Bitcoin, Ethereum Miner Hive Blockchain Reports 466% Year-Over-Year Revenue Surge

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin BTC/USD mining firm Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd. HIVE has reported a 466% year-over-year increase in first-quarter mining revenue. 

What Happened: Hive Blockchain, a Canada-based crypto mining business, reported quarterly revenue of $37.2 million during the three-month period ending June 2021, the company said Monday. 

Hive’s net income for the period was also $18.6 million, up significantly from the $1.8 million its reported last year.

During this period, the firm mined 225 Bitcoin and over 9,700 Ethereum.

“What many investors have not realized the significance of mining Ethereum ETH/USD in addition to Bitcoin, which has continued to exhibit very strong performance throughout this calendar year, after our Q1 period end of June 30, 2021, and even after the London Hard Fork in August 2021,” the company said in a statement. 

In September 2021, Hive mined approximately 221 BTC and 2,572 ETH.

“On a daily revenue basis during September 2021, this income from Ethereum would be equal to mining approximately 186 Bitcoin,” stated Hive

Hive has employed a strategy of holding crypto on its balance sheet. In a recent corporate presentation, Hive said it held a total of $58 million in crypto on its balance sheet, of which Ethereum accounted for 69%, while Bitcoin accounted for 31%.

“We sold a small amount of Ethereum to upgrade our equipment with NVIDIA Corporation NVDA latest generation of high performing GPU chips but continue to HODL 25,000 ETH and 1,030 BTC. We continue to ramp up production of both BTC and ETH,” said Hive.

HIVE Price Action: Hive shares were rising 3.18% to $2.92 premarket Tuesday.

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