Bit Digital mined about 30% less bitcoin in May

Bit Digital produced 53.4 bitcoin in May, representing a 29.9% decrease from the previous month.

During the same month, the company also mined 27.0 ETH, per an announcement on Wednesday.

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The company held 793.6 BTC and 316.1 ETH as of May 31, with a fair market value of roughly $25.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

The company owned 33,376 Bitcoin miners and 731 Ethereum miners at the end of the month — representing an estimated total hash rate of 2.17 exahash per second and 0.3 terahash per second, respectively.

Of Bit Digital's currently owned mining fleet, 17.9% was deployed in North America as of May 31.

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