Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 28, 2018 (November 21, 2018)

Riot Blockchain, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	001-33675	84-1553387
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

	202 6th Street, Suite 401,
	Castle Rock, CO 80104
	(Address of principal executive offices)

	(303) 794-2000
	(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 21, 2018, Riot Blockchain, Inc., (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company had entered into an agreement with Shift Markets, Ltd. (“Shift”) in order to provide the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, RiotX Holdings, Inc., with Shift’s crypto exchange platform. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Current Report on Form 8-K, the information contained in this report that is furnished under this Item 7.01, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Furthermore, the information contained in this report that is furnished under this Item 7.01, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release, issued by Riot Blockchain, Inc. on November 21, 2018 (furnished pursuant to Item 7.01).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.