Company: CIFRW
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001819989-25-000037
Chunk: 183

Company: Cipher Mining Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 183
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 will lapse in June 2025. As of December 31, 2024 the Company had no bitcoin pledged as part of trading strategies.

NOTE 4. DERIVATIVE ASSET

Luminant Power AgreementOn June 23, 2021, the Company entered into a power purchase agreement with Luminant, which was subsequently amended and restated on July 9, 2021, and further amended on February 28, 2022, August 26, 2022, and August 23, 2023 

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CIPHER MINING INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(unaudited)

(as amended, the “Luminant Power Agreement”), for the supply of a fixed amount of electric power to the Odessa Facility at a fixed price for a term of five years, subject to certain early termination exemptions. The Luminant Power Agreement provides for subsequent automatic annual renewal unless either party provides written notice to the other party of its intent to terminate the agreement at least six months prior to the expiration of the then current term.The Company’s management determined that the Luminant Power Agreement meets the definition of a derivative under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). Accordingly, the Luminant Power Agreement is recorded at its estimated fair value each reporting period with the change in the fair value recorded in change in fair value of derivative asset in the consolidated statements of operations. See additional information regarding valuation of the Luminant Power Agreement derivative in Note 17. Fair Value Measurements.The Company may opportunistically sell electricity in the ERCOT market in exchange for cash payments, rather than utilizing the power to mine for bitcoin at the Odessa Facility to manage the Company’s operating costs. From Power sales, the Company earned approximately $1.0 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively, and recorded this amount within Costs and operating (expenses) income on the condensed consolidated statement of operations, with the corresponding cost of the power sold recorded in Cost of revenue.

NOTE 5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):March 31, 2025December 31, 2024Miners and mining equipment$340,327 $342,111 Leasehold improvements137,582 137,582 Land51,297 49,021 Infrastructure28,166 28,166 Other611