** Shares in shipping and freight logistic co SINO.O up
~5% at $7.05 in morning trade
** SINO announces expansion of its cryptocurrency market
position with the acquisition of 2,783 digital currency mining
servers from Hebei Yanghuai Technology Co
** The deal is valued at about 30 million yuan ($4.62
million)
** "The successful closing of this acquisition puts
Sino-Global ahead of schedule as we diversify our core business
into the fast growing cryptocurrency market," Lei Cao,
Sino-Global's CEO says
** Acquiring nearly 3,000 digital currency mining servers
gives co substantial platform, one that is expected to grow both
organically and through additional M&A opportunities, Cao adds
** Stock has jumped more than three-fold YTD
($1 = 6.4935 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru)
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