Trump's American Bitcoin Lost $45M in Q1 2026 Despite BTC Above $80K — Structural Costs Are the Story!

American Bitcoin (ABTC) posted a $45.2 million net loss in Q1 2026 even as Bitcoin held above $80,000 — the contradiction exposing a structural cost problem that political backing cannot fix. The company's average mining cost sits at roughly $68,000 per coin, leaving margins razor-thin, while its fleet efficiency of 18 J/TH trails Marathon Digital's 14 J/TH, meaning ABTC burns materially more power per unit of computational work.

Revenue fell 41% year-over-year in Q1, and operational hashrate contracted 28% from 10 EH/s to 7.2 EH/s, directly cutting Bitcoin output. The firm carries $200M-plus in debt from Texas and Wyoming facility expansions, and energy costs — pegged at approximately $0.045/kWh — sit at the upper ceiling of what domestic miners can sustain post-halving. U.S. energy costs have risen 35% since 2025, per TipRanks analyst James Thorne's February 28 assessment.

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