[DAILY TRADING] RIOT Stock Price Today – Averages Converge After the $9.1 Billion Anthropic Lease

The RIOT stock price sat at $20.06 as of 05:08 UTC (13:08 GMT+8) on 18 August 2026, up 1.19% on the session, according to the TradingView setup used for this analysis. That’s the latest RIOT stock quote after a wild stretch: a $9.1 billion Anthropic lease, a wider net loss, and bullish analyst notes that briefly sent Riot Platforms stock up more than 20% before most of that move quietly unwound.

In 45 words: RIOT stock traded at $20.06 on 18 August 2026, up 1.19%, retesting its 50-day moving average after Riot Platforms’ $9.1 billion Anthropic lease. RSI reads 63.84, and Compass Point and JPMorgan analysts have turned more constructive, though these remain individual firm estimates, not guarantees.

Key Points

• The RIOT stock price closed the latest session at $20.06, up 1.19%, testing its 50-period moving average, also at 20.06, after a week spent trading below it.
• Riot Platforms’ 10 August earnings included a $9.1 billion, 20-year Anthropic data centre lease at Rockdale, alongside a wider net loss.
• Compass Point and JPMorgan analysts have both turned more constructive on Riot Platforms stock price this month; these are individual firm views, not a Vantage price prediction.

RIOT stock quick answers

The RIOT stock price today is $20.06 as of 05:08 UTC (13:08 GMT+8) on 18 August 2026, up 1.19% on the session. The latest RIOT stock news is the $9.1 billion, 20-year Anthropic data centre lease disclosed 10 August 2026, alongside wider Q2 earnings. Vantage does not forecast prices. Riot stocks, Riot Platforms stock and Riot Blockchain stock all refer to Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), formerly named Riot Blockchain.

What the RIOT stock chart shows today

The 15-minute chart in this technical analysis shows Riot Platforms opening at $19.83, reaching $20.09, and dipping to $19.80 before settling near $20.06, a gain of 1.19%. Volume came in at 295.81K, per the Vantage CFD feed. Price now sits right on the 50-period moving average, 20.06, while the 200-period average trails at 19.26. The two have been converging steadily since price traded well beneath both a week ago.

The standout candle is the earnings-day spike. On 11 August, RIOT shot up to a session high near $23.90 on heavy volume, then gave almost all of it back: a classic gap-and-fade. The RSI (14, close) tells the same story: a spike into overbought territory, a sharp fade by mid-month, and a climb back to 63.84.

The $9.1 billion Anthropic deal behind the RIOT stock news

Riot Platforms reported second-quarter 2026 results on 10 August.^[1] Revenue came in at $174.2 million, up 14% year over year, against a net loss of roughly $237.2 million versus a net profit a year earlier. The bigger story was the lease: Riot signed a 20-year agreement for 191 megawatts at its Rockdale, Texas campus, with the tenant reported by Bloomberg to be Anthropic. The deal is worth roughly $9.1 billion over its initial term, rising to about $16.1 billion if extensions are exercised.^[1][2]

Compass Point described Riot as running a two-tenant campus carrying $9.8 billion of contracted data centre revenue.^[4] JPMorgan raised its estimate to $22 from $20 on 17 August.^[5] Cantor Fitzgerald and Morgan Stanley also lifted their figures this month, to $30 and $43 respectively.^[6][7] Each is an individual analyst estimate, not a Vantage forecast.

Where the chart and RIOT forecast diverge

The fundamentals have clearly improved, but shares surged more than 20% on 11 August before giving back almost the entire move, and RIOT has spent the week since clawing back that ground rather than extending it.^[4] Bitcoin traded near $64,000 as of 18 August, recovering from a dip below $63,000 earlier in the week.^[8][9] Riot keeps mining bitcoin alongside its data centre pivot, so moves in the coin remain a background driver. Find out the latest SP500 news here.

What to watch

• Corsicana Site Update, Ongoing: Riot holds a non-binding letter of intent covering up to 756 megawatts of additional IT load.
• AMD Capacity Milestones, November 2026 and May 2027: phased 10 MW and 15 MW deliveries remain to come.
• Bitcoin Price Action, Ongoing: continued bitcoin moves remain relevant to mining-segment margins. Read more stock market news today here.

Given how sharply RIOT moved around the 11 August earnings print, market participants often review Stop Loss placement relative to the moving averages discussed above, since a Stop Loss limits losses to a planned size rather than preventing them altogether. RIOT is available as a share CFD with leverage, a double-edged tool that can magnify both gains and losses. Position sizing relative to account equity is worth revisiting given this stock’s recent swings.

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References

[1] “Riot Platforms Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Strategic Highlights” https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001167419/000110465926093406/riot-20260810xex99d1.htm Accessed on 18 August 2026.

[2] “Anthropic signs $9.1 billion data center deal with Riot Platforms” https://qz.com/anthropic-riot-platforms-data-center-deal-9-billion-081126 Accessed on 18 August 2026.

[3] “Riot Platforms Secures Major Loan for Data Center Expansion” https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/riot-platforms-secures-major-loan-for-data-center-expansion Accessed on 18 August 2026.

[4] “Riot Platforms strikes deal with Anthropic as bitcoin miners shift focus to AI infrastructure” https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/riot-platforms-signs-anthropic-deal-as-miners-shift-to-ai-infrastructure-.html Accessed on 18 August 2026.

[5] “RIOT stock gains 4.7% as JPMorgan lifts target to $22” https://crypto.news/riot-stock-gains-4-7-as-jpmorgan-lifts-target-to-22/ Accessed on 18 August 2026.

[6] “Cantor Fitzgerald raises Riot Platforms stock price target on AI lease” https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/cantor-fitzgerald-raises-riot-platforms-stock-price-target-on-ai-lease-93CH-4852103 Accessed on 18 August 2026.

[7] “Morgan Stanley raises Riot target to $43 after 191 MW Rockdale lease” https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/morgan-stanley-raises-riot-target-135724125.html Accessed on 18 August 2026.

[8] “Bitcoin price today, BTC to USD live price” https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin Accessed on 18 August 2026.

[9] “Bitcoin Price Today, August 18, 2026: BTC Rises Above $64,000 as Buyers Return” https://sundayguardianlive.com/business/bitcoin-price-today-august-18-2026-btc-rises-above-64000-as-buyers-return-after-weekly-low-check-latest-prices-in-usd-inr-gbp-euro-jpy-263659 Accessed on 18 August 2026.