations, including power costs and other utilities, but excluding depreciation and amortization, which are separately stated in GRIID’s consolidated statements of operations.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses consist of depreciation and amortization, compensation and related taxes, professional and consulting fees, and general and administrative expenses incurred during the periods presented.
Impairment of Cryptocurrency
In 2023, GRIID recorded impairment on its bitcoin holdings when it was determined an impairment exists. At that time, the amount of the impairment was determined as the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the cryptocurrency at the time its fair value is being measured. When an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses was not permitted. For each day for which there was a decline in the lowest of day spot rate, GRIID recorded an impairment loss for any holding for which the carrying value was greater than the lowest of day spot rate.
On January 1, 2024, the Company adopted ASC 350-60, which requires entities with certain crypto assets to subsequently measure such assets at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in net income in each reporting period. No impairment analysis is to be performed with the adoption of the standard, and therefore, no impairment was recorded.
Mining and Other Related Equipment
Whenever events or changes in circumstances dictate, or, occasionally, on a quarterly basis, GRIID tests its miners and other related equipment for impairment. Miners and the equipment associated with the miners are considered fully impaired if they are no longer usable or no longer contributing to GRIID’s hash rate.
Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Property and Equipment
Gain (loss) on the disposal of property and equipment relates mainly to bitcoin miners replaced with newer technology miners. Once a miner is taken out of service, any remaining book value is written off and a corresponding loss is recorded.
Realized Gain (Loss) on Sales of Cryptocurrencies
Realized gain (loss) on sale of cryptocurrencies represents the difference between the carrying value and the spot-rate value as of the time of sale.
Interest Expense, Net of Interest Income
Interest expense includes interest paid or capitalized on GRIID’s notes payable as well as related debt discount amortization. GRIID also includes the difference between the warrants and debt issued within the interest expense line. A minimum amount of interest income associated with a related party note receivable was recorded, which was paid in full with the Adit Merger Agreement.
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Results of Operations
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|
Three months ended |
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Three months ended |
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Six months ended |
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Six months ended |
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June 30, 2024 |
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June 30, 2023 |
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June 30, 2024 |
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|
June 30, 2023 |
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Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Cryptocurrency mining revenue net of mining pool operator fees |
|
$ |
2,255 |
|
|
$ |
2,055 |
|
|
$ |
5,475 |
|
|
$ |
3,669 |
|
Mining services revenue |
|
|
2,456 |
|
|
|
2,684 |
|
|
|
5,057 |
|
|
|
5,465 |
|
Other revenue |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
79 |
|
Total revenue, net |
|
|
4,711 |
|
|
|
4,754 |
|
|
|
10,532 |
|
|
|
9,213 |
|
Operating expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization) |
|
|
3,086 |
|
|
|
3,273 |
|
|
|
6,575 |
|
|
|
6,614 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
949 |
|
|
|
1,540 |
|
|
|
2,043 |
|
|
|
3,111 |
|
Compensation and related taxes |
|
|
1,737 |
|
|
|
2,122 |
|
|
|
3,986 |
|
|
|
4,122 |
|
Professional and consulting fees |
|
|
3,848 |
|
|
|
791 |
|
|
|
5,759 |
|
|
|
1,946 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
1,054 |
|
|
|
734 |
|
|
|
2,354 |
|
|
|
1,392 |
|
Impairment of cryptocurrencies |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
97 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
144 |
|
Gain on extinguishment - non-debt related |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(375 |
) |
Unrealized loss (gain) on fair value of cryptocurrency, net |
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(46 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Realized (gain) loss on sale of cryptocurrencies |
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
(110 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(229 |
) |
Total operating expenses |
|
|
10,787 |
|
|
|
8,447 |
|
|
|
20,659 |
|
|
|
16,725 |
|
Gain on disposal of property and equipment |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
281 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,480 |
|
Loss from operations |
|
|
(6,076 |
) |
|
|
(3,412 |
) |
|
|
(10,127 |
) |
|
|
(6,032 |
) |
Other income (expense) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Gain on extinguishment of debt |
|
|
45,053 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
45,053 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Debt issuance costs |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Change in fair value of warrant liability and warrant derivative |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
(1,834 |
) |
|
|
3,384 |
|
|
|
(3,624 |
) |
Gain on termination of warrant |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other income, net of other expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
453 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
453 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
(6,248 |
) |
|
|
(6,416 |
) |
|
|
(13,203 |
) |
|
|
(13,009 |
) |
Total other expense |
|
$ |
38,822 |
|
|
$ |
(7,797 |
) |
|
$ |
35,234 |
|
|
$ |
(16,180 |
) |
Income (loss) before income taxes |
|
|
32,746 |
|
|
|
(11,209 |
) |
|
|
25,107 |
|
|
|
(22,212 |
) |
Income tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
8,037 |
|
|
|
(396 |
) |
|
|
6,876 |
|
|
|
(167 |
) |
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
24,709 |
|
|
$ |
(10,813 |
) |
|
$ |
18,231 |
|
|
$ |
(22,045 |
) |
Statistical Results Impacting Revenue and Expense
The following table presents some of the key statistical drivers of GRIID’s revenue and expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, for which fluctuations and trends are discussed below:
|
|
Three months ended June 30, 2024 |
|
|
Three months ended June 30, 2023 |
|
|
Six months ended June 30, 2024 |
|
|
Six months ended June 30, 2023 |
|
||||
Bitcoin Mined |
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
165 |
|
Average Spot Rate of bitcoin Mined |
|
|
64,356 |
|
|
|
28,009 |
|
|
|
61,358 |
|
|
|
25,390 |
|
Average Number of Employees |
|
|
46 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
63 |
|
Revenue
Cryptocurrency Mining Revenue
Bitcoin mining revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was $2.3 million and $2.1 million, respectively for an increase of 10%. Bitcoin mining revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was $5.5 million and $3.7 million, respectively, for an increase of 49%. The increase in bitcoin mining revenue was due to higher spot rates of bitcoin offset by lower amounts of bitcoin mined throughout the quarter, which was attributable to higher global hash rates as well as the halving event. Revenue from bitcoin mining is impacted significantly by volatility in bitcoin prices, as well as increase in the bitcoin blockchain’s network hash rate resulting from the growth in the overall quality and quantity of miners working to solve blocks on the bitcoin blockchain along with the difficulty index associated with the secure hashing algorithm employed in solving the blocks.
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GRIID regularly monitors a number of factors, including but not limited to, bitcoin spot value, bitcoin network hash rate, bitcoin network difficulty, bitcoin block times, bitcoin block reward, average fees per bitcoin block, average revenue per tera hash per second per day (USD$/T/day), power costs, and mining machine efficiency in deciding the extent to which to utilize a particular machine or consume power at a particular site.
GRIID earns 5% of the generated cryptocurrency revenue that is earned under the Mining Services Agreement. GRIID records revenue related to the 5% revenue share of the generated cryptocurrency, and expense from the arrangement on a gross basis, as GRIID represents the principal in relation to the contract. GRIID invoices Blockchain Access monthly for the electricity charges associated with the Mining Services related to the Blockchain Access Mining Equipment as well as the operating expense charges. Blockchain Access pays the electricity charges directly to the utility provider. Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was $2.4 million ($0.2 million for mining services and $2.2 million for reimbursement) and $0.2 million ($0.2 million for mining services and $0.0 million for reimbursement), respectively. Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was $5.0 million ($0.5 million for mining services and $4.5 million for reimbursement) and $0.2 million ($0.2 million for mining services and $0.0 million for reimbursement), respectively.
The Company entered into a colocation mining services agreement (the "CleanSpark Hosting Agreement") with CleanSpark, Inc. (“Cleanspark” or the “Customer”), on June 26, 2024, to host the Customer’s miners (i.e., hosting services). The CleanSpark Hosting Agreement has an initial term of twelve months, which is automatically renewable for six successive six month periods, unless CleanSpark provides thirty days’ termination notice at the end of a period. Under the CleanSpark Hosting Agreement, the Company determined that it is principally responsible for the provision of hosting services, and as such, recognizes revenue on a gross basis. The transaction price includes the following: (1) a revenue share percentage based upon the notional quantity of bitcoin earned by the Customer’s hosted miners, (2) reimbursement of electricity expenses incurred in the delivery of hosting services, and (3) maintenance fees. The Company determined that the CleanSpark Hosting Agreement contains a series of performance obligations which qualify to be recognized under a practical expedient available known as the “right to invoice.” This determination allows variable consideration in such contracts to be allocated to and recognized in the period to which the consideration relates, which is typically the period in which it is billed, rather than requiring estimation of variable consideration at the inception of the contract. All consideration is received in USD, as the agreement does not include any noncash consideration (e.g., bitcoin), which is billed on a bimonthly basis (i.e., the 15th and end of the month). Revenue recorded under this CleanSpark Hosting Agreement for the three and six months ended was $38.
GRIID could earn monthly curtailment revenue under its development and operation agreement with HDP during months in which HDP curtails the supply of electricity to mines and sells the electricity to the market. The curtailment revenue represents compensation for forgone mining revenue. A management fee is also recognized in connection with this development and operation agreement. GRIID records the revenue and expenses related to this development and operation agreement on a gross basis. The management fee is recognized as mining services revenue, whereas curtailment revenue and revenue share amounts are recognized as other revenue. All amounts due to each party, are accrued for and paid out the next month. No revenue was recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectfully.
Operating Expenses
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues consists primarily of direct costs of earning bitcoin related to mining operations, including electric power costs and other utilities, but excluding depreciation and amortization. Cost of revenues decreased to $3.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 from $3.3 million for three months ended June 30, 2023. Cost of revenues stayed the same at $6.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively. The slight decrease for the three months ended June 30, 2024 in cost of revenues is attributable to utilizing more efficient miners as well as using less energy at one of the sites.
The location supporting the Mining Services Agreement had $1.6 million and $2.2 million of reimbursable electricity expenses, which are reported as cost of sales for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The location supporting the Mining Services Agreement had $3.8 million and $4.6 million of reimbursable electricity expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was approximately $1.0 and $1.5, respectively. Depreciation and amortization for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 was approximately $2.0 million and $3.1 million, respectively. The decrease in depreciation and amortization for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023,
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respectively, is primarily related to the lower amount of miners and other equipment as well as some of the larger miner purchases from prior years became fully depreciated.
Compensation and Related Taxes
Compensation and related taxes include cash compensation, related payroll taxes and benefits, and unit-based compensation. Compensation and related taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2024 decreased to $1.7 million from $2.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $0.4 million. Compensation and related taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2024 decreased to $4.0 million from $4.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $0.1 million. The decrease in compensation and related taxes for both periods is primarily due to a decrease in the number of employees. The location supporting the Mining Services Agreement had $0.1 million of related expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, which are reported as compensation and related taxes. The location supporting the Mining Services Agreement had $0.2 million and $0.2 million of related expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Professional and Consulting Fees
Professional and consulting fees include accounting, tax, legal and consulting fees. Professional fees increased to $3.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 from $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Professional fees increased to $5.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increases are primarily related to legal and professional fees associated with the CleanSpark Merger, including related preparedness expenses.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist of site expenses, insurance, travel, entertainment and other operating related expenses. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 increased to $1.1 million from $0.7 million as of June 30, 2023. General and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 increased to $2.4 million from $1.4 million as of June 30, 2023. The primary drivers of the increase in general and administrative expenses related to increased expenses from insurance, job supplies, software subscriptions and travel to job sites. The location supporting the Mining Services Agreement had $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Mining Services Agreement with HDP had $0.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. These expenses include site and other business expenses, which are reported as general and administrative expenses.
Impairment of Cryptocurrencies
In 2023, GRIID recorded impairment on its bitcoin holdings when it was determined an impairment exists. At that time, the amount of the impairment was determined as the amount by which the carrying amount exceeded its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the cryptocurrency at the time its fair value is being measured. When an impairment loss was recognized, the loss established the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses were not permitted. For each day for which there was a decline in the lowest of day spot rate, GRIID recorded an impairment loss for any holding for which the carrying value was greater than the lowest of day spot rate.
On January 1, 2024, the Company adopted ASC 350-60, which requires entities with certain crypto assets to subsequently measure such assets at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in net income in each reporting period. No impairment analysis was performed with the adoption of the standard, and therefore, no impairment was recorded.
Gain on Fair Value of Bitcoin
Due to the adoption of ASC 350-60, the Company records the changes in fair value on a monthly basis.
Mining and Other Related Equipment
Whenever events or changes in circumstances dictate, or, minimally, on a quarterly basis, GRIID tests its miners and other related equipment for impairment. Miners and the equipment associated with the miners are considered fully impaired if they are no longer usable or no longer contributing to GRIID’s hash rate. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, GRIID recorded impairment associated with its mining and other related equipment of $0.0 million, respectively. The undiscounted cash flows used in the recoverability test were less than the carrying amount of the long-lived asset group, and GRIID was required to determine the fair value of the long-lived asset group. The final impairment test using fair value resulted in no impairment of the asset group, as the carrying amount of the long-lived asset group does not exceed its fair value.
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Realized Gain on Sale of Cryptocurrencies
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, GRIID recognized $0.1 million in losses and $0.1 million in gains on the sale of bitcoin, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, GRIID recognized $0.0 million and $0.2 million in gains on the sale of bitcoin, respectively. GRIID has benefited from the increase in the global adoption and acceptance of bitcoin, although bitcoin generally has experienced substantial price volatility. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, average spot prices increased by $27,132, compared to an average increase of $12,009 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The number of bitcoin mined by GRIID decreased from 83 for three months ended June 30, 2023 to 36 for the three months ended June 30, 2024. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, average spot prices increased by $20,186, compared to an average increase of $13,900 for the six months ended June 30, 2023.The number of bitcoins mined by GRIID decreased to 102 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 from 165 bitcoin for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Gain on Disposal of Property and Equipment
GRIID had a $0.0 million gain on disposal of property and equipment during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, compared to a gain on disposal of property and equipment of $0.3 and $1.5 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability
GRIID recorded a gain on change in fair value of warrant liability of $0.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a loss of $1.8 million from the same period in 2023. GRIID’s recorded a gain on change in fair value of warrant liability of $3.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a loss of $3.6 million from the same period in 2023. The change is due to the change in fair value changes of issued warrants throughout the year as well as the effects of the Adit Merger Agreement.
The fair value of the warrant liability issuance as of December 31, 2023 as well as June 30, 2024 were determined via the fair value assessment method and included multiplying the related fixed percent of total equity value by the estimated number of shares upon immediate close of the transaction and multiplied the quoted market price of Adit (before merger) and GRIID (after merger). The observable input of quoted prices for Adit and GRIID are as follows:
Date |
|
Adit |
|
|
December 31, 2023 |
|
$ |
5.38 |
|
March 31, 2024 |
|
$ |
1.32 |
|
June 30, 2024 |
|
$ |
1.06 |
|
Interest Expense
GRIID’s interest expense decreased to $6.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024 from $6.4 million during the same period in 2023. GRIID’s interest expense increased to $13.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $13.0 million during the same period in 2023. These changes are minimal and a result of an increased borrowing base as well as the issuance of warrants offset with the payoff of the Blockchain credit agreement. See “Cash and Cash Flows” below.
Income Tax Benefit
GRIID recorded an income tax expense in the amount of $8.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a benefit of $0.4 million during the same period in 2023. GRIID recorded an income tax expense in the amount of $6.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a benefit of $0.2 million during the same period in 2023.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to results determined in accordance with GAAP, GRIID believes Adjusted EBITDA is a useful non-GAAP measure in evaluating its operational performance. GRIID believes that non-GAAP financial information, when taken collectively with GAAP financial information, may be helpful to investors in assessing GRIID’s operating performance. These results should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, results reported in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as our net income (loss), adjusted to eliminate the effect of (i) interest income, interest expense, net; (ii) provision for income taxes; (iii) depreciation and amortization; and (iv) gain on disposal of property and equipment; (v) gain on fair value of bitcoin, net; (vi) change in fair value of warrant liability and warrant derivative. We believe Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure because it allows management, investors, and our board of directors to analyze and evaluate our operating results, including our return on capital and operating efficiencies, from period-to-period. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and potential investors to enable them to understand and evaluate our results of operations, as well as to provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business, as it removes the effect of net interest income (expense), certain non-cash items, variable charges, and timing differences. At the closing of the Adit Merger on December 29, 2023, the limited liability company was converted into a C-corporation Moreover, we have included Adjusted EBITDA in this Quarterly Report because it represents a key measurement used by our management internally to make operating decisions, evaluate performance, and perform strategic and financial planning.
Investors and potential investors should be aware that when evaluating Adjusted EBITDA, we may incur future expenses similar to those excluded when calculating this measure. Our presentation of this measure should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. Further, this non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA on a supplemental basis. Our computation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures computed by other companies because not all companies calculate this measure in the same fashion. Investors and potential investors should review the reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA (as presented below) and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
The following table presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
All numbers in thousands |
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,2024 |
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30,2023 |
|
||||
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
24,709 |
|
|
$ |
(10,813 |
) |
|
$ |
18,231 |
|
|
$ |
(22,045 |
) |
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Interest expense, net |
|
|
6,248 |
|
|
|
6,416 |
|
|
|
13,203 |
|
|
|
13,009 |
|
Income tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
8,037 |
|
|
|
(396 |
) |
|
|
6,876 |
|
|
|
(167 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
949 |
|
|
|
1,540 |
|
|
|
2,043 |
|
|
|
3,111 |
|
Gain on disposal of property and equipment |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(281 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1,480 |
) |
Loss (gain) on fair value of bitcoin, net |
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(46 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Gain on extinguishment - non-debt related |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(375 |
) |
Change in fair value of warrant liability and |
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
1,834 |
|
|
|
(3,384 |
) |
|
|
3,624 |
|
Gain on extinguishment of debt |
|
|
(45,053 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(45,053 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
(5,064 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,700 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,130 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,323 |
) |
Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and are included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
GRIID’s Adjusted EBITDA decreased to $(5.1) million in the three months ended June 30, 2024 from $(1.7) million in the same period in 2023. GRIID’s Adjusted EBITDA decreased to $(8.1) million in the three months ended June 30, 2024 from $(4.3) million in the same period in 2023. Adjusted EBITDA adjustments for the months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 are primarily non-cash in nature consisting of interest expense, income tax expense or benefit, depreciation and amortization, gains on disposal of property and equipment, impairment of mining equipment and cryptocurrency, extinguishment of debt, gain or loss on non-debt extinguishment and the change in the fair value of the warrant liability.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
GRIID believes the following accounting policies are most critical in understanding and evaluating this management discussion and analysis:
Accounting for Bitcoin
Bitcoin is included in current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Bitcoin holdings are classified as indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification No. 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but measured using the quoted price of the bitcoin as of the measurement date. As of June 30, 2024, GRIID’s digital assets consisted of approximately 1.57 bitcoin compared to 3.44 bitcoin as of December 31, 2023. The average spot rate for bitcoin was $61,358 and $22,739 as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
In 2023, bitcoin assets were tested for impairment daily or when events or changes in circumstances occurred indicating that it was more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Events or circumstances that would trigger an impairment assessment other than annually include but are not limited to material changes in the regulatory environment, potential technological changes in digital currencies, and prolonged or material changes in the price of bitcoin below the carrying cost of the asset. Upon determining if an impairment exists, the amount of the impairment was determined as the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the bitcoin as of the measurement date. In testing for impairment, GRIID performed quantitative impairment test to determine if an impairment exists. To the extent an impairment loss was recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset.
Revenue associated with bitcoin awarded to us through our mining activities is accounted for in accordance with our revenue recognition policy as detailed in the footnotes to GRIID’s financial statements and is included as a non-cash item within operating activities in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows. GRIID accounts for sales of bitcoin using the first in, first out (“FIFO”) method of accounting. Realized gains and losses from the sale of bitcoin in an exchange for cash are recorded in other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2024, GRIID had cash of $0.3 million and cryptocurrency holdings of $0.1 million, which are available to fund future operations.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company
Pursuant to the CleanSpark Merger Agreement, CleanSpark and GRIID have entered into a secured term loan credit agreement (the “CleanSpark Credit Agreement”) under which CleanSpark provided a term loan of $55,919 (the “Term Loan Amount”) to GRIID, which amounts GRIID is permitted to use solely for certain purposes as set forth in the CleanSpark Credit Agreement. The Company borrowed $15,000 upon the signing of the Term Loan Amount and the remainder of the Term Loan Amount was borrowed on July 2, 2024 (Note 18). The maturity date of the term loan is the earlier of (i) June 26, 2025, or (ii) 90 days after the termination of the merger transaction between CleanSpark and GRIID under the CleanSpark Merger Agreement (other than a termination resulting solely from the breach of CleanSpark). On the maturity date, the principal and any accrued but unpaid interest must be paid. The term loan bears interest at a rate of 8.5% per annum. The Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, and events of default for a deal of this type. GRIID immediately used $15,000 of the Term Loan Amount to finance the Blockchain Payoff Amount. The payments and performance of all indebtedness and other obligations of Company to the CleanSpark is guaranteed jointly and severally by the GRIID’s subsidiaries.
Throughout 2022 and 2023, the Company completed private placements (the “bridge financings”) with certain accredited investors pursuant to which the Company issued promissory notes and a recognition of warrants and warrant liability. The promissory notes have an interest rate of 15.0% per annum and effective interest rate of 22.5%. Subject to mandatory or optional repayment of the
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promissory notes, the outstanding principal amount of the promissory notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, is due after one year of commencement (the “maturity date”). In the event that GRIID issues shares of its common stock to GEM Yield Bahamas Limited (“GYBL”) pursuant to that certain share purchase agreement (the “GEM Agreement”), dated as of September 9, 2022, among GRIID Holdco LLC, Adit, GEM Global Yield LLC SCS (“GYBL”), and GEM Yield Bahamas Limited (the "Purchaser"), any proceeds the Company receives under the GEM Agreement must be used to repay $4.9 million in 2024 and $20.1 million in 2025. If an event of default occurs, the promissory notes may become due and payable. The Company put 1,440,645 and 3,969,869 shares for $1.4 million and $5.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. The Company terminated the GEM Agreement origination fee of $4,000 for $3,500 as well as $20,135 of the bridge financings for $18,278 on July 2, 2023 (Note 18). As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $2,611 of bridge financings still outstanding.
On December 29, 2023, the Company and EarlyBird Capital, Inc. (“EarlyBird”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Underwriting Agreement. Among other things, the amendment modified the amount of the deferred underwriting commission payable to EarlyBird to $4,687, which includes reimbursement of EarlyBird’s legal expenses in an amount of $150,000. The note incurs monthly interest at 8% and the capitalized interest as of June 30, 2024 was $190 and December 31, 2023 was $3. The maturity date is December 29, 2024, and at this time if the note is not paid in full, interest will start to accrue at 15%.
GRIID Infrastructure LLC and certain GRIID subsidiaries (collectively, the “Borrowers”) entered into the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Blockchain Credit Agreement"). The Blockchain Credit Agreement amended and restated the prior credit agreement with Blockchain in its entirety. The Blockchain Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Blockchain Credit Agreement. The Blockchain Credit Agreement provides for a restructured senior secured term loan (the “loan”) in the amount of $57.4 million. The maturity date of the loan was September 23, 2025. The obligations of the Borrowers under the Blockchain Credit Agreement are guaranteed by each of the other Borrowers, and are secured by first priority liens on and security interests in substantially all of the assets of the Borrowers. The loan bears interest at a rate equal to 10% per annum and upon an event of default, the interest rate would increase by 2.00%. The Borrowers are able to voluntarily repay the outstanding loan. Borrowers are required to repay the outstanding loan in an amount equal to 25% of the net proceeds of certain issuances of equity in excess of $25.0 million. In addition, if the Borrowers sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of certain assets in a manner not permitted under the Blockchain Credit Agreement or suffer an event of loss, as such term is defined in the Blockchain Credit Agreement, the Borrowers must apply the net proceeds thereof to prepay outstanding loans, subject to certain reinvestment rights set forth in the Blockchain Credit Agreement. The Blockchain Credit Agreement includes certain affirmative and negative covenants. In connection with the Blockchain Credit Agreement, GRIID issued to Blockchain warrants, exercisable for 1,377,778 Class B Units of GRIID Holdco, which number of Class B units was adjusted immediately prior to Closing of the Adit Merger such that the number of Class B Units, when exchanged for Adit Merger consideration, equals 10% of the issued and outstanding common stock of GRIID immediately following the closing of the Adit Merger. The Blockchain warrant replaces all prior warrants issued by GRIID Holdco or its affiliates to Blockchain or its affiliates. These related warrants were converted to shares upon the completion of the Adit Merger. The Blockchain Credit Agreement was terminated as of June 26, 2024.
On June 26, 2024, the Company successfully extinguished the Blockchain Credit Agreement with a principal and interest balance of $67,265. The extinguishment was achieved through negotiations with Blockchain, resulting in a debt forgiveness was in aggregate amount of $15,000 resulting in a $45,043 gain on extinguishment on the consolidated statements of operations. The balance of $403 was written off from the statement of operations due to the amount of reimbursement charges Blockchain was not going to pay for the month of June's electricity reimbursement. The Company agreed to settle this amount with Blockchain upon termination. The balance of $15,000 was settled with cash on hand, received from CleanSpark (see "CleanSpark Credit Agreement" below). The loans and all other obligations were deemed fully paid, performed and satisfied in full and all liens as defined in the Blockchain Credit Agreement were terminated and released. Blockchain paid the 0.01 BTC that was being held in Blockchain's wallet on July 25, 2024.
As of August 14, 2024, we had 13,800,000 outstanding Public Warrants to purchase 13,800,000 shares of our common stock, exercisable at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, (ii) 7,270,000 outstanding Private Placement Warrants to purchase 7,270,000 shares of our common stock, exercisable at an exercise price of $11.50 per share and (iii) a GEM Warrant to purchase 1,733,726 shares of our common stock, exercisable at an exercise price of $4.84 per share.
To the extent such warrants are exercised, additional shares of our common stock will be issued, which will result in dilution to the holders of our common stock and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market could adversely affect the market price of our common stock, which will increase the likelihood that our Warrants will not be in the money prior to their expiration.
Sources of Liquidity
To date, we have financed our operations primarily through issuance of dollar and bitcoin-denominated debt and sales of mined bitcoin. We continue to have access to several sources of liquidity to supplement cash flow from operations including private debt and
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equity capital markets, secured borrowing (subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent), equipment financing and bitcoin-based financing. In the near term, we expect to continue to increase investing activities as we build out and expand our facilities and purchase additional miners.
Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants and the Public Warrants have an exercise price of $11.50 per share, and the GEM Warrant has an exercise price of $4.84 per share. The cash proceeds associated with the exercises of the Warrants are dependent on the stock price inasmuch as the holders are unlikely to exercise their warrants if the exercise price thereof is less than the market price of our common stock at the time of exercise. In that circumstance, such holder may be less likely to exercise their Warrants as such holder would be selling at a loss if they exercised their Warrants and sold their common stock. Accordingly, we have not included the net proceeds from any exercise of the Warrants in our assessment of our liquidity and our ability to fund operations on a prospective basis. Our future capital requirements and the adequacy of available funds will depend on many factors, including those set forth under "Part I, Item 1A Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. If the trading price for our common stock is less than $11.50 per share, holders of the public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants may be unlikely to exercise such warrants, and if the trading price for our common stock is less than $4.84 per share, the holder of the GEM Warrant may be unlikely to exercise such warrant. To the extent that the Warrants are exercised on a “cashless basis,” the amount of cash we would receive from the exercise of the Warrants will decrease.
Funding Our Operations
We expect to continue to generate revenues from the mining of bitcoin. The funding of our operations on a go-forward basis will depend significantly on our ability to continue to mine bitcoin and on the spot price of the bitcoin we mine. We expect to continue to periodically liquidate bitcoin holdings to generate cash for operating and investing activities. Generating bitcoin mining revenues that exceed our utility and overhead costs will determine our ability to report profit margins related to such mining operations, although accounting for our reported profitability is significantly complex.
We issued draw down notices under the GEM Agreement in 2024 and received an aggregate of $5,954 in net proceeds from the sale of an aggregate of 3,969,869 shares of common stock to GEM Global. If any additional funding is necessary to continue operations, we will draw down on the Amended and Restated CleanSpark Credit Agreement.
The ability to raise funds through equity, debt or sale of bitcoin to maintain our operations is subject to many risks and uncertainties and, even if we were successful, future equity issuances would result in dilution to our existing stockholders and any future debt or debt securities may contain covenants that may limit our operations or ability to enter into certain transactions. Our ability to realize revenue through bitcoin mining and to successfully convert bitcoin into cash to fund operations is subject to several uncertainties, including regulatory, financial and business risks, many of which are beyond our control. Additionally, we have observed significant historical volatility in the spot price of bitcoin and, as such, future prices cannot be predicted. If we are unable to generate sufficient revenue from our bitcoin mining or, when needed, to secure additional sources of funding, it may be necessary to significantly reduce our current rate of spending or explore other strategic alternatives. As a result, we believe that there is substantial doubt about GRIID’s ability to remain a going concern absent (a) a significant capital raising event, (b) a significant increase in the value of bitcoin and/or (c) a significant reduction of our operating expenses.
Cash and Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
The following table presents cash and cash provided by (used in) operating, investing, and financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
||
All numbers in thousands |
|
June 30, 2024 |
|
|
June 30, 2023 |
|
||
Beginning balance of cash |
|
$ |
3,174 |
|
|
$ |
969 |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(13,634 |
) |
|
|
(10,546 |
) |
Net cash provided by investing activities |
|
|
5,254 |
|
|
|
6,061 |
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
5,803 |
|
|
|
4,468 |
|
Ending balance of cash |
|
$ |
597 |
|
|
$ |
952 |
|
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities of $13.6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024 was driven primarily by net income of $18.2 million adjusted for the net effect of non-cash items consisting primarily of cryptocurrency mining of $5.9 million, gain on extinguishment of debt of $45.1 million, partially offset by non-cash interest expense of $13.2 million, and depreciation and
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amortization of $2.0 million. The decrease in cash from working capital was driven primarily by decreased accounts payable of $1.4 million, deferred tax liability of $2.0 million, increase in prepaid expenses of $1.0 million offset by an increase in accrued expenses and other of $12.6 million.
Net cash used in operating activities of $10.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023 was driven primarily by net loss of $22.0 million adjusted for the net effect of non-cash items consisting primarily of cryptocurrency mining of $4.2 million, gain on disposal of property and equipment of $1.5 million, partially offset by gain on change in fair value of warrant liability of $3.6 million, non-cash interest expense of $13.0 million, and depreciation and amortization of $3.1 million. The decrease in cash from working capital was driven primarily by decreased accounts payable of $1.4 million, deferred tax liability of $0.2 million, increase in receivables of $0.8 million offset by an increase in accrued expenses and other of $0.5 million.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $5.3 million, primarily consisting of proceeds from sale of cryptocurrencies of $6.0 million offset by purchases of property and equipment of $0.1 million.
Net cash provided by investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $6.1 million, primarily consisting of proceeds from sale of cryptocurrencies of $4.0 million and proceeds from disposal of property and equipment of $2.1 million.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $5.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024 primarily related to proceeds from the issuance of equity of $6.0 million offset by the repayment of notes payable of $0.2 million.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $4.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023 primarily related to proceeds from the issuance of debt of $5.5 offset by the repayment of notes payable of $1.0 million.
Operating and Capital Expenditure Requirements
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors including our revenue growth rate, the timing and extent of spending to support further sales and marketing and research and development efforts, the timing and extent of additional capital expenditures to invest in the expansion of existing facilities as well as new facilities. We may in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, services and technologies, including intellectual property rights. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. If additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.
Emerging Growth Company Status
GRIID qualifies as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as GRIID is an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. As a result, GRIID may adopt new or revised accounting standards by the date private companies are required to comply.
GRIID will continue to be an emerging growth company for five fiscal years following the closing of Adit’s initial public offering, or until such earlier time as its total annual gross revenues exceed $1.235 billion, GRIID issues more than $1 billion in debt in a three-year period or it becomes a large accelerated filer, as defined in the Exchange Act Rule 12b-2. Large accelerated filers have
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several criteria to meet, with a significant criterion of having aggregate worldwide common equity held by non-affiliates of greater than $700 million.
GRIID is also a “smaller reporting company,” meaning that the market value of GRIID’s stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700.0 million and GRIID’s annual revenue is less than $100.0 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. GRIID may continue to be a smaller reporting company if either (i) the market value of GRIID’s stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250.0 million or (ii) GRIID’s annual revenue is less than $100.0 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and the market value of GRIID’s stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700.0 million as of the last business day of the second fiscal quarter of such year. If GRIID is a smaller reporting company at the time GRIID ceases to be an emerging growth company, GRIID may continue to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements that are available to smaller reporting companies. Specifically, as a smaller reporting company GRIID may choose to present only the two most recent fiscal years of audited financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K and, similar to emerging growth companies, smaller reporting companies have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not applicable
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act, refers to controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As required by Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) of the Exchange Act, our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2024 due to the material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting described below.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Because of its inherent limitations, our internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with applicable policies or procedures may deteriorate.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company identified material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting related to the reclassification of realized gains and losses from the sale of cryptocurrencies from nonoperating income to operating in its statement of operations and the reclassification of cash proceeds related to the sale of cryptocurrencies from cash flows from investing activities to cash flows from operating activities in its statement of cash flows. This material weakness resulted in the restatement of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 for the reclass in the recognition of realized gain or loss in sale of cryptocurrencies as well as the purchases of fixed assets from long term deposits. The Company reclassed the proceeds from the sale of cryptocurrencies from operating activities to investing activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company reclassed the long-term deposits used to purchase fixed assets from operating activities to investing activities. The Company also restated the beginning balance of cash to include restricted and unrestricted cash for the beginning of the period.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, and the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024, the Company identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over (i) financial reporting related to accounting for unique and/or technically complex transactions (including warrant accounting, debt modification accounting, and long-lived asset impairment evaluation) and (ii) the accounting and financial reporting function (including segregation of duties and review process and financial statement reporting).
Management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness, as of December 31, 2023, of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. In making this evaluation, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in its publication Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013). Based on that evaluation, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2023, due to material weaknesses in its internal controls resulting from (i) the Company not appropriately identifying and accounting for the GEM Warrant, (ii) the Company not appropriately identifying indicators of impairment when performing its long-lived asset impairment analysis, (iii) the Company not having appropriate segregation of duties policies and procedures in place and (iv) the Company’s financial statement preparation and disclosures not being subjected to a thorough review resulting in many items needing to be changed or updated as a result of our independent registered accounting firm’s review. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Notwithstanding the material weaknesses identified above, management has concluded that its consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company in accordance with GAAP for each of the periods presented therein.
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We have begun implementation to remediate the material weaknesses. These remediation measures are ongoing and include the hiring of additional accounting personnel and implementing additional policies, procedures and controls. We will consider the material weaknesses to be fully remediated once the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and our management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.
These material weaknesses did not result in any identified material misstatements to the condensed consolidated financial statements, and there were no changes to previously released financial results.
Changes in Internal Control
We periodically review our internal control over financial reporting as part of our efforts to ensure compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, we routinely review our system of internal control over financial reporting to identify potential changes to our processes and systems that may improve controls and increase efficiency, with the goal of establishing and maintaining an effective internal control environment. Changes may include such activities as implementing new, more efficient systems, consolidating the activities of business units, migrating certain processes to our shared services organizations, formalizing policies and procedures, improving segregation of duties and increasing monitoring controls. We also will have changes in our internal controls going from a private company to a public company and to address the material weaknesses described above. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
The information contained in Part I, Item 1, Financial Statement and Supplementary Data - Note 14, "Commitments and Contingencies", under the heading "Litigation", is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
You should carefully consider the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Annual Report”) under the caption “Item 1A. “Risk Factors.” There have been no material changes in our risk factors included in our Annual Report. The risks described in the Annual Report are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
On February 28, 2024, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary GRIID Infrastructure LLC entered into asset purchase agreements (“Asset Purchase Agreements”) with (i) WTN Holdco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, pursuant to which the Company issued 459,330 shares of common stock in exchange for eight hundred MicroBT Whatsminer M30S+ machines; (ii) Low Time Preference Fund II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Low Time Preference”), the Company issued 57,416 shares of common stock in exchange for one hundred MicroBT Whatsminer M30S+ machines; (iii) Grant Gillian, pursuant to which the Company issued 25,837 shares of common stock in exchange for forty-five MicroBT Whatsminer M30S+ machines; and (iv) Jonathan Kirkwood, pursuant to which the Company issued 14,354 shares of common stock in exchange for twenty-five MicroBT Whatsminer M30S+ machines. Each of the transactions under the Asset Purchase Agreements closed on March 6, 2024. The fair value of the aggregate of 556,937 shares of common stock exchanged was $930,084.79, or $1.67 per share of common stock. Each of the Asset Purchase Agreements includes standard terms and conditions, including representations and warranties from the counterparty as to its status as accredited investors. These issuances of our common stock in these transactions were made pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (15 U.S. Code §77d(A)(2)).
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On May 17, 2024, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary GRIID Infrastructure LLC entered into asset purchase agreements (“Asset Purchase Agreements”) with SunnySide Digital, Inc., a Canadian corporation (“SunnySide”), the Company issued 499,490 shares of common stock in exchange for 496 MicroBT M30S+ and 476 Bitmain Antminer S19's. The fair value of the aggregate of shares of common stock exchanged was $379,612, or $0.76 per share of common stock. Each of the Asset Purchase Agreements includes standard terms and conditions and these issuances of our common stock in these transactions were made pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (15 U.S. Code §77d(A)(2)).
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
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Item 6. Exhibits.
Furnish the exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.601 of this chapter).
Exhibit Number |
|
Description |
2.1 |
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2021, by and among Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp., ADEX Merger Sub, LLC and Griid Holdco LLC (incorporated by reference to Annex A-1 to the proxy statement/prospectus contained in the registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-261880), filed with the SEC on November 1, 2023). |
2.2 |
|
First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 23, 2021, by and among Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp., ADEX Merger Sub, LLC and Griid Holdco LLC (incorporated by reference to Annex A-2 to the proxy statement/prospectus contained in the registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-261880), filed with the SEC on November 1, 2023). |
2.3 |
|
Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 17, 2022, by and among Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp., ADEX Merger Sub, LLC and Griid Holdco LLC (incorporated by reference to Annex A-3 to the proxy statement/prospectus contained in the registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-261880), filed with the SEC on November 1, 2023). |
2.4 |
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Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 8, 2023, by and among Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp., ADEX Merger Sub, LLC and Griid Holdco LLC (incorporated by reference to Annex A-4 to the proxy statement/prospectus contained in the registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-261880), filed with the SEC on November 1, 2023). |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 26, 2024, by and among GRIID Infrastructure, Inc., CleanSpark, Inc. and Tron Merger Sub Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to GRIID Infrastructure’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-39872), filed with the SEC on July 2, 2024) |
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Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GRIID Infrastructure Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to GRIID Infrastructure’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-39872), filed with the SEC on January 2, 2024). |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of GRIID Infrastructure Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to GRIID Infrastructure’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-39872), filed with the SEC on January 2, 2024). |
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GRIID Infrastructure Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to GRIID Infrastructure Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39872), filed with the SEC on January 2, 2024). |
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Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the GRIID Infrastructure Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-278742), filed with the SEC on April 16, 2024). |
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Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the GRIID Infrastructure Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-278742), filed with the SEC on April 16, 2024). |
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Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement under the GRIID Infrastructure Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-278742), filed with the SEC on April 16, 2024). |
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Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement under the GRIID Infrastructure Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-278742), filed with the SEC on April 16, 2024). |
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Form of Executive Employment Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to GRIID Infrastructure’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-39872), filed with the SEC on April 24, 2024). |
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Form of Voting Agreement entered into as of June 26, 2024 and June 28, 2024, among GRIID Infrastructure, Inc., CleanSpark, Inc. and certain stockholders of GRIID Infrastructure, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to GRIID Infrastructure’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-39872), filed with the SEC on July 2, 2024). |
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Colocation Mining Services Agreement, dated June 26, 2024, by and between CleanSpark, Inc. and GRIID Infrastructure Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to GRIID Infrastructure’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-39872), filed with the SEC on July 2, 2024). |
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Payoff Letter, dated June 26, 2024, among GRIID Infrastructure LLC, GRIID Holdco, LLC, GRIID Infrastructure Inc., the other loan parties thereto, Blockchain Access UK Limited and Blockchain Capital Solutions (US), Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to GRIID Infrastructure’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-39872), filed with the SEC on July 2, 2024). |
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Credit Agreement, dated June 26, 2024, by and among CleanSpark, Inc. GRIID Infrastructure Inc., and the other parties from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to GRIID Infrastructure’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-39872), filed with the SEC on July 2, 2024). |
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
31.3* |
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
31.4* |
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Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
101.INS |
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Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
101.SCH |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbase Documents |
104 |
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Cover Page formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101 |
* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: August 14, 2024 |
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/s/ Allan Wallander |
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Allan Wallander |
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