LM Funding Sells Symbiont's Blockchain Technology to Platonic Holdings Inc.
Sale Price of $2 Million Strengthens Balance Sheet; Provides Additional Resources to Purchase New Mining Machines in Preparation for Expected Bitcoin Halving Event in Q2 2024
TAMPA, FL, Dec. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMFA) (“LM Funding” or the “Company”), a cryptocurrency mining and technology-based specialty finance company, today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell Symbiont’s blockchain technology for $2 million to Platonic Holdings Inc. Two hundred thousand of the sale price will be held in escrow until December 26, 2024. LM Funding acquired the assets of Symbiont.IO as debtor in possession in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and they are recorded on the Company’s books for $2 million.
Bruce M. Rodgers, Chairman and CEO of LM Funding, commented, “We believe this transaction provides the Company with the necessary funds to grow our bitcoin mining business, including the acquisition of more mining equipment, in preparation for the anticipated Bitcoin halving event for the second quarter of 2024. Additionally, the transaction provides the Company with extra working capital to strengthen our balance sheet."
The Company closed the deal on December 27, 2023.
About LM Funding America
LM Funding America, Inc., (Nasdaq: LMFA) together with its subsidiaries, is a cryptocurrency mining business that commenced Bitcoin mining operations in September 2022. The Company also operates a technology-based specialty finance company that provides funding to nonprofit community associations (Associations) primarily located in the state of Florida, as well as in the states of Washington, Colorado, and Illinois, by funding a certain portion of the Associations' rights to delinquent accounts that are selected by the Associations arising from unpaid Association assessments.
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