{"id":84361,"date":"2023-09-12T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84361"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:55:04","slug":"riot-platforms-trims-august-mining-as-bitfarms-mines-383-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/riot-platforms-trims-august-mining-as-bitfarms-mines-383-btc\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Platforms trims August mining, as Bitfarms mines 383 BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early September, mining companies reported results for the past month. ForkLog has compiled the key figures in one piece.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Marathon Digital Holdings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In August Marathon Digital Holdings <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.mara.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/1324\/marathon-digital-holdings-announces-bitcoin-production-and\">generated<\/a> 1,072 BTC \u2014 down 9% from the July figure <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/july-reports-marathon-digital-mined-1176-btc-argo-blockchain-cuts-production-by-11\">, but more than five times the results in December 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The decline in production from July was largely due to intensified activity to curb mining in Texas amid record-high temperatures,&#8221; said Fred Thiel, the company\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He said the operational hash rate rose 2% month over month to 19.1 EH\/s. Installed compute capacity stood at 23.1 EH\/s. The changes were linked to replacing S19 Pro miners from Bitmain with S19 XP.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/yXxCY63S0zrz6jUjtgka6ABnmbJB9I8EAnJpUC_XwQypKCy1qHmyb62XPlHEiFSnVIJRjlEreWvJpfGPt01gHJBjmMW9g5QRn4eQQ6-RRFcgXjv2kKxVkPbUNjgDP2H67IxJS3n6OE-Cc3Ob7RBojkU\" alt=\"Riot Platforms \u0441\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u0443 \u0432 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0435, \u0430 Bitfarms \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0430 383 BTC\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Marathon Digital Holdings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As of August 31, Marathon held a total of 13,286 BTC. The company sold 750 BTC during the month and plans to realise part of its BTC holdings in the first cryptocurrency in the future &#8220;to support monthly operations, treasury management and overall corporate goals&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/iwImX5kdVz7ViiY7E_uyN7ihkfMgPipkCdiCzsA7a4UFatY5fkfJef22lc1b-sBA8WwODve4DI9eaQQsMbzVJLWLqyysJk-4kOQWZxzmulp6mJ2qfUk2LQfuinwnHMTfjeimKrKquB_QUaabkZ2tjNE\" alt=\"Riot Platforms \u0441\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u0443 \u0432 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0435, \u0430 Bitfarms \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0430 383 BTC\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Marathon Digital Holdings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In August, Thiel <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/marathon-chief-sees-bitcoin-etf-approval-as-highly-likely\">indicated<\/a> that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would approve a spot <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">exchange-traded fund<\/a> based on the first cryptocurrency with a probability above 50%.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Argo Blockchain<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accesswire.com\/781951\/argo-blockchain-plc-announces-august-operational-update\">the report<\/a> from Argo Blockchain, the company mined 105 BTC in August, or 3.4 BTC per day. The drop from July&#8217;s 4.6 BTC per day was tied to downtime at the Helios data centre.<\/p>\n<p>As of August 31, the company held 49 BTC. During the past month the miner installed and commissioned 900 BlockMiner devices with a capacity of about 95 PH\/s at the Quebec facility. The remaining 728 units are expected to be acquired and deployed soon.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier the company reported a net loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/argo-blockchain-cuts-debt-to-72-million\">$18.8 million<\/a> for the first half of the year and reduced debt to $75 million. As of the end of June 2022, its debt stood at $143 million.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Riot Platforms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Riot Platforms (formerly <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mining-company-riot-drops-blockchain-from-its-name\">Riot Blockchain<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riotplatforms.com\/news-media\/press-releases\/detail\/159\/riot-announces-august-2023-production-and-operations-updates\">mined<\/a> 333 BTC in August \u2014 down 19% from July\u2019s 410 BTC.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/rrdJP1tcMFE7HyICiNYhkdGhKsLjSSEhBtLio_gwgAGf6iFbp6bj9kM8UghPPvU6ooJ1-rUiJhi_beSsVT4NOGTZwS9gPngLvuJmI8z58xEPtKAFeUzZ7cYlSCX3HZJrH2-sgDhaAlDYKLXlhoeu8Ls\" alt=\"Riot Platforms \u0441\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u0443 \u0432 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0435, \u0430 Bitfarms \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0430 383 BTC\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Riot Platforms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/riot-platforms-earned-31m-from-bitcoin-miner-outages\">received $31.6 million<\/a> in loans to respond to electricity supply and demand from the Texas operator ERCOT. The amount marked a monthly record for Riot and exceeded the figure for all of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The firm still has 17,040 Bitcoin miners not connected in the damaged <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bad-weather-in-the-united-states-knocks-bitcoin-hashrate\">Building G<\/a> of the Rockdale data centre after last December&#8217;s snowstorm. As a result, the company\u2019s operating hash rate stands at 10.7 EH\/s versus the total installed capacity of 12.5 EH\/s.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Riot reported a net loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/riot-platforms-trims-quarterly-loss-to-27-7-million\">$27.7 million<\/a> in Q2. Revenue for the period was $76.7 million.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HIVE Blockchain<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The mining company HIVE Blockchain Technologies in August <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finanznachrichten.de\/nachrichten-2023-09\/60046646-hive-digital-technologies-ltd-hive-digital-provides-august-2023-production-and-reports-over-2-5x-growth-in-ai-compute-infrastructure-296.htm\">mined<\/a> 274 BTC (an average of 8.8 BTC per day).<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s hash rate stood at 3.69 EH\/s, including its GPU fleet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to announce the order of high-performance SuperMicro servers, which will further increase the capacity of our AI compute infrastructure by more than 2.5 times,&#8221; said HIVE\u2019s President and CEO Aydin Kilich.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The company also announced plans to expand its AI and high-performance computing infrastructure in Canada in addition to its current operations in Sweden.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bitfarms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the last month of summer, Bitfarms <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.bitfarms.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/209\/bitfarms-mines-383-btc-in-august-2023\">mined<\/a> 383 BTC, up 1.3% from July&#8217;s results. By the end of August the hash rate reached 5.6 EH\/s as new devices were connected and the park was further optimised.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/nBlMKW-L-LQPtAdEJH4UwEzOjsMjWps-pjCumvcXl-A0fbSzZORAEKHSYfb1qDLIZXELLE5-w3F-YsEZTLPU_2QfQtfx-3ovcNwzN9RsvlaLhdhD1zCrcCiA6VvYkWgJJYTpp6P_YnbjJzv4d4HhqRc\" alt=\"Riot Platforms \u0441\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u0443 \u0432 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0435, \u0430 Bitfarms \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0430 383 BTC\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Bitfarms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of the 383 BTC mined, the company sold 323 BTC, receiving $9 million. Bitfarms reduced total outstanding debt by $1.9 million, leaving $11.8 million at month-end.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hut 8 Mining<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In August Hut 8 Mining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/hut-8-mining-production-and-operations-update-for-august-2023-301924344.html\">generated<\/a> 103 BTC (an average of 3.3 BTC per day). By month-end the mining company held 9,255 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>As of the same period the miner estimated its hash rate at 2.6 EH\/s.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Our 9,255 BTC held on the balance sheet continue to provide Hut 8 and our shareholders with a strategic and differentiated advantage,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bit Digital<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nasdaq-listed Bit Digital reported mining 139.9 BTC \u2014 up 5% from the previous month. The company attributed the rise to a higher average active hash rate, which stood at 2.03 EH\/s at month-end.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury reserves in Bitcoin and Ethereum were 758.5 BTC and 13,002.1 ETH, with fair market values of about $19.7 million and $21.4 million respectively (as of 31 August). The company\u2019s cash and equivalents stood at $24.9 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stock performance of mining companies over the past week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marathon Digital Holdings (<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-MARA\/\">MARA<\/a>): -19.63%;<\/li>\n<li>Argo Blockchain (<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-ARBK\/\">ARBK<\/a>): -7.08%;<\/li>\n<li>Riot Blockchain (<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-RIOT\/\">RIOT<\/a>): -10.97%;<\/li>\n<li>Hut 8 (<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-HUT\/\">HUT<\/a>): -12.3%;<\/li>\n<li>HIVE Blockchain (<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-HIVE\/\">HIVE<\/a>): -12.95%;<\/li>\n<li>Bitfarms (<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-BITF\/\">BITF<\/a>): -19.71%;<\/li>\n<li>Bit Digital (<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-BTBT\/\">BTBT<\/a>): -11.49%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier on 6 September, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-hashrate-and-mining-difficulty-in-cryptocurrencies\">mining difficulty<\/a> of the first cryptocurrency <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-falls-by-nearly-3\">decreased by 2.65%<\/a>. The metric reached 54.15 T.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, JPMorgan<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jpmorgan-estimates-the-average-cost-of-mining-bitcoin\"> lowered the cost to mine 1 BTC<\/a> from $21,000 to $18,000. This followed Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance&#8217;s revision of its methodology for the Electricity Consumption Index in mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early September, mining companies reported results for the past month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1182,1184,1137,1106,1136,1185,1187,1186],"class_list":["post-84361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-argo-blockchain","tag-bitfarms","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-hive","tag-hut-8","tag-marathon-digital-holdings","tag-mining-digest","tag-riot-platforms"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"27","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84363,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84361\/revisions\/84363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}