Renaissance Technologies Amassed $140M Position in Mining Stocks In Q1
The quantitative hedge fund placed heavy bets on Riot, Marathon and Canaan in early 2021.
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May 13, 2021 at 10:09 p.m. UTC
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How a Chinese Mining Accident Caused a Bitcoin ‘Flash Crash’
Blackouts in China caused by coal plant accidents have been blamed for knocking out the world’s biggest bitcoin mining operation in Xinjiang and cutting the global hashrate by nearly 50%. But despite the panic, the Bitcoin network continued to function normally.
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Apr 21, 2021 at 8:03 p.m. UTC
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Blockcap Mined 544 Bitcoin in Q1 While Riot Yielded 491
The two firms both plan to add significant computing power to their fleets throughout the remainder of the year.
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Apr 16, 2021 at 7:07 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Price Lifts Crypto Stocks Ahead of Coinbase Listing
Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy was up 18.5% in global markets. His firm’s bitcoin proxy stock wasn’t alone in seeing green.
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Apr 14, 2021 at 1:18 p.m. UTC
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Riot Blockchain Acquires Whinstone’s Texas Bitcoin Mining Operations
The firm is acquiring the facility with the goal of “increasing the American footprint in the global bitcoin mining landscape.”
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Apr 8, 2021 at 1:53 p.m. UTC
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Riot Blockchain Signs Contract to Purchase 42,000 Mining Machines From Bitmain
Once active, these additional miners will increase the firm’s bitcoin mining hashrate by 93%.
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Apr 7, 2021 at 4:35 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Names Jason Les CEO
Les has served as the board's director since 2017.
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Feb 9, 2021 at 4:37 p.m. UTC
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California Pension Fund Loaded Up on RIOT Shares During Bitcoin's Q4 Rally
The largest public pension in the U.S. bought more RIOT shares for the first time since 2017.
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Feb 2, 2021 at 6:21 p.m. UTC
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Riot Blockchain Adds Blockware CEO to Advisory Board
Mason Jappa is the latest addition to Riot's changing boards of directors and advisers.
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Jan 13, 2021 at 10:32 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Mining Company Riot Blockchain Passes $1B in Market Cap
Riot's value was less than $50 million when it started mining bitcoin three years ago.
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Dec 28, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. UTC
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