# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001735556
**File Stem:** 0000000000-23-000674
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000000000-23-000674

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: UPLOAD

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230120

**FILED FOR**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BIT ORIGIN Ltd
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001735556
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** FINANCE SERVICES [6199]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** E9
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** UPLOAD

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 375 PARK AVE, FL 1502
- **CITY:** NEW YORK NY
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10152
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 347-556-4747

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 375 PARK AVE, FL 1502
- **CITY:** NEW YORK NY
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10152

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** China Xiangtai Food Co., Ltd.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20180326
**PUBLIC REFERENCE ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-22-120837

## Text-Extract

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United States securities and exchange commission logo

                             January 20, 2023

       Lucas Wang
       Chief Executive Officer
       Bit Origin Ltd.
       375 Park Ave, Fl 1502
       New York, NY 10152

                                                        Re: Bit Origin Ltd.
                                                            Amendment No. 1 to
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form F-3
                                                            Filed January 5,
2023
                                                            File No. 333-268501

       Dear Lucas Wang:

             We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the
following
       comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we
       may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Unless we note
       otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our
December 16, 2022 letter.

       Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-3

       Miners, page 5

   1.                                                   Refer to your response
to comment 10. Please revise your disclosure to describe the terms
                                                        and provisions of your
insurance policies covering your miners. To the extent that you do
                                                        not have insurance
coverage for your crypto asset miners, please revise to add risk factor
                                                        disclosure.
   2.                                                   Refer to your response
to comment 13. Please revise to clarify the difference between the
                                                        two breakeven points
identified in the last paragraph on page 5. In addition, disclose the
                                                        range of the value of
Bitcoin for the periods covered by your financial statements and
 Lucas Wang
Bit Origin Ltd.
January 20, 2023
Page 2
         include the assumptions made in determining value. Also revise to
address the impact of
         your policy to hold your mined Bitcoin "in order to enjoy the
potential benefits of the
         appreciation of the Bitcoin price."
Prospectus Summary
Business Overview, page 5

3.       Refer to your response to comment 9. Please revise to disclose whether
you use a third-
         party custodian to store your bitcoin. If so, please identify the
third-party custodian and
         describe the material terms of the agreement, including a description
of the custodian's
         insurance and the degree to which the custodian's policies provide
coverage for the loss of
         your crypto assets and whether the insurance provider has inspection
rights associated
         with the crypto assets held in storage.
Cheyenne, Wyoming, page 6

4.       Refer to your response to comment 19. Please revise to clarify what
you mean by your
         disclosure on page 6 regarding a "sharing percentage of 8.8235%."
Mining Facilities
Marion, Indiana, page 6

5.       Refer to your response to comment 14. Please Reconcile your disclosure
regarding your
         agreement with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. on page 7 with your
disclosure on page 10
         that "the hosting fee is adjusted to the sum of (i) the electricity
costs and 50% of
         SonicHash US's profit generated from the Indiana site, i.e., the
difference of the market
         price of the Bitcoins mined from the Indiana site and the electricity
costs."
6.       Refer to your response to comment 15. Please revise to disclose
whether your agreements
         with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. include insurance for loss of power or
damage to the
         hosted mining machines.
Impact of Recent Developments Regarding Crypto Asset Market, page 10

7.       Please disclose how the "market price" of Bitcoins mined from the
Indiana site is
         calculated pursuant to the December 2022 agreement with Your Choice
Four CA, Inc.
8.     Refer to your response to comment 22. Please revise your disclosure on
page 10 to
       identify any material pending crypto legislation or regulation, and
describe the material
       effects such legislation may have on your business, financial condition
and results of
       operation.
FirstName LastNameLucas Wang
9.     Please revise your disclosure on page 10 and in your risk factors
section to address the
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       risk that       Origin
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regain compliance
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                         2 Rule 5550(a)(2) by June 12, 2023.
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Risk Factors, page 13

10.      Please revise your risk factors and dilution section to discuss and
quantify the effect(s)
         that converting the notes and exercising the warrants could have on
existing shareholders.
Our board of management have experience in risk management, page 18

11.      Refer to your response to comment 25. Please expand this risk factor
to describe the risk
         management policies in place in light of current crypto asset market
conditions.
The October 2022 Private Placement
The Private Placement, page 19

12.      Refer to your response to comment 2. Please disclose the amount of
crypto assets pledged
         as collateral in connection with the October 2022 Private Placement,
and, in an
         appropriate section of your registration statement, please disclose
the material terms of
         your loans from a third-party in which you used crypto assets as
collateral.
       Please contact Sonia Bednarowski at 202-551-3666 or Matthew Derby at
202-551-3334
with any questions.

                                                              Sincerely,

                                                              Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                              Office of Crypto
Assets

```

### Attached PDF Documents

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DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

January 20, 2023

Lucas Wang
Chief Executive Officer
Bit Origin Ltd.
375 Park Ave, Fl 1502
New York, NY 10152

**Re: Bit Origin Ltd.**
**Amendment No. 1 to**
**Registration Statement on Form F-3**
**Filed January 5, 2023**
**File No. 333-268501**

Dear Lucas Wang:

We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our December 16, 2022 letter.

Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-3

Miners, page 5

1. Refer to your response to comment 10. Please revise your disclosure to describe the terms and provisions of your insurance policies covering your miners. To the extent that you do not have insurance coverage for your crypto asset miners, please revise to add risk factor disclosure.
2. Refer to your response to comment 13. Please revise to clarify the difference between the two breakeven points identified in the last paragraph on page 5. In addition, disclose the range of the value of Bitcoin for the periods covered by your financial statements and

Lucas Wang
Bit Origin Ltd.
January 20, 2023
Page 2

include the assumptions made in determining value. Also revise to address the impact of your policy to hold your mined Bitcoin "in order to enjoy the potential benefits of the appreciation of the Bitcoin price."

# Prospectus Summary

# Business Overview, page 5

3. Refer to your response to comment 9. Please revise to disclose whether you use a third-party custodian to store your bitcoin. If so, please identify the third-party custodian and describe the material terms of the agreement, including a description of the custodian's insurance and the degree to which the custodian's policies provide coverage for the loss of your crypto assets and whether the insurance provider has inspection rights associated with the crypto assets held in storage.

# Cheyenne, Wyoming, page 6

4. Refer to your response to comment 19. Please revise to clarify what you mean by your disclosure on page 6 regarding a "sharing percentage of 8.8235%."

# Mining Facilities

# Marion, Indiana, page 6

5. Refer to your response to comment 14. Please Reconcile your disclosure regarding your agreement with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. on page 7 with your disclosure on page 10 that "the hosting fee is adjusted to the sum of (i) the electricity costs and 50% of SonicHash US's profit generated from the Indiana site, i.e., the difference of the market price of the Bitcoins mined from the Indiana site and the electricity costs."
6. Refer to your response to comment 15. Please revise to disclose whether your agreements with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. include insurance for loss of power or damage to the hosted mining machines.

# Impact of Recent Developments Regarding Crypto Asset Market, page 10

7. Please disclose how the "market price" of Bitcoins mined from the Indiana site is calculated pursuant to the December 2022 agreement with Your Choice Four CA, Inc.
8. Refer to your response to comment 22. Please revise your disclosure on page 10 to identify any material pending crypto legislation or regulation, and describe the material effects such legislation may have on your business, financial condition and results of operation.
9. Please revise your disclosure on page 10 and in your risk factors section to address the risk that the price of your Ordinary Shares may impact your ability to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) by June 12, 2023.

Lucas Wang
Bit Origin Ltd.
January 20, 2023
Page 3

Risk Factors, page 13

10. Please revise your risk factors and dilution section to discuss and quantify the effect(s) that converting the notes and exercising the warrants could have on existing shareholders.

Our board of management have experience in risk management, page 18

11. Refer to your response to comment 25. Please expand this risk factor to describe the risk management policies in place in light of current crypto asset market conditions.

The October 2022 Private Placement

The Private Placement, page 19

12. Refer to your response to comment 2. Please disclose the amount of crypto assets pledged as collateral in connection with the October 2022 Private Placement, and, in an appropriate section of your registration statement, please disclose the material terms of your loans from a third-party in which you used crypto assets as collateral.

Please contact Sonia Bednarowski at 202-551-3666 or Matthew Derby at 202-551-3334 with any questions.

Sincerely,

Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Crypto Assets