HIVE Reports 397% YoY Jump in Revenues in Q3

​HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. (TSX.V:HIVE) (Nasdaq:HIVE) (FSE: HBF) (the "Company" or "HIVE") is pleased to announce a record earnings report for the third quarter ended December 31, 2021 (all amounts in US dollars, unless otherwise indicated).

For the three-month period, revenue rose to $68.2 million, up 30% compared with last quarter, and 397% since the same quarter last year.  Net income reached $64.2 million, up 7% from last quarter, and 273% since the prior year.

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Hive's combined liquid BTC and ETH had a gross value of $168 million up 11x from $15 million a year ago ended December 31, 2020.  HIVE ended the current December quarter holding 1,813 Bitcoin ("BTC") worth $83.1 million and 23,290 Ether ("ETH") worth $84.9 million.

Frank Holmes, HIVE's Executive Chairman, stated "We wish to again thank our loyal shareholders for believing in our vision to mine both Ethereum and Bitcoin to generate robust cash flow returns on invested capital and we believe our results continue to validate the significant contribution to our strategy to mine both BTC and ETH and HODL as many coins as possible."

Darcy Daubaras, HIVE's CFO said "A year ago, we made the conscious decision not to sell our mined cryptocurrency or undertake an expensive financing when brokers were offering capital at 20% discounts or encouraging us to borrow against our BTC and ETH assets at a 12% cost of capital in the scramble by crypto mining companies to purchase more ASIC chips.  HIVE's modest equity funding's were done at prevailing market prices or premiums to the stock price, and this has helped us generate the highest robust returns on invested capital relative to our peers."

Q3 Quarterly Highlights- December 31, 2021

• Generated revenue from digital currency mining of $68.2 million, with a gross mining margin of $61.7 million

• Mined 697 Bitcoin and over 7,126 Ethereum during the three-month period ended December 31, 2021

• Earned net income of $64.2 million for the period

• Working capital increased by $141.2 million during the three-month period ended December 31, 2021

• ​Digital currency assets of $168.1 million, as at December 31, 2021

Q3 F2022 Financial Review

For the three months ended December 31, 2021, revenue from digital currency mining was $68.2 million, an increase of approximately 397% from the prior year primarily due to an increase in cryptocurrency prices, the increased production of Bitcoin as a result of the Quebec and Atlantic facility acquisition and the purchase of miners for those facilities.

Gross mining margin1 during the period was $61.7 million, or 90% of income from digital currency mining, compared to $10.6 million, or 78% of income from digital currency mining, in the same period in the prior year.  The Company’s gross mining margin from digital currency mining is partially dependent on external network factors including mining difficulty, the amount of digital currency rewards and fees it receives for mining, as well as the market price of digital currencies.

Net income during the quarter ended December 31, 2021, was $64.2 million, or $0.17 per share, compared to $17.2 million, or $0.05 per share, the same period last year. The improvement was driven primarily by the improvement in gross mining margin1, higher Ethereum and Bitcoin prices, gains on the sale of digital currencies, and foreign exchange.