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Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Faces Short-Selling and Hostile Takeover Attempt
* Kerrisdale Capital shorts RIOT stock, accuses miner of cash burn and shareholder exploitation. * Riot Platforms underperforms peers, declines over 6% while bitcoin rises. * Kerrisdale holds bitcoin as hedge against shorting RIOT. * Riot starts hostile takeover of Bitfarms, becomes large shareholder. * Kerrisdale previously targeted crypto stocks, shorted MicroStrategy. * MSTR stock fell