Movement Alert｜Riot Platforms Falls 5.26% in Regular Trading, Crypto Mining Sector Under Pressure as BTC Hashrate Drops 21%

Market Focus08-19 22:31

On August 19, Riot Platforms fell 5.26% in regular trading, trading at $18.29/share, with turnover of approximately $98.53 million. The decline comes amid intensifying structural pressure on the crypto mining sector, with Bitcoin network hashrate falling roughly 21% as miners face compressed margins from a 45% BTC price decline over eight months.

Adding to near-term concerns, Riot sold 9,665 BTC in the first half of the year for approximately $732.5 million, with 51.2% of its remaining 11,380 BTC holdings pledged as collateral. While the company announced a landmark $9.1 billion, 20-year data center lease with Anthropic on August 11 — which initially drove shares up over 20% — analysts have noted that rental payments will not commence until 2027 when the data centers become operational, creating a revenue gap. The company also reported Q2 EPS of -$0.68, significantly missing the consensus estimate of -$0.28, despite revenue of $174.2 million beating expectations.

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