Initial BTC collateral at start of 2026
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
At the beginning of 2026, Riot had 3,977 BTC pledged as collateral for the Coinbase loan
Source (primary)
Riot may release up to 1,547 BTC with bitcoin's rise - portalcripto.com.br (-, news_article)
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Quote: “At the beginning of 2026, Riot had 3,977 BTC pledged in this transaction”
How we checked this
Checked on September 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article says that at the beginning of 2026, Riot had 3,977 BTC pledged in this loan transaction.
Confirmed in the source:
- At the beginning of 2026, Riot had 3,977 BTC pledged as collateral for the Coinbase loan
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://portalcripto.com.br/en/riot-may-release-up-to-1-547-btc-with-bitcoin-s-rise) in full (3,735 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot may release up to 1,547 BTC with bitcoin's rise - portalcripto.com.br
Quote: “At the beginning of 2026, Riot had 3,977 BTC pledged in this transaction”