IREN is trading 10.11% up at $43.77 after Riot Platforms’ reported $9.1 billion, 20-year Anthropic compute agreement boosted optimism that bitcoin miners can transition into AI data-center infrastructure.
- The deal covers 191 megawatts and could reach $16.1 billion with extensions, supporting sector-wide gains among IREN and other peers.
- Bitcoin is nearly flat since the prior close, so crypto momentum is not driving today’s move.