PORTLAND: Riot Blockchain Inc won 500 bitcoins in an auction of property seized by the US Marshals Service, a bet that the digital currency’s breath-taking run isn’t over.
Riot, which invests in cryptocurrency and blockchain startups, sought many more of the 3,813 bitcoins in the auction Monday but was outbid, chief executive officer John O’Rourke said in a phone interview.
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