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	<headerData>
        <submissionType>144</submissionType>
                <filerInfo>
            <filer>
                <filerCredentials>
                    <cik>0001833575</cik>
                    <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
                </filerCredentials>
            </filer>
        <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>




                </filerInfo>
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     <formData>
        <issuerInfo>
            <issuerCik>0001167419</issuerCik>
			<issuerName>RIOT PLATFORMS, INC.</issuerName>


			    <secFileNumber>001-33675</secFileNumber>


			<issuerAddress>
				<com:street1>c/o Riot Platforms, Inc.</com:street1>
                				<com:street2>3855 AMBROSIA STREET, SUITE 301</com:street2>
                				<com:city>CASTLE ROCK</com:city>
				<com:stateOrCountry>CO</com:stateOrCountry>
				<com:zipCode>80109</com:zipCode>
			</issuerAddress>

			<issuerContactPhone>303-794-2000</issuerContactPhone>
			<nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Hubert  Marleau</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>

			<relationshipsToIssuer>
                                				    <relationshipToIssuer>Director</relationshipToIssuer>

			</relationshipsToIssuer>
		</issuerInfo>

				          <securitiesInformation>
			<securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock </securitiesClassTitle>
			<brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
				<name>Leede Jones Gable Inc.</name>
				<address>
				<com:street1>710 - 1140 West Pender Street</com:street1>
                				<com:city>Vancouver V6E 4G1</com:city>
				<com:stateOrCountry>A1</com:stateOrCountry>
				<com:zipCode>1</com:zipCode>
				</address>
			</brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
			<noOfUnitsSold>51165</noOfUnitsSold>
			<aggregateMarketValue>628152</aggregateMarketValue>
			<noOfUnitsOutstanding>185305831</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
			<approxSaleDate>08/17/2023</approxSaleDate>
			<securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
		</securitiesInformation>

    		       <securitiesToBeSold>
         <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock </securitiesClassTitle>
         <acquiredDate>09/27/2022</acquiredDate>
         <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Shares acquired pursuant to equity awards made under the Riot Blockchain, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
                  <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Riot Blockchain, Inc. </nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
                  <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
		          <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>51165</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
                  <paymentDate>09/27/2022</paymentDate>
                  <natureOfPayment>In lieu of services as a director</natureOfPayment>
      </securitiesToBeSold>

    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>



        <noticeSignature>
            <noticeDate>08/18/2023</noticeDate>
                        <signature> /s/ Alexander K. Travis, Attorney-in-Fact for Hubert Marleau</signature>
        </noticeSignature>
	</formData>
    </edgarSubmission>
