Barry C. Honig is a beneficial owner of 9.48% of Riot Blockchain shares as of July 3, 2017 and serves as trustee of GRQ Consultants, Inc. 401K and Roth 401K entities. Beginning in September 2016, he pursued activist efforts seeking management changes and board diversification, including filing for a court-ordered special shareholder meeting in December 2016. The filing contains no information regarding his professional background, prior employment, education, or other board positions.
Biography extracted from Riot DEF 14A filed 2017-07-10 View cached copy (2026-09-27)Live source ↗
Roles
Contiguous filings for the same role are collapsed into a single tenure span. Click a row to see the underlying filings.
| Company | Role | Tenure | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riot | 10%+ Owner | 2016-09 → present (10y 2mo) | 4 |
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Insider transactions
Totals for this person
| Bucket | Invested (shares) | Invested (USD) | Divested (shares) | Divested (USD) | Net direction | Txns | Invested @ last price | Divested @ last price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All time | 97,241 | $326.8K | - | $0 | ↑ Invested $326.8K | 11 | $1.25M | $0 |
| 2017 | 4,000 | $16.9K | - | $0 | ↑ Invested $16.9K | 1 | $51.2K | $0 |
| 2016 | 93,241 | $309.9K | - | $0 | ↑ Invested $309.9K | 10 | $1.19M | $0 |
| 2016-Q3 | 2,228 | $6.2K | - | $0 | ↑ Invested $6.2K | 1 | $28.5K | $0 |
| 2016-Q4 | 91,013 | $303.7K | - | $0 | ↑ Invested $303.7K | 9 | $1.17M | $0 |
| 2017-Q1 | 4,000 | $16.9K | - | $0 | ↑ Invested $16.9K | 1 | $51.2K | $0 |
Invested = shares acquired (buys, grants, option exercises) — insider adding to the position. Divested = shares reduced (sells, dispositions, tax-withholding) — cash flowing TO the insider. Net direction shows which side wins on dollar terms in each bucket. % of holder's stake not yet computed (pending Form 3/4 holdings ingest). See methodology. The two @ last price columns restate the same share counts at the most recent share price we read (close of 2026-10-30); they are a valuation, not a cash flow, and they move every day the market does.
All transactions
| Date | Company | Kind | Shares | Amount (USD) | Value @ last price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-04 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 4,000 | $16,880 | $51.2K |
| 2016-12-01 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 7,484 | $37,046 | $95.9K |
| 2016-12-01 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 1,000 | $5,320 | $12.8K |
| 2016-12-01 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 1,000 | $5,300 | $12.8K |
| 2016-12-01 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 1,600 | $8,000 | $20.5K |
| 2016-12-01 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 18,731 | $94,592 | $239.9K |
| 2016-10-19 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 6,086 | $16,919 | $78.0K |
| 2016-10-18 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 13,400 | $35,912 | $171.7K |
| 2016-10-13 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 28,935 | $65,972 | $370.7K |
| 2016-10-06 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 12,777 | $34,626 | $163.7K |
| 2016-09-30 | Riot | Open-market purchase | 2,228 | $6,238 | $28.5K |