Riot Blockchain, Inc. Announces Corporate Rebranding to Riot Platforms, Inc.

Announces Corporate Rebranding to Riot Platforms, Inc.Riot Blockchain, Inc. Announces Corporate Rebranding to Riot Platforms, Inc., Reflecting Increasingly Diversified, Bitcoin-Driven, Business OperationsCastle Rock, CO, Jan. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) (“Riot,” “Riot Platforms, Inc.” or “the Company”), (formerly Riot Blockchain, Inc.) an industry leader in Bitcoin mining and data center hosting, announces that it has rebranded its corporate name from Riot Blockchain, Inc. to Riot Platforms, Inc.Riot’s rebranding underpins the Company’s growth strategy to continue expanding its increasingly diversified business operations and reflects a renewal of its corporate vision to become the world’s leading Bitcoin-driven infrastructure platform. Riot and Whinstone U.S. will brand together under Riot Platforms, Inc., while Riot’s electrical equipment manufacturing business will continue to operate under the ESS Metron brand in order to support its long-established client base. About Riot Platforms, Inc.Riot’s (NASDAQ: RIOT) vision is to be the world’s leading Bitcoin-driven infrastructure platform. Alexis Brock Riot Platforms, Inc. 5129406014 P[email protected] Phil McPherson Riot Platforms, Inc. 303-794-2000 ext.