Company: CIFRW
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001819989-25-000112
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Company: Cipher Mining Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part II, Item 3
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 180 days, or greater than 300 days in the case of a force majeure event, as may be extended for tenant delay, Fluidstack will have the right to terminate the Fluidstack Lease. Such termination event would not trigger the Google Backstop. In addition, the Google Backstop is only triggered upon a payment or insolvency event of default under the Fluidstack Lease. While unlikely to occur, there are other events of default or termination events that may result in the termination of the Fluidstack Lease without triggering the Google 

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Backstop. In addition, if we have a disagreement with Google about whether the Google Backstop has been triggered, there can be no assurance that Google will honor the Google Backstop in a timely manner or at all. 

Our HPC business strategy may not perform as planned.

We believe the potential for HPC hosting complements our current business model with expected stable, long-term and high margin revenue. However, the success of our HPC hosting services may not develop as anticipated, and may be affected by factors such as the reliability and timing of power supply, supply chain disruption (including local labor availability), the implementation of new tariffs and more restrictive trade regulations and changes in in-house specialized expertise to manage the business. A failure to successfully implement our HPC business strategy may adversely affect our business, prospects, or operations.

We may be unable to access sufficient additional capital for future strategic growth initiatives.

The expansion of our existing mining facilities and our digital infrastructure to support HPC hosting and colocation are capital-intensive projects, and we anticipate that future strategic growth initiatives will likewise continue to be capital-intensive. We expect to raise additional capital to fund these and other future strategic growth initiatives; however, we may be unable to do so in a timely manner, in sufficient quantities, or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. If we are unable to raise the additional capital needed to execute our future strategic growth initiatives, we may be less competitive in our industry and the results of our operations and financial condition may suffer, and the market price for our securities may be materially and adversely affected.

Enhanced tariff, import/export restrictions, or other trade barriers may have an adverse impact on global economic conditions.

There have been, and continue to be, uncertainties with respect to the global economy and trade relations between the U.S. and other countries globally, including trade policies, treaties, tariffs, and customs duties and taxes. Implementation of more restrictive trade policies or the renegotiation of existing U.S. trade agreements or trade agreements