---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-23-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RIOT"
cik: "0001167419"
company_name: "Riot Platforms, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T20:44:15.598499+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Riot Blockchain rebrands to Riot Platforms, Inc. after merger with subsidiary

## Summary
- Effective Dec 30, 2022, Riot Blockchain merged with wholly owned sub and renamed to Riot Platforms, Inc.
- No stockholder approval required under Nevada law; stock continues trading as RIOT on Nasdaq.
- CEO Jason Les says rebranding reflects diversified Bitcoin-driven platforms after Whinstone U.S. and ESS Metron acquisitions.
- CUSIP remains unchanged at 767292105.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-23-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RIOT
- cik: 0001167419
- company_name: Riot Platforms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997323000004/0001079973-23-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997323000004/riot_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-23-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-23-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-23-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Riot Platforms, Inc.: Amended Article I of the articles of incorporation to change the company's name to Riot Platforms, Inc (effective 2022-12-30).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2022-12-30
  source text: Effective December 30, 2022, we filed articles of merger (the “Articles of Merger”) with the Secretary of the state of Nevada to effect the Merger. The Articles of Merger provided that Article I of our articles of incorporation was amended to change our name to Riot Platforms, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997323000004/0001079973-23-000004-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Riot Platforms, Inc. entered into Plan of Merger with Riot Platforms, Inc. (Merger Sub) (effective 2022-12-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Riot Platforms, Inc. (Merger Sub)
  - Effective: 2022-12-30
  source text: On December 30, 2022, Riot Blockchain, Inc. (the “Parent”) entered into a plan of merger, (the “Plan of Merger”), with its recently formed wholly owned subsidiary, Riot Platforms, Inc., a Nevada corporation, (the “Merger Sub”), pursuant to which it was agreed that the Merger Sub would merge with and into the Parent, (the “Merger”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997323000004/0001079973-23-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.