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                     UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                        DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

CREIGHTON TAKATA,                            :
                                             : Civil Action No.: 18-2293(GC)(RLS)
                    Plaintiff,               :
                                             :
             v.                              :     JOINT STIPULATION OF
                                             : VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF
RIOT BLOCKCHAIN, INC., et al.                :               CLAIMS
                                             :
                    Defendants.              :
                                             :

      Lead Plaintiff Dr. Stanley Golovac (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Barry Honig

(“Defendant Honig”), by and through their respective attorneys, jointly state as

follows:

      WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Consolidated Third Amended Class Action

Complaint on May 27, 2022 (ECF No. 231);

      WHEREAS, Defendant Honig filed a motion to dismiss the Consolidated

Third Amended Class Action Complaint on July 18, 2022 (ECF No. 234);

      WHEREAS, Judge Georgette Castner dismissed the Consolidated Third

Amended Class Action Complaint in an Opinion (ECF No. 251) and Order (ECF

No. 252) dated August 25, 2023, in which it was ordered that Plaintiff’s claims were

dismissed with prejudice.

      THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the

undersigned parties, that:


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  1.    Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), Plaintiff dismisses all claims in their entirety

        against Defendant Honig with prejudice;

  2.    Plaintiff hereby agrees to waive all rights to file an amended complaint and to

        appeal any order entered in favor of Defendant Honig; and

  3.    Each of Plaintiff and Defendant Honig shall bear his own attorneys’ fees and

        costs incurred in connection with this action.


   Dated: March 11, 2024             SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER &
                                     HAMPTON LLP

SO ORDERED                           /s/ Tyler E. Baker
On this 13th day of March, 2024      Tyler E. Baker (New Jersey Bar No. 44392011)
                                     Christopher J. Bosch (Admitted pro hac vice)
_________________________            30 Rockefeller Plaza, 39th Floor
Hon. Georgette Castner, U.S.D.J.     New York, NY 10112-0015
                                     Telephone: (212) 653-8700
                                     tbaker@sheppardmullin.com
                                     cbosch@sheppardmullin.com

                                     Robert D. Weber (Admitted pro hac vice)
                                     1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1600
                                     Los Angeles, CA 90067
                                     Telephone: (310) 227-3746
                                     Facsimile: (310) 228-3962
                                     rweber@sheppardmullin.com

                                     Counsel for Defendant Barry Honig


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                              LITE DEPALMA GREENBERG
                              & AFANADOR, LLC

                              /s/ Joseph J. DePalma
                              Joseph J. DePalma
                              570 Broad Street, Suite 1201
                              Newark, NJ 07102
                              Telephone: (973) 623-3000
                              Facsimile: (973) 623-0858
                              jdepalma@litedepalma.com

                              MOTLEY RICE LLC
                              William S. Norton (Admitted pro hac vice)
                              Joshua C. Littlejohn (Admitted pro hac vice)
                              Christopher C. Moriarty(Admitted pro hac vice)
                              28 Bridgeside Boulevard
                              Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
                              Telephone: (843) 216-9000
                              Facsimile: (843) 216-9450
                              bnorton@motleyrice.com
                              jlittlejohn@motleyrice.com
                              cmoriarty@motleyrice.com

                              Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Dr. Stanley Golovac
                              and Lead Counsel for the Class

                              US MARKET ADVISORS LAW GROUP PLLC
                              David P. Abel
                              5335 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Ste. 440
                              Washington, D.C. 20015
                              Telephone: (202) 274-0237
                              Facsimile: (202) 686-2877
                              dabel@usmarketlaw.com


                              Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Dr. Stanley Golovac


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