CleanSpark IncCleanSpark's planned borrowing of $100 million from the bond is rejected, eliminating a financing source.
New Hampshire's Executive Council has rejected a proposal for a $100 million bitcoin-backed municipal bond, which would have been the first of its kind issued under a state's authority. The council voted 3-2 against the proposal about three months after the bond received a provisional Ba2 rating from Moody's. The Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire had proposed selling $100 million of taxable municipal bonds entirely backed by bitcoin, with BitGo Trust serving as custodian for the bitcoin collateral. CleanSpark would have borrowed the proceeds and deposited $175 million of bitcoin collateral into a trust, from which bond payments would be made. If the value of the bitcoin held as collateral dropped below $140 million, the fund would be liquidated and bondholders paid in full, with no taxpayer dollars involved. Councilor Karen Liot Hill said the council was being asked to lend legitimacy to a volatile emerging asset class, while state House Majority Floor Leader Keith Ammon called the decision extremely short-sighted and urged reconsideration.
CleanSpark IncCleanSpark's planned borrowing of $100 million from the bond is rejected, eliminating a financing source.
BitGo Holdings, Inc.BitGo would have been custodian for the bitcoin collateral; rejection eliminates this business opportunity.