Jim Nygaard
CFO at Core Scientific
Jim Nygaard is the Chief Financial Officer of Core Scientific and has worked at XMS Capital Partners and Morgan Stanley. He has more than years of investment banking experience and has completed a number of strategic transactions, financings and corporate finance advisory assignments for a variety of clients across multiple industry sectors. He has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Core Scientific’s 75% return on AI deal isn’t the template for bitcoin miners, Bernstein says
Trump vs. public crypto companies in 2025 earnings: Trump: $1.4B Coinbase: $1.26B CleanSpark: $365M IREN: $87M Bitdeer: $66M Hive: -$3M Bit Digital: -$80M Bitfarms: -$209M Galaxy: -$241M Hut 8: -$248M Core Scientific: -$289M
One of the biggest trends in energy infrastructure right now is bitcoin miners pivoting to AI compute. At least a dozen public miners have announced partial or full pivots in the last 18 months, from Core Scientific's 71% revenue shift to IREN's $1.94 billion Microsoft deal. Sphere 3D is playing
Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific invests in transforming into an AI data center, advancing a 1.5GW data center project
Core Scientific announces the acquisition of an additional $500 million financing commitment from JPMorgan Chase
Core Scientific stock jumps 12% on earnings and $1.2 billion data center expansion
Core Scientific, on Cusp of Becoming a Major Force in AI Hosting, Initiated at Buy: Canaccord
The Daily: Metaplanet buys more bitcoin, PayPal and Venmo integrate ENS, Core Scientific eyes $30 billion valuation via AI and more
Is Bitcoin Undervalued? Core Scientific Founder Shares Optimistic Thoughts
Core Scientific Reports $210M Net Income in Q1 2024, Boosts AI Infrastructure