On September 21, Riot Platforms rose 5.05% in pre-market trading, trading at $24.94 USD/share, with turnover of approximately $2.87 million. The rally comes as Bitcoin surged past $84,000, reaching near an eight-month high, lifting crypto-related equities broadly.

Bitcoin climbed 4.4% to approximately $84,668, driving widespread gains across crypto concept stocks. Strategy rose 6.7%, MARA Holdings gained 5.0%, Coinbase advanced 4.7%, and Circle Internet Group added 6.0%. The continued rally follows key regulatory catalysts earlier in the week, including the SEC's launch of an \"Innovation Exemption\" allowing qualified platforms to trade tokenized versions of U.S.-listed stocks, and the CFTC's push for a new crypto regulatory framework. These developments helped offset concerns after the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate on September 15, which had triggered a sharp sell-off in crypto assets.

Riot Platforms has also been supported by its strategic pivot toward AI/HPC infrastructure, having signed a 20-year, 191-megawatt data center lease with Anthropic in August, projected to generate $9.1 billion in total revenue. Multiple analysts subsequently raised their price targets, with Morgan Stanley setting a $43 target and Macquarie at $35.

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