Riot Blockchain, the cryptocurrency mining company, has purchased order for 42,000 S19j Antminers from Bitmain.
Megan Brooks, the COO of Riot Blockchain, said that the latest purchase order positions her company and the United States at the center of the Bitcoin mining industry.
She said:
“By nearly doubling its planned hash rate capacity, Riot continues to take great strides forward in growing both the company’s and the United States’ share of the global network hash rate. We are proud of this accomplishment and remain focused on continuing to evaluate additional opportunities in the space.”
It has been reported that the purchase order, valued at $138.5 million, is part of a coordinated growth plan to significantly increase Riot’s Bitcoin mining hash rate.
This recent dip might have some traders concerned, but Riot Blockchain is doubling down with an order of 42,000 ASICs. This shipment will more than double their current mining capacity. https://t.co/1pO8QJpwyQ — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) April 8, 2021
As a result of the current and previous orders, Riot said that it is scheduled to receive a minimum of 3,500 S19j Antminers per month beginning in November and running through October 2022. Also, it has been reported earlier that Riot expects to achieve a hash rate capacity of 3.8 exahashes per second by the end of 2021.
Once deployed, the new order of 42,000 Antminers will more than double the capacity to 7.7 EH/s. Once fully operational, Riot’s mining fleet will consist of 81,150 Antminers, of which 95% are the latest generation S19 miners.
Likewise, shares of Riot Blockchain were down sharply on Wednesday by reflecting the overall downtrend in the cryptocurrency market.
Thus, Riot’s 52-week low is $0.93, as it peaked at $79.50 in mid-March and currently trades just above $50 per share.
Source: Cointelegraph | Image: Coindesk