Alleged non-existent NuMiner agreement with Gryphon
Company: Core Scientific
The claim, verbatim
Culper Research alleged that Gryphon announced an agreement with NuMiner to purchase $1.7 billion of NM 440 miners, but alleged that these miners do not exist and will never exist.
Source (primary)
Core Scientific, Inc. — Entry #1842: Adversary case 22-03345 (RECAP (purchased via PACER), court_filing)
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Quote: “In February 2022, ANY's promotion kicked into high gear as the company announced that it entered into an agreement with "NuMiner" to purchase $1.7 billion worth of "NM 440" 440 TH/s miners. We think these miners do not exist, [and] will never exist.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 28, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The complaint quotes the Culper Report making exactly these allegations about the NuMiner agreement.
Confirmed in the source:
- Culper Research said Gryphon announced an agreement with NuMiner to buy $1.7 billion worth of NM 440 miners
- Culper Research alleged these miners do not exist and will never exist
What we did: Read our cached copy of RECAP (purchased via PACER) (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.460090/gov.uscourts.txsb.460090.1842.0.pdf) in full (60,424 characters, retrieved September 26, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Core Scientific, Inc. — Entry #1842: Adversary case 22-03345
Quote: “In February 2022, ANY's promotion kicked into high gear as the company announced that it entered into an agreement with "NuMiner" to purchase $1.7 billion worth of "NM 440" 440 TH/s miners. We think these miners do not exist, [and] will never exist.”