Riot Platforms is trading 4.36% up now at $19.84 as Bitcoin gained 1.54% since the August 14 close, supporting crypto-mining shares.
- The larger boost appears tied to continued investor focus on Riot’s recently announced 20-year, 191-megawatt Anthropic data-center agreement worth $9.1 billion.
- The agreement comes alongside a $573 million financing facility for Rockdale expansion.
- The company-specific catalyst is recent rather than newly announced on August 17.