VanEck: Bitcoin Miners’ Debt Soars 500% in a Year to $12.7 Billion

According to analysts at investment firm VanEck, over the past 12 months, Bitcoin miners’ total debt has surged by 500% — from $2.1 billion to $12.7 billion. The record growth is attributed to the need for heavy investment in new equipment and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

VanEck analyst Nathan Frankovitz and head of digital assets research Matthew Sigel noted that without ongoing investment, miners’ share of the global hash rate will continue to decline.

“We call this dynamic the melting ice cube problem. Historically, mining companies have relied on equity markets rather than debt financing to fund such high capital expenditures.
This is because miners’ revenues are difficult to predict, being almost entirely dependent on the speculative price of Bitcoin. It’s worth noting, however, that equity capital is typically more expensive than debt,” Frankovitz and Sigel said.

According to The Miner Mag, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the total volume of debt and convertible bonds among 15 publicly listed miners reached a record $4.6 billion, then dropped to $200 million in early 2025, before climbing back to $1.5 billion in the second quarter of 2025.

An increasing number of Bitcoin miners are diversifying their revenue streams by reallocating their energy resources toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC) hosting services. However, analysts believe this poses no threat to the Bitcoin network’s hash rate.

“Bitcoin mining remains a simple way to quickly monetize excess electricity in remote or emerging energy markets, effectively subsidizing the development of data centers designed for AI and high-performance computing,” the experts concluded.

See also: "$1.83 Billion in Bitcoin from LuBian Mining Pool Moved"

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