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Bitcoin Price Decline Prompts US Mining Firm to Shut Down ‘Indefinitely’
Digital Farms, a California-based cryptocurrency mining company,f is putting its operations on hold due to the recent decline in bitcoin's (BTC) price.
On March 18, the miner's parent company, investment firm DPW Holdings, filed an update with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its business related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been heavily affecting companies and markets globally. Among other closures and down-scalings, its mining business is being shuttered.
“Digital Farms' cryptocurrency mining operations have been suspended indefinitely, primarily due to the sharp decline in the market price for bitcoin,” the company wrote.
Last May, DPW announced Digital Farms, formerly Super Crypto Mining, had obtained a 617,000 square foot facility in the U.S. to set up operations with “immediate access to 28 megawatts of power and an infrastructure to support up to 300 megawatts.”
Super Crypto Mining was acquired by DPW in January 2018 and later re-branded as Digital Farms. According to DWP's annual report filed with the SEC in April 2019, the mining operation had started off by borrowing $5 million from two institutional investors and buying a thousand of Bitmain's Antminer S9 mining machines. Mining of bitcoin, litecoin (LTC) and ether (ETH) under the new owner kicked off in February 2018.
The company’s first yearly revenue from crypto mining was $1.67 million, a small portion of DPW's total $27 million revenue, according to the 2019 report. The company had been planning to mine the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization and also offer cloud mining services.
Discussing its scenario under the coronavirus pandemic, DWP said in the latest filing: "Due to the unprecedented market conditions domestically and internationally, and the effect COVID-19 has had and will continue to have on the Company’s operations and financial performance, the extent of which is not currently known, the Company is temporarily suspending guidance for 2020."
Bitcoin's price has been dropping since February from levels above $10,000, making it hard for the mining industry to return a profit. On March 3, wider market turmoil brought on by the growing coronavirus outbreak prompted a crash to below $4,000. Prices have since regained poise and are around $6,660 at press time.
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比特币价格下跌使美国加密货币矿业公司无限期关闭
由于最近比特币（BTC）价格的下跌，总部位于加利福尼亚州的加密货币矿业公司Digital Farms暂停了其运营。
该矿商的母公司投资公司DPW Holdings于3月18日向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提交了其与COVID-19大流行有关的业务的最新信息，该病毒已严重影响了全球的公司和市场。除其他业务的关闭或缩小规模外，其采矿业务也被关闭。
该公司写道：“ Digital Farms的加密货币采矿业务已无限期暂停，这主要是由于比特币市场价格的急剧下跌。”
去年5月，DPW宣布，原为Super Crypto Mining的Digital Farms已在美国获得了617,000平方英尺的设施，以“立即获得28兆瓦的电力以及可支持300兆瓦的基础设施”来开展运营。
Super Crypto Mining于2018年1月被DPW收购，后来更名为Digital Farms。根据DWP在2019年4月向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提交的年度报告，采矿业务开始时是从两名机构投资者那里借入500万美元并购买了一千台Bitmain的Antminer S9采矿机。挖掘比特币，莱特币（LTC）和以太（ETH）于2018年2月开始。
根据2019年的报告，该公司从加密矿开采获得的第一笔年收入为167万美元，仅占DPW总收入2700万美元的一小部分。该公司一直在计划通过市值来挖掘排名前10位的加密货币，并提供云挖掘服务。
DWP在最新文件中讨论了在冠状病毒大流行下的情景：“由于国内外史无前例的市场状况，并且COVID-19已经并将继续对公司的运营和财务业绩产生影响（目前尚不清楚的程度），公司暂时暂停了2020年的指导”。
自二月份以来，比特币的价格一直从10,000美元以上的水平下跌，这使得采矿业难以获得利润。3月3日，日趋严重的冠状病毒爆发引发了更广泛的市场动荡，导致市值跌至4,000美元以下。此后价格恢复了平稳，截至发稿时约为6,660美元。
本文英语原文来源：Coindesk.com
翻译：皇翅焦饺
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