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Zcash rose more than 6% to about $488 after Fortitude Mining closed a $6.25 million purchase of a 12.5 megawatt Nebraska facility, expanding the privacy token's mining base.
"The acquisition of our Prosser Facility is a significant step forward in scaling our owned-and-operated portfolio," Andrea Childs, chief executive officer of Fortitude, said. "By pairing targeted acquisitions like Prosser with our own greenfield development, we are building a vertically-integrated platform designed to maximize the value of every megawatt we own."
The Prosser site, Fortitude's third in Nebraska, adds to an owned power portfolio of more than 60 megawatts across seven sites in South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas and New York. The deal, funded with cash on hand, carried a net outlay of about $4.7 million after a $985,000 hosting deposit credit and the sale of roughly $465,500 of T21 miners, according to the company. The facility includes full ownership of the land, building and an on-site 67-kilovolt substation, with stabilized power costs estimated near $0.045 per kilowatt-hour.
The expansion comes as Fortitude, wholly owned by Digital Currency Group and spun out of its Foundry bitcoin mining unit in late 2025, pushes toward a public listing through a proposed merger with HeartSciences Inc. (Nasdaq: HSCS), expected to trade under the ticker TUDE. The miner also holds a definitive agreement with Bitmain for 9,000 Antminer Z15 Pro units worth roughly $31.5 million, a move that could lift its Zcash mining capacity by 145 percent.
ZEC has climbed about 94 percent over the past six months, according to The Block, after jumping from roughly $40 in September to a November high near $699 before giving back ground. The token is up about 5.6 percent over the past month and down 4.4 percent year-to-date as of Aug. 4.
The Prosser acquisition reflects Fortitude's strategy of owning the infrastructure behind its mining operations rather than relying on third-party hosting, giving the company direct control over its cost structure. Concentrating assets in Nebraska alongside Grand Island and Aurora lets Fortitude share personnel, spare parts and repair capabilities across sites, the company said.
The institutional build-out stands to strengthen Zcash's hash rate and network security as added capacity comes online. Fortitude said it intends to keep growing its owned-and-operated portfolio through a mix of greenfield development and targeted acquisitions like Prosser, with the HeartSciences merger pending shareholder approval.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
