Canaan, Inc. Q2 FY2023 Earnings Call

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  • Total Revenues: $73.9M, up 33.7% from Q1 2023 ($55.2M), though down from $245.9M in Q2 2022.
  • Mining Revenue: Record $15.9M, up 43.3% QoQ and 105.1% YoY, driven largely by BRC-20 induced Bitcoin fee spike.
  • Product Sales: $57.8M, up 32.2% QoQ, supported by strong A13 series shipments. Total computing power sold reached 6.1 million TH/s, up 44.2% QoQ.
  • Average Selling Price (ASP): Decreased slightly to $9.5/TH from $10/TH due to market competition.
  • BTC Mined: 569 BTC in Q2 vs fewer in Q1 (not disclosed). Bitcoin holdings increased to 747 BTC, up from 623 BTC in Q1.
  • Gross Loss: $70.1M due to $45.9M in inventory-related write-downs and provisions, versus $47.5M gross loss in Q1 2023.
  • Net Loss: $110.7M, compared to $84.4M in Q1 and $90.1M net income in Q2 2022. Includes $54.7M in non-cash charges.
  • Operating Expenses: $49.0M (up from $38.1M in Q1), which included $8.8M equipment impairment losses related to shut-down mining operations in Kazakhstan and defaulted partner in the U.S.
  • Cash and Equivalents: $66M, down from $72M in Q1. No financing activities conducted in Q2.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to Canaan Inc.’s Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the management's prepared remarks, we will have a question-and-answer session. Please note that this event is being recorded. Now I'd like to hand the conference over to your speaker host today, Mr. Clark Soucy, Investor Relations Director of the company. Please go ahead, Clark. Clark Soucy: Thank you. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our earnings conference call. The company’s financial and operating results for the second quarter were released by our newswire services earlier today and are currently available online. Joining us today are our Chairman and CEO, Mr. Nangeng Zhang, and our CFO, Mr. James Jin Cheng. In addition, Mr. Leo Wang, IR Senior Director and Ms. Xi Zhang, IR Manager, will also be available during the question-and-answer session. Mr. Zhang will start the call by providing an overview of the company and performance highlights for the quarter.. Mr. Cheng will then provide details on the company's operating and financial results for the period before we open up the call for your questions. Before we continue, I would like to refer you to our safe harbor statement in our earnings press release. Today's call will include forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, our outlook for the company and statements that estimate or project future

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