Core Scientific, Inc.
Investor Summary – Q2 2025
Key Financial Metrics (Six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to June 30, 2024) - Total Revenue: $158.2 million (down 51% from $320.4 million) - Digital Asset Self-Mining: $129.6 million (down from $260.7 million) - Digital Asset Hosted Mining: $9.4 million (down from $54.2 million) - Colocation: $19.1 million (up from $5.5 million) - Net Loss: $(356.1) million (improved from $(594.2) million) - Adjusted EBITDA: $15.4 million (down from $134.0 million) - Cash, Cash Equivalents & Restricted Cash: $581.3 million as of June 30, 2025 (down from $836.2 million at December 31, 2024) - Total Assets: $1.98 billion; Total Liabilities: $3.04 billion; Stockholders’ Deficit: $(1.06) billion - Bitcoin Holdings: 1,612 BTC at fair value $172.8 million (up from 256 BTC, fair value $23.9 million at prior year-end) - Property, Plant & Equipment, net: $828.6 million (up from $556.3 million) - Convertible Debt (net of discounts): $1.06 billion - Weighted Average Shares Outstanding: 316.6 million
Operational & Segment Results - Self-mining hash rate decreased to 17.6 EH/s from 19.4 EH/s YoY - Number of self-miners decreased to 151K from 164K YoY; hosted miners increased to 21.7K from 7.1K - BTC mined in H1 2025: 1,353 (down 70% from 4,505) - Gross profit fell sharply: $13.2 million (down from $116.5 million); Gross margin 8% (down from 36%) - Colocation revenue now 12% of total revenue, reflecting a strategic shift
Cash Flow & Liquidity - Net Cash Used in Operating Activities: $(6.6) million (vs. $23.4 million provided in prior year period) - Net Cash Used in Investing Activities: $(213.1) million (vs. $(35.2) million) - Net Cash Used in Financing Activities: $(36.0) million (vs. $39.2 million provided)
Risks
Merger Execution and Uncertainty: - The company announced a pending merger with CoreWeave on July 7, 2025. Completion is subject to shareholder approval, regulatory clearances (including HSR/FTC), and various other closing conditions (p. 66). - If the merger fails or is delayed, stock prices may be negatively affected due to market reaction and management distraction; significant transaction costs could accrue without realizing anticipated benefits. - The merger could also trigger uncertainty for customers, suppliers, and employees, potentially leading to loss or renegotiation of strategic relationships, or employee departures ("uncertainty about the merger may adversely affect relationships..." p. 67).
Market Risk – Bitcoin Volatility and Halving: - Revenue and profitability are highly sensitive to bitcoin price, hash rate, mining difficulty, and halving events. In H1 2025, the April halving caused block rewards to drop by 50%, reducing mined BTC by 70% and self-mining revenue by 50%. - Bitcoin price volatility significantly impacts results; during Q2, bitcoin traded between $74,485 and $111,985 (p. 64).
Business Model Transition: - Shift from self- and hosted mining to high-density colocation presents execution risks. Colocation needs substantial investment ($213 million in H1 2025 on PP&E), and profitability in this segment remains thin (Colocation gross margin 8% in H1). - Management acknowledges the need to expand and successfully ramp colocation, but revenue contribution remains comparatively small.
Concentration and Customer Risk: - Significant revenue concentration in certain customers, especially in hosted mining (e.g., one customer accounted for 60% of segment revenue in H1 2025, see p. 34).
Balance Sheet & Debt Risk: - Highly leveraged, with $1.06 billion in convertible and other notes payable and stockholders’ deficit of $(1.06) billion. - Cash burn is elevated due to ongoing capital expenditure and strategic investments.
Legal & Regulatory Risk: - Subject to ongoing class-action litigation, employment, and contract claims (see p. 26-27). - Digital asset mining regulatory environment is uncertain, especially in key operating states like Texas.
Management Discussion & Outlook
- Management is repositioning the business toward high-density colocation and cloud/hyperscale infrastructure in response to the April 2024 “halving” event, rising mining difficulty, and concentration risks in digital asset operations.
- Strategic shift reflected in accelerated investment in data center buildout, conversion of mining capacity to colocation, and a new agreement to deliver additional capacity for CoreWeave (February 2025).
- The company reports a sharp decline in Adjusted EBITDA ($15.4 million in H1 2025 vs $134.0 million in H1 2024), due to the drop-off in mining awards post-halving, lower total BTC mined, and increased expenses (notably stock-based compensation, professional services, and startup costs for colocation).
- Operating cash flow turned negative, which, combined with high capital spending, drove a reduction in cash reserves by $255.6 million in H1.
- Management highlights lower mining fleet energy costs and operational cost reductions, but higher payroll and startup expenses for colocation offset these savings.
- Looking ahead, results and liquidity will depend on (1) bitcoin network conditions and price, (2) successful ramp of colocation business, (3) execution of the proposed CoreWeave merger, and (4) resolution of pending legal and regulatory matters.
Conclusion
- The first half of 2025 was characterized by sharply lower revenues and profitability, driven by sector-wide bitcoin halving and strategic repositioning toward colocation.
- Execution risk is high due to transition, heavy leverage, customer concentration, and pending merger completion.
- Investors should closely monitor bitcoin market conditions, progress on colocation buildout and customer ramp, and the evolving merger process with CoreWeave.
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