SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2022-12-19

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 10.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Securities Purchase Agreement
(as amended, supplemented, restated and/or modified from time to time, this &ldquo;<B>Agreement</B>&rdquo;) is entered into as of December
16, 2022, by and among BitNile Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (and, unless the context requires otherwise, collectively with the
&ldquo;<B>Subsidiaries</B>&rdquo; referred to below, the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;), and each investor identified on the signature
page hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, the &ldquo;<B>Investor</B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">BACKGROUND</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">A.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The board of directors (the &ldquo;<B>Board of Directors</B>&rdquo;) of the Company has authorized the
issuance to Investor of the Note (as defined below).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">B.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Investor desires to purchase the Note (as defined below) on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">C.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates
and the Investor will enter into certain security agreements and guarantees, as listed in <U>Exhibit A</U> (the &ldquo;<B>Security Documents</B>&rdquo;),
pursuant to which certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates will guarantee all of the Company&rsquo;s obligations under the Transaction Documents
and the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries will grant a first priority security interest in certain assets to secure the Company&rsquo;s
obligations hereunder and the Subsidiaries&rsquo; obligations under any such guarantee.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
of the foregoing recitals and the covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>1.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>DEFINITIONS</U>. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings specified
or indicated below, and such meanings shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such defined terms:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>1933 Act</B>&rdquo;
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>1934 Act</B>&rdquo;
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>Acquisition</B>&rdquo;
means the acquisition by the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company of a majority of the Equity Interests or substantially
all of the assets and business of any Person, whether by direct purchase of Equity Interests, asset purchase, merger, consolidation or
like combination.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<B>Affiliate</B>&rdquo;
means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control
with, the Person specified.</P>

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