Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms (RIOT) Ditches Bitfarms (BITF) Takeover, Seeks to Overhaul Board

Riot, which became Bitfarms’ largest shareholder and owns 14.9% of the company, called for a special meeting to remove Bitfarms’ Chairman and interim CEO Nicolas Bonta, director Andrés Finkielsztain and anyone who might fill the vacancy created by the resignation of co-founder Emiliano Grodzki. Riot will also look to remove any additional director appointed by the current board of Bitfarms after today.