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BTC mining company Compute North files for bankruptcy




Bitcoin (BTC) mining hosting firm Compute North has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid mounting pressure on the firm due to the effects of crypto winter and rising energy costs. The firm’s CEO Dave Perrill has also stepped down but will remain on the board.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday, which is now pending before Judge David Jones.

During a Chapter 11 filing, the firm is still able to keep operations going as it works out a plan to repay creditors. The filing reportedly outlines that Compute North owes about $500 million to 200 creditors, while its assets are said to be worth between $1[ads1]00 million and $500 million.

Compute North offers large scale crypto mining hosting services and facilities, hardware and a BTC mining pool. It is one of the largest data center providers in the US and has big name partners in the BTC mining sector, such as Compass Mining and Marathon Digital.

Both companies have issued statements via Twitter, noting that with the information they have at this stage, their business operations will continue as normal.

“Compute North’s employees informed us today that the bankruptcy filing should not disrupt business operations. We continue to monitor the situation and will provide further updates as they become available,” noted Compass Mining.

The bearish performance of BTC in 2022 has had a significant impact on the mining sector this year, and in the context of Texas, rising energy costs and multiple power outages during intense heat waves have not helped either.

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Bloomberg Business reporter David Pan highlighted on Twitter that Compute North may have been affected by a costly delay to a large mining facility in Texas that it was unable to turn a profit for months.

“Compute North’s massive 280MW mining facility in TX was supposed to run rigs in April, but could not due to pending approvals. From then until later this year, when it was finally able to power the machines, Bitcoin prices had gone through several downward cycles, fundraising opportunities dried up and major lenders scaled back, he wrote.

Compute North adds to a long list of crypto firms that have either fallen victim to crypto winter or, in some cases, helped create it – including Voyager Digital, Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network and BlockFi, to name a few.