Merger of Legacy Hut and USBTC in November 2023
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 formed from the merger of Hut 8 Mining Corp. (Legacy Hut) and U.S. Data Mining Group, Inc. d/b/a US Bitcoin Corp. (USBTC) in November 2023, with specified share exchange ratios
Source (primary)
Ubhi v. Leverton — Entry #1: COMPLAINT against Joe Flinn, Asher Genoot, Alexia Hefti, Mike Ho, Hut 8 Corp., Jaime Leverton, Stanley O'Neal, Rick Rickertsen, Mayo A (RECAP (purchased via PACER), court_filing)
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Quote: “Hut 8 formed following the merger of Hut 8 Mining Corp. ("Legacy Hut") and U.S. Data Mining Group, Inc. d/b/a US Bitcoin Corp. ("USBTC") in November 2023 (the "Merger"). Shareholders of Legacy Hut received, for each share held, 0.2 shares of Hut 8 common stock. Stockholders of USBTC received, for each share of USBTC capital stock, 0.6716 shares of Hut 8 common stock.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 28, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The complaint describes the November 2023 merger that formed Hut 8 and gives both share exchange ratios.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8 was formed from the merger of Hut 8 Mining Corp. (Legacy Hut) and U.S. Data Mining Group, Inc. d/b/a US Bitcoin Corp. (USBTC)
- The merger took place in November 2023
- Legacy Hut shareholders received 0.2 shares of Hut 8 common stock per share held
- USBTC stockholders received 0.6716 shares of Hut 8 common stock per share of USBTC capital stock
What we did: Read our cached copy of RECAP (purchased via PACER) (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.86297/gov.uscourts.ded.86297.1.0.pdf) in full (66,775 characters, retrieved September 26, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Ubhi v. Leverton — Entry #1: COMPLAINT against Joe Flinn, Asher Genoot, Alexia Hefti, Mike Ho, Hut 8 Corp., Jaime Leverton, Stanley O'Neal, Rick Rickertsen, Mayo A
Quote: “Hut 8 formed following the merger of Hut 8 Mining Corp. ("Legacy Hut") and U.S. Data Mining Group, Inc. d/b/a US Bitcoin Corp. ("USBTC") in November 2023 (the "Merger"). Shareholders of Legacy Hut received, for each share held, 0.2 shares of Hut 8 common stock. Stockholders of USBTC received, for each share of USBTC capital stock, 0.6716 shares of Hut 8 common stock.”