Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has additional invested $300 million for its bitcoin mining operations in North America, taking the entire funding this yr to $500 million, based on a report from The Block.
- The $300 million comes after Celsius invested $200 million earlier this yr in bitcoin mining gear and fairness of bitcoin mining corporations Core Scientific, Rhodium Enterprises and mining pool Luxor Technologies, based on the report.
- “These are commitments for this year and next year — so we will be adding [mining] capacity all the time until the end of next year,” CEO Alex Mashinsky mentioned.
- The funding was made to increase its bitcoin mining hash fee and energy capability in North America, Mashinsky added.
- Mashinsky mentioned Celsius now has an operational mining fleet of about 22,000 bitcoin ASIC miners, most of that are Bitmain’s latest era of AntMiner S19 collection, based on the report.
- Celsius will use the bitcoin it mines for its lending enterprise, the report added.
- Last month, the lender had raised $400 million in fairness funding, in an effort to reassure regulators of its enterprise credibility. The spherical got here after Celsius obtained a number of notices from U.S. state regulators, in response to its lending merchandise.
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