As the company contemplates its future expansion, Bitcoin miner Iris Energy is looking into potential merger and acquisition prospects. The business declared in a statement on Friday that those also include additional alternatives like “ongoing organic expansion.” Iris Energy To Monitor Financial Markets Iris Energy agreed last month to grant investment banking company B. Riley Financial Inc. the opportunity to sell up to $100 million worth of common shares. According to the statement, the company maintains an eye on financial markets and advances potential finance alternatives. Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the Bitcoin mining sector consolidating, and businesses like CleanSpark have already taken advantage of market circumstances to acquire mining sites and thousands of mining equipment at heavy discounts. The Difference In Energy Boosted Iris Energy boosted its monthly average functioning hash rate by 24% in September, resulting in a total of 2.729 exahashes per second (EH/s). It mined 325 BTC concurrently, an 8% increase. The statement noted the difference resulted from a rise in the average difficulty-implied worldwide hash rate throughout the period, which was also the primary factor behind the improvement in the company’s electricity expenses per Bitcoin mined during the month. At the end of August, the mining difficulty increased by 9.26%, the most since January. According to current projections, a ...
