Cipher Mining Inc

Item 5. Other Information.

(a) Disclosure in lieu of reporting on a Current Report on Form 8-K.

None.

(b) Material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the board of directors.

None.

(c)Insider trading arrangements and policies.

Our officers and directors from time to time may adopt trading plans to transact in our common stock for a variety of reasons, including tax considerations, investment diversification, or other personal reasons. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, certain of our officers and directors adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each such plan, a “Rule 10b5-1 Plan”), as described below. On May 21, 2024, Tyler Page, Chief Executive Officer and Director, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 Plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) for the sale of up to 900,000 shares of our common stock until November 29, 2024. On May 17, 2024, Patrick Kelly, Co-President and Chief Operating Officer, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 Plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) for the sale of up to 428,078 shares of our common stock until May 16, 2025. On June 11, 2024, William Iwaschuk, Co-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 Plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) for the sale of up to 323,694 shares of our common stock until June 10, 2025. No other directors or “officers” (as defined in Section 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)adopted, terminated, ormodified a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K, during the three months ended June 30, 2024.