Riot Blockchain’s hashing capacity grew 460% in 2020: Report
Riot Blockchain has published its 2020 financials and revealed it has increased its hashrate by 460%. According to its latest annual financial report, leading U.S.-based mining firm Riot Blockchain increased its hashing capacity by 460% and more than doubled the amount of Bitcoin held on its balance sheet in 2020.Riot saw a 78% growth in total mining revenues from $6.7 million to $12 million, owing to the increase in operational hash rate from 101 pentahashes per second, or PH/s, as of December 2019 to 566 PH/s as of December 31.While the company said it achieved profitability in the....
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Public mining firm Riot Blockchain has more than tripled its year-to-date Bitcoin production. U.S.-based publicly listed mining firm Riot Blockchain has revealed that its year-to-date Bitcoin production has more than tripled compared to 2020.According to a Oct. 6 announcement, Riot has mined 2,457 BTC (roughly $135 million) during 2021 so far — a 246% increase compared to the same period of the previous year. Production for September has more than quadrupled year-over-year, with Riot mining generating 406 Bitcoin last month compared to 91 BTC for September 2020. As of Sept. 30, 2021, Riot....
A report has unveiled figures that confirm the bullish run of non-fungible token markets over the last year. Two analytical firms behind the studies stated that the NFT industry grew by 299% in 2020. Total Number of Active Wallets Rose by 97% According to the NFT Report 2020, published by L’Atelier BNP Paribas and Nonfungible.com, the NFT market tripled in size overall last year, and its total value rose to more than $250 million. The research document stated that the non-fungible token market could be considered the core asset class for the so-called “virtual economy.”....
Riot reported a current mining capacity of 556 peta hash per second.
The crypto mining company has been on an absolute tear this month. On Thursday, the stock corrected sharply lower. Shares of crypto mining company Riot Blockchain (RIOT) plunged on Thusday, giving back a portion of a parabolic rally that was largely driven by news of a major boost in hash rate capacity. RIOT fell 20.4% to close at $62.03 on Thursday but was moving slightly higher in after-hours trading. At current values, RIOT has a total market capitalization of $4.2 billion, making it one of the largest companies in the blockchain industry. The sharp pullback follows a more than doubling....