{"id":69806,"date":"2026-04-09T09:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/bitcoin-miner-cango-sells-143-million-in-btc-slashes-production-costs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:05:46","slug":"bitcoin-miner-cango-sells-143-million-in-btc-slashes-production-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/bitcoin-miner-cango-sells-143-million-in-btc-slashes-production-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Miner Cango Sells $143 Million in BTC, Slashes Production Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h4 color=\"#333\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Cango reduced its cost to mine Bitcoin to $68,216 per coin in March 2026, down from $84,552 in Q4 2025.<\/li>\n<li>The firm said it decommissioned inefficient miners and migrated operations to lower-cost power regions.<\/li>\n<li>Cango also sold 2,000 BTC to reduce Bitcoin-backed loans to $30.6 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Publicly traded Bitcoin miner Cango Inc. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/cango-inc-announces-march-2026-operational-update-strategically-optimizing-mining-fleet-and-improving-production-economics-302736877.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span>cut its average production cost<\/span><\/a><span> by 19.3% to $68,216 per BTC in March\u2014down from $84,552 in Q4 last year\u2014achieving the reduction through strategic fleet optimization rather than expansion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The company decommissioned older mining hardware and relocated operations to regions with cheaper power, while selling 2,000 Bitcoin during the month to retire crypto-backed debt. <\/span><span>That tally of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-bitcoin-four-minute-instant-guide-explainer\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Bitcoin<\/span><\/a><span> is currently valued around $143 million, and the firm used the proceeds to trim its outstanding loan balances to $30.6 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cango still held 1,025.69 BTC in its treasury as of the end of March 31, valued over $73 million as of this writing. The firm\u2019s total hash rate stood at 37.01 EH\/s as of the end of March, split between 27.98 EH\/s from self-mining and 9.02 EH\/s from leasing arrangements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The operational restructuring involved more than simple downsizing. In high-cost hosting locations, Cango deployed hash rate leasing models to maintain revenue without bearing full operational expenses, according to the company\u2019s announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cango plans to redirect capital from its deleveraging efforts toward AI computing infrastructure, positioning the cost reductions as preparation for business model expansion. The same filing indicated the company views AI infrastructure as a natural extension of its existing power and facility investments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The efficiency focus reflects shifting priorities among public Bitcoin miners facing compressed margins and market volatility. Rather than competing solely on hash rate growth, companies are examining unit economics and alternative revenue streams. Several Bitcoin mining firms have made moves into powering AI computing needs, even abandoning their original business focuses in an effort to chase larger profits amid the AI boom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cango&#8217;s operational restructuring follows similar moves across the public mining sector. MARA recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/362447\/mara-stock-pops-1-1-billion-bitcoin-sale-miner-buys-convertible-debt\" target=\"_blank\"><span>sold $1.1 billion in Bitcoin<\/span><\/a><span> to buy back convertible debt while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/363263\/bitcoin-miner-mara-slashes-workforce-selling-billion-btc\" target=\"_blank\"><span>cutting 15% of its workforce<\/span><\/a><span>. Core Scientific has explored plans to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/359808\/core-scientific-may-sell-all-bitcoin-finance-ai-pivot\" target=\"_blank\"><span>sell all of its Bitcoin holdings<\/span><\/a><span> to finance its own AI transition, while Cipher Digital <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/362315\/cipher-digital-stock-pops-shift-bitcoin-mining-data-center-deal\" target=\"_blank\"><span>shifted focus to data center operations<\/span><\/a><span> with a 15-year infrastructure deal, highlighting the industry&#8217;s evolution beyond traditional mining models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cango shares (CANG) finished the trading day <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/CANG\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>up 3.3% on Wednesday<\/span><\/a><span> at a price of $0.4291 on a broadly green day for stocks, following a conditional ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Despite the daily uptick, however, CANG shares have fallen nearly 39% in the last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Daily Debrief Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p>Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In brief Cango reduced its cost to mine Bitcoin to $68,216 per coin in March 2026, down from $84,552 in [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":69807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tien-dien-tu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}