Short seller hits Riot Platforms, says US bitcoin miners are ‘competing in a global race they cannot win’ | Headlines | News | CoinMarketCap
06/05/2024 22:30
Riot Platforms' stock is falling in Wednesday’s session after a short seller released a new report on the company and the entire U.S. bitcoin mining …
Riot Platforms' stock is falling in Wednesday’s session after a short seller released a new report on the company and the entire U.S. bitcoin mining industry.
“Bitcoin mining is easily among the worst business models for a public company we have ever encountered,” Kerrisdale Capital analysts wrote in a short report this morning. “[U]npredictable revenue, capital intensive, extremely competitive, a pure commodity product, and lately drawing intense regulatory scrutiny even in crypto-friendly places like Texas where Riot has 100% of its bitcoin production.”
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds and products and BTC itself are better investments, according to Kerrisdale. The firm is holding bitcoin as a hedge against its RIOT short position.
“Riot is a fundamentally poor way for investors to …