** E-sports company NIP Group's NIPG.O shares rise 1.6% to $2.49 premarket
** NIPG will buy crypto mining machines from Fortune Peak Limited and Apex Cyber Capital
** Mining machines expected to produce about 60 bitcoins per month
** NIPG will issue 119.6 million ordinary shares to the sellers as part of transaction, which is expected to close by Q3
** Co also establishes digital computing division as it expands into the digital infrastructure space
** NIPG went public in New York last year after $20.3 million IPO
** Lone analyst covering the stock rates NIPG "buy" and has $6 PT - data compiled by LSEG
** As of last close, NIPG stock down 62.8% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com))