Riot Blockchain receives initial order of Bitmain S17 Pro Antminers and commences deployment at Oklahoma City Mining Facility

CASTLE ROCK, Colo., Jan. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) (“Riot” or the “Company”), announces receipt of approximately 3,000 S17 Pro Antminers from BitmainTech PTE. LTD. (“Bitmain”), arriving at Riot’s Oklahoma City mining facility in late December 2019. The Riot team has commenced deploying the new S17 Pro generation miners. This initial purchase was previously announced on December 4, 2019. The deployment of the new miners is advancing rapidly, and Riot has secured additional temporary labor to accelerate the upgrade process.