Cryptocurrency

"Iris Energy to cut mining hardware after defaulting on $108M loan"

2022-11-22 [vendor] Iris Energy defaults on loan [chain] bitcoin
Primary Source ↗
Blockchain(s) Bitcoin

Incident Details

After announcing earlier in the month that they were close to defaulting on a $100 million+ loan, Iris Energy has defaulted. Unable to pay the $7 million/month in debt obligations with their $2 million/month gross profit, Iris Energy has powered off 3.6 EH/s worth of mining capacity.Iris Energy’s stock has plummeted to $1.66, down 93% from its $24.80 peak when the stock first began trading a year ago.

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
Iris Energy defaults on loan

Timeline

  1. 2022-11-22 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-11-22 Publicly disclosed