They've been bankrupt a couple times. Unlike Radioshack which is actually relevant. They're just trying to shore up some quick kash (pun)
It's pretty ingenius if you think about. They're selling (cough leasing cough) 14 TH/s miners for half what Antminer S9 goes for. To top it off, they collect half of everything you make. You get to barely break even, but they made some quick dough.