Riot acquired 1 million common shares of Bitfarms on Tuesday, representing about 0.22% of issued and outstanding Bitfarms common stock. The acquisition takes the total count of Bitfarms shares owned by Riot to about 85.3 million. Bitfarms said earlier in the day its co-founder and chair Nicolas Bonta, one of the three board members top shareholder Riot sought to replace, would leave the company immediately.