Coin Bureau(@coinbureau):🚨LATEST: Riot platforms surges +15% after selling 1.5BILLION worth of Bitcoin The second largest bitcoin miner’s shares jumped nearly 15% after revealing it sold 20,264 BTC worth approximately $1.5 billion over the first nine months of 2026 to fund its AI data center expansion. The company sold 10,599 BTC in Q3 alone, slashing its Bitcoin holdings nearly 79% from 11,380 BTC to 2,418 BTC. Riot also signed a 15-year, $28 billion lease with a leading AI lab for 910 MW of capacity, bringing its total contracted data center revenue to approximately $38 billion.

2026.11.04 16:45

🚨LATEST: Riot platforms surges +15% after selling 1.5BILLION worth of Bitcoin The second largest bitcoin miner’s shares jumped nearly 15% after revealing it sold 20,264 BTC worth approximately $1.5 billion over the first nine months of 2026 to fund its AI data center expansion. The company sold 10,599 BTC in Q3 alone, slashing its Bitcoin holdings nearly 79% from 11,380 BTC to 2,418 BTC. Riot also signed a 15-year, $28 billion lease with a leading AI lab for 910 MW of capacity, bringing its total contracted data center revenue to approximately $38 billion.