HIVE Digital Technologies vs Riot Platforms

How HIVE Digital Technologies vs Riot Platforms compare on our ratings, mining company specs, funding, pros and cons.

Feature	HIVE Digital Technologies Visit	Riot Platforms Visit
Ratings
Our score	4.1/5	3.7/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Track record	4.5	3.5
Costs & fees	4.0	3.0
Transparency	4.5	4.5
Scale & reliability	4.5	5.0
Support	3.0	3.0
Specs
Type	Public miner, Hosting	Public miner
Coins	BTC	BTC
Hashrate	25.1 EH/s	44.4 EH/s
Stock ticker	NASDAQ: HIVE, TSX: HIVE	RIOT
Locations	Canada, Sweden, Paraguay	Corsicana, Texas, Rockdale, Texas, Paducah, Kentucky
Energy sources	Hydroelectric	Not disclosed
Hardware models	ASIC, NVIDIA GPUs	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2017	—
Headquarters	—	United States
Investors	Not disclosed	Morgan Stanley
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Operates 440 MW of renewable data center capacity across three continents Generated 25.1 EH/s in installed Bitcoin mining hashrate as of March 2026 Diversified revenue across Bitcoin mining and enterprise BUZZ HPC GPU hosting Publicly listed on Nasdaq and TSX with audited financial reporting	Operates 44.4 EH/s of self-mining capacity on a 2.0 GW approved power pipeline Controls custom power distribution and switchgear production through in-house engineering subsidiaries Held 11,380 Bitcoin on its balance sheet as of June 30, 2026 Diversified revenue with 241 MW of long-term commercial HPC and AI data center contracts
Cons	Does not offer retail mining pool services or private hosting contracts Bitcoin mining revenues are exposed to network difficulty increases and halvings Brand is frequently targeted by unauthorized third-party phishing schemes	Offers no third-party retail hosting, cloud mining, or open pool services Reported a net loss of $237.2 million for the second quarter of 2026 Heavy operational concentration in the Texas ERCOT power grid Revenues are exposed to Bitcoin halving cuts and rising network difficulty
Best for	Equity investors seeking Bitcoin mining exposure, Enterprises requiring GPU cloud compute, Institutions tracking green data center infrastructure	Institutional equity investors seeking Bitcoin exposure, Enterprise AI firms leasing high-density data centers, Investors tracking industrial crypto infrastructure

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