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Riot purchases 31,500 MicroBT miners for $96.7M, raising 2024 hash rate target to 31 EH/s
Riot Platforms, Inc.
- Order of 31,500 M60S miners (5.9 EH/s) at ~$16.50/TH; 70% deposit paid upon execution.
- 14,500 miners expand self-mining capacity; 17,000 replace underperforming units at Rockdale.
- Rockdale hash rate to increase from 12.4 to 15.1 EH/s by end of July 2024 after deployment.
- 2024 year-end hash rate target raised to 31 EH/s, more than double the 2023 year-end rate.
- Deliveries scheduled in two equal batches: May and June 2024.