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Bit Digital funded the majority-owned AI infrastructure company WhiteFiber without selling Ethereum or issuing new shares, but the route added a new dependency to its crypto treasury.<\/p>\n
Galaxy Digital lent Bit Digital $50 million in a borrowing associated with 49,000 pledged LsETH, and Bit Digital separately became a lender to WhiteFiber.<\/p>\n
The company said in its second-quarter results that it converted 73,235 ETH into 66,192 LsETH, the liquid-staking token it received in the exchange. It reported the pledged 49,000 LsETH as a $105.6 million digital-asset collateral receivable and retained 17,192 LsETH, worth $27.6 million, as a buffer against margin requirements.<\/p>\n
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Bit Digital drew the $50 million from Galaxy on May 20 at a 5.45% interest rate. The separate WhiteFiber delayed-draw facility started at $100 million and could rise to $150 million only by mutual written agreement.<\/p>\n
LsETH is associated with Bit Digital’s company-level Galaxy borrowing. WhiteFiber’s facility is backed by a pledge of Enovum NC-1 Topco stock and a separate parent guaranty from White Fiber Operating Partnership.<\/p>\n
Galaxy’s master loan agreement gives Bit Digital 24 hours after an ordinary margin-call notice to add collateral. If a required call is not met, Galaxy can partially liquidate collateral to restore the contractual level. A faster nine-hour procedure may apply if an urgent threshold is specified.<\/p>\n
The public documents establish price-sensitive margin mechanics, but not Bit Digital’s proximity to a call or liquidation.<\/p>\n
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The same quarterly release recorded a $46 million non-cash impairment on LsETH, and Bit Digital said it sold no ETH during the quarter. LsETH is carried at cost less impairment, unlike ETH’s fair-value treatment, so the charge was not a realized loss.<\/p>\n
ETH staking revenue fell to $900,000 from $2.3 million in the first quarter, while net loss attributable to Bit Digital shareholders reached $107.2 million. The impairment was only one component of those results and does not indicate that the Galaxy loan breached a collateral threshold.<\/p>\n
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The financing preserved the ETH position and avoided immediate dilution, but it also made part of the treasury’s value relevant to WhiteFiber’s funding chain.<\/p>\n
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Bit Digital funded the majority-owned AI infrastructure company WhiteFiber without selling Ethereum or issuing new shares, but the route added a new dependency to its crypto treasury. Galaxy Digital lent Bit Digital $50 million in a borrowing associated with 49,000 pledged LsETH, and Bit Digital separately became a lender to WhiteFiber. The company said in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1878,1065,1980,2060,3511,214,601,31,4533,629,6004,2506,2597,902],"class_list":["post-11876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ethereum","tag-24hour","tag-ai","tag-bit","tag-call","tag-collateral","tag-digital","tag-eth","tag-ethereum","tag-galaxy-digital","tag-loan","tag-pledged","tag-position","tag-staked","tag-trigger"],"yoast_head":"\n
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