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Hedge fund firm D.E. Shaw has invested in bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms.

Hedge fund firm D.E. Shaw has established a position in Riot Platforms (RIOT. O) and could push the company to make changes, two people familiar with the matter said, making it the second activist shareholder to take a stake in the cryptocurrency mining company. Reuters was unable to determine the size of D.E. Shaw's stake in Riot, and neither Riot nor D.E. Shaw's representatives were available for comment.