RIOT STOCK JUMPS 25% — $9.1B ANTHROPIC AI DEAL REPORTED

Riot Platforms stock rockets 25% after-hours on reports of a $9.1B AI deal with Anthropic—a major bet that the Bitcoin miner is pivoting hard into AI infrastructure. The move signals serious capital flowing from crypto into frontier AI, with Riot apparently betting its hash power can compete in the data center game.

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