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Bitfarms (BITF) Stock Plunges Over 8% Following Nasdaq Debut
Bitfarms Ltd (NASDAQ: BITF), a sustainable-energy Bitcoin miner, saw its stock decline 8.6% to as low as $3.9 on Monday – its first day of trading on the NASDAQ. Notably, BITF stock closed yesterday trading at $3.96, a 7% drop from its opening price of $4.27. The drop was likely due to a huge crypto sell-off motivated by the recent Chinese crypto crackdown.
Notably, figures provided by Coin98 Analytics show the total BTC in circulating supply is 89.2%, while the supply in all crypto exchanges is approximately 7.4%.
Chinese authorities ordered bitcoin miners to “clean up and terminate” all operations, including shutting down 26 mining firms in Sichuan province by Sunday. Illegalizing Bitcoin mining and transacting caused the Bitcoin hash rate to drop to a six-month low.
The happenings, however, worked in favor of the Canadian company as it explained:
“As the hash rate of Chinese miners falls, Bitfarms has earned higher transaction fees and increased its share of the total Bitcoin network hashrate. As a result, Bitfarms has been earning more Bitcoin for the same amount of computational power and operational cost.”
Notably, the company stated that it powers an estimated 1% of the global Bitcoin network, with over 99% “green” hydropower. The company estimates that compared to other crypto mining companies, it has mined the most BTC using renewable energy sources. On June 10, the company added 1,000+ mined BTC to their YTD treasury, further raising its share of the total bitcoin network hash rate.
Bitfarms Stock Performance
Bitfarms stock has plummeted in its 5-day, 1-month, and 3-month record, losing 4.81%, 11.21%, and 26.12% in that order. The prices of shares have also stagnated in the range of $3.9 – $4.11. However, the stock has gained 108.42% YTD and 1,100.73% year-on-year.
The recent stock plunge also impacted other similar companies including Riot Blockchain Inc (NASDAQ: RIOT) and Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MARA). The two closed at price drops of 1.90% and 3.77% respectively.
Moreover, Bitcoin and Ethereum have also declined in prices, trading at $32,764 and $1,947 respectively, at writing time. This represents a 19.5% and 24.7% 7-day decline sequentially, going by data from CoinGecko.
Initially, Bitfarms was enlisted on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Venture Exchange in 2019. To ease stock trading in areas outside Canada, the company sought a NASDAQ listing, which was approved last month. Nevertheless, the crypto miner has stated that its stock will continue to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the same ticker symbol “BITF”.
Listing on the NASDAQ made Bitfarms “the largest publicly traded bitcoin miner in North America using greater than 99% hydroelectricity renewable electricity,” according to its CEO and founder, Emiliano Grodzki.
In today’s pre-market session, shares were exchanging hands at $3.72, down 6.06% from its closing position, as per data from Seeking Alpha.next
Bitfarms (BITF) Stock Plunges Over 8% Following Nasdaq Debut