Riot Platforms Sells Another 500 Bitcoin

CryptoProwl

Fri, April 24, 2026 astatine 8:38 AM CDT 1 min read

Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: $RIOT) has sold different 500 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) arsenic it unwinds its cryptocurrency holdings and pivots to artificial quality (A.I.) information centres.

The latest merchantability netted Riot Platforms $39 cardinal U.S., wealth it plans to usage to assistance money its information centre expansion.

Riot Platforms has executed a bid of BTC income implicit the past 2 weeks arsenic the institution continues to trim its Bitcoin reserves.

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During this year’s archetypal quarter, Riot sold 3,778 Bitcoin, generating $289.5 cardinal U.S. successful proceeds. The institution reported an mean merchantability terms of $76,626 U.S. per Bitcoin. 

However, Riot Platforms is not the lone crypto miner selling Bitcoin this twelvemonth arsenic the terms slumps. 

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: $MARA) sold much than 15,000 BTC worthy $1.1 cardinal U.S. aft revising its 2026 treasury argumentation to let ongoing income to money operational needs.

Core Scientific (NASDAQ: $CORZ) announced the merchantability of 1,900 Bitcoin earlier this twelvemonth and said it planned to offload its entre Bitcoin holdings by the extremity of this year’s archetypal quarter.

The income travel arsenic Bitcoin miners displacement to go A.I. information centre operators amid the cryptocurrency wintertime that began past October. 

BTC is presently trading astatine $78,200 U.S. per integer token.