SHANGHAI, Jan. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced its production update for crypto mining business in December 2024.

Bitcoin Mining Update for December 2024

Metrics

Dec 2024 1

Nov 2024 1

Number of Bitcoins produced

569.9

363.9

Average number of Bitcoins produced per day

18.4

18.9

Total number of Bitcoins held 2

933.8

363.9

Total number of Bitcoins sold 2

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-

Deployed hashrate 2

32 EH/s

32 EH/s

Average operating hashrate 3

30.4 EH/s

29.8 EH/s

SHANGHAI, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced its production update for crypto mining business in November 2024.

As previously announced by the Company on November 19, 2024, the Company has completed the acquisition of on-rack crypto mining machines with an aggregate hashrate of 32 Exahash per second ("EH") for a total purchase price of US$256 million in cash (the "Cash-Settled Transaction") from a leading manufacturer of digital currency mining servers. The Company and such manufacturer closed the Cash-Settled Transaction through assignment to the Company of all hash computing power of the mining machines to be delivered in the Cash-Settled Transaction, and transfer of these machines' legal title to the Company is expected to occur at a later stage as agreed by the parties.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced the appointment of MaloneBailey, LLP ("MaloneBailey") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 and on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, effective on November 18, 2024.

MaloneBailey succeeds Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP ("EY"), which was the independent auditor providing audit services to the Company. The change of the Company's independent auditor was made after careful consideration and was approved by the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company. The decision to change the auditor of the Company was not as a result of any disagreement between the Company and EY on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of on-rack crypto mining machines with an aggregate hashrate of 32 Exahash per second ("EH") for a total purchase price of US$256 million in cash (the "Cash-Settled Transaction") from Bitmain Technologies Georgia Limited and Bitmain Development Limited (together, "Bitmain"), a leading manufacturer of digital currency mining servers. The Company announced the Cash-Settled Transaction on November 6, 2024, together with its proposed acquisition of on-rack crypto mining machines with an aggregate hashrate of 18 EH from Golden TechGen Limited and certain other sellers for a total purchase price of approximately US$144 million, which will be paid through issuance of shares to the sellers by the Company (the "Share-Settled Transactions" and together with the Cash-Settled Transaction, the "Proposed Transactions").

SHANGHAI, Nov. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced that it has entered into agreements to purchase on-rack crypto mining machines with an aggregate hashrate of 50 Exahash per second ("EH") for total considerations valued at approximately US$400 million from a group of sellers. The largest seller will be Bitmain Technologies Georgia Limited and Bitmain Development Limited (together, "Bitmain"), a leading manufacturer of digital currency mining servers, and the Company has agreed to purchase from Bitmain on-rack crypto mining machines with an aggregate hashrate of 32EH for a total purchase price of US$256 million in cash (the "Cash-Settled Transaction"). The Company has also agreed to purchase the remaining on-rack crypto mining machines with an aggregate hashrate of 18EH from Golden TechGen Limited ("GT"), a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned by Mr. Max HUA ("Mr. Hua"), former chief financial officer of Bitmain and the sole shareholder of GT, and certain other sellers, and will pay the purchase price through issuance of an aggregate of approximately 145,658,192 Class A ordinary shares of the Company (valued at US$144 million) to the sellers in proportion to the aggregate hashrate of the machines to be sold by each seller (the "Share-Settled Transactions", and together with the Cash-Settled Transaction, the "Proposed Transactions").

SHANGHAI, Nov. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2024.

Third Quarter 2024 Financial and Operational Highlights

Total revenues were RMB27.0 million (US$3.8 million), compared with RMB353.6 million in the same period of 2023. Income from operations was RMB35.2 million (US$5.0 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared with a loss of RMB87.8 million in the same period last year. Net income was RMB67.9 million (US$9.7 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared with a loss of RMB49.1 million in the same period last year.The total outstanding balance of financing transactions the Company facilitated was RMB4.8 billion (US$685.7 million) as of September 30, 2024. Our credit risk exposure has decreased to a lower level, with only RMB1.7 billion (US$ 246.1 million) of outstanding loan balances where the Company bears credit risks that have not been provided with full bad debt allowance or full risk assurance liabilities. M1+ and M3+ overdue ratios for all financing transactions that remained outstanding and were facilitated by the Company were 3.17% and 1.76%, respectively, as of September 30, 2024, compared with 2.93% and 1.57%, respectively, as of June 30, 2024.Total balance of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments increased by RMB89.3 million (US$12.7 million) compared with that as of June 30, 2024.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced that it plans to release its third quarter 2024 financial results after the market closes on Monday, November 4, 2024. The earnings release will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.cangoonline.com/.

Cango's management will hold a conference call on Monday, November 4, 2024 at 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time or Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 9:00 A.M. Beijing Time to discuss the financial results. Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers:

SHANGHAI, Aug. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2024.

Second Quarter 2024 Financial and Operational Highlights

Total revenues were RMB45.1 million (US$6.2 million), compared with RMB675.4 million in the same period of 2023. Income from operations was RMB47.0 million (US$6.5 million) for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared with a loss of RMB8.9 million in the same period last year. Net income was RMB86.0 million (US$11.8 million) for the three months ended June 30, 2024, an increase of 137.5% from RMB36.2 million in the same period last year.The total outstanding balance of financing transactions the Company facilitated was RMB6.2 billion (US$850.0 million) as of June 30, 2024. Our credit risk exposure has decreased to a lower level, of which only RMB2.7 billion (US$ 375.0 million) of outstanding balance of loans where the Company bears credit risks have not been provided with full bad debt allowance or full risk assurance liabilities. M1+ and M3+ overdue ratios for all financing transactions that remained outstanding and were facilitated by the Company were 2.93% and 1.57%, respectively, as of June 30, 2024, compared with 2.87% and 1.51%, respectively, as of March 31, 2024.Total balance of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments increased by RMB207.1 million (US$28.5 million) compared with that as of March 31, 2024.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced that it plans to release its second quarter 2024 financial results after the market closes on Thursday, August 29, 2024. The earnings release will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.cangoonline.com/.

Cango's management will hold a conference call on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time or Friday, August 30, 2024 at 9:00 A.M. Beijing Time to discuss the financial results. Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers:

SHANGHAI, June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2024.

First Quarter 2024 Financial and Operational Highlights

Total revenues were RMB64.4 million (US$8.9 million), compared with RMB542.6 million in the same period of 2023. Income from operations was RMB74.2 million (US$10.3 million) for the three months ended March 31, 2024, an increase of 43.1% from RMB51.8 million in the same period last year. Net income was RMB90.0 million (US$12.5 million) for the three months ended March 31, 2024, an increase of 14.3% from RMB78.8 million in the same period last year.  The total outstanding balance of financing transactions the Company facilitated was RMB7.6 billion (US$1.1 billion) as of March 31, 2024. M1+ and M3+ overdue ratios for all financing transactions that remained outstanding and were facilitated by the Company were 2.87% and 1.51%, respectively, as of March 31, 2024, compared with 2.66% and 1.37%, respectively, as of December 31, 2023.Total balance of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and restricted cash - current - bank deposits held for short-term investments increased by RMB152.6 million (US$21.1 million) compared to that as of December 31, 2023. The liquidity improvement was primarily driven by the positive operating cash flow generated by decreased working capital for car trading transactions, collections of financing receivables, and loan facilitation service fees.

SHANGHAI, June 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced that it plans to release its first quarter 2024 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The earnings release will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.cangoonline.com/.

Cango's management will hold a conference call on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time or Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 9:00 A.M. Beijing Time to discuss the financial results. Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers:

SHANGHAI, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 26, 2024, U.S. Eastern Time.

The annual report can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at ir.cangoonline.com or the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Company will also provide a hard copy of its annual report containing its audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and American Depositary Share holders upon request.

SHANGHAI, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ("Cango" or the "Company"), a leading automotive transaction service platform in China, today announced that its board of directors has authorized a new share repurchase program (the "New Share Repurchase Program") under which the Company may repurchase up to US$50 million worth of its outstanding (i) American depositary shares ("ADSs"), each representing two Class A ordinary shares, and/or (ii) Class A ordinary shares over the next 12 months starting from April 25, 2024.