SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bitfury Top HoldCo B.V. (Last) (First) (Middle) STRAWINSKYLAAN 3501 (Street) AMSTERDAM P7 1077 ZX (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Cipher Mining Inc. [ CIFR ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/26/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/26/2024		J(1)		107,304,200(1)	D	$0	118,814,579	I	See Footnote(2)(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bitfury Top HoldCo B.V. (Last) (First) (Middle) STRAWINSKYLAAN 3501 (Street) AMSTERDAM P7 1077 ZX (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* V3 Holding Ltd (Last) (First) (Middle) 4TH FL HARBOUR PL 103 S CHURCH ST, 10240 (Street) GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-1002 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bitfury Holding B.V. (Last) (First) (Middle) STRAWINSKYLAAN 3501 (Street) AMSTERDAM P7 1077 ZX (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Vavilovs Valerijis (Last) (First) (Middle) STRAWINSKYLAAN 3501 (Street) AMSTERDAM P7 1077 ZX (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bitfury Group Ltd (Last) (First) (Middle) 6TH FLOOR ONE LONDON WALL (Street) LONDON X0 EC2Y 5EB (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On February 26, 2024, (i) Bitfury Top HoldCo B.V. ("Bitfury Top HoldCo") transferred an aggregate of 107,304,200 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock to its parent company, Bitfury Group Limited ("BGL"), in a distribution for no consideration, and then (ii) on the same date, BGL distributed the 107,304,200 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock to its shareholders in a pro rata distribution for no consideration. As part of the distribution, V3 Holding Limited ("V3"), the majority owner of BGL, received 50,314,484 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, representing its proportional interest in BGL.

2. Following the distribution, Bitfury Holding B.V. is the record holder of 4,821,560 shares of Common Stock. Bitfury Top HoldCo is the record holder of 63,678,535 shares of Common Stock and is the sole owner of Bitfury Holding B.V. As a result, Bitfury Top HoldCo may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock held by Bitfury Holding B.V. V3 is the direct holder of 50,314,484 shares of Common Stock. Valerijs Vavilovs is the sole owner of V3, which is the majority owner of BGL. BGL is the sole owner of Bitfury Top HoldCo. [Continued]

3. [Cont.] As a result of the foregoing relationships, each of Mr. Vavilovs, V3 and BGL may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Stock beneficially owned by Bitfury Top HoldCo., and Mr. Vavilovs may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Common Stock owned by V3. Each of Mr. Vavilovs, V3, Bitfury Top HoldCo, BGL and Bitfury Holding B.V. disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein.

	Stijn Ehren, Managing Director of Bitfury Top HoldCo B.V., By: /s/ Stijn Ehren	02/27/2024
	Stijn Ehren, Managing Director of Bitfury Holding B.V., By: /s/ Stijn Ehren	02/27/2024
	Valerijs Vavilovs, Director of Bitfury Group Limited, By: /s/ Valerijs Vavilovs	02/27/2024
	Valerijs Vavilovs, Director of V3 Holding Limited, By: /s/ Valerijs Vavilovs	02/27/2024
	Valerijs Vavilovs, By: /s/ Valerijs Vavilovs	02/27/2024
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