** Shares of Cipher Mining CIFR.O jump 17.5% to $5.52 premarket
** CIFR late Thursday announced a $50 mln investment from Japan's SoftBank Group 9984.T
** SoftBank will purchase about 10.4 mln shares of CIFR for $50 mln
** The investment will support CIFR's data center development business
** Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods and Latham & Watkins advised CIFR
** CIFR stock climbed 12.4% in 2024
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
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