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Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Closes $15M Brokered Private Placement
Bitfarms announced the placement Sunday.
By Zack Voell
Updated Dec 12, 2022, 12:49 p.m. Published Jan 7, 2021, 3:00 p.m.
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Canadian bitcoin mining firm Bitfarms (BITF)https://hashrateindex.com/stocks/bitf-cv closed a fully subscribed private placement of common shares worth CAD$20 million, or over US$15 million.
- Bitfarms announced the sale Sunday, per a prior release.
- In total, the sale consisted of 8,888,889 shares.
- CEO Emiliano Grodzki said, "It has never been such an exciting time to be a part of the cryptocurrency mining industry." With miner manufacturers straining to meet the surging demand for new machines, he's not wrong.
- Shares of the Quebec-based company are trading hands at $3 currently, up nearly 500% in the past year.
- Bitfarms has a current market value of $260 million with 85.72 million shares outstanding.
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