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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CIPHER MINING INC. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">84-1614529</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1 Vanderbilt Avenue, Floor 54 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10017 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tel.: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(332)&nbsp;262-2300</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CIPHER MINING INC. 2021 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-President,&nbsp;Chief</FONT> Legal Officer and</B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cipher Mining Inc.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1
  Vanderbilt Avenue, Floor 54</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10017</B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tel.: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(332)&nbsp;262-2300</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> Cipher Mining Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is
  filing this Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register 15,322,723 additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock for issuance under the Cipher Mining Inc. 2021 Incentive
  Award Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant&#146;s registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Commission on
  November&nbsp;17, 2021 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000119312521332248/d416076ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-261148</FONT></A>) and March&nbsp;
  5, 2024 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000119312524059388/d806099ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-277678</FONT></A>) to the extent not superseded hereby. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I is omitted from this filing and is
  included in documents sent or provided to participants in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000181998925000005/cifr-20241231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-39625),</FONT> filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2025; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
  document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of the Company&#146;s shares of Common Stock contained in the
  Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000095017022002861/cifr-ex4_3.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2021, filed with the
  Commission on March<U></U>&nbsp;4, 2022 (File No.<U></U>&nbsp;22712090), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the&nbsp;Exchange Act and
  prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
  in the Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are
  not deemed &#147;filed&#148; with the Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
  document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Cipher Mining Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001819989/000119312521260900/d212090dex108.htm">(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Current Report on Form<U></U><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;8-K</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;(File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;001-39625)</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on August<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2021).</A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
  the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on this 25<SUP
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the registrant hereby severally constitutes and appoints Tyler Page, Edward Farrell and
  William Iwaschuk, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of
  substitution and resubstitution in each of them, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to file and sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and
  any other registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
  and necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall be governed by and construed with the laws of the State of
  Delaware and applicable federal securities laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Tyler Page</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  CIPHER MINING INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  84-1614529
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  1 Vanderbilt Avenue, Floor 54
  New York, New York 10017
  Tel.:
  (332) 262-2300
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  CIPHER MINING INC. 2021 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  William Iwaschuk
  Co-President, Chief
  Legal Officer and
  Corporate Secretary
  Cipher Mining Inc.
  1
  Vanderbilt Avenue, Floor 54
  New York, New York 10017
  United States of America
  Tel.:
  (332) 262-2300
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
  S-8,
  Cipher Mining Inc. (the "Registrant") is
  filing this Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 15,322,723 additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock for issuance under the Cipher Mining Inc. 2021 Incentive
  Award Plan (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's registration statements on Form
  S-8
  filed with the Commission on
  November 17, 2021 (
  File No.
  333-261148
  ) and March 
  5, 2024 (
  File No.
  333-277678
  ) to the extent not superseded hereby.
  PART I
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I is omitted from this filing and is
  included in documents sent or provided to participants in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
  PART II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
  (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2024 (File
  No. 001-39625),
  filed with the Commission on February 25, 2025;
  (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
  document referred to in (a) above; and
  (c) The description of the Company's shares of Common Stock contained in the
  Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December
  31, 2021, filed with the
  Commission on March
  4, 2022 (File No.
  22712090), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and
  prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
  in the Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are
  not deemed "filed" with the Commission.
  Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
  document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
  Registration Statement.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  5.1*
  Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP.
  23.1*
  Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23.2*
  Consent of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
  99.1
  Cipher Mining Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Current Report on Form
  8-K
  (File No.
  001-39625)
  filed on August
  31, 2021).
  107.1*
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
  the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on this 25
  th
  day of February, 2025.
  CIPHER MINING INC.
  By:
  /s/ Tyler Page
  Name:
  Tyler Page
  Title:
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the registrant hereby severally constitutes and appoints Tyler Page, Edward Farrell and
  William Iwaschuk, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), as his or her true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of
  substitution and resubstitution in each of them, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to file and sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and
  any other registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
  and necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall be governed by and construed with the laws of the State of
  Delaware and applicable federal securities laws.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
  Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Tyler Page
  Tyler Page
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  February 25, 2025
  /s/Edward Farrell
  Edward Farrell
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  February 25, 2025
  /s/ James Newsome
  Board Chair
  February 25, 2025
  James Newsome
  /s/ Holly Morrow Evans
  Director
  February 25, 2025
  Holly Morrow Evans
  /s/ Robert Dykes
  Director
  February 25, 2025
  Robert Dykes
  /s/ Caitlin Long
  Director
  February 25, 2025
  Caitlin Long
  /s/ Cary Grossman
  Director
  February 25, 2025
  Cary Grossman
  /s/ Wesley Williams
  Director
  February 25, 2025
  Wesley Williams
  /s/ Robert Flatley
  February 25, 2025
  Robert Flatley
  Director