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Benjamin Yi Bitcoin compensation

Company: Riot

Subject kind
personnel
Statement date
2021-05-23
Promised amount
10.0 BTC
Current status
stated

The claim, verbatim

Yi will receive 10 Bitcoin as compensation

Source (primary)

Riot 8-K filed 2021-05-24 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “As Executive Chairperson, Mr. Yi will receive a prorated annual salary of $240,000, and 10 Bitcoin.”

How we checked this

Checked on September 22, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.

The document states Yi will receive 10 Bitcoin as Executive Chairperson.

Confirmed in the source:

What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997321000412/riot_8k.htm) in full (15,812 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.

Additional evidence

confirms Riot 8-K filed 2021-05-24

Quote: “As Executive Chairperson, Mr. Yi will receive a prorated annual salary of $240,000, and 10 Bitcoin.”

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