Operational move and financing

Bitdeer announced a complete liquidation of its corporate Bitcoin reserve, bringing its internal treasury balance to 0 BTC. During the reporting interval the company mined 189.8 BTC and monetized that output, while also selling 943.1 BTC previously held in reserves.

Combined, those actions resulted in approximately 1,132.9 BTC exiting the firm’s balance sheet in a single wave, an uncommon posture among public miners that normally preserve some treasury exposure.

Market reaction and capital strategy

On the same day Bitdeer disclosed the disposals, it filed to raise $300 million through convertible debt with an additional $45 million upsell option; the securities mature in 2032. The financing announcement coincided with a pronounced drop in the company’s share price, reflecting investor concern over dilution and short‑term liquidity signaling.

Management framed proceeds as funding for data‑center expansion, AI cloud services and mining hardware development—a deliberate tilt away from pure coin accumulation toward infrastructure revenue.

Sector context, peer examples and execution risks

Bitdeer’s move sits squarely within a broader industry pattern where miners repurpose power and rack space for high‑performance compute after margin pressure post‑halving. Yet firms are taking materially different implementation paths: for example, Cango converted 4,451 BTC into roughly $305 million (USDT) to deleverage and fund a pivot, but explicitly preserved on‑site mining while retooling campuses to host containerized, modular GPU clusters—initially targeting inference workloads— and appointed experienced AI/system orchestration leadership to operationalize the business.

That divergence matters. Bitdeer’s full treasury liquidation is one of the more aggressive balance‑sheet plays; some peers instead monetize BTC while keeping dual mining/compute optionality and hiring AI operating talent. Practical constraints also temper the upside for any pivot: accelerator supply shortages, OEM backlogs, packaging and test throughput, local permitting and community resistance, and the premium on firmed low‑carbon power for hyperscaler customers all make rapid, high‑utilization AI deployments challenging.

If Bitdeer converts capital quickly into contracted compute capacity and secures firmed power and long‑term customer commitments, the company could shift revenue mix toward steadier, contract‑driven income. Conversely, failure to overcome supply‑chain, permitting or sales‑channel hurdles would leave Bitdeer with higher leverage, less BTC optionality, and the same operational risks it faced before the sale.

Technically, repurposing mining facilities for AI is feasible but not frictionless: power distribution, cooling architecture and network topologies require redesign and incremental capex, and the timeline for meaningful AI revenue is measured in quarters, not weeks.

For stakeholders, the transaction reduces Bitdeer’s direct Bitcoin exposure while increasing financial leverage and potential equity dilution if conversions occur—trade‑offs that will shape the next investor re‑rating.