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Riot Purchases Additional 15,000 Mining Machines From Bitmain

Riot has ordered over 31,000 machines from Bitmain this year.

Updated Mar 6, 2023, 3:14 p.m. Published Dec 22, 2020, 3:49 p.m.

Bitmain mining ASIC orders per month in 2020 by Riot

Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining firm Riot Blockchain (RIOT)https://hashrateindex.com/stocks/riot announced its purchase of 15,000 additional mining ASIC machines from Bitmain, pushing the total number of machines ordered by the mining company to over 31,000 in 2020.

With its new machines, the Castle Rock, Colo.-based miner expects an expanded hashrate capacity of 3.8 exahashes per second (EH/s) in 2021, a 65% increase from its current 2.3 EH/s capacity.
Notably, Riot's purchase is a pre-order as Bitmain supplies are sold out until Q3 2021. Per the release, however, Riot expects delivery and deployment of the new machines to start in May and continue through October next year.
Riot shares ended Tuesday trading at above $14.50, a more than 22% daily gain.
In December, Riot shares have gained over 78%.
Bitcoin gained 20% over the same period.

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Update (Dec. 22, 21:08 UTC): Article update to reflect Riot shares' price surge through Tuesday trading.

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Zack Voell

Zack Voell is a financial writer with extensive experience in cryptocurrency research and technical writing. He has previously worked with leading cryptocurrency data and technology firms, including Messari and Blockstream. His work (and tweets) has appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Independent and more. He owns bitcoin.