Riot Platforms
Riot Platforms, Inc. is a Bitcoin mining company, formerly known as Riot Blockchain. It is based in Castle Rock, Colorado, and it trades on Nasdaq as RIOT. It has also signed a data center lease with AMD at its Rockdale site.
Leadership
Jason Les, Chief Executive Officer. Jason Les is chief executive officer of Riot Platforms.
Key facts
- Based in (press release dateline)
- Castle Rock, Colo.source
- Stock listing
- NASDAQ: RIOTsource
- Chief financial officer, effective March 1, 2026
- Jason Chung, who succeeds Colin Yee; Yee has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since 2022source
- Rockdale land purchase
- the fee simple acquisition of 200 acres of land at Rockdale, currently occupied by Riot, for $96 millionsource
- AMD data center lease
- an initial deployment of 25MW of critical IT load capacitysource
WYDE coverage of Riot Platforms
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Riot Platforms, from Aug 12, 2026 to Aug 15, 2026. Riot Platforms is the subject of 2 stories. The most recent is A Court Stripped Section 230, the FDA Killed Self-Certified Food Ingredients, and Wall Street Put $500 Billion Behind AI. Over 63,000 Meals..
A Court Stripped Section 230, the FDA Killed Self-Certified Food Ingredients, and Wall Street Put $500 Billion Behind AI. Over 63,000 Meals.
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Aug 15, 2026 · 5 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiAnthropic Signs a $9.1 Billion, 20-Year Compute Deal With Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms
The deal converts 191 megawatts of Texas mining capacity into an AI data center lease that could grow to $16.1 billion, and Riot shares surged more than 20 percent before markets opened.
Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside Riot Platforms
- Anthropic · in 2 stories with Riot Platforms
- Bank of Russia · in 1 story with Riot Platforms
- Feed the Children · in 1 story with Riot Platforms
- Meta · in 1 story with Riot Platforms
- Morgan Stanley · in 1 story with Riot Platforms
- Nvidia · in 1 story with Riot Platforms
- Securities and Exchange Commission · in 1 story with Riot Platforms
- U.S. Department of Justice · in 1 story with Riot Platforms
Sources
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