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accession: "0001213900-25-120806"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTBT"
cik: "0001710350"
company_name: "Bit Digital, Inc"
filed_at: "2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:22:08.191925+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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materiality_score: 0.55
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bit Digital board changes: Xiong resigns, Deng steps down as chairman, Cassatt appointed

## Summary
- Xiashu ('Bill') Xiong resigned from the Board effective January 1, 2026.
- Zhaohui Deng transitioned from Chairman to independent director effective December 9, 2025.
- Amanda Cassatt elected to Board for one-year term starting January 1, 2026; receives $200K in RSUs.
- Cassatt is CEO of Serotonin Inc., which has a $30K/month consulting agreement with Bit Digital since June 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-120806
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTBT
- cik: 0001710350
- company_name: Bit Digital, Inc
- filed_at: 2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710350/000121390025120806/0001213900-25-120806-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710350/000121390025120806/ea0269172-8k_bitdigital.htm

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