Tagged: riot blockchain

January 31, 2022 @ 7:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, several Senate and House Democrats sent a letter to established crypto miners.  The letter queried miners on the negative impact on the climate due to high energy usage caused by mining crypto, like Bitcoin. The letter was signed by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon… Read More

August 26, 2021 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), which is one of the leading Nasdaq-listed public Bitcoin mining firms in the US, recently shared its financial results “as of and for the three-months ended June 30, 2021.” Riot Blockchain’s unaudited financial statements are also available via the firm’s… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockstream, a Bitcoin-focused firm, has released its Markets Weekly Report, dated  August 20, 2021. As noted in the report from Blockstream, Bitcoin is currently on pace “to finish on the top end of this week’s range for the fifth weekly win in… Read More

July 10, 2021 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), which is one of the leading Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining firms in the US, reveals its June production and operations updates, including its “unaudited” BTC production for the month of June 2021 and its “miner deployment status.” Last month, Riot produced… Read More

March 14, 2021 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin miners continue to move to Texas as the leading digital currency recently surpassed the $60,000 mark (and had also crossed $61,000 on March 14, 2021). Recently, Argo Blockchain confirmed its purchase of 320 acres of land located in West Texas. Argo said it would… Read More

January 7, 2021 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares of digital currency mining firm Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ: MARA) surged approximately 20% on Wednesday (January 6, 2021). This led to the firm becoming the latest member of the $1 billion digital-mining group, as the Bitcoin (BTC) price surpassed the $37,000 mark to hit… Read More

January 2, 2021 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to set new all-time highs (now approaching nearly $30,000), Riot Blockchain’s (NASDAQ:RIOT) stock surged almost 1,500% in 2020. There were very few assets in 2020 that outperformed Bitcoin, however, the shares of Riot have been rising along with Ethereum… Read More

October 18, 2020 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitmain, a leading manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining hardware, has sold 5,100 Antminers to Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ: RIOT). Bitmain had also finalized the sale of 8,000 additional Antminers (in September 2020) to Riot Blockchain, which is a Nasdaq-listed digital currency mining company. According to a release,… Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  US-headquartered cryptocurrency mining firm, Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ: RIOT), recently revealed that it has more than doubled the number of high-end Bitcoin (BTC) miners it operates – which should roughly double its hashrate (amount of computing power) at around the time of the BTC halving…. Read More

April 4, 2019 @ 8:29 am By Cali Haan  |  

Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ: RIOT), a company formed in the fall of 2017 when directors decided to shut down endeavours at BiOptix Diagnostics Inc. and pivot into cryptocurrency mining and investing, has reported a net loss of $58 million in 2018. Riot Blockchain managed to generate… Read More

January 2, 2019 @ 7:30 am By Cali Haan  |  

Dr. Philip Frost, a biotech billionaire accused of “fleecing investors…(in) lucrative market manipulation schemes” has agreed to pay $5.5 million in penalties to the American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), CNBC reports. Frost is a business associate of Barry Honig, the accused ringleader int he alleged… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ: RIOT), a crypto company that engages in mining, development of exchange and mining pool platforms, and other investments within the sector, has announced a restructuring following the departure of CEO and Chairman John O’Rourke. O’Rourke departed the firm following an enforcement action by the… Read More