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Digital Currencies and Derivative Asset
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Digital Currencies [Abstract]  
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6. Digital Currencies and Derivative Asset

Digital currencies are recognized as revenue from digital currency mining and at their fair value on the date deposited to the Company’s wallets held with the mining pools. Digital currencies are revalued each reporting period to fair value using the prices listed on coinbase.com at 12:00 AM CET with the net change in fair value reported on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

The Company's holdings of digital currencies consist of the following:

    June 30, 2025     March 31, 2025  
             
Bitcoin $ 46,463   $ 180,741  
Ethereum Classic   6     6  
Other currencies   857     399  
Total $ 47,326   $ 181,146  

 

The continuity of digital currencies was as follows:

Bitcoin   Amount     Number of coins  
             
Digital currencies, March 31, 2024 $ 161,258     2,287  
Digital currency mined (non-cash consideration)   105,158     1,414  
Digital currency sold   (107,101 )   (1,328 )
Deposit of equipment (i)   (16,043 )   (172 )
Revaluation adjustment   37,469     -  
Digital currencies, March 31, 2025 $ 180,741     2,201  
             
Digital currency mined (non-cash consideration)   40,788     406  
Digital currency purchased   8,921     86  
Digital currency sold   (60,476 )   (693 )
Deposit on equipment (i)   (129,401 )   (1,565 )
Revaluation adjustment   5,890     -  
Digital currencies, June 30, 2025 $ 46,463     435  

 

Ethereum Classic   Amount     Number of coins  
             
Digital currencies, March 31, 2024  $ 196     5,746  
Digital currency mined   -     -  
Digital currency sold   (105 )   (5,373 )
Revaluation adjustment   (85 )   -  
Digital currencies, March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025 $ 6     373  

The total net revaluation of digital currencies during the current period of $23.2 million (June 30, 2024 - ($21.9 million)) includes cumulative realized gains of $17.3 million (June 30, 2024 - cumulative realized losses of $1.2 million) and revaluation adjustment gain of $5.9 million (June 30, 2024 - revaluation adjustment loss of $20.7 million).

(i) The Company enters into certain equipment purchase agreements whereby the Company has the right to pay for the equipment deposit using Bitcoin (BTC). If the deposit is paid in BTC the Company has an option to repurchase the bitcoin in the future at the price on the date that that the deposit in BTC was made. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2025, the Company exercised an option and repurchased 86 Bitcoin at the strike price of $88.

During the three months ended June 30, 2025, the Company transferred 1,565 Bitcoin as a deposit on equipment and received an option to repurchase the BTC. The option is initially measured at fair value on the respective issuance dates of April 3, 2025, May 21, 2025 and May 26, 2025 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

    April 3, 2025     May 21, 2025     May 26, 2025  
                   
Spot price $ 83   $ 110   $ 109  
Strike price $ 87   $ 105   $ 110  
Risk-free interest rate   3.98% - 4.30%     3.98%     3.98%  
Expected life (years)   0.26 - 0.80     0.77     0.77  
Annualized volatility   50.26% - 51.94%     50.41%     50.87%  
No. of BTC   1,321     199     45  

 

The options are re-valued each reporting period.  As at June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

    June 30, 2025     March 31, 2025  
             
Spot price $ 107   $ 83  
Strike price $ 87 - 110   $ 88  
Risk-free interest rate   4.16% - 4.35%     4.21% - 4.29%  
Expected life (years)   0.01 - 0.66     0.18 - 0.43  
Annualized volatility   35.65% - 44.12%     49.95% - 52.18%  
No. of Bitcoin pledged   1,651     172  

As of June 30, 2025, the Company holds options to repurchase 1,651 Bitcoin (March 31, 2025 - 172) and the fair value of these options is $40.5 million (March 31, 2025 - $1.3 million). During the three-month period ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized a remeasurement gain of $16.6 million (Note 24).