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Riot Blockchain, a Nasdaq listed public cryptocurrency mining firm, noticed a small little bit of progress of their earnings per share (EPS) this quarter. The Firm reported monetary outcomes for the primary quarter ended March 31, 2020.
On this spherical of earnings, Riot introduced the termination of the SEC investigation and the total deployment of upgraded mining gear at its Oklahoma facility.
The Firm stated, “As in comparison with the identical interval final yr, throughout the quarter ended March 31, 2020, Riot introduced elevated revenues and decreased SG&A bills excluding stock-based compensation. As in comparison with December 31, 2019, the Firm has considerably improved its liquidity place and elevated complete stockholder’s fairness.”
Riot highlighted the operational deployment of 4,000 Bitmain S17 Professional Antminers acquired in late 2019 and their April 2020 buy of two,040 next-generation Bitmain S19 Antminers. The brand new mining machines are anticipated to extend the Firm’s present combination working hash charge by 84%. The Firm expects to deploy the machines in Q3 2020.
From the report:
· Riot produced 281 newly minted bitcoins (BTC) throughout the first quarter of 2020 and elevated bitcoin stock 60% to 821 BTC from December 31, 2019 to March 31, 2020.
· Riot confirmed improved working capital on March 31, 2020, to $17.zero million from $9.Three million as of December 31, 2019, and decreased complete liabilities to $3.eight million from $4.1 million throughout the identical interval.
· And the Firm stated it elevated complete stockholders’ fairness to $33.2 million as of March 31, 2020, from $26.2 million on December 31, 2019.
First Quarter 2020 Monetary Outcomes
Whole mining income elevated 68% to $2.Four million as in comparison with $1.Four million within the first quarter of 2019.
