Riot Acquires Whinstone With Intent On Operating North America’s Largest Bitc...
North American bitcoin mining company Riot will acquire Whinstone and add 300 MW of capacity to its operations.Bitcoin mining is a business that requires lots of power to be put toward computing. Now, in a new acquisition that significantly changes the face of the practice in North America, bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain has announced a contract to acquire Whinstone US, the owner of a major hosting facility.The total transaction value is to be $651 million, per the release, with $80 million to be paid in cash with the remainder in the form of 11.8 million shares of Riot common....
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The $650 million deal sees Riot Blockchain acquiring a major data center owned by Northern Data AG, one of its competitors. Riot Blockchain is continuing its Bitcoin (BTC) mining expansion efforts. Reports suggest that the U.S.-based miner is set to purchase Whinstone US Inc, currently owned by Northern Data.The planned purchase was announced via a press release by Riot Blockchain on Thursday, with the U.S. Bitcoin miner paying $80 million in cash. The remainder will come from the sale of about 12% of its stock to Northern DAG.Whinstone reportedly operates the single largest Bitcoin mining....
Riot Blockchain netted $19.3 million in income for Q2 following its acquisition of Texas mining facility, Whinstone. Major publicly-listed Bitcoin mining firm, Riot Blockchain, has reported record revenues for Q2 2021.In its Aug. 23 quarterly financial report, the U.S.-based firm reported $31.5 million in mining-related revenues for the three-month period — up roughly 1,540% from its Q2 2020 revenue of $1.9 million.The surging mining revenues drove a record quarterly net income of $19.3 million. By contrast, the company suffered a $10.6 million net loss for the second quarter of 2020.Riot....
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Chainalysis said North America’s DeFi transactions were led by retail investors in the last year, with many transactions under $10,000. Digital analytics firm Chainalysis reported that the growth in North America’s crypto market has been driven by the rise in popularity of decentralized finance.In its 2021 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report, Chainalysis said the monthly crypto transaction volume across North America grew by more than 1,000% from July 2020 to June 2021. The monthly volume reached a peak of $164 billion in May 2021 before dipping to just over $100 billion in June. According....
The Bitcoin mining giant appoints a new director with a stellar institutional background as stock prices surge. Last week, as share prices ripped upwards of 50% to levels not seen since the 2018 cryptocurrency bullrun, Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ: RIOT) appointed former director of the listing committee for the Toronto Stock Exchange, Hubert Marleau, to the Riot board of directors. The Colorado-based firm was in the market for a new director after the departure of former Canadian Cabinet member Remo Mancini. Marleau brings a wide range of regulatory and governing experience to Riot, having....