Public cryptocurrency mining company Bitfarms (BITF)https://hashrateindex.com/stocks/bitf-cv closed its second private placement of shares Wednesday worth CAD$20 million, or over US$15 million, a week after closing another $15 million placement.
The sale consisted of 5,586,593 common shares, per a release, over 3 million fewer shares than its first placement.
The proceeds will fund the acquisition of additional mining machines and the expansion of its mining facilities.
Shares of the Quebec-based company are trading hands at $4.37 currently, up more than 45% from the price when Bitfarms closed its first placement.
Bitfarms has a current market value of $374 million with over 85 million shares outstanding, per data from Ycharts.
NYDIG, meanwhile, rejected the basis-trade theory, citing the large discount and the lack of an unusual spike in corresponding CME bitcoin futures volume.
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