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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-000674 to BIT ORIGIN Ltd (BTOG) (CIK 0001735556) (BTOG)

BIT ORIGIN Ltd (BTOG) (CIK 0001735556)
Date: Jan. 20, 2023 · CIK: 0001735556 · Accession: 0000000000-23-000674

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File numbers found in text: 333-268501

Date
January 20, 2023
Author
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Form
UPLOAD
Company
BIT ORIGIN Ltd (BTOG) (CIK 0001735556)

Letter

United States securities and exchange commission logo January 20, 2023 Lucas Wang Chief Executive Officer Bit Origin Ltd. 375 Park Ave, Fl 1502 New York, NY 10152 Re:Bit Origin Ltd. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-3 Filed January 5, 2023 File No. 333-268501 Dear Lucas Wang: We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our December 16, 2022 letter. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-3 Miners, page 5 1.Refer to your response to comment 10. Please revise your disclosure to describe the terms and provisions of your insurance policies covering your miners. To the extent that you do not have insurance coverage for your crypto asset miners, please revise to add risk factor disclosure. 2.Refer to your response to comment 13. Please revise to clarify the difference between the two breakeven points identified in the last paragraph on page 5. In addition, disclose the range of the value of Bitcoin for the periods covered by your financial statements and

FirstName LastNameLucas Wang Comapany NameBit Origin Ltd. January 20, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastName Lucas Wang Bit Origin Ltd. January 20, 2023 Page 2 include the assumptions made in determining value. Also revise to address the impact of your policy to hold your mined Bitcoin "in order to enjoy the potential benefits of the appreciation of the Bitcoin price." Prospectus Summary Business Overview, page 5 3.Refer to your response to comment 9. Please revise to disclose whether you use a third- party custodian to store your bitcoin. If so, please identify the third-party custodian and describe the material terms of the agreement, including a description of the custodian's insurance and the degree to which the custodian's policies provide coverage for the loss of your crypto assets and whether the insurance provider has inspection rights associated with the crypto assets held in storage. Cheyenne, Wyoming, page 6 4.Refer to your response to comment 19. Please revise to clarify what you mean by your disclosure on page 6 regarding a "sharing percentage of 8.8235%." Mining Facilities Marion, Indiana, page 6 5.Refer to your response to comment 14. Please Reconcile your disclosure regarding your agreement with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. on page 7 with your disclosure on page 10 that "the hosting fee is adjusted to the sum of (i) the electricity costs and 50% of SonicHash US's profit generated from the Indiana site, i.e., the difference of the market price of the Bitcoins mined from the Indiana site and the electricity costs." 6.Refer to your response to comment 15. Please revise to disclose whether your agreements with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. include insurance for loss of power or damage to the hosted mining machines. Impact of Recent Developments Regarding Crypto Asset Market, page 10 7.Please disclose how the "market price" of Bitcoins mined from the Indiana site is calculated pursuant to the December 2022 agreement with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. 8.Refer to your response to comment 22. Please revise your disclosure on page 10 to identify any material pending crypto legislation or regulation, and describe the material effects such legislation may have on your business, financial condition and results of operation. 9.Please revise your disclosure on page 10 and in your risk factors section to address the risk that the price of your Ordinary Shares may impact your ability to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) by June 12, 2023.

FirstName LastNameLucas Wang Comapany NameBit Origin Ltd. January 20, 2023 Page 3 FirstName LastName Lucas Wang Bit Origin Ltd. January 20, 2023 Page 3 Risk Factors, page 13 10.Please revise your risk factors and dilution section to discuss and quantify the effect(s) that converting the notes and exercising the warrants could have on existing shareholders. Our board of management have experience in risk management, page 18 11.Refer to your response to comment 25. Please expand this risk factor to describe the risk management policies in place in light of current crypto asset market conditions. The October 2022 Private Placement The Private Placement, page 19 12.Refer to your response to comment 2. Please disclose the amount of crypto assets pledged as collateral in connection with the October 2022 Private Placement, and, in an appropriate section of your registration statement, please disclose the material terms of your loans from a third-party in which you used crypto assets as collateral. Please contact Sonia Bednarowski at 202-551-3666 or Matthew Derby at 202-551-3334 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Crypto Assets

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
January 20, 2023
Lucas Wang
Chief Executive Officer
Bit Origin Ltd.
375 Park Ave, Fl 1502
New York, NY 10152
Re:Bit Origin Ltd.
Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form F-3
Filed January 5, 2023
File No. 333-268501
Dear Lucas Wang:
            We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments.  In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
            Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information.  If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
            After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.  Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our December 16, 2022 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-3
Miners, page 5
1.Refer to your response to comment 10.  Please revise your disclosure to describe the terms
and provisions of your insurance policies covering your miners.  To the extent that you do
not have insurance coverage for your crypto asset miners, please revise to add risk factor
disclosure.
2.Refer to your response to comment 13.  Please revise to clarify the difference between the
two breakeven points identified in the last paragraph on page 5.  In addition, disclose the
range of the value of Bitcoin for the periods covered by your financial statements and

 FirstName LastNameLucas Wang
 Comapany NameBit Origin Ltd.
 January 20, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Lucas Wang
Bit Origin Ltd.
January 20, 2023
Page 2
include the assumptions made in determining value.  Also revise to address the impact of
your policy to hold your mined Bitcoin "in order to enjoy the potential benefits of the
appreciation of the Bitcoin price."
Prospectus Summary
Business Overview, page 5
3.Refer to your response to comment 9.  Please revise to disclose whether you use a third-
party custodian to store your bitcoin.  If so, please identify the third-party custodian and
describe the material terms of the agreement, including a description of the custodian's
insurance and the degree to which the custodian's policies provide coverage for the loss of
your crypto assets and whether the insurance provider has inspection rights associated
with the crypto assets held in storage.
Cheyenne, Wyoming, page 6
4.Refer to your response to comment 19.  Please revise to clarify what you mean by your
disclosure on page 6 regarding a "sharing percentage of 8.8235%."
Mining Facilities
Marion, Indiana, page 6
5.Refer to your response to comment 14.  Please Reconcile your disclosure regarding your
agreement with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. on page 7 with your disclosure on page 10
that "the hosting fee is adjusted to the sum of (i) the electricity costs and 50% of
SonicHash US's profit generated from the Indiana site, i.e., the difference of the market
price of the Bitcoins mined from the Indiana site and the electricity costs."
6.Refer to your response to comment 15.  Please revise to disclose whether your agreements
with Your Choice Four CA, Inc. include insurance for loss of power or damage to the
hosted mining machines.
Impact of Recent Developments Regarding Crypto Asset Market, page 10
7.Please disclose how the "market price" of Bitcoins mined from the Indiana site is
calculated pursuant to the December 2022 agreement with Your Choice Four CA, Inc.
8.Refer to your response to comment 22.  Please revise your disclosure on page 10 to
identify any material pending crypto legislation or regulation, and describe the material
effects such legislation may have on your business, financial condition and results of
operation.
9.Please revise your disclosure on page 10 and in your risk factors section to address the
risk that the price of your Ordinary Shares may impact your ability to regain compliance
with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) by June 12, 2023.

 FirstName LastNameLucas Wang
 Comapany NameBit Origin Ltd.
 January 20, 2023 Page 3
 FirstName LastName
Lucas Wang
Bit Origin Ltd.
January 20, 2023
Page 3
Risk Factors, page 13
10.Please revise your risk factors and dilution section to discuss and quantify the effect(s)
that converting the notes and exercising the warrants could have on existing shareholders.
Our board of management have experience in risk management, page 18
11.Refer to your response to comment 25.  Please expand this risk factor to describe the risk
management policies in place in light of current crypto asset market conditions.
The October 2022 Private Placement
The Private Placement, page 19
12.Refer to your response to comment 2.  Please disclose the amount of crypto assets pledged
as collateral in connection with the October 2022 Private Placement, and, in an
appropriate section of your registration statement, please disclose the material terms of
your loans from a third-party in which you used crypto assets as collateral.
            Please contact Sonia Bednarowski at 202-551-3666 or Matthew Derby at 202-551-3334
with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Crypto Assets