WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) resulting from allegations that Canaan may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.

SO WHAT: If you purchased Canaan securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=18554 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On August 18, 2023, before market hours, Canaan issued a press release entitled “Canaan Inc. Provides Updates on Its Bitcoin Mining Operations”. The press release announced that “[t]o ensure legal compliance, the Company decided to temporarily shut down approximately 2.0 Exahash/s of its mining computing power in Kazakhstan since July 2023[.]” The press release further stated that “[t]he The computing power shutdown consists of approximately 50% of the Company's total installed computing power in Central Asia and North America, which totaled 4.0 Exahash/s at the end of the first quarter of 2023.”

Additionally, the press release announced that in connection with a failure to secure a settlement in mediation with a business partner “Canaan US intends to file an arbitration demand and proceed to arbitrate the parties’ dispute.”

Summarizing the issues, the press release stated that “[t]he challenges outlined above are anticipated to substantially affect the Company's operational mining computing power starting in the third quarter of 2023.”

On this news, Canaan’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) fell 12% to close at $2.06 per ADR on August 18, 2023.

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