The miner had recently warned it might stop paying off the debt to bankrupt BlockFi.
BTC miner Bitfarmers (BITF) is allowed to settle cash with $7.75 million in cash, settling its remaining $21 million debt with bankruptcy lender BlockFi, according to a press release on Thursday.
Since 2022, the miner has been trying to reduce its debt, including selling a large portion of its accumulated BTC assets. In January, the Toronto-based company said it was likely to commit debt to BlockFi, which has only $5 million in property as collateral for loans.
BlockFi, an important lender to the miners, filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in November last year because the industry felt the danger of a collapse in FTX, a password trading center.
Geoffrey Johnson, CEO of pit bull farm, said in a news release on Thursday: "reducing our debt from a high of $165 million in June 2022 to $25 million today, reducing our debt by nearly 85%, and significantly reducing our principal and interest liability, this increases our cash flow and prepares you for future growth."
During the bear market, financially leveraged miners struggled to repay lenders, and some borrowings ended up withheld as collateral or led to Chapter 11 bankruptcy.