Two of the largest public bitcoin miners reported third-quarter results on Wednesday, and both used the occasion to confirm they have been selling the asset they were built to accumulate. 

Riot Platforms has sold 20,264 BTC this year for about $1.5 billion, and Hut 8 has sold 3,102 BTC since July to fund $250 million in share repurchases.

The sales serve different ends. Riot is paying for data center construction; Hut 8 is buying back its own stock. Riot ended September with 2,418 BTC, worth about $202 million at the quarter-end price of $83,554. It held 18,005 at the start of the year. 

Hut 8 reported about 16,787 BTC across the parent and its majority-owned American…

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