Cole Diamond appointment to Riot Advisory Board and share compensation
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
Cole Diamond, founder and CEO of Coinsquare, was appointed to Riot's Advisory Board in October 2017 and received 15,000 restricted common shares vesting upon issuance
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2018-09-07 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “The founder and CEO of Coinsquare, Cole Diamond, is a member of our Advisory Board and upon his appointment to the Advisory role in October 2017 he received a one-time award of 15,000 restricted common shares that were vested upon issuance.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 23, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing states each of these facts about Cole Diamond's appointment to the Advisory Board and the share award.
Confirmed in the source:
- Cole Diamond is the founder and CEO of Coinsquare
- Cole Diamond was appointed to Riot's Advisory Board in October 2017
- On appointment, Cole Diamond received a one-time award of 15,000 restricted common shares
- Those shares vested upon issuance
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000155335018001021/riot_8k.htm) in full (17,523 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2018-09-07
Quote: “The founder and CEO of Coinsquare, Cole Diamond, is a member of our Advisory Board and upon his appointment to the Advisory role in October 2017 he received a one-time award of 15,000 restricted common shares that were vested upon issuance.”