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accession: "0001213900-25-068438"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTBT"
cik: "0001710350"
company_name: "Bit Digital, Inc"
filed_at: "2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:44:46.988535+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bit Digital appoints Justin Zhu as CAO/PFO; Huang steps down for WhiteFiber IPO role

## Summary
- Justin Zhu appointed Chief Accounting Officer and principal financial officer, effective July 25, 2025.
- Zhu receives $300,000 base salary and $150,000 in immediately vested RSUs under 2025 equity plan.
- Erke Huang resigned as PFO but remains CFO; will serve as CFO of WhiteFiber subsidiary for potential IPO.
- Zhu has been SVP of Finance since July 2021; prior experience at EY and PwC, CPA.
- No family relationships or related person transactions with Zhu were disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-068438
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTBT
- cik: 0001710350
- company_name: Bit Digital, Inc
- filed_at: 2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710350/000121390025068438/0001213900-25-068438-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710350/000121390025068438/ea0250368-8k_bitdigi.htm

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