TAMPA, FL, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMFA) (“LM Funding” or the “Company”), a cryptocurrency mining and technology-based specialty finance company, today provided a preliminary, unaudited Bitcoin mining update for the month ended June 30, 2024.
| Metrics * | One Month January 31, 2024 | One Month February 29, 2024 | One Month March 31, 2024 | One Month April 30, 2024 | One Month May 31, 2024 | One Month June 30, 2024 | Six Months June 30, 2024 |
| Bitcoin Beginning Balance | 95.1 | 126.8 | 153.6 | 163.4 | 155.1 | 163.1 | 95.1 |
| Bitcoin Mined, net | 31.7 | 26.8 | 27.9 | 24.7 | 14.0 | 5.4 | 130.5 |
| Bitcoin Sold | - | - | (18.0) | (33.0) | (6.0) | (8.0) | (65.0) |
| Service Fee | - | - | (0.1) | - | - | - | (0.1) |
| Bitcoin Holdings | 126.8 | 153.6 | 163.4 | 155.1 | 163.1 | 160.5 | 160.5 |
| Approximate Miners Deployed at Month End | 5,950 | 5,940 | 5,940 | 5,880 | 5,510 | 1,878 | |
| Approximate Miners In-Transit at Month End | 370 | 4,002 | |||||
| Approximate Potential Hash Rate at Month End (PH/s) | 615 | 614 | 614 | 639 | 639 | 639 |
*Unaudited
Effective July 12, 2024, approximately 2,900 mining machines (“Miners”) were installed and deployed at a site in Oklahoma owned and operated by Arthur Mining under our previously announced strategic collaboration with Arthur Mining, while an additional 1,000 Miners that were active at June month-end were moved in July from a different Oklahoma site to a warehouse for redeployment.
Bruce M. Rodgers, Chairman and CEO of LM Funding, stated, "Our mining operations for June 2024 reflect the timely ending of several unfavorable hosting contracts as of May 31, 2024, which allows us to reposition our Miners to lower cost sites. We were able to redeploy and energize approximately 3,000 Miners to the Arthur Oklahoma hosting site in July 2024 and currently anticipate that the remaining Miners will be redeployed to other lower-cost hosting sites over approximately the next four months. In addition, we have entered into a non-binding term sheet with a potential lender regarding a secured non-convertible loan facility of up to $5.0 million that would be used to acquire additional Miners, and if such loan is consummated, it would have a maturity date of 2 years from the closing of the loan.”
The Company estimates that the value of its 160.5 Bitcoin holdings on June 30, 2024, was approximately $10.2 million, based on an estimated June 15, 2024, BTC price of $63,750. However, under the new accounting standards effective for 2024, the Company will revalue its Bitcoin holdings to the quarter-end BTC market value each quarter.
About LM Funding America
LM Funding America, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMFA), together with its subsidiaries, is a cryptocurrency mining business that commenced Bitcoin mining operations in September 2022. The Company also operates a technology-based specialty finance company that provides funding to nonprofit community associations (Associations) primarily located in the state of Florida, as well as in the states of Washington, Colorado, and Illinois, by funding a certain portion of the Associations' rights to delinquent accounts that are selected by the Associations arising from unpaid Association assessments.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” and “project” and other similar words and expressions are intended to signify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guaranties of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Some of these risks and uncertainties are identified in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and its other filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, uncertainty created by the risks of entering into and operating in the cryptocurrency mining business, uncertainty in the cryptocurrency mining business in general, problems with hosting vendors in the mining business, the capacity of our Bitcoin mining machines and our related ability to purchase power at reasonable prices, the ability to finance and grow our cryptocurrency mining operations, our ability to acquire new accounts in our specialty finance business at appropriate prices, the potential need for additional capital in the future, changes in governmental regulations that affect our ability to collected sufficient amounts on defaulted consumer receivables, changes in the credit or capital markets, changes in interest rates, and negative press regarding the debt collection industry. The occurrence of any of these risks and uncertainties could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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