Investors Are Balking at ‘Excessive’ Bitcoin Miner Exec Pay: VanEck

Investors Push Back on Bitcoin Miner Exec Pay: VanEck Report - Blockonomi

TLDR:  Shareholder support for Bitcoin miner exec pay fell to 64%, far below traditional market norms. Miner CEOs earned up to $79M in equity, raising concerns over Bitcoin-linked windfalls. Riot paid execs $230M, 73% of its 2024 market cap growth, triggering investor alarm. Six major miners have begun using performance-based stock to ease investor pressure. Bitcoin mining companies face shareholder resistance over executive compensation packag…

VanEck Report Exposes Massive Bitcoin Miner Executive Overpay - Crypto Economy

TL;DR A report from VanEck revealed that executives at major U.S. Bitcoin mining firms doubled their salaries in a year, with multi-million dollar packages drawing investor backlash. Riot Platforms stands out as the most controversial case: its CEO, Fred Thiel, received $79.3 million in stock awards in 2024, and the company allocated 73% of its market cap increase to executive pay. Six out of eight miners have adopted performance-based stock pl…

Shareholders Slam ‘Outsized’ Compensation for Bitcoin Mining Executives

Shareholders sharply reduced support for executive pay packages at listed Bitcoin miner firms during the 2025 proxy season. Approval fell to an average of 64%, compared to a 90% norm across S&P 500 companies. Rising equity-based compensation and dilution concerns prompted the pushback, according to VanEck’s July 10 research note. Executive Compensation Faces Rejection Across Major Bitcoin Miner Firms Shareholders pushed back as named-executive-o…

Shareholders push back against high pay for public Bitcoin miner execs after record equity grants – #CryptoUpdatesGNIT

Shareholders trimmed support for executive pay packages at leading US Bitcoin (BTC) miners to an average of 64% in this year’s proxy season, far below the over 90% approval norm across the S&P 500, according to a July 10 VanEck research note.  VanEck reviewed filings from eight listed miners and found average named-executive-officer (NEO) compensation climbed from $6.6 million in 2023 to $14.4 million in draft 2024 proxies. Equity and other long…

Investors are balking at ‘excessive’ Bitcoin miner exec pay: VanEck

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Shareholders push back against high pay for public Bitcoin miner execs after record equity grants – MAXBIT

Shareholders trimmed support for executive pay packages at leading US Bitcoin (BTC) miners to an average of 64% in this year’s proxy season, far below the over 90% approval norm across the S&P 500, according to a July 10 VanEck research note.  VanEck reviewed filings from eight listed miners and found average named-executive-officer (NEO) compensation...