On October 1, Riot Platforms fell 5.43% in regular trading, trading at $19.09 USD/share, with turnover of approximately $64.43 million. The decline came amid a broad selloff in cryptocurrency mining stocks, with peers including Hut 8 Corp dropping 6.31%, Marathon Digital Holdings falling 5.42%, and IREN declining 3.18%.

The sector-wide weakness aligns with a challenging macro backdrop for Bitcoin heading into October. Rising interest rates, a 5.17% Treasury yield competing for capital allocation, and notably slowing inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have weighed on sentiment. After nearly $1 billion flowed into Bitcoin ETFs on September 21, daily inflows dropped sharply to $134 million by September 25, signaling diminishing urgency among buyers. Analysts have flagged that Bitcoin could be confined to a range between approximately $75,585 and $87,397 absent a pause in rate hikes or a return of strong ETF demand.

On the company level, Riot Platforms reported a Q2 EPS loss of $(0.68), significantly missing the consensus estimate of $(0.28). While the company secured a landmark 20-year, $9.1 billion data center lease with Anthropic to pivot toward AI/HPC, recent earnings estimate revisions for both the current and next fiscal year have trended downward.

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