CleanSpark to Start Selling a Portion of Its Bitcoin Each Month to Become Financially Self-Sufficient

The US Bitcoin miner said on April 15 that it will start selling a portion of the Bitcoin earned from its mining operations each month

CleanSpark will begin selling a portion of the Bitcoin earned from its mining operations each month and has secured a new credit facility from Coinbase Prime, the US Bitcoin miner announced on Friday.

In addition, CleanSpark has opened an institutional Bitcoin trading desk to facilitate the cryptocurrency sales.

Together, the Bitcoin sales and credit line mean CleanSpark has “achieved escape velocity — the ability to self-fund operations, augment our bitcoin treasury, and contribute to expansion capital through operational cash flow,” Zach Bradford, CEO of CleanSpark, said in a statement.

The Bitcoin miner’s emphasis on self-funding comes as mining stocks have been hit by across-the-board selloffs in the first quarter of 2025.

Shares of CoinShares Crypto Miners ETF (WGMI) — a publicly traded fund tracking a diverse basket of Bitcoin mining stocks — are down more than 40% since the start of the year, according to data from Morningstar.

“As we navigate the market volatility in 2025 and beyond, we believe this is the right time to evolve from a nearly 100% hold strategy adopted in mid-2023 and move back using a portion of our monthly production to support operations,” Bradford said.

Cheaper stock prices effectively increase Bitcoin miners’ cost of capital and can potentially cause creditors to demand faster loan repayments.

According to analysts at JP Morgan, cryptocurrency prices have been eroding, which is putting pressure on business models already strained by the Bitcoin network’s April 2024 halving.

Halvings occur roughly every four years when the Bitcoin network automatically cuts mining rewards in half.

In April, pressure on mining stocks worsened when US President Donald Trump announced plans for sweeping tariffs on US imports.

US Bitcoin miners are especially vulnerable to trade wars because they rely on specialized mining hardware, often sourced from foreign manufacturers.

Bradford said he expects CleanSpark’s financial self-sufficiency to differentiate it from peers “who continue to rely on equity dilution to fund operating costs or increased leverage to grow their Bitcoin reserves.”

Other miners are taking similarly aggressive measures to adapt to the changing market.

Bitdeer, a Singapore-based crypto miner, has reportedly touted plans to start manufacturing mining hardware in the United States to mitigate the impact of Trump’s planned import tariffs.