Company Generates $7.7 Million in Revenue on the Production of 1,081 Bitcoins and 3,023 Litecoins
CASTLE ROCK, CO / ACCESSWIRE / April 2, 2018 / Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) ("the Company") announced the filing of its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which can be viewed on the Company's website or at SEC.gov.
Highlights extracted from the December 31, 2018 annual consolidated financial statements (all amounts as of, or for the year ended, December 31, 2018):
- Generated approximately $7.7 million in revenue on the production of 1,081 Bitcoins (including Bitcoin Cash as converted) and 3,023 Litecoins for the year. The Company established steady-state mining of cryptocurrencies at our approximately 8,000-miner facility in Oklahoma City commencing in June, 2018
- Positive gross margin of 33% before depreciation, amortization and impairment, despite a decline in the average price of Bitcoin throughout the year
- Cash and digital currencies totaled $1.6 million
- No long-term debt
- Net loss attributable to Riot Blockchain of approximately $58 million. The net loss was largely attributable to the noncash aggregate impairments, depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation expenses of approximately $45.2 million
- 13,403,846 weighted average number of common shares outstanding
Business update and highlights:
- Riot's fully-owned hashing power was approximately 101 Petahash as of December 31, 2018; which ranks the company among the largest publicly-listed miners of Bitcoin
- Riot maintains ownership of approximately 12.1% of goNumerical Ltd (dba "Coinsquare"). Coinsquare is a leading cryptocurrency exchange in Canada
- The Company continues development progress with RiotX, its planned cryptocurrency exchange and the Company has partnered with providers such as Shift Markets, Ltd. in the establishment of the exchange
- The previously disclosed Securities and Exchange Commission investigation associated with the subpoena received by the Company in April 2018 is still ongoing, and the Company has been cooperating with the SEC in that investigation
- In January 2019, the Company announced that it had secured $3 million in bridge financing with a syndicate of lenders
About Riot Blockchain
Riot Blockchain is focused on building, operating, and supporting blockchain technologies. Its primary operations consist of cryptocurrency mining, targeted development of a cryptocurrency exchange, and the identification and support of innovations within the sector. For more information, visit http://www.RiotBlockchain.com/.
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SOURCE: Riot Blockchain, Inc.