🔷 RIOT: mining is unprofitable, pivoting to AI for $9.1 billion
Facts:
• Riot Platforms (RIOT) sold 4,300
$BTC in Q2 2026 — mining costs reached $90,631 per coin, higher than the market price
• In Q1, the company sold another 3,778 BTC for $289.5 million, changing strategy from mining to selling
• Riot signed a $9.1 billion deal with Anthropic for 20 years of AI computing
• Paradox: Bitcoin is worth $77K, but miners are selling it because electricity and equipment cost more
🧠 My take: mining has become an unprofitable business at current Bitcoin prices. Riot isn’t the only one—Bitfarms (now Keel) has retooled into AI data centers. Investors no longer want to pay for “pure mining”; they want AI infrastructure. The $9.1 billion Anthropic deal is an admission: the future for miners isn’t in Bitcoin, but in computing for neural networks.
⚠️ Don’t confuse the RIOT stock price with the Bitcoin price: the stock now depends on AI deals and contracts with Anthropic, not on hash rate or network difficulty. If you believe in Bitcoin—buy Bitcoin, not a miner.
❓ Is Riot leaving mining for AI the end of an era or an evolution?👇
#RIOT #BTC