Ionic Digital, formed from Celsius Mining assets, surges 25% on Nasdaq debut after pivoting mining infrastructure toward AI.
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Ionic Digital, formed from assets belonging to Celsius Mining, gained 25% on its Nasdaq debut. The company later acquired direct control of mining sites previously held by Hut 8, according to reporting on the listing.
The share surge reflected market response to Ionic Digital's pivot away from traditional bitcoin mining toward infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence workloads. The transition repositioned assets that originated in the Celsius bankruptcy proceedings into a new operational focus aligned with growing demand for AI compute capacity.
The extent of Ionic Digital's AI infrastructure deployment, specifics of the Hut 8 asset transfer terms, and forward-looking capacity targets remain undisclosed in available reports.