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Right as bitcoin struck its new all-time high of roughly $28,700 in late December of last year, several bitcoin mining stocks rose to new levels, thereby suggesting that mining is becoming a much more lucrative business and that the world’s number one digital currency is more profitable than ever.Bitcoin Mining Companies Are Growing Like Never BeforeAbout a week ago, shares in companies such as Riot Blockchain and Marathon Patent Group experienced their highest peaks in years. The sentiment...

Riot Blockchain has announced that it has signed a $17.7 million purchase with China’s Bitmain – the largest and most dominant crypto mining firm in the world – and that it will buy more than 8,000 next generation Antminer machines to extract new coins.Riot Blockchain Is Expanding Its HorizonsAccording to the terms of the purchase, Bitmain will deliver approximately 2,000 machines per month to Riot Blockchain beginning in January of next year and ending four months later in April. Riot is a...

Bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain has announced the purchase of more than 1,000 additional mining machines in the face of bitcoin’s latest halving event, set to occur on Tuesday of next week.Riot Blockchain Is Boosting Its EffortsThe company put out a statement explaining that it has bought 1,040 next-generating Bitmain S19 (95 TH) Antminers. Overall, the company spent just shy of $2 million on the machines. The company says it will use these machines to up the ante on its mining...

The bitcoin mining arena is being heavily impacted by the coronavirus. Among the biggest firms being hit is the Nasdaq-listed Riot Blockchain, which recently submitted a report explaining that the global pandemic is taking a massive toll on its operations.Riot Blockchain Is the Latest CasualtyIn the report, the mining firm explains two major factors under the headline “general risk” that it feels are particularly dangerous to its operations. For one thing, many workers have been forced to...