LM Funding America Achieves Over 648% Revenue Growth to $13.0 Million for 2023

Mined 423.4 Bitcoins in 2023 Valued at Approximately $12.3 Million at an Average

Market Revenue Value of Approximately $29,000 per Bitcoin

Held 153.6 Bitcoin at February 29, 2024, Valued at Approximately $10.8 Million Based on Recent Bitcoin Price of $70,000

Reports Working Capital of Approximately $7.4 Million and LM Funding Stockholders’ Equity of
$36.2 Million ($14.52 per share) as of December 31, 2023

Conference Call to Be Held Today at 11:00 am ET

TAMPA, Fla., April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMFA) (“LM Funding” or the “Company”), a cryptocurrency mining and technology-based specialty finance company, today provided a business update and reported financial results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2023.

Operational Highlights

  • Approximately 5,900 Bitcoin mining machines in operation at hosting sites as of December 31, 2023
  • Mined 423.4 Bitcoin in 2023, which generated approximately $12.3 million in revenue based on the $29,000 average price of Bitcoin in 2023
  • As of December 31, 2023, held 95.1 Bitcoin valued at approximately $3.4 million
  • As of February 29, 2024, held 153.6 Bitcoin valued at approximately $10.8 million based on recent Bitcoin price of approximately $70,000
  • Revenue for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023, increased approximately 262% and 648%, respectively over the same periods last year
  • Net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2023, was $1.6 million as compared to $19.7 million for the 2022 comparable quarter.
  • Achieved positive Core EBITDA (defined below) of $345 thousand for the three months ended December 31, 2023, compared to a Core EBITDA loss of $1.7 million for the same period last year. Core EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure, and a reconciliation of Core EBITDA to net loss is set forth below in this press release.

Bruce Rodgers, Chairman and CEO of LM Funding, commented, “We made tremendous progress building our Bitcoin mining operations in 2023, our first full year as a Bitcoin mining company. We are extremely pleased with our results as we mined 423.4 Bitcoins valued at approximately $12.3 million based on the average price of Bitcoin during the year. This success drove an almost 648% increase in the Company’s revenue for the year as compared to 2022. In 2023, we adopted an ‘Infrastructure Light’ strategy, aiming to lessen market risks and fluctuations by concentrating our investments on Bitcoin and mining devices that closely track Bitcoin’s value. Additionally, we continue to purchase state-of-the-art mining equipment in anticipation of the upcoming Bitcoin halving, expected to occur in late April or early May of this year. Considering current market conditions and the future outlook for Bitcoin, which recently reached a new all-time high of approximately $73,800, we remain extremely optimistic about the future, as halving events have historically preceded new all-time high Bitcoin prices in the six months post-halving.”

Richard Russell, Chief Financial Officer of LM Funding, further noted, “We ended the year with cash plus Bitcoin, valued as of December 31, 2023, of approximately $5.8 million. Including the Bitcoin that we mined through the end of February 2024, our reported Bitcoin holdings of 153.6 Bitcoin are valued at approximately $10.8 million based on the recent Bitcoin price of approximately $70,000. Our working capital stood at $7.4 million as of December 31, 2023, and the equity of LM Funding shareholders was $36.2 million, or $14.52 per share. Given the strength of our balance sheet, we have not had the need to sell any of our Bitcoin holdings through February 2024 to fund our operations and we remain highly encouraged and optimistic regarding the financial outlook for both Bitcoin and the business.”

Financial Highlights

  • Total revenue for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023, was approximately $4.1 million, an increase of $2.9 million, or approximately 262%, compared to $1.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023, was approximately $13.0 million, an increase of $11.3 million, or more than 648%, from $1.7 million in 2022. These increases were primarily due to digital mining revenue of $3.9 million and $12.3 million in the three months and year ended December 31, 2023, compared with $0.9 million of digital mining revenue for both comparable periods in 2022 as the Company commenced our Bitcoin mining operations in September 2022. The average BTC price for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023 used for purposes of recognizing as revenue was approximately $36,500 and $29,000, respectively.
  • Net loss attributable to LM Funding shareholders for the three months ended December 31, 2023, was approximately $1.6 million, which included a $0.5 million non-cash, unrealized gain on investment and equity securities, and a $0.8 million impairment on our previously owned Symbiont assets, compared to a net loss of approximately $19.7 million for the 2022 comparable quarter, which included a $6.6 million non-cash, unrealized loss on investment and equity securities and a $1.1 million impairment on our Symbiont assets. Net loss attributable to LM Funding shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2023, was approximately $15.9 million, which included a $9.8 million non-cash, unrealized loss on investment and equity securities, and a $0.8 million impairment on our previously owned Symbiont assets, compared to a net loss of approximately $29.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, which included a $4.4 million non-cash, unrealized gain on investment and equity securities, and a $1.1 million impairment on the Symbiont assets.
  • Positive Core EBITDA for the three months ended December 31, 2023, totaled approximately $0.3 million compared to a Core EBITDA loss of $1.7 million in the prior year’s comparable quarter. Core EBITDA loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, totaled approximately $0.2 million, compared with Core EBITDA loss of $6.5 million in 2022. The improvements in Core EBITDA for the three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2023, were primarily due to the existence of material Bitcoin mining operations in the current year that did not exist in the prior year. Core EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure, and a reconciliation of Core EBITDA to net loss is set forth below in this press release.
  • Cash was approximately $2.4 million, with digital assets of $3.4 million, and working capital of $7.4 million as of December 31, 2023, based on 95.1 BTC at a price of approximately $36,000 as of December 31, 2023. The current BTC market price has fluctuated between $62,000 and $73,000 in recent weeks. In 2023, the Company also received approximately $2.7 million from SeaStar Medical Holdings as a partial repayment of their outstanding note receivable.
  • Total LM Funding stockholders’ equity was approximately $36.2 million, or $14.52 per share, as of December 31, 2023 (with the per-share amount calculated as LMFA stockholders’ equity divided by approximately 2,492,964 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2023).

Investor Conference Call

LM Funding will host a conference call today, April 1, 2024, at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time to discuss the Company’s financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023, as well as the Company’s corporate progress and other developments.

The conference call will be available via telephone by dialing toll-free +1 888-506-0062 for U.S. callers or +1 973-528-0011 for international callers and entering access code 212125. A webcast of the call may be accessed at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2917/50187 or on the investor relations section of the Company’s website, https://www.lmfunding.com/investors/news-events/ir-calendar.

A webcast replay will be available on the investor relations section of the Company’s website at https://www.lmfunding.com/investors/news-events/ir-calendar through April 1, 2025. A telephone replay of the call will be available approximately one hour following the call, through April 15, 2024, and can be accessed by dialing 877-481-4010 for U.S. callers or +1 919-882-2331 for international callers and entering access code 50187.

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.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” and “project” and other similar words and expressions are intended to signify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guaranties of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Some of these risks and uncertainties are identified in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and its other filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, uncertainty created by the risks of operating in the cryptocurrency mining business, uncertainty in the cryptocurrency mining business in general, problems with hosting vendors in the mining business, the capacity of our Bitcoin mining machines and our related ability to purchase power at reasonable prices, the ability to finance our cryptocurrency mining operations, our ability to acquire new accounts in our specialty finance business at appropriate prices, the potential need for additional capital in the future, changes in governmental regulations that affect our ability to collect sufficient amounts on defaulted consumer receivables, changes in the credit or capital markets, changes in interest rates, negative press regarding the debt collection industry, and the risk of pandemics such as the COVID-10 pandemic. The occurrence of any of these risks and uncertainties could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Contact:
Crescendo Communications, LLC
Tel: (212) 671-1020
Email: LMFA@crescendo-ir.com

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LM Funding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Balance Sheets (Audited)
         
    December 31,   December 31,
      2023       2022  
         
Assets        
Cash   $ 2,401,831     $ 4,238,006  
Digital Assets (Note 2)     3,416,256       888,026  
Finance receivables     19,221       26,802  
Marketable securities (Note 5)     17,860       4,290  
Notes receivable from Seastar Medical Holding Corporation (Note 5)           3,807,749  
Receivable from sale of Symbiont assets     200,000        
Prepaid expenses and other assets     4,067,212       1,233,322  
Income tax receivable     31,187       293,466  
Current assets     10,153,567       10,491,661  
         
Fixed assets, net (Note 3)     24,519,610       27,272,374  
Deposits on mining equipment (Note 4)     20,837       525,219  
Hosting services deposits (Note 4)           2,200,452  
Notes receivable from Seastar Medical Holding Corporation (Note 5)     1,440,498        
Long-term investments – debt security (Note 5)           2,402,542  
Less: Allowance for losses on debt security (Note 5)           (1,052,542 )
Long-term investments – debt security, net (Note 5)           1,350,000  
Long-term investments – equity securities (Note 5)     156,992       464,778  
Investment in Seastar Medical Holding Corporation (Note 5)     1,145,486       10,608,750  
Operating lease – right of use assets (Note 7)     189,009       265,658  
Other assets     86,798       10,726  
Long-term assets     27,559,230       42,697,957  
Total assets   $ 37,712,797     $ 53,189,618  
         
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     2,064,909       1,570,906  
Note payable – short-term (Note 6)     567,586       475,775  
Due to related parties (Note 9)     22,845       75,488  
Current portion of lease liability (Note 7)     110,384       90,823  
Total current liabilities     2,765,724       2,212,992  
         
Lease liability – net of current portion (Note 7)     85,775       179,397  
Long-term liabilities     85,775       179,397  
Total liabilities     2,851,499       2,392,389  
         
Stockholders’ equity (Note 10)        
Preferred stock, par value $.001; 150,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022            
Common stock, par value $.001; 350,000,000 shares authorized; 2,492,964 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2,232,964 as of December 31, 2022     2,493       2,233  
Additional paid-in capital     95,145,376       92,206,200  
Accumulated deficit     (58,961,461 )     (43,017,207 )
Total LM Funding America stockholders’ equity     36,186,408       49,191,226  
Non-controlling interest     (1,325,110 )     1,606,003  
Total stockholders’ equity     34,861,298       50,797,229  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 37,712,797     $ 53,189,618  
         

LM Funding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended December 31,   Years Ended December 31,
      2023       2022       2023       2022  
Revenues:                
Digital mining revenues   $ 3,946,485     $ 903,403     $ 12,289,131     $ 945,560  
Specialty finance revenue     75,901       175,853       550,445       626,773  
Rental revenue     33,028       41,378       144,514       161,618  
Total revenues     4,055,414       1,120,634       12,984,090       1,733,951  
Operating costs and expenses:                
Digital mining cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)     2,668,770       994,266       9,406,940       1,033,226  
Staff costs and payroll     1,121,796       6,536,291       5,858,736       19,422,723  
Professional fees     634,535       637,465       1,863,038       3,158,446  
Settlement costs with associations                 10,000       160  
Selling, general and administrative     168,632       188,749       851,806       635,268  
Real estate management and disposal     19,105       34,012       146,716       110,465  
Depreciation and amortization     1,495,614       434,302       4,983,480       478,020  
Collection costs     12,342       (5,524 )     29,875       (12,213 )
Impairment loss on mined digital assets     143,317       78,924       965,967       79,794  
Realized gain on sale of mined digital assets     (738,526 )           (2,070,508 )      
Other operating costs     295,569       1,229,749       999,959       1,504,047  
Total operating costs and expenses     5,821,154       10,128,234       23,046,009       26,409,936  
Operating loss     (1,765,740 )     (9,007,600 )     (10,061,919 )     (24,675,985 )
Realized gain (loss) on securities     2,632             4,420       (349,920 )
Realized gain on convertible debt securities                       287,778  
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities     7,134       (19,930 )     13,570       (56,830 )
Impairment loss on prepaid machine deposits           (3,150,000 )     (36,691 )     (3,150,000 )
Impairment loss on prepaid hosting deposits     (184,236 )     (1,790,712 )     (184,236 )     (1,790,712 )
Impairment loss on Symbiont assets           (1,052,542 )     (750,678 )     (1,052,542 )
Unrealized gain (loss) on investment and equity securities     546,563       (6,610,843 )     (9,771,050 )     4,423,985  
Impairment loss on digital assets           (63,935 )           (467,406 )
Realized gain on sale of purchased digital assets           20,254       1,917       20,254  
Loss on disposal of assets     (9,389 )     (38,054 )     (9,389 )     (38,054 )
Digital assets other income                     5,658  
Other income – coupon sales                 639,472        
Gain on adjustment of note receivable allowance                 1,052,542        
Other income – finance revenue                 37,660        
Dividend income                       3,875  
Interest income, net     38,705       129,731       249,586       394,678  
Credit loss     22,344                    
Loss before income taxes     (1,341,987 )     (21,583,631 )     (18,814,796 )     (26,445,221 )
Income tax expense     (60,571 )     (126,388 )     (60,571 )     (1,438,066 )
Net Loss   $ (1,402,558 )   $ (21,710,019 )   $ (18,875,367 )   $ (27,883,287 )
Less: loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interest     (189,208 )     2,016,385       2,931,113       (1,356,914 )
Net loss attributable to LM Funding America Inc.   $ (1,591,766 )   $ (19,693,634 )   $ (15,944,254 )   $ (29,240,201 )
                 
Basic loss per common share   $ (0.67 )   $ (8.82 )   $ (6.98 )   $ (13.10 )
Diluted loss per common share   $ (0.67 )   $ (8.82 )   $ (6.98 )   $ (13.10 )
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding                
Basic     2,362,964       2,231,681       2,283,836       2,231,681  
Diluted     2,362,964       2,231,681       2,283,836       2,231,681  
                 

LM Funding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Audited)
 
    Years ended December 31,
      2023       2022  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:        
Net loss   $ (18,875,367 )   $ (27,883,287 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities        
Depreciation and amortization     4,983,480       478,020  
Noncash lease expense     98,536       95,098  
Stock compensation     1,095,705       1,098,331  
Stock option expense     1,843,731       16,571,978  
Accrued investment income     (159,692 )     (392,412 )
Accrued recovery of legal fees           (55,364 )
Impairment loss on digital assets     965,967       547,200  
Impairment loss on mining machine deposits     36,691       3,150,000  
Impairment loss on hosting deposits     184,236       1,790,712  
Impairment loss on Symbiont assets     750,678        
Unrealized loss (gain) on marketable securities     (13,570 )     56,830  
Unrealized loss (gain) on investment and equity securities     9,771,050       (4,423,985 )
Loss on disposal of fixed assets     9,389       38,054  
Realized loss (gain) on securities     (4,420 )     349,920  
Realized gain on convertible note receivable           (287,778 )
Realized gain on sale of digital assets     (2,072,425 )     (20,254 )
Proceeds from securities     744,036       2,565,893  
Convertible debt and interest converted into marketable securities           844,882  
Investments in marketable securities     (739,616 )     (844,882 )
(Reversal of) allowance loss on debt security     (1,052,542 )     1,052,542  
Change in operating assets and liabilities:        
Prepaid expenses and other assets     189,407       651,472  
Hosting deposits     (36,691 )     (3,202,764 )
Repayments to related party     (52,643 )     (45,732 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     177,478       393,260  
Mining of digital assets     (12,289,131 )     (945,560 )
Proceeds from sale of digital assets     10,874,701        
Lease liability payments     (95,948 )     (98,569 )
Income tax receivable     262,279       (293,466 )
Deferred taxes and taxes payable           (326,178 )
Net cash used in operating activities     (3,404,681 )     (9,136,039 )
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:        
Net collections of finance receivables – original product     (6,428 )     13,993  
Net collections of finance receivables – special product     14,009       (12,602 )
Capital expenditures     (1,625,284 )     (15,382 )
Investment in notes receivable – Seastar Medical Holding Corporation     (125,000 )     (3,753,090 )
Collection of notes receivable     2,651,943        
Investment in digital assets     (35,157 )     (988,343 )
Proceeds from sale of purchased digital assets     27,815       518,931  
Financing activities for Symbiont asset acquisition     (402,361 )      
Symbiont asset sale     1,800,000        
Deposits for mining equipment           (14,649,614 )
Net cash from (used in) investing activities     2,299,537       (18,886,107 )
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Loan principal and insurance financing repayments     (624,481 )     (299,033 )
Issue costs from the issuance of common stock     (106,550 )      
Net cash used in financing activities     (731,031 )     (299,033 )
NET DECREASE IN CASH     (1,836,175 )     (28,321,179 )
CASH – BEGINNING OF PERIOD     4,238,006       32,559,185  
CASH – END OF PERIOD   $ 2,401,831     $ 4,238,006  
         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES        
Insurance financing   $ 716,292     $ 660,120  
ROU assets and operating lease obligation recognized   $ 21,887     $ 300,787  
Reclassification of mining equipment deposit to fixed assets, net   $ 1,177,226     $ 26,961,095  
Capital expenditures in accrued liabilities   $ 1,035,374     $ 718,416  
Reclassification of Reverse stock split   $ 10,859     $  
         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASHFLOW INFORMATION        
Cash paid for taxes   $     $ 2,057,710  
Cash paid for interest   $     $  
         


NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION (unaudited)
Our reported results are presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). We also disclose Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”) and Core Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (“Core EBITDA”) which adjusts for unrealized loss on investment and equity securities, unrealized gain on convertible debt securities, impairment loss on mined digital assets, impairment of intangible long-lived assets, impairment of prepaid hosting deposits, impairment of mining machine deposits and gain on adjustment of note receivable allowance and stock compensation expense and option expense, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they are widely accepted industry measures used by analysts and investors to compare the operating performance of Bitcoin miners.

The following tables reconcile net loss, which we believe is the most comparable GAAP measure, to EBITDA and Core EBITDA:

                   
    Years Ended December 31,     Three Months Ended December 31,
      2023       2022         2023       2022  
                   
Net income (loss)   $ (18,875,367 )   $ (27,883,287 )     $ (1,402,558 )   $ (21,710,019 )
Income tax expense     60,571       1,438,066         60,571       126,388  
Interest expense           4,416               4,416  
Depreciation and amortization     4,983,480       478,020         1,495,614       434,302  
Income (loss) before interest, taxes & depreciation   $ (13,831,316 )   $ (25,962,785 )     $ 153,627     $ (21,144,913 )
Unrealized loss (gain) on investment and equity securities     9,771,050       (4,423,985 )       (546,563 )     6,610,843  
Realized gain on convertible debt securities           (287,778 )              
Impairment loss on prepaid mining machine deposits     36,691       3,150,000               3,150,000  
Impairment loss on mined digital assets     965,967       79,794         143,317       78,924  
Impairment loss on digital assets           467,406               63,935  
Impairment loss on Symbiont assets     750,678       1,052,542               1,052,542  
Gain on adjustment of note receivable allowance     (1,052,542 )                    
Impairment loss on prepaid hosting deposits     184,236       1,790,712         184,236       1,790,712  
Stock compensation and option expense     2,939,436       17,670,309         410,584       6,725,592  
Core income (loss) before interest, taxes & depreciation   $ (235,800 )   $ (6,463,785 )     $ 345,201     $ (1,672,365 )

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