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Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms (RIOT) raised $200 million via BTC sales

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VanEck’s head of digital assets said bitcoin sales and the AI trade are increasingly linked as miners fund infrastructure build-outs.

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Dumped Nearly $200 Million in BTC

Publicly traded Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms netted nearly $200 million in proceeds from BTC sales in November and December.

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The company sold about 1,818 BTC as part of its plan to finance the construction of data centers for AI, which marks a major turnaround in terms of its business strategy. *** Riot sold more than 2,200 BTC between November and the closing of 2025. Analysts link sales with the financing of AI data centers in Texas. The mining sales pressure could have influenced the drop in bitcoin price during 2025. Riot Platforms sells 1,818 BTC for $161.6 milli…

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Coin Desk broke the news in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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