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Q1 2026 Bitcoin sales

Company: Riot

Subject kind
financing
Statement date
2026-08-21
Promised amount
289500000.0 USD
Current status
stated

The claim, verbatim

Riot sold 3,778 Bitcoin during the first quarter for approximately $289.5 million

Source (primary)

Riot Platforms’ Bitcoin Sales Signal a Major Shift in Mining Strategy - Tekedia (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Riot sold 3,778 Bitcoin during the first quarter for approximately $289.5 million, at an average net price of $76,626 per BTC”

How we checked this

Attempted on September 14, 2026. We could not read enough of the cited source to check this claim.

The verification run did not return a result for this claim (claude -p exit 1: b'').

What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.tekedia.com/riot-platforms-bitcoin-sales-signal-a-major-shift-in-mining-strategy/) in full (7,261 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.

Additional evidence

confirms Riot Platforms’ Bitcoin Sales Signal a Major Shift in Mining Strategy - Tekedia

Quote: “Riot sold 3,778 Bitcoin during the first quarter for approximately $289.5 million, at an average net price of $76,626 per BTC”

View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗