Cipher Mining Stock Is Up Over 6% In Wednesday's Pre-Market: What's Going On?

Group 1 - Cipher Mining, Inc. has commenced operations at its Black Pearl facility in Texas, achieving an initial hashrate of 2.5 exahashes per second (EH/s) with plans to reach 9.6 EH/s in Phase I and a total hashrate of 23.1 EH/s by Q3 [1][2] - The company started mining Bitcoin ahead of schedule, indicating strong operational efficiency [1] - Analysts from Cantor Fitzgerald have reiterated a "Buy" rating for Cipher's stock, raising the price target from $4 to $6 [1] Group 2 - Cipher Mining has a market capitalization of $1.64 billion and focuses on building and operating industrial-scale data centers for Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing [2] - The stock price of Cipher increased by 6.12% in pre-market trading, following a 2.51% rise during the previous trading session, with a notable 25% increase over the past week and over 50% in the last month [2]