{"id":44452,"date":"2023-01-27T04:02:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T08:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=44452"},"modified":"2023-01-27T04:03:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T08:03:00","slug":"argo-blockchain-faces-class-action-lawsuit-for-misleading-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/argo-blockchain-faces-class-action-lawsuit-for-misleading-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Argo Blockchain faces class action lawsuit for misleading investors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-argo-blockchain-investors-have-filed-a-class-action-lawsuit-claiming-that-the-miner-misled-investors-and-omitted-important-details-during-its-2021-initial-public-offering-ipo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/argo-blockchain-sells-helios-mining-facility-to-galaxy-digital.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Argo Blockchain<\/a> investors have filed a class action lawsuit, claiming that the miner misled investors and omitted important details during its 2021 initial public offering (IPO).<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Argo-Blockchain-looks-forward-to-a-secondary-listing-on-Nasdaq.jpg\" alt=\"Argo Blockchain faces class action lawsuit for misleading investors\" class=\"wp-image-5031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Argo-Blockchain-looks-forward-to-a-secondary-listing-on-Nasdaq.jpg 900w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Argo-Blockchain-looks-forward-to-a-secondary-listing-on-Nasdaq-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Argo-Blockchain-looks-forward-to-a-secondary-listing-on-Nasdaq-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Argo-Blockchain-looks-forward-to-a-secondary-listing-on-Nasdaq-355x200.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Argo Blockchain faces class action lawsuit for misleading investors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 26, a brand-new complaint was launched against Argo and a number of its executives and board members. It asserts that the company concealed its vulnerability to cash limits, energy prices, and network issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Offering Documents were carelessly written and, as a consequence, included inaccurate assertions of significant fact or neglected to mention other facts,&#8221; the complaint said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investors contend that this made the company &#8220;less sustainable&#8221; than it had seemed to be to them, which resulted in an overestimation of the miner's financial prospects. The lawsuit stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cHad [the investors] known the truth, they would not have purchased or otherwise acquired said securities, or would not have purchased or otherwise acquired them at the inflated prices that were paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 23, 2021, Argo made the material in issue public by filing paperwork pertaining to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Argo+Blockchain+faces+class+action+lawsuit+for+misleading+investors&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=Argo+Blockchain+faces+class+action+lawsuit+for+misleading+investors&aqs=chrome..69i57.647j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initial public offering<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States (SEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the same day, 7.5 million shares were made available to the general public for $15 a share, generating earnings before expenditures of $105 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The miner's stock price has suffered since then and is now trading at $1.96 per share after dropping as low as $0.36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-39.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-39.png 678w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-39-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-39-150x58.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The share price decline of Argo Blockchain from Sep. 2021 to present. Source:\u00a0Yahoo! Finance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days after Argo resumed compliance with the Nasdaq listing requirement, which requires a business to maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1 for 10 consecutive trading days, on January 23, the company filed a recent complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Argo has had to make some difficult choices in order to survive the current bear market and the challenging circumstances faced by cryptocurrency miners. On December 28, it disclosed plans to sell Helios, its premier mining facility, to digital asset investment management <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/argo-blockchain-sells-helios-mining-facility-to-galaxy-digital.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Galaxy Digital <\/a>for $65 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High power costs, declining cryptocurrency prices, and greater mining difficulty all hurt the bottom line of cryptocurrency miners in general in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argo Blockchain investors have filed a class action lawsuit, claiming that the miner misled investors and omitted important details during its 2021 initial public offering (IPO). On January 26, a brand-new complaint was launched against Argo and a number of its executives and board members. 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