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Intchains Group Limited (ICG)

Q4 2025 Earnings Call· Fri, Feb 27, 2026

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Operator

Operator

Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Intchains Group Limited Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Alice Zhang with The Equity Group. You may begin.

Alice Zhang

Analyst

Thank you, operator. Good evening to everyone. Welcome to Intchains' Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Conference Call. Please be advised that the discussions on today's call will include forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the company's current expectations and projections regarding future events that may impact its financial condition, operating results and strategic direction. Although the company believes that expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from anticipated results. Investor should review other factors that may affect its future results in the company's registration statement and other filings with the SEC. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances or changes in its expectations, except as required by law. Please note that in today's call, we'll discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please also refer to the reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to the comparable GAAP measures in the earnings press release. The presentation and webcast replay of this conference call will be available on the Intchains' website at www.ir.intchains.com. It is my pleasure to introduce Interim CFO, Mr. Charles Yan, who will provide an overview of full year 2025 financial results, recent operational achievements and the company's long-term growth strategy before opening the floor for questions. Charles, please go ahead.

Chaowei Yan

Analyst

Thank you, Alice, and welcome, everyone. Intchains engaged in the design and development of altcoin mining machines, ETH accumulation and yield-generating strategy as well as the delivery of Web3 infrastructure services. Starting December 2025 following the completion of acquisition and the launch of our Goldshell Stake platform, we also provide cryptocurrency staking services for individual and institutional crypto investors. Altcoin mining hardware and Ethereum accumulation and staking activities are the other core pillars of our businesses with sales of our mining machine being the primary source of our revenues. As discussed in the past, we operate in an industry heavily influenced by cyclical volatility, and this has impacted net revenue for full year 2025. Despite short-term market volatility, our ability to continuously and properly deliver state-of-the-art mining products showcases our business agility supported by a long-term commitment in R&D. 2025 was highlighted by launch of series of mining products, including ALEO, Dogecoin and XTM miners. In Q1, we introduced our first ALEO mining series to the market in response to the rapid growth of the ALEO product demand. The launch achieved a strong customer adoption and contributed to substantially increased revenues in the first quarter. During the year, we also launched our groundbreaking byte -- Goldshell BYTE, dual miner, an innovative solution that allows our customers to maximize mining returns by switching seamlessly between algorithm cards according to market conditions. This new machine has generated significant market interest and law supports -- moral support mining across 6 different cryptocurrencies using our proprietary algorithm cards. Throughout 2025, these products experienced rapid iterations with multiple additional product models released for ALEO and Dogecoin miners. Late in this year, we introduced XTM miners, another high-performing minor series, which accounted for a significant portion of our Q4 net revenues. Together, these product launch have…

Operator

Operator

Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, please continue to stand by. Your conference will resume momentarily. Thank you. Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, your conference will now resume. Charles, go ahead.

Chaowei Yan

Analyst

Sorry, everyone, let's continue for our earnings conference call. So 2026 is expected to be a year of margin improvement due to steps we took to implement cost management initiatives, including workforce reduction and organizational restructuring, aiming to enhance efficiency, optimize headcount and operate with leaner corporate level -- corporate model. We believe these initiatives will enable us to force resources on core R&D efforts to maintain a leading position in altcoin mining product industry, driving further margin expansion for FY 2026 and beyond. Prior to our altcoin hardware business, we are well equipped to enhance our ETH accumulation and restructure treasury holding strategy. In 2026, Intchains participates continuing a prudent approach in ETH purchasing by pursuing selective value-driven purchases when market conditions are favorable to gradually expand ETH's treasury holdings over time. As of December 31, 2025, the fair value of our cryptocurrency assets other than stablecoins such as USDC and USDT was RMB 187.6 million or USD 26.8 million, which includes approximately 8,826 ETH-based accrual currencies, valued at RMB 186.7 million. In 2026, Intchains continued to accumulate ETH. And as of February 23, 2026, total ETH held reached over 9,070 units. As part of our efforts to generate incremental returns from idle assets, we plan to continue our dual-platform staking approach using FalconX to stake ETH we have accumulated in our Goldshell stake platform to stake our third-party ETH. Staking on 2 platforms allows diversification, and we expect this practice of combination to maximize returns as we build our strategic ETH reserve and also from third-party staking. As an update, as of February 23, 2026, we have a total of 2,600 units of ETH or 28.7% of our total ETH treasury holding, currently staked with 1,000 units or 11% staked in -- on FalconX and 1,600 units or 18% staked in on our own Goldshell Stake platform. Additionally, Goldshell currently stake, 1,359 units of ETH currently owned by crypto investors. We remain optimistic about these initiatives, and we are implementing combining sale of new and existing altcoin mining machines and a solid ETH accumulation holding and staking strategy, along with cost-saving methods we are undertaking to drive solid top line results and improve operation margins in 2026. As a Web3 infrastructure provider, we have a market-leading altcoin hardware business and integrated hardware and software service portfolio, such as Goldshell Wallet and Goldshell Stake and a prudent long-term ETH strategy. With staking service serving as a second growth engine beyond our mining machine business, we have expanded into the blockchain infrastructure service sector. So we are looking to further generate synergies across our business lines, capture and act on additional opportunities as we emerge. With that, operator, please open it up for questions.

Operator

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Matthew Galinko with Maxim Group.

Matthew Galinko

Analyst

I think you've covered this in the prepared remarks, but just to clarify, do you expect to launch new mining products in the second half of '26 at this point?

Chaowei Yan

Analyst

Yes, we are targeting new altcoin mining machine in the second half, but it's also subject to market conditions and our R&D progress. Currently, we have multiple coins project is under R&D process.

Matthew Galinko

Analyst

Got it. And on the Goldshell Stake, I think you mentioned you have about 1,400 units of ETH staked by third-party investors. Did that come over with the acquisition? Or are those new users for the platform since you rebranded it?

Chaowei Yan

Analyst

I think it's both. Yes. The staked ETH is about -- we cannot -- after the acquisition, it have amount growth in the ETH units. So it's both and half are prior to the acquisition and another half post-acquisition. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

[Operator Instructions] And we have no further questions at this time. I would like to hand it back to Charles Yan for closing remarks.

Chaowei Yan

Analyst

Yes. Thanks again to all of you for joining us. We are always open to dialogue with investors. Please feel free to reach out to us or our Investor Relations firm, The Equity Group for any additional questions. We look forward to speaking with you all again on our next quarterly call. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And ladies and gentlemen, this now concludes today's conference call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect.