Bitcoin Mining Giant Riot Platforms Ramps Up Rival Bitfarms Takeover Effort By Increasing Stake To 14%
Bitcoin Mining Giant Riot Platforms Ramps Up Rival Bitfarms Takeover Effort By Increasing Stake To 14%
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining giant Riot Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) has upped its stake in rival Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ:BITF) to 14% by purchasing an additional $3.87 million worth of shares as part of its ongoing hostile takeover bid.
比特币（加密货币：BTC）矿业巨头Riot Platforms Inc。（纳斯达克：RIOT）为了进行敌意收购，又以持续收购部分而将持有竞争对手Bitfarms Ltd.（纳斯达克：BITF）的股份增加至14％，额外购买价值387万美元的股份。
What Happened: Riot Platforms procured another 1,432,063 shares of Bitfarms at approximately $2.70 per share, The Block reported Thursday. This latest acquisition brings Riot's total ownership to 57.62 million shares, or about 14% of Bitfarms.
报道称，Riot Platforms以大约2.70美元/股的价格再次收购了1432063股Bitfarms。此次收购使Riot的总持股量达到5762万股，约占Bitfarms的14％。
Bitfarms had earlier this week implemented a "poison pill" strategy to prevent the takeover, a move that would dilute the stake of any entity acquiring more than 15% of Bitfarms' stake after June 20 and up to Sept. 10.
Bitfarms本周早些时候实施了“毒丸”策略，以防止接管。该举措将使在6月20日至9月10日期间收购比特矿业股份超过15％的任何实体所持股份稀释。
Riot Platforms' CEO, Jason Les, criticized Bitfarms' recent efforts to block the takeover, saying, "Instead of engaging with us privately and in good faith, Bitfarms has responded by implementing an off-market poison pill with a trigger well below the customary 20% threshold."
Riot Platforms的首席执行官Jason Les批评了Bitfarms最近阻止接管的努力，并表示：“Bitfarms没有与我们进行私下和诚信的沟通，而是采取了一个在惯常的20％门槛之下的场外毒丸触发器的做法。”
Why It Matters: Last month, Riot attempted to acquire Bitfarms for an estimated $950 million. It increased its stake to 12% last week.
上个月，Riot试图以约9.5亿美元的价格收购比特矿业。上周，它将其持股比例增加至12％。
Due to concerns regarding the latter's corporate governance, Riot has expressed its intention to call for a special shareholder meeting to include independent directors on Bitfarms' board.
由于对后者的公司治理存在担忧，Riot表达了召开特别股东大会的意图，以在比特矿业的董事会中包括独立董事。
In the meanwhile, Bitfarms announced plans to develop its first large-scale mining site in the U.S. at Pennsylvania.
与此同时，比特矿业宣布计划在宾夕法尼亚州开发其首个大规模矿业场。
#Bitfarms Enters into Agreement to Develop 120 MW in U.S.; Provides 2025 Guidance of Over 35 EH/s
• First U.S. large scale site supports 8 EH/s in 2025 with deployment of 600 PH/s in 2024
• Strategically located in PJM Interconnection market, providing access to low-cost,... pic.twitter.com/4JAbTVfJzl— Bitfarms (@Bitfarms_io) June 13, 2024
#Bitfarms达成协议在美国开发120 MW；2025年超过35 EH/s；
•在2025年支持8 EH/s 的第一个美国大型场地，2024年部署600 PH/s。
•地理位置优越，位于PJM互联市场，提供了低成本的... pic.twitter.com/4JAbTVfJzl——Bitfarms（@Bitfarms_io）2024年6月13日
Price Action: Shares of Riot Platforms closed 3.2% higher at $10.98 during Thursday's regular trading hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Bitfarms' shares surged 15% to close at $2.810.
根据Benzinga Pro的数据，Riot Platforms的股票在周四的美股盘中上涨了3.2％，收于10.98美元。比特矿业的股票大涨15％，收于2.810美元。
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