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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Kelly Patrick Arthur 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Cipher Mining Inc. [CIFR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Co-President and COO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CIPHER MINING INC., 1 VANDERBILT AVENUE, FLOOR 54 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/19/2025 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10017 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 12/19/2025 M 305,707 A $ 0 1,704,276 D Common Stock 12/19/2025 F 156,064 D $16.21 1,548,212 D

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Performance Stock Units

(1)

12/19/2025

A

917,120(2)

(3)

(3)

Common Stock

917,120

$ 0

917,120

D

Performance Stock Units

(1)

12/19/2025

M

305,707

(3)

(3)

Common Stock

305,707

$ 0

611,413

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kelly Patrick Arthur C/O CIPHER MINING INC. 1 VANDERBILT AVENUE, FLOOR 54 NEW YORK, NY 10017			Co-President and COO

Signatures

/s/ William Iwaschuk, Attorney-in-Fact for Patrick Arthur Kelly		12/23/2025
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each performance stock unit ("PSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer's Common Stock.
(2)	Represents the number of units earned under a PSU award based on the Issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria of the award. In light of the performance-based conditions of the award, the award was not reportable under Section 16 until performance conditions were certified by the Compensation Committee as achieved (which occurred on December 19, 2025).
(3)	305,707 earned PSUs vested on December 19, 2025, and the remaining earned PSUs will vest in substantially equal quarterly installments, with the first such vesting date occurring on March 31, 2026, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service on each vesting date. These earned PSUs have no expiration date.

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