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Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Delays Earnings Report to Sort Out How Much Crypto Rout Devalued Its Assets
Its rivals Marathon, Cipher and CleanSpark all managed to get their results out this week as expected.
Bitcoin miner Riot Blockchain (RIOT) delayed its quarterly earnings report because it needs more time to calculate how much the cryptocurrency rout, the war in Ukraine and other macroeconomic issues have cut the value of its assets.
The delay was disclosed in a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, less than a week after the company said it planned to release the figures on Aug. 9. Riot's rivals Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), Cipher Mining (CIFR) and CleanSpark (CLSK) all reported their earnings this week as anticipated.
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Riot became one of the industry's biggest miners when it bought a gigantic facility in Rockdale, Texas, in May 2021. Bitcoin (BTC) miners have seen their margins slashed as the price of the world's biggest cryptocurrency by market value has dropped while energy prices, a major part of miners' costs, have soared globally due to the war in Ukraine.
Last week, Riot said it mined 28% fewer bitcoin in July than usual. Riot curtailed its energy consumption, earning $9.5 million in power credits, as heatwaves swept through Texas, increasing the state's demand for power. During the same month, 12,146 of Riot's mining rigs were offline as they were transferred from New York to Texas.
Riot's stock fell about 2% following the disclosure of the delay.
Read more: Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Start Energizing Texas Rigs at Compute North Facility
Eliza Gkritsi
Eliza Gkritsi is a CoinDesk contributor focused on the intersection of crypto and AI, having previously covered mining for two years. She previously worked at TechNode in Shanghai and has graduated from the London School of Economics, Fudan University, and the University of York. She owns 25 WLD. She tweets as @egreechee.
