Celsius Mining to promote 2687 BTC mining rigs for $1.34M

Celsius Mining entered right into a Jan. 7 gross sales settlement to promote 2,687 Bitcoin mining rigs for $1.34 million to Touzi Capital , in accordance with a Jan. 11 courtroom submitting.

The mining rigs are “MicroBT ASIC M30S” positioned in Houston, Texas, with a hashrate ranginf between 84TH/s to 92TH/s.

Celsius Mining mentioned it held discussions with a number of brokers and market individuals and decided that Touzi Capital’s supply was the very best.

The mining agency mentioned the proceeds from the rig’s gross sales could be used for normal and company bills.

In the meantime, the gross sales are nonetheless topic to the De Minimis asset sale order.

Beforehand, Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific received a Jan. 4 courtroom approval to close down Celsius Mining’s 37,000 mining machines.

Creditor objects to gross sales

In the meantime, a Celsius creditor, Víctor Ubierna de las Heras, objected to the sale of mining rigs on the premise that the debtors didn’t specify how they are going to use the proceeds from the gross sales.

“They are saying that the supposed use of the sale proceeds is ‘Normal and company bills.’ That’s like saying nothing. Normal and company bills can imply every thing and nothing on the similar time.”

De las Heras added that the supposed use of the proceeds needs to be clearly outlined earlier than the sale can proceed.

He additionally questioned whether or not the sale was within the property’s finest curiosity contemplating the debtor beforehand mentioned Celsius Mining was cash-flow constructive and producing revenue.

Heras mentioned:

“If Celsius Mining is cash-flow constructive, how can promoting these M30S be in the very best curiosity of the property? Moreover, if Celsius Mining goes to play a giant position in any reorg, how can promoting these new M30S be in the very best curiosity of the property?”

The creditor highlighted that Celsius additionally wished to promote the mining machines at a 73% low cost, which is inconsistent with the property’ honest market worth.

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