Trump-backed American Bitcoin posts another loss

American Bitcoin, a Miami-based bitcoin miner backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., posted a second straight quarterly loss in the first quarter as the value of its bitcoin holdings fell.

Net loss widened to US$82 million from US$59 million in the previous quarter.

Revenue dropped about 20% to US$62 million due to lower average revenue per bitcoin mined.

The company said it increased its bitcoin holdings by about 30% to roughly 1,600 bitcoin during the quarter.

Its shares have fallen almost 90% from their peak since listing on Nasdaq in September.

🔗 Source: Bloomberg

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American Bitcoin runs without debt but has little cash on hand

American Bitcoin has no debt, yet it still carries US$580.7 million in total liabilities against US$1.2 billion in assets 1.
Cash is tight because US$8.9 million in short-term assets does not cover US$111.6 million in short-term liabilities 1.
That setup backs a high-risk plan to keep stacking bitcoin. The company is focused only on bitcoin mining. Its majority owner, Hut 8, has also worked in AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC), which provides large-scale computing power for AI and other demanding workloads 2 3.

Losses leave the company betting against miners moving into AI

In the last 18 months, at least eight public bitcoin miners announced plans to move partly or fully into AI (Bitfarms / Core Scientific / Riot / IREN / TeraWulf / CleanSpark / Bit Digital / MARA Holdings / Cipher Mining) 3.
They are chasing better margins plus steadier multi-year AI/HPC contracts to cut mining risk after the 2024 halving cut rewards in half and lower Bitcoin prices added pressure 3.
More than 15,000 BTC were sold as some public miners paid for AI infrastructure expansion, with more selling possible 4.
American Bitcoin is taking the opposite route by adding to its bitcoin holdings, testing whether a mining-only model can still work while peers lower risk 2.