Benjamin Yi Appointed as Independent Director
Company: Riot
What the later record shows
Outcome not yet confirmed
No passage mentions Benjamin Yi's appointment as a director or as a committee chair.
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Benjamin Yi was appointed as an independent director effective October 23, 2018, and will serve as chairman of the Audit Committee and Investment and Strategy Committee.
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2018-10-23 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “On October 22, 2018, the Board appointed Mr. Benjamin Yi to serve as an independent director of the Company, effective as of October 23, 2018. Mr. Yi will also serve as chairman of the Audit Committee and as chairman of the Investment and Strategy Committee.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 8-K states that on October 22, 2018 the Board appointed Benjamin Yi as an independent director effective October 23, 2018. It also states he will chair both the Audit Committee and the Investment and Strategy Committee.
Confirmed in the source:
- Benjamin Yi was appointed as an independent director of Riot Blockchain, Inc.
- Benjamin Yi's appointment as independent director was effective October 23, 2018
- Benjamin Yi will serve as chairman of the Audit Committee
- Benjamin Yi will serve as chairman of the Investment and Strategy Committee
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997318000585/riot_8k.htm) in full (7,386 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2018-10-23
Quote: “On October 22, 2018, the Board appointed Mr. Benjamin Yi to serve as an independent director of the Company, effective as of October 23, 2018. Mr. Yi will also serve as chairman of the Audit Committee and as chairman of the Investment and Strategy Committee.”