Bitcoin mining agency Argo blockchain has suspended buying and selling of its American depositary shares (ADS) on NASDAQ, in accordance to a Dec. 27 press launch. The corporate says that it wanted to droop buying and selling due to an announcement that may come on Wednesday morning and since the London Inventory Alternate is closed on Tuesday. Argo says that it expects shares to renew NASDAQ buying and selling on Wednesday.
At our request, @Nasdaq briefly suspended buying and selling of Argo’s ADSs and unsecured notes for right this moment – Tues Dec 27.
We’ll be making an announcement tomorrow (Dec 28) by way of RNS earlier than the @LSEplc opens within the UK…we count on buying and selling on Nasdaq to renew tomorrow.#ARB $ARBK #BTC
— Argo (@ArgoBlockchain) December 27, 2022
The assertion comes after the corporate has been plagued with monetary issues and confronted chapter rumors on account of rising vitality prices and falling Bitcoin costs.
On Dec. 9, Argo inadvertently shared a doc with a reporter that falsely declared it to have filed for chapter. In response, the London Inventory Alternate and Nasdaq suspended buying and selling of its shares. The workforce responded by requesting that its shares resume buying and selling, because it had not really filed for chapter.
On the time, the corporate admitted that it was “susceptible to having inadequate money to assist ongoing enterprise operations throughout the subsequent month.” Nonetheless, it said that it was nonetheless making an attempt to keep away from Chapter 11 chapter.
On Dec. 16, the agency introduced that it was facing additional destructive consideration from NASDAQ. Its shares had traded under $1 for 30 consecutive days. If the corporate didn’t get its share value to shut above $1 throughout the subsequent 180 days, it will be delisted from NASDAQ.
New RNS: we obtained discover from @Nasdaq as our ADSs have closed under $1 for 30 buying and selling days
We have now 180 days to treatment this deficiency
No affect to our operations or LSE itemizing, and no affect to our ongoing negotiations
Full RNS: https://t.co/Au3txnlkHL
#ARB $ARBK #BTC— Argo (@ArgoBlockchain) December 16, 2022
This new suspension of buying and selling on Dec. 27 was not initiated by the inventory change. As a substitute, Argo voluntarily requested that buying and selling of its shares be halted. An announcement is predicted from the workforce on Dec. 28, previous to the 8 a.m. UTC opening of the London Inventory Alternate.
