Cipher Digital Inc.

NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION

Nature of operations

Cipher Digital Inc. (“Cipher,” “CDI,” or the “Company”) is focused on the development and operation of industrial-scale data centers for bitcoin mining and high-performance compute (“HPC”) hosting. The Company operatestwo wholly-owned bitcoin mining data centers, a 207 MW site located in Odessa, Texas that draws fixed priced power from a power purchase agreement with its electricity provider (the “Odessa Facility”) and a 300 MW data center in Wink, Texas that draws power from the power grid (the “Black Pearl Facility”). As of December 31, 2025, the Company also had equity investments inthree partially-owned joint venture bitcoin mining data centers, which were sold on February 19, 2026. The Company is in the process of retrofitting the Black Pearl Facility for an HPC tenant, with an expected commencement date of mid-2026. The Company’s portfolio as of December 31, 2025 also includes three wholly-owned sites andone majority owned joint venture which have not commenced operations, and options to acquire three additional wholly-owned sites.

Risks and uncertainties

Liquidity and capital resources

The Company has historically experienced net losses and negative cash flows from operations; however, proceeds from sales of bitcoin are categorized as cash flows from investing activities to the extent bitcoin is sold after seven days from receipt. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximate balances of cash and cash equivalents of $628.3 million, working capital of $1,953.8 million, total stockholders’ equity of $805.5 million and an accumulated deficit of $1,003.7 million. The Company uses a combination of short-term and long-term financing arrangements, proceeds from sales of bitcoin earned by or received from its bitcoin mining data centers, and strategic sales of shares through “at-the-market” offerings to support its operating expenses and capital expenditures.

The Company monitors its balance sheet on an ongoing basis to determine the proper mix of bitcoin retention and bitcoin sales to support its cash requirements, ongoing operations, and capital expenditures. Bitcoin is classified as a current asset on the Company’s balance sheets due to its intent and ability to sell bitcoin to support operations when needed. Approximately $207.9 million of cash was used for operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2025.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company sold bitcoin for proceeds of approximately$214.7 million, paid approximately$487.9 million for property and equipment primarily related to the build-out of the Black Pearl and Barber Lake facilities.

The Company has a master loan agreement with Coinbase Credit, Inc., as Lender, and Coinbase, Inc., as Lending Service Provider (the “Coinbase Master Loan Agreement”). Pursuant to the master loan agreement, the Company has a secured line of credit up to $25.0 million (the “Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility”). The borrowings are collateralized by bitcoin transferred to the Lending Service Provider’s platform.

The Company also has a $100.0 million secured credit facility with Two Prime Lending Limited (“Two Prime Credit Facility”). Borrowings on this facility will be backed by the Company’s bitcoin held in a triparty account.

On May 22, 2025, the Company issued $172.5 million of principal amount of convertible notes due in 2030 with an interest rate of 1.75% (the “2030 Convertible Notes”). The 2030 Convertible Notes are senior, unsecured obligations with interest due semiannually on May 15 and November 15 each year beginning on November 15, 2025.

On September 30, 2025, the Company issued $1,300.0 million of principal amount of convertible notes due in 2031 with an interest rate of 0.00% (the “2031 Convertible Notes”). The 2031 Convertible Notes are senior, unsecured obligations.

Refer to Note 16. Debtfor more details on all debt arrangements.

Management believes that the Company’s existing financial resources, and ability to obtain project level financing, combined with projected cash and bitcoin inflows from its data centers, its ability to sell bitcoin received or earned, and its intent and ability to sell common stock through at-the-market offerings will be sufficient to enable the Company to meet its operating and capital requirements for at least 12 months from the date these consolidated financial statements are issued.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation

The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) as determined by the FASB and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its controlled subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period’s consolidated financial statements in order to conform to the current period presentation. Such reclassifications are immaterial, individually and in the aggregate, to both current and all previously issued financial statements taken as a whole.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. The most significant estimates inherent in the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, those related to equity instruments issued in share-based compensation arrangements, valuations of its derivative asset and warrant liability, useful lives and impairment considerations of property and equipment, the asset retirement obligations and the valuation allowance associated with the Company’s deferred tax assets, among others. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash equivalents. The Company’s cash equivalents consist of funds held in money market accounts. The Company had $628.3 million and $5.6 million in cash equivalents as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Restricted cash

Restricted cash primarily relates to proceeds from the 2030 Senior Secured Notes, issued by Cipher Compute LLC, which the Company is restricted from using for general corporate purposes and is using to finance the construction of the Barber Lake Facility. As these funds are being used in the short term to build out the facility before the lease of the facility is expected to commence in September 2026, this restricted cash is classified in current assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

Restricted cash classified as noncurrent on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets represents cash required to be held in a debt service account related to the 2030 Senior Secured Notes, as well as amounts pledged as collateral to Luminant ET Services Company LLC (“Luminant”), and Vistra Operations Company, LLC (“Vistra”), a Luminant affiliate, primarily related to the Luminant Power Agreement (defined below in Note 4. Derivative Asset). Previously these amounts were held by each respective counterparty, and classified in the Company's financials as Security deposits. In September 2024, the Company moved the collateral to a money market account in the Company's name with a bank letter of credit. The collateral restrictions related to the Luminant Power Agreement will lapse upon termination of the agreement.

Concentrations of credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of Cash and cash equivalents, and Restricted cash. Periodically, the Company maintains deposits in financial institutions in excess of government insured limits. Management believes that the Company is not exposed to significant credit risk as the Company’s deposits are held at financial institutions that management believes to be of high credit quality. The Company has not experienced any losses on these deposits.

Accounts receivable

The Company’s accounts receivable balance consists of amounts due from its only customer, a mining pool operator. Amounts recorded in accounts receivable consist of the block rewards and transaction fees earned the last day (last contract period) of the year, but not yet received from the mining pool operator. No allowance was recorded as of December 31, 2025 or 2024.

Fair value of financial instruments

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities are accounted for in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”), which defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs when measuring fair value and classifies those inputs into three levels:

Level 1 – Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the instrument’s anticipated life.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

To the extent the valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair values requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by management in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized as Level 3. A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The carrying values reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets for cash (excluding cash equivalents which are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis), accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities are reasonable estimates of their fair values due to the short-term nature of these items.

Refer to Note 20. Fair Value Measurements, for further information about the Level 3 asset and liability activity and Level 3 inputs.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin are included in current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Bitcoin received through the Company’s wholly-owned mining activities are accounted for in connection with the Company’s revenue recognition policy. Bitcoin awarded to the Company as distributions-in-kind from equity investees are accounted for in accordance with ASC 845, Nonmonetary Transactions, and recorded at fair value upon receipt.

Bitcoin held by the Company are accounted for as intangible assets under ASC 350-60, Crypto Assets(“ASC 350-60”). Intangible assets under the scope of this subtopic are measured at fair value on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company determines the fair value of its bitcoin on a nonrecurring basis in accordance with ASC 820 based on quoted prices on the active trading platform that the Company has determined is its principal market for bitcoin (Level 1 inputs).

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-08 Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets (“ASU 2023-08”), bitcoin was accounted for as an intangible asset subject to impairment. Upon adoption of ASC 350-60 on January 1, 2023, the Company recorded an opening adjustment to retained earnings of $0.2 million.

Bitcoin awarded to the Company through its mining activities are included as an adjustment to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows. Proceeds from sales of bitcoin are included within cash flows from operating activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows to the extent bitcoin are sold within seven days of being awarded, and investing cash flows if sold after that period. Any realized gains or losses from such sales are included in costs and operating expenses (income) on the consolidated statements of operations. The receipt of bitcoin as distributions-in-kind from equity investees are included as a noncash activity on the consolidated statements of cash flows. Bitcoin are sold on a first-in-first-out (“FIFO”) basis.

Receivable for bitcoin collateral

Receivable for bitcoin is included in current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. This balance represents bitcoin pledged to counterparties as collateral which can be rehypothecated, and therefore is derecognized from the Company’s bitcoin balance. The receivable is recorded at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in Other income (expense) on the consolidated statements of operations. No allowance was recorded as of December 31, 2025 or 2024.

Miners held for sale

Miners held for sale represents the Company’s miners at the Black Pearl Facility which the Company determined meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2025. Once assets are classified as held for sale, the Company ceases recording depreciation on those assets. Assets held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying value or estimated fair value less cost to sell. Upon disposal, the Company recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the net proceeds received, reduced by any direct selling costs incurred, compared to the carrying value of the assets at the disposal date.

Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment consists primarily of miners and mining equipment, leasehold improvements and construction-in-progress at the Company’s data centers which are held and used, and is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements include capitalized asset retirement costs (see the related Asset Retirement Obligations policy below) and the substation right-of-use asset (further discussed in Note 13. Leases), both of which are amortized over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the related assets, or the related lease. All other leasehold improvements are depreciated over the lesser of the estimated useful life of the asset or the remaining life of the related lease. Costs of maintenance, repairs and minor replacements are expensed when incurred. Construction-in-progress is comprised of assets which have not been placed into service and is not depreciated until the related assets or improvements are ready to be placed into service.

The estimated useful lives for all property and equipment are as follows:

Intangible assets, net

Intangible assets, net primarily includes strategic contracts acquired as part of asset acquisitions and relate to certain regulatory approvals related to energizing data centers. Intangible assets also includes capitalized software, which consists of consulting costs related to development of internal-use software. Intangible assets are presented net of the associated accumulated amortization.

The Company accounts for the costs of software developed for internal use by capitalizing costs incurred during the application development stage to Intangible assets, net on its consolidated balance sheets. Costs related to preliminary project activities and post-implementation activities are expensed as incurred. The Company plans to amortize the capitalized costs of internal-use software on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset, which is expected to bethree years. The Company will recognize the amortization of software in depreciation expense on the consolidated statements of operations once the software is technologically feasible.

The estimated useful lives for all intangible assets are as follows:

Impairment of long-lived assets

Management reviews long-lived assets, including leases and investments, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset, asset group or investment may not be recoverable.

Recoverability of assets to be held and used are measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. Because the impairment test for long-lived assets held in use is based on estimated undiscounted cash flows, there may be instances where an asset or asset group is not considered impaired, even when its fair value may be less than its carrying value, because the asset or asset group is recoverable based on the cash flows to be generated over the estimated life of the asset or asset group.

If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized will be measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.

Investment in equity investees

The Company accounts for investments using the equity method of accounting if the investments provide the Company the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over its investees. Significant influence is generally deemed to exist if the Company has an ownership interest in the voting stock of an investee of between 20 percent and 50 percent, although other factors are considered in determining whether the equity method of accounting is appropriate. Under this method, an investment in the common stock of an investee (including a joint venture) shall be initially measured and recorded at cost; however, an investor shall initially measure at fair value an investment in the common stock of an investee (including a joint venture) recognized upon the derecognition of a distinct nonfinancial asset at the time that control over the distinct nonfinancial asset is transferred to the equity investee, such as that which occurs upon the transfer of miners and mining equipment to a joint venture from the Company.

The Company’s investments are subsequently adjusted to recognize its share of net income or losses as they occur. The Company also adjusts its investment upon receipt of bitcoin from an equity investee, which is accounted for as a distribution-in-kind that is measured as of time of receipt. The Company’s share of investees’ earnings or losses is recorded, net of taxes, within equity in losses of equity investees on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, the Company’s interest in the net assets of its equity method investees is reflected on its consolidated balance sheets. If, upon the Company’s contribution of nonfinancial assets to a joint venture, there is any difference between the cost of the investment and the amount of the underlying equity in the net assets of the investee, the difference is required to be accounted for as if the investee were a consolidated subsidiary. If the difference is assigned to depreciable or amortizable assets or liabilities, then the difference should be amortized or accreted in connection with the equity earnings based on the Company’s proportionate share of the investee’s net income or loss. If the Company is unable to relate the difference to specific accounts of the investee, the difference should be considered goodwill.

The Company considers whether the fair value of its equity method investments have declined below their carrying values whenever adverse events or changes in circumstances indicate that recorded values may not be recoverable. If the Company considered any such decline to be other than temporary (based on various factors, including historical financial results, success of the mining operations and the overall health of the investee’s industry), then the Company would record a write-down to the estimated fair value.

Asset retirement obligations

Asset retirement obligations relate to the legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the construction, development and/or normal operation of a long-lived asset. The Company currently hastwo asset retirement obligations (“ARO”) recorded related to the construction of the data center and installation of the related electrical infrastructure at the Odessa Facility and the Black Pearl Facility. ASC 410, Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations (“ASC 410”) requires an entity to record the fair value of a liability for an ARO in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. Due to the long lead time involved until decommissioning activities occur, the Company uses a present value technique to estimate the liability. A liability for the fair value of the ARO based on the expected present value of estimated future decommissioning costs with a corresponding increase to the carrying value of the related long-lived asset (leasehold improvements) was recorded upon commencement of activities at the Odessa and Black Pearl Facilities, respectively. The estimated capitalized asset retirement costs are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated remaining useful life of the related long-lived asset, with such depreciation included in depreciation expense in the consolidated statements of operations. The ARO is accreted based on the original discount rate and is recognized as an increase in the carrying amount of the liability and a charge to accretion expense, which is included in depreciation expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Annually, or more frequently if an event occurs that would dictate a change in assumptions or estimates underlying the obligation, the Company reassesses its ARO to determine whether any revisions to the obligation are necessary. Revisions to the estimated ARO for items such as (i) new liabilities incurred, (ii) liabilities settled during the period and (iii) revisions to estimated future cash flow requirements (if any), will result in adjustments to the related capitalized asset and corresponding liability.

In order to determine the fair value of the ARO, the Company’s management made certain estimates and assumptions including, among other things, projected cash flows, the borrowing interest rate and an assessment of market conditions that could significantly impact the estimated fair value. These estimates and assumptions are subjective. See additional information regarding the ARO in Note 15. Asset Retirement Obligations.

Leases

The Company accounts for leases in accordance with ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”). Accordingly, the Company determines whether an arrangement contains a lease at the inception of the arrangement. If a lease is determined to exist, the term of such lease is assessed based on the date on which the underlying asset is made available for the Company’s use by the lessor. The Company’s assessment of the lease term reflects the non-cancelable term of the lease, inclusive of any rent-free periods and/or periods covered by early-termination options which the Company is reasonably certain of not exercising, as well as periods covered by renewal options which the Company is reasonably certain of exercising. The Company also determines lease classification as either operating or finance at lease commencement, which governs the pattern of expense recognition and the presentation reflected in the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term.

For leases with a term exceeding 12 months, a lease liability is recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at lease commencement reflecting the present value of its fixed minimum payment obligations over the lease term. A corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset equal to the initial lease liability is also recorded, adjusted for any accrued or prepaid rents and/or unamortized initial direct costs incurred in connection with execution of the lease and reduced by any lease incentives received. For purposes of measuring the present value of its fixed payment obligations for a given lease, the Company generally uses its incremental borrowing rate, determined based on information available at lease commencement, if rates implicit in its leasing arrangements are not readily determinable. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate reflects the rate it would pay to borrow on a secured basis and incorporates the term and economic environment of the associated lease. ROU assets will be reviewed for impairment, consistent with other long-lived assets, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term as an operating expense while the expense for finance leases is recognized as depreciation expense and interest expense using the interest method of recognition. For leases with a term of 12 months or less, any fixed payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and are not recognized on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as an accounting policy election. Leases qualifying for the short-term lease exception are insignificant. Variable lease costs are expensed as incurred and are not included in the measurement of ROU assets and lease liabilities.

ASC 842 provides practical expedients for an entity’s ongoing accounting. The Company elected the practical expedient not to separate lease and non-lease components for all leases, which means all consideration that is fixed, or in-substance fixed, relating to the non-lease components will be captured as part of the Company’s lease components for balance sheet purposes. Refer to Note 13. Leases for additional information.

Short-term borrowings includes debt with maturity dates less than one year. The Company has elected the fair value option for debt denominated in bitcoin. The change in fair value for bitcoin-denominated debt is recorded in Other income (expense). Refer to Note 16. Debt for details.

Long-term borrowings, net

Long-term borrowings, net represents the Company’s convertible senior notes and senior secured notes. The Company records the aggregate principal amount of each of its long-term debt instruments as a liability on the balance sheet, offset by the instrument’s issuance costs. The issuance costs are amortized to interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the expected term of each instrument. For the Company’s convertible notes due in 2031, the Company determined the embedded conversion feature did not meet the criteria for equity classification and therefore needs to be accounted for as a derivative liability measured at fair value. Refer to Note 16. Debtfor more details.

Redeemable noncontrolling interest

Redeemable noncontrolling interest represent a 47% noncontrolling ownership in Colchis, variable interest entity (“VIE”), and a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. The entity is deemed a VIE as it does not have sufficient equity-at-risk to finance its activities. As the managing member, the Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Colchis’s economic performance. Accordingly, the Company was determined to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE and therefore consolidates the entity in its consolidated financial statements. Redeemable noncontrolling interests are presented outside of permanent equity on the consolidated balance sheets as they are redeemable by the holders of the noncontrolling interest and the redemption is outside the control of the Company. The redeemable noncontrolling interests were initially recorded at their issuance date fair value of$30.3 million. The Company subsequently measures the carrying amount of the redeemable noncontrolling interests at the greater of (i) the initial carrying amount, increased or decreased for the noncontrolling interest’s share of net income or loss and its share of other comprehensive income or loss, and dividends or (ii) the redemption value. For interests that are redeemable in the future, we recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur.

Common stock warrants

As part of the business combination with Good Works Acquisition Corp. (“GWAC”), the Company assumed common stock warrants that were originally issued in GWAC’s initial public offering (the “Public Warrants”), as well as warrants that were issued in a private placement that closed concurrently with GWAC’s initial public offering (the “Private Placement Warrants”). No Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were outstanding as of December 31, 2025. See Note 18. Warrants for additional information on the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants.

On September 24, 2025, as consideration for Google agreeing to backstop certain obligations of Fluidstack in connection with the Barber Lake Facility lease, the Company entered into a warrant agreement with Google (the “Google Warrant Agreement”). The Google Warrants have an exercise period beginning on the commencement date of the Barber Lake Facility lease and expiring on September 24, 2030. The Google Warrants are recorded at fair value in Warrant liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and changes in the fair value are recorded in Change in fair value of warrant liability on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

Treasury stock

Treasury share purchases obtained through share withholdings for taxes are recorded at par value.

Revenue recognition

The Company recognizes revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The core principle of the revenue standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle:

•Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer

•Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract

•Step 3: Determine the transaction price

•Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

•Step 5: Recognize revenue when the company satisfies a performance obligation

In order to identify the performance obligations in a contract with a customer, a company must assess the promised goods or services in the contract and identify each promised good or service that is distinct. A performance obligation meets ASC 606’s definition of a “distinct” good or service (or bundle of goods or services) if both of the following criteria are met: The customer can benefit from the good or service either on its own or together with other resources that are readily available to the customer (i.e., the good or service is capable of being distinct), and the entity’s promise to transfer the good or service to the customer is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract (i.e., the promise to transfer the good or service is distinct within the context of the contract).

If a good or service is not distinct, the good or service is combined with other promised goods or services until a bundle of goods or services is identified that is distinct. The transaction price is the amount of consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer. The consideration promised in a contract with a customer may include fixed amounts, variable amounts, or both. When determining the transaction price, an entity must consider the effects of all of the following:

•Variable consideration

•Constraining estimates of variable consideration

•The existence of a significant financing component in the contract

•Noncash consideration

•Consideration payable to a customer

Variable consideration is included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved. The transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis. The standalone selling price is the price at which the Company would sell a promised service separately to a customer. The relative selling price for each performance obligation is estimated using observable objective evidence if it is available. If observable objective evidence is not available, the Company uses its best estimate of the selling price for the promised service. In instances where the Company does not sell a service separately, establishing standalone selling price requires significant judgment. The Company estimates the standalone selling price by considering available information, prioritizing observable inputs such as historical sales, internally approved pricing guidelines and objectives, and the underlying cost of delivering the performance obligation. The transaction price allocated to each performance obligation is recognized when that performance obligation is satisfied, at a point in time or over time as appropriate.

Management judgment is required when determining the following: when variable consideration is no longer probable of significant reversal (and hence can be included in revenue); whether certain revenue should be presented gross or net of certain related costs; when a promised service transfers to the customer; and the applicable method of measuring progress for services transferred to the customer over time.

The Company enters into bitcoin mining pools by executing a contract, as amended from time to time, with a mining pool operator to provide computing power to the mining pool. Providing computing power to a mining pool operator for the purpose of cryptocurrency transaction verification is an output of the Company’s ordinary activities. The contract is terminable at any time by either party with no substantive termination penalty. The Company’s enforceable right to compensation begins when, and lasts for as long as, the Company provides computing power to the mining pool operator; the Company’s performance obligation extends over the contract term given the Company’s continuous provision of hashrate. This period of time corresponds with the period of service for which the mining pool operator determines compensation due the Company. Given cancellation terms of the contract, and the Company’s customary business practice, the contract effectively provides the Company with the option to renew for successive contract terms of 24 hours. The options to renew are not material rights because they are offered at the standalone selling price of computing power. The

Company elected the optional exemption to not disclose the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations that are part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.

The provision of computing power in accordance with the mining pool operator’s terms of service is the only performance obligation in the Company’s contract with the mining pool operator, its customer. In exchange for providing computing power pursuant to the pool’s terms of service, the Company is entitled to noncash consideration in the form of bitcoin, measured under the Full Pay Per Share (“FPPS”) approach for all current pools the Company participates in. Under the FPPS approach, the Company is entitled to a fractional share of the fixed bitcoin award from the mining pool operator (referred to as a “block reward”) and potentially transaction fees generated from (paid by) blockchain users and distributed (paid out) to individual miners by the mining pool operator. The Company’s fractional share of the block reward is based on the proportion of computing power the Company contributed to the mining pool operator to the total computing power contributed by all mining pool participants in solving the current algorithm, over the contract term. The Company is entitled to its relative share of consideration even if a block is not successfully placed. In other words, the Company receives consideration once after the end of each 24-hour contract period, regardless of whether the pool successfully places a block. The Company proportionate share of transaction fees is based on the Company’scontributed share of hashrate as a percentage of total network hashrate during the contract term.

The mining pool operator calculates block rewards under the FPPS approach described above and may charge a pool fee for maintenance of the pool that reduces the amount of block rewards to which the Company is entitled. After every 24-hour contract term, the Company receives a payout and the pool transfers the bitcoin consideration to the Company’s designated bitcoin wallet.

Noncash consideration is measured at fair value at contract inception, 0:00:00 UTC. Fair value of the bitcoin consideration is determined using the quoted price on the Company’s principal market for bitcoin at the beginning of the contract period at the single bitcoin level (one bitcoin). This amount is recognized in revenue over the contract term as hashrate is provided. Changes in the fair value of the noncash consideration due to form of the consideration (changes in the market price of bitcoin) are not included in the transaction price and hence are not included in revenue. Changes in fair value of the noncash consideration post-contract inception that are due to reasons other than form of consideration (other than changes in the market value of bitcoin) are measured based on the guidance on variable consideration, including the constraint on estimates of variable consideration.

Because the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled for providing computing power is entirely variable, as well as being noncash consideration, the Company assesses the estimated amount of the variable noncash consideration at contract inception and subsequently, to determine when and to what extent it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur once the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved (the “constraint”). Only when significant revenue reversal is concluded probable of not occurring can estimated variable consideration be included in revenue. Based on evaluation of likelihood and magnitude of a reversal in applying the constraint, the estimated variable noncash consideration is constrained from inclusion in revenue until the end of the contract term, when the underlying uncertainties have been resolved and number of bitcoin to which the Company is entitled becomes known.

There is no significant financing component in these transactions.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company earned revenue of $157.0 million from pool operator Foundry USA Pool (“Foundry”), representing 70% of total consolidated revenue.

Cost of revenue consists primarily of direct production costs of bitcoin mining operations, which consists mainly of electricity expenses, but excludes depreciation which is separately stated.

Share-based compensation

The Company accounts for all share-based payments to employees, consultants and directors, which may include grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to be recognized in the consolidated financial statements, based on their respective grant date fair values. As of December 31, 2025, the Company has awarded only RSUs with service-based vesting conditions (“Service-Based RSUs”) and performance-based RSUs with market-based vesting conditions (“Performance-Based RSUs”). Compensation expense for all awards is amortized based upon a graded vesting method over the estimated requisite service period. All share-based compensation expenses are recorded in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Forfeitures are recorded as they occur. See also Note 19. Share-Based Compensation below.

The fair value of Service-Based RSUs is the closing market price of Common Stock on the date of the grant. The Company employs a Monte Carlo simulation technique to calculate the fair value of the Performance-Based RSUs on the date granted based on the average of the future simulated outcomes. The Performance-Based RSUs contain different market-based vesting conditions that are based upon the achievement of certain market capitalization milestones. Under the Monte Carlo simulation model, a number of variables and assumptions are used including, but not limited to, the underlying price of Common Stock, the expected stock price volatility over the term of the award, a correlation coefficient, and the risk-free rate. The Performance-Based RSUs awarded do not have an explicit requisite service period, therefore compensation expense is recorded over a derived service period based upon the estimated median time it will take to achieve the market capitalization milestone using a Monte Carlo simulation.

Income taxes

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of FASB ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company didnot have any significant uncertain tax positions. The Company will recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. The Company didnot have any accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions recorded as of December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024, and no amounts have been recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The Company files income tax returns in the United States federal tax jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. The Company did not have any foreign operations during any periods presented in these consolidated financial statements. All of the Company’s tax years since inception are open for examination by the federal and state tax authorities and will remain open to the extent that the Company’s tax attributes are utilized in future years to offset income or income taxes. The Company is not aware of any tax examinations currently taking place.

Segment information

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company views its operations and manages its business inone segment, Bitcoin Mining. Refer to Note 21. Segment Reporting for more details.

Earnings per share

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) allocated to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per common share adjusts net income (loss) and net income (loss) per common share for the effect of all potentially dilutive shares of Common Stock. Potentially dilutive common shares consist of the Company’s outstanding warrants to purchase Common Stock, potential shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the convertible notes are computed using the if-converted method, as well as unvested restricted stock units (“RSUs”).

The dilutive effect of RSUs is calculated using the treasury stock method. For warrants that are liability-classified, during periods when the impact is dilutive, the Company assumes share settlement of the instruments as of the beginning of the reporting period and adjusts the numerator to remove the change in fair value of the warrant liability and adjusts the denominator to include the dilutive shares calculated using the treasury stock method.

The Company’s potentially dilutive common shares have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per common share when the effect would be to reduce the net loss per common share, or increase the net income per common share.

The following is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the diluted loss per share computations for the periods indicated below:

The following table presents the common shares that are excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per common share at December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, because including them would have been antidilutive.

Recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements

The Company continually assesses any new accounting pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company’s financial reporting, the Company undertakes to determine the consequences of the change to its consolidated financial statements and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s consolidated financial statements properly reflect the change.

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures(“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 seeks to improve transparency if income tax disclosures by requiring consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures. The updated guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2025. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 effective January 1, 2025, reflecting the additional required disclosures on a prospective basis within Note 22. Income Taxes.

In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards. This ASU seeks to provide clarity if profits interest awards are in scope for Topic 718 or Topic 720. This ASU is effective for the Company January 1, 2025. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2025 and it did not have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). ASU 2024-03 seeks to improve disclosures around expenses and provide more detail to investors about certain times of expenses in commonly presented captions. The updated guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this amended guidance may have on the notes to its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments. ASU 2024-04 seeks to improve the relevance and consistency in application of Subtopic 470-20 around when the terms of convertible debt instruments are changed to incentivize conversion. The updated guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2026. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2024-04 and does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures.

NOTE 3. BITCOIN

The following table presents information about the Company’s bitcoin (in thousands):

The Company held approximately 1,433 and 994 bitcoin at December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively. The associated fair values and cost bases of bitcoin held were $125.4 million, and $154.1 million, respectively, at December 31, 2025, and $92.7 million, and $79.8 million, respectively at December 31, 2024. Fair value of bitcoin is estimated using the closing price at 23:59:59 UTC in the Company’s principal market, which is a Level 1 input (i.e., an observable input such as a quoted price in an active market for an identical asset). The Company accounts for bitcoin on a first-in-first-out (“FIFO”) basis.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company hadno bitcoin pledged as collateral related to the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had 345 bitcoin with a fair value of $32.2 million pledged as collateral related to the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility. Restrictions on this bitcoin pledged as collateral lapse upon repayment of the outstanding balance drawn on this facility. The collateral pledged related to the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility can be rehypothecated and therefore is derecognized from the Company’s ending bitcoin balance, and recorded in Receivable for bitcoin collateral on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Any difference in cost basis of the bitcoin transferred is recorded in Realized gains on sale of bitcoin on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Additionally, the Company may pledge bitcoin as collateral related to bitcoin trading strategies. As of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024 the Company hadno bitcoin pledged as part of trading strategies.

NOTE 4. DERIVATIVE ASSETS

On June 23, 2021, the Company entered into a power purchase agreement with Luminant, which was subsequently amended and restated on July 9, 2021, and further amended on February 28, 2022, August 26, 2022, and August 23, 2023 (as amended, the “Luminant Power Agreement”), for the supply of a fixed amount of electric power to the Odessa Facility at a fixed price for a term offive years, subject to certain early termination exemptions. The Luminant Power Agreement provides for subsequent automatic annual renewal unless either party provides written notice to the other party of its intent to terminate the agreement at leastsix months prior to the expiration of the then current term.

The Company’s management determined that the Luminant Power Agreement meets the definition of a derivative under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). Accordingly, the Luminant Power Agreement is recorded at its estimated fair value each reporting period with the change in the fair value recorded in change in fair value of derivative asset in the consolidated statements of operations. See additional information regarding valuation of the Luminant Power Agreement derivative in Note 20. Fair Value Measurements.

The Company may opportunistically sell electricity in the ERCOT market in exchange for cash payments, rather than utilizing the power to mine for bitcoin at the Odessa Facility to manage the Company’s operating costs. From Power sales, the Company earned approximately $7.9 million, $5.4 million, and $9.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, and recorded this amount within Costs and operating (expenses) income on the consolidated statements of operations, with the corresponding cost of the power sold recorded in Cost of revenue.

NOTE 5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately $276.5 million of construction-in-progress related to construction at various sites. For the year ended December 31, 2025, $144.8 million of Construction-in-progress related to the build out of the Black Pearl Facility was placed into service.

Depreciation expense was approximately $199.0 million, $102.4 million, and $59.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, and included approximately $2.7 million, $1.9 million, and $1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, of accretion expense related to the Company’s asset retirement obligations.

The Company completed a quantitative assessment during the fourth quarter in connection with a substantial decline in the price of bitcoin with increased network hashrate, and concluded an impairment existed on the miners and leasehold improvements at the Odessa Facility as of the assessment date. The Company recorded an impairment of $45.3 million on these long-lived assets at the Odessa Facility in Other operating losses in the year ended December 31, 2025.

Separately, the Company also identified miners which were deemed beyond repair. The Company recorded a loss on disposal on these miners equal to their aggregate net book value of $29.4 million under Other operating losses in the year ended December 31, 2025 as a result.

NOTE 6. DEPOSITS ON EQUIPMENT

As of December 31, 2025, the Company has a nonrefundable deposit with American Electric Power Company, Inc. (“AEP”) for $5.3 million related to construction costs to energize a wholly-owned site in LaSalle, Texas (the “Reveille Facility”), paid as a Contributions in Aid of Construction (“CIAC”) payment.

As of December 31, 2024, Deposits on equipment primarily represented deposits on mining rigs.

NOTE 7. MINERS HELD FOR SALE

As of December 31, 2025, the Company has presented separately from Property and equipment, net $94.9 million of mining rigs that the Company has determined meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale, and has presented these in Miners held for sale on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

The Company has been engaging in various negotiations to sell the mining rigs at the Black Pearl Facility following the signing of a sublease on the site to transition the site to host an HPC tenant. The mining rigs are expected to be sold within one year of December 31, 2025. Upon classifying the miners as held for sale, the Company ceased depreciation and recognized a loss of $96.1 million on the fair value of the miners. The loss is recorded in Other operating (losses) gains on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Black Pearl Facility generated revenue of approximately $57.9 million from these miners.

No assets were classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024.

NOTE 8. INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES

The Company accounted for its 49% equity ownership in each of Alborz LLC, Bear LLC, and Chief Mountain LLC (the “WindHQ JV sites”) using the equity method of accounting. The book value of these investments is included in Investment in equity investees on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, with the Company’s portion of income included in Equity in losses of equity investees on the Company’s consolidated statements of operation.

Activity in the Company’s investments in equity investees during the year ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, consisted of the following (in thousands):

On February 19, 2026, the Company sold its 49% interests in the WindHQ JV sites to Canaan U.S. Inc (“Canaan”) in exchange for $29.4 million of Canaan stock. The Company recorded an additional expense in Equity in losses of equity investees in the year ended December 31, 2025 to adjust the carrying value of its investments to the negotiated purchase price.

In October 2025, the Company purchased 53% of the equity in Colchis LLC (“Colchis”), a joint venture of a potential 1 GW site in Texas, the “Colchis Site.” The Company is the managing member and consolidates Colchis, and records redeemable noncontrolling interest for the minority interest in the site. The Company deems the noncontrolling interest to be redeemable due to certain clauses in the agreement, which could trigger the redemption of the noncontrolling shares upon events outside of the Company's control.

There were no changes in ownership of Colchis LLC for the year ended December 31, 2025 after the Company’s original investment.

NOTE 9. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company’s intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

The Company recorded amortization expense related to intangible assets of $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, and $0.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company acquired strategic contracts for $56.6 million and $12.6 million related to the development of the Colchis and Ulysses sites, respectively, andwrote off $1.2 million of capitalized software related to software projects the Company is no longer pursuing. The Company expects to record amortization expense as follows over the next five subsequent years:

NOTE 10. SECURITY DEPOSITS

The Company’s security deposits consisted of the following (in thousands):

As part of various transactions to acquire wholly-owned sites, the Company has deposits with Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (“Oncor”) to construct infrastructure to provide the ability to energize each data center. These deposits are eligible to be returned to the Company if the data centers energize an agreed upon capacity within an agreed upon timeframe. As of December 31, 2025 the Company believes these deposits will be returned.

NOTE 11. SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Prepaid expenses and other current assets were $8.0 million and $3.4 million as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, primarily consisting of prepaid insurance as of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024.

The Company’s accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

NOTE 12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related party receivables

The Company recorded related party receivables of approximately $0.3 million and $2.1 million, as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, representing amounts owed to the Company from its equity method investees.

Board Observer Agreement

On April 8, 2022, the Company entered into an observer agreement (the “Board Observer Agreement”) with Bitfury Holding and Bitfury Top HoldCo (together with Bitfury Holding, the “Investors”), which provides that the Investors have the right to designate a representative to serve as an observer of the Board and any committees thereof (subject to exceptions and limitations specified in the Board Observer Agreement). The Board Observer Agreement was negotiated and approved by an independent committee of the Board. On July 22, 2025, the Company terminated the Board Observer Agreement with the Investors.

NOTE 13. LEASES

Barber Lake Facility Lease

On September 24, 2025, the Company’s subsidiary Cipher Barber Lake LLC (“Cipher Barber Lake”) entered into a lease with Fluidstack USA II Inc. (“Fluidstack”) which provides for the development of a data center facility on, and lease of the Barber Lake Facility (the “Barber Lake Facility Lease”) for HPC. The Company expects to deliver the facility to Fluidstack by September 2026. Fluidstack’s obligations to pay rent under the lease begin on the commencement dates of the lease and will continue for a 10-year term, as well as for thetwo five-year extension options, as applicable. As part of the Barber Lake Facility Lease, the Company is required to provide certain services for the data center including supplying power, environmental controls, physical security and connectivity products to Fluidstack, and failure to provide these services may result in additional costs under the lease.

Odessa Facility Lease

The Company entered into a series of agreements with affiliates of Luminant, including the Lease Agreement dated June 29, 2021, with amendment and restatement on July 9, 2021 and August 23, 2023 (as amended and restated, the “Luminant Lease Agreement”). The Luminant Lease Agreement leases a plot of land to the Company for the data center, ancillary infrastructure and electrical system (the “Interconnection Electrical Facilities” or “substation”) of the Odessa Facility. The Company entered into the Luminant Lease Agreement and the Luminant Purchase and Sale Agreement to build the infrastructure necessary to support its Odessa Facility operations. The Company determined that the Luminant Lease Agreement and the Luminant Purchase and Sale Agreement should be combined for accounting purposes under ASC 842 (collectively, the “Combined Luminant Lease Agreement”) and that amounts exchanged under the combined contract should be allocated to the various components of the overall transaction based on relative fair values. The Combined Luminant Lease Agreement is classified as a finance lease.

The Combined Luminant Lease Agreement commenced on November 22, 2022 and has an initial term offive years, with renewal provisions that are aligned with the Luminant Power Agreement. Financing for use of the land and substation is provided by Luminant affiliates.

At the end of the lease term for the Interconnection Electrical Facilities, the substation will be sold back to Luminant’s affiliate, Vistra Operations Company, LLC at a price to be determined based upon bids obtained in the secondary market.

Black Pearl Facility Lease

The Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cipher Black Pearl LLC (“Black Pearl”), assumed a lease for an approximately 75 acre plot of land in Winkler County, Texas in December 2023, for the purpose of constructing a data center, and ancillary infrastructure to construct the Black Pearl Facility. The initial term of the lease isten years, and includes four consecutive renewal options forten years each.

Reveille Facility Lease

The Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cipher Reveille LLC (“Reveille”), assumed a lease for up to 52 acres of land in LaSalle, Texas, in October 2024 for the purpose of constructing a data center, and ancillary infrastructure to construct the Reveille Facility. The initial term of the lease isten years, and includestwo consecutive renewal options forten years each.

Office and warehouse leases

The Company leases office space for its headquarters in New York, New York, and office space in Charleston, South Carolina, and Denver, Colorado.

In April 2025, the Company entered into a commercial lease for a warehouse in Odessa, Texas.

All of the Company's office leases are classified as operating leases.

Additional lease information

Components of the Company’s lease expenses are as follows (in thousands):

The Company didnot incur any variable lease costs during any of the periods presented.

Other information related to the Company’s leases is shown below (dollar amounts in thousands):

(1)As of December 31, 2025, the Company recorded accumulated amortization of $7.4 million for the finance lease ROU asset. Finance lease ROU assets are recorded within property and equipment, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

As of December 31, 2025, future minimum lease payments during the next five years are as follows (in thousands):

NOTE 14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications with its employees, licensors, suppliers and service providers. The Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements, if any, is unknown as of December 31, 2025. In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts with suppliers, primarily related to construction, and has commitments of approximately $713.5 million as of December 31, 2025. The majority of commitments relate to construction at the Barber Lake Facility, which is expected to be completed in 2026. Construction costs associated with the project are fully funded with Restricted cash, current.

Contingencies

The Company, and its subsidiaries, are subject at times to various claims, lawsuits and governmental proceedings relating to the Company’s business and transactions arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company cannot predict the final outcome of such proceedings. Where appropriate, the Company vigorously defends such claims, lawsuits and proceedings. Some of these claims, lawsuits and proceedings seek damages, including consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, in amounts that could, if awarded, be significant. Certain of the claims, lawsuits and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business are covered by the Company’s insurance program. The Company maintains property and various types of liability insurance in an effort to protect the Company from such claims. In terms of any matters where there is no insurance coverage available to the Company, or where coverage is available and the Company maintains a retention or deductible associated with such insurance, the Company may establish an accrual for such loss, retention or deductible based on current available information. In accordance with accounting guidance, if it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred as of the date of the financial statements, and the amount of loss is reasonably estimable, then an accrual for the cost to resolve or settle these claims is recorded by the Company in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. If it is reasonably possible that an asset may be impaired as of the date of the financial statements, then the Company discloses the range of possible loss. Expenses related to the defense of such claims are recorded by the Company as incurred and included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Management, with the assistance of outside counsel, may from time to time adjust such accruals according to new developments in the matter, court rulings, or changes in the strategy affecting the Company’s defense of such matters. On the basis of current information, the Company does not believe there is a reasonable possibility that a material loss, if any, will result from any claims, lawsuits and proceedings, to which the Company is subject to either individually, or in the aggregate.

Litigation

The Company is not a party to any material legal proceedings and is not aware of any pending or threatened claims. From time to time, the Company may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities.

NOTE 15. ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

The following is a summary of the changes in the Company’s AROs (in thousands):

In June 2025, as part of placing the assets related to the Black Pearl Facility into service, the Company recorded an asset retirement obligation for the Black Pearl Facility to restore the land to its original condition at the end of the lease for $10.7 million, to be depreciated straight-line over the estimated remaining useful lives of the assets related to the facility.

NOTE 16. DEBT

Coinbase Master Loan Agreement

The Company has the Coinbase Master Loan Agreement, under which the Company established the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility of $25.0 million, subject to credit review. The Company will not incur commitment fees for unused portions of the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility. The borrowing rate on amounts drawn against the Credit Facility is determined based on the Federal Funds Target Rate - Upper Bound, plus 2.5%, calculated daily based on a 365-day year and payable monthly for the duration of the loan, and market demand. Borrowings under the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility are available on demand, open term, and collateralized by bitcoin transferred to the Lending Service Provider’s platform. Since the Lender has the right to rehypothecate the bitcoin held as collateral, the Company derecognizes the bitcoin transferred. The Company has the right to receive the bitcoin back from the Lender upon repayment of the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility, and as such recognized a receivable for bitcoin collateral measured at fair value of the bitcoin to be received upon repayment.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company hadnothing outstanding on the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility. The Company had $25.0 million balance outstanding on the Coinbase Overnight Credit Facility at a weighted average interest rate of 9.5% as of December 31, 2024.

Two Prime Lending Facility

The Company also has a $100.0 million secured credit facility with Two Prime Lending Limited (“Two Prime Credit Facility”). Borrowings on this facility will be backed by the Company’s bitcoin held in a triparty account. The Company has not drawn on the Two Prime Credit Facility, and as such hasnothing outstanding on this facility as of December 31, 2025.

Luxor Purchase and Sale Agreement

The Company has the ability to enter into agreements with Luxor Technology Corporation (“Luxor”) to borrow bitcoin to be repaid at a fixed amount of bitcoin per day over fixed periods. The Company records the outstanding balance at fair value in Short-term borrowings based on the current bitcoin price, with changes in fair value recorded in Other income (loss).

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had no ongoing transactions with Luxor under the Luxor Purchase and Sales Agreement. As of December 31, 2024 the Company owed approximately 80.3 bitcoin valued at $7.3 million related to this agreement.

Current Portion of Long-term debt

As of December 31, 2025 the Company also included $37.8 million of principal payments of the 2030 Senior Secured Notes in short-term borrowings on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as these payments are due within one year.

Long-term borrowings

The following summarizes the Company’s long-term borrowings, net of debt issuance cost as of the period presented:

There wereno Long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2024.

2030 Convertible Notes

On May 22, 2025, the Company issued $172.5 million of principal amount of the 2030 Convertible Notes with an interest rate of 1.75%. The 2030 Convertible Notes are senior, unsecured obligations with interest due semiannually on May 15 and November 15 each year beginning on November 15, 2025. The 2030 Convertible Notes will mature on May 15, 2030, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

Before February 15, 2030, noteholders will have the right to convert their 2030 Convertible Notes only upon the occurrence of certain events. From and after February 15, 2030, noteholders may convert their 2030 Convertible Notes at any time at their election until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. The Company will settle conversions by paying or delivering, as applicable, cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at the Company’s election. As the Company has the option to settle in shares, these shares are considered potentially dilutive for the calculation of diluted earnings per share. The initial conversion rate is 224.9213 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2030 Convertible Notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $4.45 per share of the Company’s common stock.

The 2030 Convertible Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to certain limitations), at the Company’s option at any time, and from time to time, on or after May 22, 2028 and on or before the 30 th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, but only if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price on (1) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice; and (2) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such redemption notice. However, the Company may not redeem less than all of the outstanding 2030 Convertible Notes unless at least $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2030 Convertible Notes are outstanding and not called for redemption as of the time the Company sends the related redemption notice.

2031 Convertible Notes

On September 30, 2025, the Company issued $1.3 billion of principal amount of the 2031 Convertible Notes with an interest rate of 0.00%. The 2031 Convertible Notes are senior, unsecured obligations and will be equal in right of payment with the Company’s existing and future senior, unsecured indebtedness, including the 2030 Convertible Notes. The 2031 Convertible Notes will mature on October 1, 2031, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

Before July 1, 2031, the 2031 Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon satisfaction of certain conditions and during a certain period. On or after July 1, 2031, the 2031 Convertible Notes will be convertible at any time until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date (the “2031 Note Conversion Option”). The Company will settle conversions by paying or delivering, as applicable, cash, shares of its common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at the Company’s election. The Company’s ability to elect to settle conversions in whole or in part in shares of common stock will, subject to a limited exception, be subject to receipt of stockholder approval for an increase in the number of its authorized shares of common stock or the Company otherwise increasing the number of shares of its common stock available to settle conversions of the 2031 Convertible Notes, which was obtained on October 30, 2025. The initial conversion rate is 62.3733 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 2031 Convertible Notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $16.03 per share of the Company’s common stock.

The 2031 Convertible Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to certain limitations described below), for cash at the Company’s option at any time, and from time to time, on or after October 5, 2028 and on or before the 30 th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, but only if (i) the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price on (1) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice and (2) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such redemption notice, and (ii) certain “liquidity conditions” (as defined in the Indenture) having been satisfied. However, the Company may not redeem less than all of the outstanding 2031 Convertible Notes unless at least $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2031 Convertible Notes are outstanding and not called for redemption as of the time the Company sends the related redemption notice.

In accounting for the issuance of the 2031 Convertible Notes, the 2031 Note Conversion Option of the 2031 Convertible Notes was deemed an embedded derivative that required bifurcation from the 2031 Convertible Notes and separate accounting as a derivative liability, resulting from the Company not having the necessary number of authorized but unissued shares of its common stock available to settle the 2031 Note Conversion Option. The proceeds from the 2031 Convertible Notes were first allocated to the embedded derivative and the remaining proceeds were allocated to the 2031 Convertible Notes. On October 30, 2025, the Company amended its charter to increase the number of authorized shares to allow for equity classification of the 2031 Note Conversion Option, and the fair value at that time of $864.8 million was reclassified into Additional Paid in Capital. This resulted in a $450.4 million loss recorded in Other expense for the year ended December 31, 2025.

In connection with the pricing of the offering of 2031 Convertible Notes, the Company entered into capped call transactions with certain of the initial purchasers or their affiliates and certain other financial institutions (the “Capped Call Transactions”). The Capped Call Transactions cover, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that initially underlie the 2031 Convertible Notes. The Capped Call Transactions are generally expected to reduce the potential dilution to the Company’s common stock upon any conversion of the 2031 Convertible Notes and/or offset any potential cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted 2031 Convertible Notes. The cap price of the Capped Call Transactions is initially $23.32 per share. The cost of the Capped Call Transactions was approximately $82.7 million. This resulted in a $45.1 million gain recorded in Other expense for the year ended December 31, 2025

The Capped Call Transactions were initially reported at fair value on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, and were reclassified into Additional Paid-In-Capital on October 30, 2025 and no longer required to be remeasured provided the requirements to qualify for the scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74(a) continue to be met.

2030 Senior Secured Notes

On November 13, 2025, Cipher Compute LLC (“Cipher Compute”), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, issued an aggregate principal of $1.4 billion of 7.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Senior Secured Notes”). The 2030 Senior Secured Notes are senior secured obligations of Cipher Compute and bear interest at a rate of 7.125% per year payable semiannually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on May 15, 2026. The 2030 Senior Secured Notes will mature on November 15, 2030, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased in accordance with their terms. On November 24, 2025, Cipher Compute issued an additional series of $333.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Senior Secured Notes.

The principal amount of the 2030 Senior Secured Notes will amortize on a semi-annual basis on May 15 and November 15 of each year in amounts based on schedules in the Indenture. No amortization will be payable prior to the completion of the Barber Lake Facility. Required amortization shall be subject to adjustment in case of partial redemption or repurchase.

On or after November 15, 2027, the Company may redeem the 2030 Senior Secured Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture. Prior to November 15, 2027, the Company may redeem the 2030 Senior Secured Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2030 Senior Secured Notes redeemed, plus a “make-whole” premium and accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, prior to November 15, 2027, the Company may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Senior Secured Notes in an amount not to exceed the amount of the proceeds of certain equity offerings, at the redemption price set forth in the indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

As of December 31, 2025, aggregate future required minimum principal payments based on the terms of the long-term borrowings were as follows:

NOTE 17. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

As of December 31, 2025,1,010,000,000 shares with a par value of $0.001 per share are authorized, of which 1,000,000,000 shares are designated as Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares are designated as preferred stock (“Preferred Stock”).

Common Stock

Holders of each share of Common Stock are entitled to dividends when, as and if declared by the Board. As of the issuance of these consolidated financial statements, the Company had not declared any dividends. The holder of each share of Common Stock is entitled toone vote. The voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and powers of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights, powers and preferences of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, for which there currently arenone outstanding.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company issued 10,084,960 shares of Common Stock to officers, employees and consultants in settlement of an equal number of fully vested RSUs awarded to these individuals,4,706,682 shares of Common Stock upon the vesting and settlement of performance-based stock awards, and 358,206 shares of Common Stock to directors, pursuant to grants made under the Cipher Mining Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the “Incentive Award Plan”). The Company immediately repurchased 6,901,249 of these shares of Common Stock from officers and employees, with a fair value of approximately $89.6 million, to cover taxes related to the settlement of vested RSUs and PSUs, as permitted by the Incentive Award Plan. The Company placed the repurchased shares in treasury stock.

At-the-Market Sales Agreement

On September 21, 2022, the Company filed with the SEC a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective on October 6, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”).

On August 3, 2023, the Company entered into a Controlled Equity Offering SM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Canaccord Genuity LLC, Needham & Company, LLC and Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC (each, an “Original Agent” and, together, the “Original Agents”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time through or to the Agents, shares of its Common Stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $250.0 million. The offering and sale of up to $250.0 million of the shares has been registered under the Registration Statement, the base prospectus contained within the Registration Statement, and a prospectus supplement that was filed with the SEC on August 4, 2023 (the “Prospectus Supplement”).

On March 6, 2024, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Sales Agreement (as amended, the “Amended Sales Agreement”) by and among the Original Agents, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”) and Virtu Americas LLC (“Virtu”). The Amendment modifies the Sales Agreement to include Stifel and Virtu as additional agents under the Amended Sales Agreement. On March 6, 2024, the Company also filed an amendment to the Prospectus Supplement (i) increasing the dollar amount of shares available to be sold pursuant to the Amended Sales Agreement, to $296,560,661, which consists of $96,560,661 remaining as originally authorized under the Prospectus Supplement and an additional $200,000,000, and (ii) including Stifel and Virtu as additional agents.

On September 3, 2024, the Company amended and restated the Amended Sales Agreement (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Sales Agreement”) with the Original Agents, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“KBW”), Virtu and BTIG, LLC (“BTIG”) (each, an “Agent” and, together, the “Agents”). The Amended and Restated Sales Agreement modified the Amended Sales Agreement to, among other things, include BTIG as an additional Agent under the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement and to replace Stifel with KBW as an Agent under the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement.

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell, from time to time through or to the Agents, shares of the Company’s Common Stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $725.7 million (the “Shares”), which consists of up to $600.0 million of Shares, which can be issued and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR, filed with the SEC on September 3, 2024, which became immediately effective upon filing, and a prospectus supplement dated September 3, 2024, filed by the Company with the SEC.

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement, the Agent selected by the Company (such Agent, the “Designated Agent”) may sell the Shares in sales deemed to be “at-the-market offerings” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company has no obligation to sell any of the Shares under the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement and may at any time suspend or terminate the offering of the Shares pursuant to the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement upon notice and subject to other conditions. The Agents will act as sales agents and will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell on the Company’s behalf all of the Shares requested to be sold by it, on mutually agreed terms between the Agents and the Company. Under the terms of the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement, the Company agreed to pay the Designated Agent a commission up to 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from any Shares sold through such Designated Agent pursuant to the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement. In addition, the Company agreed to reimburse certain expenses incurred by the Agents in connection with the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2025, in connection with the Amended and Restated Sales Agreement, the Company received proceeds of $195.5 million, net of issuance costs, from the sale of 33,268,137 shares of common stock, with an average net selling price of $5.88 per share.

NOTE 18. WARRANTS

The Company assumed Common Stock warrants that were originally issued in the Good Works Acquisition Corp (“GWAC”) initial public offering (the “Public Warrants”), as well as warrants that were issued in a private placement that closed concurrently with GWAC’s initial public offering (the “Private Placement Warrants”). The Public and Private Placement Warrants entitled the holder to purchaseone share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. There wereno Private Warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2025. On November 26, 2025, the Company delivered a notice of redemption to redeem all of its outstanding Public Warrants. Upon delivery of the notice of redemption, all Public Warrants were exercised on a “cashless basis.” Accordingly, the payment obligation of exercising holders’ under the Public Warrants was netted against the shares otherwise due upon exercise and the exercising warrant holders received 0.2687 of a share of Common Stock for each Warrant surrendered for exercise. As a result, no Public Warrants were outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

On September 24, 2025, as consideration for Google agreeing to backstop certain obligations of Fluidstack in connection with the Barber Lake Facility lease, the Company entered into the Google Warrant Agreement, pursuant to which the Company issued to Google warrants to purchase 24,178,576 shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock for an exercise price of $0.01 per share of Common Stock (the “Google Warrants”). The Google Warrants have an exercise period beginning on the commencement date of the Barber Lake Facility lease and expiring on September 24,

2030. Additionally, if, on the business day prior to the beginning of the exercise period under the Google Warrant Agreement, the value of the Warrant Shares does not equal or exceed $430.0 million, the Company shall be obligated to issue additional Warrant Shares and/or make a cash payment equal in the aggregate to such shortfall amount on the terms set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The Google Warrants are recorded at fair value in Warrant liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and changes in the fair value are recorded in Change in fair value of warrant liability on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The Company recorded an asset of $544.5 million in Other noncurrent assets on the consolidated balance sheets at the fair value of the Google Warrants at issuance to represent the value of Google agreeing to make the lease payments from Fluidstack in the event of Fluidstack not fulfilling its obligations under the lease. The Company will amortize this asset over the life of the lease on a straight-line basis to recognize the benefit over the term of the benefit derived from the backstop.

NOTE 19. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The Cipher Mining Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the “Incentive Award Plan”) provides for the grant of stock options, including incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, RSUs and other stock or cash-based awards to employees, consultants and directors. Upon vesting of an award, the Company may either issue new shares or reissue treasury shares.

Initially, up to 19,869,312 shares of Common Stock were available for issuance under awards granted pursuant to the Incentive Award Plan. In addition, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Award Plan is increased on January 1 of each calendar year beginning in 2022 and ending in 2031 by an amount equal to the lesser of (a) three percent (3%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the final day of the immediately preceding calendar year and (b) such smaller number of shares determined by the Board. On January 1, 2025, this resulted in an increase of 10,523,515 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Award Plan. As of December 31, 2025,15,118,752 shares of Common Stock were available for issuance under the Incentive Award Plan.

The Company recognized total share-based compensation in Compensation and benefits on the consolidated statements of operations for the following categories of awards as follows (in thousands):

Service-based RSUs

A summary of the Company's unvested Service-Based RSU activity for the year ended December 31, 2025 is shown below:

As of December 31, 2025, there was approximately $25.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested Service-Based RSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average vesting period of approximately 0.9 years.

If not fully vested upon grant, service-based RSUs awarded generally vest over a period ranging from three tofour years in installments as determined by the Board.

Vesting is subject to the award recipient’s continuous service on the applicable vesting date; provided, that if the award recipient’s employment is terminated by the Company without “cause”, by award recipient for “good reason” (if applicable, as such term or similar term may be defined in any employment, consulting or similar service agreement between award recipient and the Company) or due to award recipient’s death or permanent disability, all unvested service-based RSUs will vest in full (unless otherwise specified in the agreement between the award recipient and the Company). In addition, in the event of a change in control, any unvested service-based RSUs will vest subject to the award recipient’s continuous service to the Company through such change in control. In addition, if the Company achieves a $10 billion market capitalization milestone (described further below) and the CEO remains in continuous service through such achievement, any then-unvested service-based RSUs awarded to the CEO will also vest.

Performance-Based RSUs

In 2021, the Company issued 4,257,710 performance-based RSUs (the “2021 Performance-Based RSUs”) at a weighted average grant date fair value of $7.76. As of December 31, 2025,2,838,474 of the 2021 Performance-Based RSUs were vested.

There wasno unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested performance-based RSUs at December 31, 2025.

Two-thirds of the outstanding 2021 Performance-Based RSUs have vested upon the Company achieving a market capitalization equal to or exceeding $5 billion and $7.5 billion. One-third remains outstanding and will vest upon the company achieving a market capitalization equal to or exceeding $10 billion, over a 30-day lookback period and subject to the CEO’s continuous service through the end of the applicable 30-day period. In the event of a change in control and CEO’s continuous service through such change in control, the per share price (plus the per share value of any other consideration) received by the Company’s stockholders in such change in control will be used to determine whether any of the market capitalization milestones are achieved (without regard to the 30-day lookback period). Any 2021 Performance-Based RSUs that do not vest prior to the CEO’s termination of service or, if earlier, in connection with a change in control will be forfeited for no consideration.

On February 26, 2025, the Company issued an additional 2,490,943 Performance-Based RSUs (the “2025 Performance-Based RSUs”) to the Company’s senior management team under the Incentive Award Plan at a weighted average grant date fair value of $5.01. There was approximately $7.5 million in unrecognized compensation expense related to the 2025 Performance-Based RSUs at December 31, 2025, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average vesting period of approximately 1.13 years, regardless of whether the market conditions required for vesting are achieved.

As of the end of the performance period, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors certified that the Company’s common stock achieved the necessary Total Shareholder Return (TSR) relative to the TSR of peer companies identified in the grant agreements and overall TSR for the performance period, and earned 225% of the 2025 Performance-Based RSUs originally granted, resulting in the issuance of 5,604,621 shares. One-third of the earned PSUs vested on December 31, 2025, and the remaining two-thirds of the earned PSUs will vest in equal quarterly installments over the followingtwo years with the first such vesting date occurring on March 31, 2026.

The grant date fair value of the 2025 Performance-Based RSUs was measured using a Monte Carlo simulation model based on the following assumptions:

NOTE 20. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories based on the inputs used to derive the fair value:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active and financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly; or

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurement on a recurring basis and the level of inputs used for such measurements were as follows as of the dates indicated (in thousands):

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities not subject to fair value measurement on a recurring basis and the level of inputs used for such measurements were as follows as of the dates indicated (in thousands):

There wereno financial assets and liabilities not subject to fair value measurement on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2024.

The carrying values reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets for cash (excluding cash equivalents which are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis), accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities are reasonable estimates of their fair values due to the short-term nature of these items.

There were no transfers of financial instruments between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 during the periods presented.

Power purchase agreement

The Company’s power purchase agreement, related to the Luminant Power Agreement, is divided between current and noncurrent assets, and was initially recorded on its consolidated balance sheets on the derivative asset’s effective date of July 1, 2022, with an offsetting amount recorded to change in fair value of derivative asset in costs and operating expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. Subsequent changes in fair value are also recorded to Change in fair value of derivative asset. The Luminant Power Agreement was not designated as a hedging instrument. The estimated fair value of the Company’s derivative asset was derived from Level 2 and Level 3 inputs (i.e., unobservable inputs) due to a lack of quoted prices for similar type assets and as such, is classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Specifically, the discounted cash flow estimation models contain quoted spot and forward prices for electricity, as well as estimated usage rates consistent with the terms of the Luminant Power Agreement, the initial term of which isfive years, and a remaining term of approximately 1.6 years. The valuations performed by the third-party valuation firm engaged by the Company utilized pre-tax discount rates of 4.80% and 5.96% as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and include observable market inputs, but also include unobservable inputs based on qualitative judgment related to company-specific risk factors. Unrealized gains and losses associated with the derivative asset within the Level 3 category include changes in fair value that were attributable to amendments to the Luminant Power Agreement, changes to the quoted forward electricity rates, as well as unobservable inputs (e.g., changes in estimated usage rates and discount rate assumptions).

The following table presents the changes in the estimated fair value of the power purchase agreement measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (amounts in thousands):

Level 3 liabilities

Google Warrants

The Company’s Google Warrants (as defined in Note 18. Warrants) were classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because the fair value is based on significant inputs that are unobservable in the market. The valuation of the

Google Warrants used assumptions and estimates the Company believes would be made by a market participant in making the same valuation. The initial valuation of the Google Warrants was recorded to Warrant liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, and subsequent changes in fair value are also recorded to Change in fair value of warrant liability in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The Company engaged a third-party valuation firm to determine the fair value of the Google Warrants using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the quoted price of Common Stock. The following table presents significant assumptions utilized in the valuations of the Google Warrants as of the date indicated:

The following table presents changes in the estimated fair value of the Google Warrants (amounts in thousands):

NOTE 21. SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company currently hasone operating segment, Bitcoin Mining, which through operations produce bitcoin to generate revenue. The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) for the Company consists of the CEO and CFO. The CODM reviews the performance of the Company’s operating segment primarily based on operating income when deciding on allocating resources between reinvesting in Bitcoin Mining or exploring alternative deployment of resources. Asset information is not regularly provided to the CODM for resource allocation as a large portion of assets are property and equipment that cannot be repurposed for other revenue streams. In future periods, the Company expects to have an additional segment related to construction of data centers for HPC tenants when leases for those data centers commence operations.

The Company’s revenues, significant expenses, operating income, and net income by segment for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 are summarized in the following table (in thousands):

(2) Other operating items included in adjustments include Compensation and benefits, and General and administrative.

(3) Other non-operating items include Change in fair value of warrant liability, and Other expense.

NOTE 22. INCOME TAXES

For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, the Company recorded a deferred tax benefit, and for the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company recorded a deferred tax expense, related to changes in deferred tax liabilities associated with derivatives and joint venture instruments (refer to Note 8. Investments In Joint Ventures for more details on the Company’s joint ventures). Current income taxes are based upon the current period’s income taxable for federal and state tax reporting purposes. The Company does not have any foreign operations or tax effects. The Company’s state taxes are primarily driven from Texas. Deferred income taxes (benefits) are provided for certain income and expenses, which are recognized in different periods for tax and financial reporting purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the period in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income, and net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards.

The components of the Company’s income tax provision are listed below (in thousands):

Under adoption of ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), as described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, the reconciliation of the expected tax computed at the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to the total expense for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2025 is shown below (in thousands, except for percentages):

The state and local tax jurisdiction that makes up the majority of the effect of the state and local tax line item in 2025 is Texas.

The reconciliation of taxes as the federal statutory rate to our provision for (benefit from) income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 in accordance with the guidance prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09 was as follows:

Under adoption of ASU 2023-09, cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds for the year ended December 31, 2025 was as follows:

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

As required by ASC 740, management of the Company has evaluated the evidence bearing upon the realizability of its deferred tax assets. Based on the weight of available evidence, both positive and negative, management has determined that it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefits of these assets. Accordingly, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of $95.1 million as of December 31, 2025. The valuation allowance increased by $81.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2025. primarily as a result of the increased tax basis over book basis in property and equipment and the net operating losses generated in the current year.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had federal, and state and local NOL carryforwards of approximately $236.4 million and $30.4 million, respectively. The federal NOL carryforwards do not expire, but the state and local NOL carryforwards expire if not utilized prior to 2045.

Utilization of the U.S. federal and state NOL carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and corresponding provisions of state law, due to ownership changes that have occurred previously or that could occur in the future. These ownership changes may limit the amount of NOL carryforwards that can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income and tax liabilities, respectively. The Company has not completed a study to assess whether a change of ownership has occurred, or whether there have been multiple ownership changes since its formation, due to the significant cost and complexity associated with such a study. Any limitation may result in expiration of a portion of the NOL carryforwards before utilization. Further, until a study is completed by the Company and any limitation is known, no amounts are being presented as an uncertain tax position.

At December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company did not have any significant uncertain tax positions. The Company will recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. The Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions in either period.

NOTE 23. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has evaluated subsequent events for adjustment to or disclosure in its consolidated financial statements through the date of this report. No subsequent events have been identified other than those disclosed in these consolidated financial statements except for the following:

Black Pearl Compute LLC Senior Secured Notes

On February 11, 2026, the Company’s wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Black Pearl Compute LLC completed its previously announced private offering of 6.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2031. The aggregate principal amount of notes sold in the offering was $2.0 billion.

Name Change

On February 20, 2026, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to change the name of the Company to “Cipher Digital Inc.” The amendment became effective upon filing with the Delaware Secretary of State on February 20, 2026. The Board of Directors also approved and adopted amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective immediately to change the name of the Company to “Cipher Digital Inc.”

WindHQ JV Sites Sale

On February 19, 2026, the Company sold its 49% interests in the WindHQ JV sites to Canaan U.S. Inc. For more details refer to Note 8. Investments in Joint Ventures.