Merger with US Bitcoin Corp.
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 merged with US Bitcoin Corp. and transitioned from a Canadian-listed miner into a U.S.-domiciled company with bitcoin mining and high-performance computing operations.
Source (primary)
Zcash miner Fortitude names former Hut 8 chief Jaime Leverton CEO ahead of Nasdaq deal - CoinDesk (-, news_article)
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Quote: “overseeing its merger with US Bitcoin Corp. and its transition from a Canadian-listed miner into a U.S.-domiciled company with bitcoin mining and high-performance computing operations”
How we checked this
Checked on September 24, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article says Jaime Leverton, as Hut 8's CEO, oversaw its merger with US Bitcoin Corp. and its transition from a Canadian-listed miner into a U.S.-domiciled company with bitcoin mining and high-performance computing operations, which covers every part of the claim.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8 merged with US Bitcoin Corp.
- Hut 8 transitioned from a Canadian-listed miner into a U.S.-domiciled company
- The resulting company has bitcoin mining and high-performance computing operations
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/17/zcash-miner-fortitude-names-former-hut-8-chief-jaime-leverton-ceo-ahead-of-nasdaq-deal) in full (11,565 characters, retrieved September 20, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Zcash miner Fortitude names former Hut 8 chief Jaime Leverton CEO ahead of Nasdaq deal - CoinDesk
Quote: “overseeing its merger with US Bitcoin Corp. and its transition from a Canadian-listed miner into a U.S.-domiciled company with bitcoin mining and high-performance computing operations”