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Hut 8 Advances Capital Strategy with DIFC License

DIFC license expected to enhance active treasury management, expand institutional reach, and improve capital efficiency

MIAMI, July 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hut 8 Corp. (Nasdaq | TSX:听HUT) (鈥淗ut 8鈥� or the 鈥淐ompany鈥�), an energy infrastructure platform integrating power, digital infrastructure, and compute at scale to fuel next-generation, energy-intensive use cases such as Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing, today announced that its subsidiary, Hut 8 Investment Ltd, has secured a Commercial License in the Dubai International Financial Centre (鈥淒IFC鈥�). The license authorizes proprietary investments and certain non-financial commercial activity under the DIFC鈥檚 legal and regulatory framework, which is based on international standards and principles of common law.

The DIFC license represents a structural expansion of Hut 8鈥檚 capital strategy, enhancing the Company鈥檚 ability to deploy Bitcoin held in reserve into structured derivatives strategies. The license is expected to broaden access to institutional counterparties, reduce trading friction, and lower transaction costs. In fiscal year 2024, Hut 8 generated more than $20 million in net proceeds from covered call options premiums on Bitcoin held in reserve. Through its presence in the DIFC, Hut 8 expects to unlock multiple advantages that support continued expansion of its active treasury management program, including:

• Direct access to global derivatives markets: Enables Hut 8 to trade directly on institutional exchanges, reducing reliance on OTC intermediaries that historically introduced cost friction relative to spot pricing
• Broader access to institutional-grade products and counterparties: Unlocks a wider set of global liquidity providers and instruments, enhancing strategic optionality
• Greater flexibility in structured strategy design and execution: Allows Hut 8 to construct and manage advanced yield strategies that would more difficult to execute without a DIFC license
• Supportive regulatory environment within a common law framework: Dubai offers an established legal and regulatory foundation for institutional digital asset activity, supporting enhanced enforceability, compliance certainty, and jurisdictional alignment

鈥淲e believe that securing a DIFC license enhances our ability to drive outsized shareholder returns through our integrated capital strategy,鈥� said Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8. 鈥淚t allows us to execute directly on global derivatives markets, reduce trading costs, and access a broader range of institutional products. Within a regulatory environment that supports structured digital asset strategies, we believe we can manage Bitcoin held in reserve more efficiently, manage risk with greater precision, and optimize yield through disciplined, proactive management.鈥�

About Hut 8听

Hut 8 Corp. is an energy infrastructure platform integrating power, digital infrastructure, and compute at scale to fuel next-generation, energy-intensive use cases such as Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing. We take a power-first, innovation-driven approach to developing, commercializing, and operating the critical infrastructure that underpins the breakthrough technologies of today and tomorrow. Our platform spans 1,020 megawatts of energy capacity under management across 15 sites in the United States and Canada: five Bitcoin mining, hosting, and Managed Services sites in Alberta, New York, and Texas, five high performance computing data centers in British Columbia and Ontario, four power generation assets in Ontario, and one non-operational site in Alberta. For more information, visit 听and follow us on X at @Hut8Corp.

About Dubai International Financial Centre

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is one of the world鈥檚 most advanced financial鈥痗entres and a leading financial hub for the Middle East,鈥疉frica,鈥痑nd South Asia (MEASA). With a 20-year track record of facilitating trade and investment flows across the MEASA region, the Centre connects these fast-growing markets with the economies of Asia,鈥疎urope,鈥痑nd the Americas through Dubai.鈥疍IFC is home to an internationally鈥痳ecognised, independent regulator and a proven judicial system with an English common law framework.鈥疶he Centre鈥檚 vision is to drive the future of finance through cutting-edge technology, innovation, and partnerships. Today, it is the global future of finance and innovation hub offering one of the region鈥檚 most comprehensive AI, FinTech and venture capital environments, including cost-effective licensing solutions, fit-for-purpose regulation, innovative accelerator鈥痯rogrammes, and funding for growth-stage start-ups. For further information, please visit our website: difc.ae or follow us on LinkedIn and听X at @DIFC.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward鈥揕ooking Information

This press release includes 鈥渇orward-looking information鈥� and 鈥渇orward-looking statements鈥� within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and United States securities laws, respectively (collectively, 鈥渇orward-looking information鈥�). All information, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events, or developments that Hut 8 expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including statements relating to the Company鈥檚 use of its DIFC license to expand its capital strategy, enhance the Company鈥檚 ability to deploy Bitcoin held in reserve, broaden access to institutional counterparties, reduce trading friction, lower transaction costs, and unlock other advantages to support the expansion of the Company鈥檚 active treasury management program; the impact of the DIFC鈥檚 regulatory framework; the ability of the Company to drive outsized shareholder returns; and other such matters is forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is often identified by the words 鈥渕ay鈥�, 鈥渨ould鈥�, 鈥渃ould鈥�, 鈥渟hould鈥�, 鈥渨ill鈥�, 鈥渋ntend鈥�, 鈥減lan鈥�, 鈥渁nticipate鈥�, 鈥渁llow鈥�, 鈥渂elieve鈥�, 鈥渆stimate鈥�, 鈥渆xpect鈥�, 鈥減redict鈥�, 鈥渃an鈥�, 鈥渕ight鈥�, 鈥減otential鈥�, 鈥減redict鈥�, 鈥渋s designed to鈥�, 鈥渓ikely,鈥� or similar expressions.

Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts, but instead represent management鈥檚 expectations, estimates, and projections regarding future events based on certain material factors and assumptions at the time the statement was made. While considered reasonable by Hut 8 as of the date of this press release, such statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, but not limited to, failure of critical systems; geopolitical, social, economic, and other events and circumstances; competition from current and future competitors; risks related to power requirements; cybersecurity threats and breaches; hazards and operational risks; changes in leasing arrangements; Internet-related disruptions; dependence on key personnel; having a limited operating history; attracting and retaining customers; entering into new offerings or lines of business; price fluctuations and rapidly changing technologies; construction of new data centers, data center expansions, or data center redevelopment; predicting facility requirements; strategic alliances or joint ventures; operating and expanding internationally; failing to grow hashrate; purchasing miners; relying on third-party mining pool service providers; uncertainty in the development and acceptance of the Bitcoin network; Bitcoin halving events; competition from other methods of investing in Bitcoin; concentration of Bitcoin holdings; hedging transactions; potential liquidity constraints; legal, regulatory, governmental, and technological uncertainties; physical risks related to climate change; involvement in legal proceedings; trading volatility; and other risks described from time to time in Company鈥檚 filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see the Company鈥檚 recent and upcoming annual and quarterly reports and other continuous disclosure documents, which are available under the Company鈥檚 EDGAR profile at www.sec.gov and SEDAR+ profile at .

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