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has no operation before the acquisition.
−Removed: The Company tried to
−Removed: develop bitcoin and other cryptocurrency mining and related service business in Paraguay.
+Added: The Company tried
+Added: to develop bitcoin and other cryptocurrency mining and related service business in Paraguay.
The Company has changed its name from KAZAN
S.A to FTFT Paraguay S.A.
−Removed: on July 28, 2022 and it was dissolved in December 2023 as the Company was not able to develop the business in
−Removed: Paraguay as planned.
+Added: on July 28, 2022 and it was dissolved in December 2023 as the Company was not able to develop the business
+Added: in Paraguay as planned.
On September 29, 2022,
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(the “Company”) entered into a Share Transfer Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Alpha Financial
−Removed: Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“Seller”) and sole owner and shareholder of Alpha International Securities
−Removed: (Hong Kong) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“Alpha HK”) and Alpha Information Service (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.,
−Removed: a company incorporated in China (“Alpha SZ”).
−Removed: Alpha HK holds Type 1 ’Securities Trading’, Type 2 ‘Futures
−Removed: Contract Trading’ and Type 4 ’Securities Consulting’ financial licenses issued by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures
+Added: Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“Seller”) and sole owner and shareholder of Alpha International Securities (Hong
+Added: Kong) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“Alpha HK”) and Alpha Information Service (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a company
+Added: incorporated in China (“Alpha SZ”).
+Added: Alpha HK holds Type 1 ‘Securities Trading’, Type 2 ‘Futures Contract
+Added: Trading’ and Type 4 ‘Securities Consulting’ financial licenses issued by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
Alpha SZ provides technical support services to Alpha HK.
−Removed: The share transfer transaction was approved by the Securities
−Removed: and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (“SFC”) in August 2023 and the acquisition was closed on November 7, 2023.
−Removed: of the two entities were also changed to ‘FTFT International Securities and Futures Limited’ and ‘FTFT Information
−Removed: Services (Shenzhen) Co.
+Added: The share transfer transaction was approved by the Securities and Futures
+Added: Commission of Hong Kong (“SFC”) in August 2023 and the acquisition was closed on November 7, 2023.
+Added: The names of the two entities
+Added: were also changed to ‘FTFT International Securities and Futures Limited’ and ‘FTFT Information Services (Shenzhen) Co.
Ltd.’, respectively.
−Removed: On January 26, 2023, the Company filed with the Florida Secretary of
−Removed: State’s office Articles of Amendment (the “Amendment”) to amend its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation,
−Removed: as amended (“Articles of Incorporation”).
−Removed: As a result of the Amendment, the Company has authorized and approved a 1-for-5
−Removed: reverse stock split of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 300,000,000 shares to 60,000,000 shares, accompanied
−Removed: by a corresponding decrease in the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”).
−Removed: The common stock continues to be $0.001 par value.
−Removed: The Company rounded up to the next full share of the Company’s shares of common
−Removed: stock any fractional shares that result from the Reverse Stock Split and no fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse
−Removed: Stock Split and no cash or other consideration were paid in connection with any fractional shares that would otherwise have resulted from
+Added: On January 26, 2023,
+Added: the Company filed with the Florida Secretary of State’s office Articles of Amendment (the “Amendment”) to amend
+Added: its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (“Articles of Incorporation”).
+Added: As a result of the Amendment,
+Added: the Company has authorized and approved a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 300,000,000
+Added: shares to 60,000,000 shares, accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock
(the “Reverse Stock Split”).
−Removed: No changes have been made to the number of preferred shares of the Company which remain as 10,000,000 preferred
−Removed: shares as authorized but not issued.
−Removed: The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company took effect on February 1, 2023.
−Removed: Reverse Stock Split and Amendment were authorized and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company without shareholders’ approval,
−Removed: pursuant to 607.10025 of the Florida Business Corporation Act of the State of Florida.
+Added: The common stock continues to be $0.001 par value.
+Added: The Company rounded up to the next full share
+Added: of the Company’s shares of common stock any fractional shares that result from the Reverse Stock Split and no fractional shares
+Added: were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split and no cash or other consideration was paid in connection with any fractional shares
+Added: that would otherwise have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split.
+Added: No changes have been made to the number of preferred shares of the Company
+Added: which remain as 10,000,000 preferred shares as authorized but not issued.
+Added: The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
+Added: took effect on February 1, 2023.
+Added: The Reverse Stock Split and Amendment were authorized and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company
+Added: without shareholders’ approval, pursuant to 607.10025 of the Florida Business Corporation Act of the State of Florida.
The Company operated
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local authority on March 7, 2024.
−Removed: The Company currently has nine directly controlled
+Added: The Company currently has eight directly controlled
subsidiaries:
DigiPay FinTech Limited (“DigiPay”), a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, Future
−Removed: FinTech (Hong Kong) Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong, GlobalKey Shared Mall Limited, a company incorporated
−Removed: under the laws of Cayman Islands (“GlobalKey Shared Mall”), Tianjin Future Private Equity Fund Management Partnership, a
+Added: FinTech (Hong Kong) Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong, Tianjin Future Private Equity Fund Management Partnership, a
Limited Partnership under the laws of China, FTFT UK Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of United Kingdom, Future Fintech
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receivable, asset-backed securities, and other innovative financing methods to obtain sufficient funds.
−Removed: We sign purchase and sale agreements with
−Removed: suppliers and buyers.
−Removed: The suppliers are responsible for the supply and transportation of goods to the end users’ designated
−Removed: freight yard or transfer the title to us in certain warehouses.
−Removed: We also provide trading service as we don’t take control over
−Removed: the ownership of the goods but receive agent service fee for the transaction.
−Removed: For the sale of goods where we obtain control of the
−Removed: goods before transferring it to the customer, we recognize revenue based on the gross revenue amount billed to customers as sales of
−Removed: We consider multiple factors when determining whether we obtain control of the goods, including evaluating if we can
−Removed: establish the price of the goods, retain inventory risk for tangible goods or have the responsibility for ensuring acceptability of
−Removed: We recognize net revenue as agent services for the sales of coals, aluminum ingots, sand and steel when no
−Removed: control obtained throughout the transactions.
−Removed: We select the customers and suppliers that have good credit and reputation.
+Added: We sign purchase and sale agreements with suppliers
+Added: The suppliers are responsible for the supply and transportation of goods to the end users’ designated freight yard
+Added: or transfer the title to us in certain warehouses.
+Added: We also provide trading service as we don’t take control over the ownership
+Added: of the goods but receive agent service fee for the transaction.
+Added: For the sale of goods where we obtain control of the goods before transferring
+Added: it to the customer, we recognize revenue based on the gross revenue amount billed to customers as sales of goods.
+Added: We consider multiple
+Added: factors when determining whether we obtain control of the goods, including evaluating if we can establish the price of the goods, retain
+Added: inventory risk for tangible goods or have the responsibility for ensuring acceptability of the goods.
+Added: We recognize net revenue as agent
+Added: services for the sales of coals, aluminum ingots, sand and steel when no control obtained throughout the transactions.
+Added: the customers and suppliers that have good credit and reputation.
Asset Management Service, Brokerage and Investment
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NTAM offers diversified asset management portfolio for professional
−Removed: Assets of NTAM’s clients are held in banks, where clients gave the banks their authorization allowing NTAM to place trading
−Removed: instructions on behalf of the clients in order to manage the clients’ assets.
+Added: Assets of NTAM’s clients are held in banks, where clients gave the banks their authorization allowing NTAM to place
+Added: trading instructions on behalf of the clients in order to manage the clients’ assets.
NTAM mainly engages in following asset management
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When NTAM manages clients’ investment portfolio
−Removed: in bonds that are denominated in major international currencies such as US dollar, euro and sterling, the issuer of debts shall have good
−Removed: credit rating and asset liability ratio.
−Removed: Through active management, NTAM focuses on bonds with higher yield to maturity among bonds with
−Removed: the same maturity and credit rating.
+Added: in bonds that are denominated in major international currencies such as US dollar, euro and sterling, the issuer of debts shall have
+Added: good credit rating and asset liability ratio.
+Added: Through active management, NTAM focuses on bonds with higher yield to maturity among bonds
+Added: with the same maturity and credit rating.
(3) Precious metals and currencies investment
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professional advice to clients and management fees for managing the investment of the clients.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2024, NTAM has approximately
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, NTAM has approximately
US$348 million assets under its management.
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of the world.
−Removed: FTFT Finance is a financial platform that enables its customers to
−Removed: send their hard-earned money to their country of origin, or any other country of their liking, with ease and at a reasonable cost, transparent
−Removed: exchange rate and without any hidden charges.
−Removed: We believe our customers and their diverse backgrounds that have helped FTFT Finance to
−Removed: become a credible and trustworthy money remittance business.
−Removed: Remittance service is a highly saturated market in the United Kingdom
−Removed: and there are many companies that offer remittance services.
−Removed: FTFT Finance has an edge over companies like wise in different ways, for
−Removed: example, FTFT Finance offers competitive rates for its services and does not charge customer fees for remittance to Pakistan as it receives
−Removed: its rebate from local banks.
+Added: FTFT Finance is a financial platform that enables
+Added: its customers to send their hard-earned money to their country of origin, or any other country of their liking, with ease and at a reasonable
+Added: cost, transparent exchange rate and without any hidden charges.
+Added: We believe our customers and their diverse backgrounds that have helped
+Added: FTFT Finance to become a credible and trustworthy money remittance business.
+Added: Remittance service is a highly saturated market
+Added: in the United Kingdom and there are many companies that offer remittance services.
+Added: FTFT Finance has an edge over companies like wise
+Added: in many different ways, for example, FTFT Finance offers competitive rates for its services and does not charge customer fees for remittance
+Added: to Pakistan as it receives its rebate from local banks.
This approach provides gives us an advantage over our competitors.
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the outbreak as a “pandemic”.
−Removed: In early 2020, Chinese government took emergency measures to combat the spread of the
−Removed: virus, including quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of office buildings and facilities in China.
−Removed: to the evolving dynamics related to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Company was following the guidelines of local authorities as it prioritizes
+Added: In early 2020, Chinese government took emergency measures to combat the spread of the virus,
+Added: including quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of office buildings and facilities in China.
+Added: In response to
+Added: the evolving dynamics related to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Company was following the guidelines of local authorities as it prioritizes
the health and safety of its employees, contractors, suppliers and business partners.
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The quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of
−Removed: office buildings have materially negatively impacted our business.
−Removed: The outbreak has had and might continue to have disruption to our
−Removed: supply chain, logistics providers, customers or our marketing activities with the new variants of COVID-19, which could materially adversely
−Removed: impact our business and results of operations.
−Removed: There were outbreaks in various cities and provinces in China due to Omicron variant,
−Removed: such as Xi’an city, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and other cities in 2022, which have resulted quarantines, travel restrictions,
−Removed: and temporary closure of office buildings and facilities in these cities.
−Removed: In December 2022, the Chinese government eased its strict
−Removed: zero COVID-19 policy which resulted in a surge of new COVID-19 cases during December 2022 and January 2023, which has disrupted our business
−Removed: operations in China.
−Removed: The Company’s promotion strategy of CCM Shopping Mall previously mainly relied on the training of members
−Removed: and distributors through meetings and conferences.
−Removed: Chinese government put a restriction on large gatherings in 2020 and 2021, which made
−Removed: the promotion strategy for our online e-commerce platforms difficult to implement and the Company experienced difficulties to subscribe
−Removed: new members for its online e-commerce platforms.
−Removed: Since 2021, CCM generated minimal revenue and business for the Company.
−Removed: started a process to close it down in November 2023 and completed deregistration and dissolution of the VIE with local authority on March
+Added: office buildings materially negatively impacted our business.
+Added: Any new variant and outbreak of COVID-19 might disrupt our supply chain,
+Added: logistics providers, customers or our marketing activities, which could materially adversely impact our business and results of operations.
+Added: There were outbreaks in various cities and provinces in China due to Omicron variant, such as Xi’an city, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing
+Added: and other cities in 2022, which have resulted quarantines, travel restrictions, and temporary closure of office buildings and facilities
+Added: in these cities.
+Added: In December 2022, the Chinese government eased its strict zero COVID-19 policy which resulted in a surge of new
+Added: COVID-19 cases during December 2022 and January 2023, which has disrupted our business operations in China.
+Added: The Company’s promotion
+Added: strategy of CCM Shopping Mall previously mainly relied on the training of members and distributors through meetings and conferences.
+Added: government put a restriction on large gatherings in 2020 and 2021, which made the promotion strategy for our online e-commerce platforms
+Added: difficult to implement and the Company experienced difficulties to subscribe new members for its online e-commerce platforms.
+Added: 2021, CCM generated minimal revenue and business for the Company.
+Added: The Company started a process to close it down in November 2023 and
+Added: completed deregistration and dissolution of the VIE with local authority on March 7, 2024.
While the potential economic impact brought by
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Results of Operations
−Removed: Comparison of Three Months ended March
+Added: Comparison of Three Months ended June 30,
2024 and 2023:
The following table presents our consolidated
−Removed: revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
+Added: revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
Three months ended
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The increase in revenue for the three months ended
−Removed: March 31, 2024 was primarily due to more revenue from asset management service, as the Company hired more seasoned account managers to
−Removed: boost the assets under management (“AUM”) and thus improved the revenue.
−Removed: Supply chain financing/trading increased $0.33 million from $0.11million
−Removed: for the three months ended March 31, 2023 to $0.44 million for the same period of 2024.
−Removed: It was due to the Company sold more bulk goods
−Removed: with ownership during first quarter of 2024 than as an agent during the same period of 2023.
+Added: June 30, 2024 was primarily due to more revenue from asset management service, as the Company hired more seasoned account managers to
+Added: boost the services and the revenues.
+Added: Supply chain financing/trading decreased $0.31
+Added: million from $0.37 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 to $0.06 million for the same period of 2024.
+Added: It was due to coal prices
+Added: have decreased in China and the market demand has also decreased in the second quarter 2024.
Other revenues increased from $0.10 million for
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2023 to $0.31 million for the same period of 2024, mainly due to the increased debt recovery consulting
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2023 to $0.35 million for the same period of 2024, mainly due to the increased debt recovery consulting
service fee as well as U.S.
−Removed: dollar bond service income of approximately $0.24 million, as we did not have such income in first quarter
+Added: dollar bond service income of approximately $0.20 million, as we did not have such income in the second quarter
Gross Profit and Margin
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gross profit of each of our main products and services and the consolidated gross profit margin, which is gross profit as a percentage
−Removed: of the related revenues, for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
−Removed: Three months ended March 31,
+Added: of the related revenue, for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
+Added: Three months ended June 30,
Asset management service
Supply Chain Financing/Trading
−Removed: Overall gross profit increased to $1.95 million for three months ended
−Removed: March 31, 2024 from $1.20 million for the same period of 2023.
−Removed: The increase is mainly due to the increase of gross profits from asset
−Removed: management service business and others which is in line with the increase of revenues for these two business segments during the first
−Removed: quarter of 2024.
−Removed: Overall gross margin as a percentage of revenue was 38.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2024, an increase of 2.4%
−Removed: from 35.7% for the same period of last fiscal year, mainly due to increase in profit margin for our asset management business as it has
−Removed: more large clients which was offset by the decrease in profit margin for our supply chain financing/trading business as its revenue mostly
−Removed: came from sales of goods with ownership during three months ended March 31, 2024, which has much lower profit margin than the revenue
−Removed: from agent service fees that we mostly generated from the same period of 2023.
+Added: Overall gross profit increased to $1.59 million
+Added: for three months ended June 30, 2024 from $1.24 million for the same period of 2023.
+Added: The increase is mainly due to the increase of gross
+Added: profits from asst management service and others business which is in line with the increase of revenues for these business segments during
+Added: the second quarter of 2024.
+Added: Overall gross margin as a percentage of revenue was 37.93% for the three months ended June 30, 2024, an increase
+Added: of 4.54% from 33.39% for the same period of last fiscal year, mainly due to increase in profit margin for our others business, as we generated
+Added: certain new revenues that we did not have during the second quarter 2023.
Operating Expenses
The following table presents our consolidated
−Removed: operating expenses and operating expenses as a percentage of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
−Removed: First quarter of 2024
−Removed: First quarter of 2023
+Added: operating expenses and operating expenses as a percentage of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
+Added: Second quarter of 2024
+Added: Second quarter of 2023
General and administrative
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General and administrative expenses increased
−Removed: by $0.05 million, or 1.4%, to $3.42 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 from $3.37 million for the same period of last fiscal
−Removed: The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to increased business trip expenses during the three months ended
−Removed: March 31, 2024.
+Added: by $0.97 million, or 39.87%, to $3.39 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, from $2.42 million for the same period of last
+Added: The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to increased professional service fees for lawyers for
+Added: litigation with FT Global and internal control training fees.
Selling expenses increased by $0.03 million during
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
−Removed: The increase in selling expenses was mainly due
−Removed: to increased employee bonuses.
−Removed: Bad debt provision increased by $0.78 million
−Removed: during the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
−Removed: The increase was due to different bad debt
−Removed: provision methods in 2024.
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
+Added: Bad debt provision decreased by $0.95 million
+Added: during the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
+Added: The decrease was due to bad debt recovery
+Added: recognized in previous years and a different bad debt provision accounting treatment method used in 2024.
The Company recorded $0.002 million of research
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Research and development expenses decreased by $0.11 million during the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
+Added: months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
The decrease in research and development expenses was mainly
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Other Income (Expense), Net
−Removed: Other expenses, net increased by $1.67 million
−Removed: to $1.72 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 from $0.04 million in the same period of the last fiscal year, primarily due
−Removed: to legal fees of litigation with FT Global.
+Added: Other expenses, net decreased by $1.18 million
+Added: to $0.09 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 from $1.27 million in the same period of the last fiscal year, primarily due
+Added: to the escrow payment of a civil penalty for the amount of $1,650,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2023 for the settlement with
+Added: the Securities and Exchange Commission and impact of exchange gains and losses.
Tax provision decreased by $0.04 million for
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to decreased revenue.
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2024, primarily due to decreased revenue.
Non-controlling Interests
Nature Worldwide Resources Ltd.
−Removed: holds 40% interest in DCON DigiPay
−Removed: Limited (“DCON Digipay”).
−Removed: Each of Bin Wu and Lixiong Huang holds 25% and 20% interest in FTFT Capital Investments L.L.C.,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: Aspenwood Capital Partner Limited holds 9.52%, Lau kwai Chun holds 9.05%, Cheung Hiu Tung holds 1.9% and Choi Tsz Leung
−Removed: holds 2.38% of equity interest of NATM.
+Added: 40% interest in DCON DigiPay Limited (“DCON Digipay”).
+Added: Each of Bin Wu and Lixiong Huang holds 25% and 20% interest in FTFT
+Added: Capital Investments L.L.C., respectively.
+Added: Aspenwood Capital Partner Limited holds 9.52%, Lau kwai Chun holds 9.05%, Cheung Hiu Tung holds
+Added: 1.9% and Choi Tsz Leung holds 2.38% of equity interest of NATM.
Yaohua Dai holds 20% equity interest of Future Fintech Digital Capital.
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Net loss from continue operation increased by
−Removed: $1.83 million from $2.14 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 to $3.97 million for the same period of 2024 mainly due to
+Added: $0.26 million from $1.54 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 to $1.80 million for the same period of 2024 mainly due to
the increase in operating expenses, as discussed above.
+Added: Comparison of Six Months ended June 30,
+Added: 2024 and 2023:
+Added: The following table presents our consolidated
+Added: revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
+Added: Three months ended
+Added: Asset management service
+Added: Supply Chain Financing/Trading
+Added: The increase in revenue for the six months ended
+Added: June 30, 2024 was primarily due to more revenue from asset management service, as the Company hired more seasoned account managers to
+Added: boost the services and the revenues.
+Added: Supply chain financing/trading increased $0.03
+Added: million from $0.48 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 to $0.51 million for the same period of 2024.
+Added: Other revenues increased from $0.19 million for
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2023 to $0.65 million for the same period of 2024, mainly due to the increased debt recovery consulting
+Added: service fee as well as U.S.
+Added: dollar bond service income of approximately $0.44 million, as we did not have such income during the six
+Added: months ended June 30, 2023.
+Added: Gross Profit and Margin
+Added: The following table presents the consolidated
+Added: gross profit of each of our main products and services and the consolidated gross profit margin, which is gross profit as a percentage
+Added: of the related revenues, for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
+Added: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: Asset management service
+Added: Supply Chain Financing/Trading
+Added: Overall gross profit increased to $3.55 million
+Added: for six months ended June 30, 2024 from $2.44 million for the same period of 2023.
+Added: The increase is mainly due to the increase of gross
+Added: profits from asset management service business others which is in line with the increase of revenues for these two business segments during
+Added: six months ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: Overall gross margin as a percentage of revenue was 38.02% for the six months ended June 30, 2024, an
+Added: increase of 3.52% from 34.49% for the same period of last fiscal year, increase in profit margin for our asset management business as
+Added: it has more large clients which was offset by the decrease in profit margin for our supply chain financing/trading business as its revenue
+Added: mostly came from sales of goods with ownership during six months ended June 30, 2024, which has much lower profit margin than the revenue
+Added: from agent service fees that we mostly generated from the same period of 2023.
+Added: Operating Expenses
+Added: The following table presents our consolidated
+Added: operating expenses and operating expenses as a percentage of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
+Added: Six months ended
+Added: June 30, 2024
+Added: Six months ended
+Added: June 30, 2023
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: Research and Development expenses
+Added: Selling expenses
+Added: Bad debt provision
+Added: Total operating expenses
+Added: General and administrative expenses increased
+Added: by $1.01 million, or 17.44%, to $6.81 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $5.80 million for the same period of last fiscal
+Added: The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to increased professional service fees for lawyers for litigation
+Added: with FT Global and internal control training fees.
+Added: Selling expenses increased by $0.17 million during
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
+Added: The increase in selling expenses was mainly due
+Added: to increased employee bonuses.
+Added: Bad debt provision decreased by $1.73 million
+Added: during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
+Added: The decrease was due to bad debt recovery
+Added: recognized in previous years and a different bad debt provision accounting treatment method used in 2024.
+Added: The Company recorded $0.002 million of research
+Added: and development expenses during six months ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: Research and development expenses include salaries, contracted services,
+Added: as well as the related expenses of our research and product development team, and expenditures relating to our efforts to develop, design
+Added: new products and services, and enhance our existing products and services to our clients.
+Added: Research and development expenses decreased
+Added: by $0.32 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period of last fiscal year.
+Added: The decrease in research
+Added: and development expenses was mainly due to decreased salaries.
+Added: Other Income (Expense), Net
+Added: Other expenses, net increased by $0.67 million
+Added: to $1.52 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $0.89 million in the same period of the last fiscal year, primarily due
+Added: to the e scrow payment of a civil penalty for the amount of
+Added: $1,650,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2023 for the settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and impact of exchange
+Added: gains and losses.
+Added: Tax provision decreased by $0.06 million for
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2024, primarily due to decreased revenue.
+Added: Non-controlling Interests
+Added: Nature Worldwide Resources Ltd.
+Added: holds 40% interest
+Added: in DCON DigiPay Limited (“DCON Digipay”).
+Added: Each of Bin Wu and Lixiong Huang holds 25% and 20% interest in FTFT Capital Investments
+Added: L.L.C., respectively.
+Added: Aspenwood Capital Partner Limited holds 9.52%, Lau kwai Chun holds 9.05%, Cheung Hiu Tung holds 1.9% and Choi Tsz
+Added: Leung holds 2.38% of equity interest of NATM.
+Added: Yaohua Dai holds 20% equity interest of Future Fintech Digital Capital.
+Added: Net loss from continue operation
+Added: Net loss from continue operation increased by
+Added: $2.09 million from $3.68 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 to $5.77 million for the same period of 2024 mainly due to the
+Added: increase in operating expenses, as discussed above.
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations
Gain on disposal of discontinued operation was
−Removed: $0.65 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, which was related to the dissolution and deregistration of Chain Cloud Mall
−Removed: Network and Technology (Tianjin) Co., Limited.
+Added: $0.65 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, which was related to the dissolution and deregistration of Chain Cloud Mall Network
+Added: and Technology (Tianjin) Co., Limited.
Loss per Share
Basic and diluted loss per share from continuing
−Removed: operations were $0.20 and $0.20 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, respectively, as compared to a loss of $0.14 and $0.14 for
−Removed: the same periods of 2023, respectively.
−Removed: Basic and diluted income per share attributable to discontinued operations was $0.03 and $0.03
−Removed: for the three months ended March 31, 2024, respectively.
−Removed: Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to discontinued operations
−Removed: was $0.01 and $0.01 for the three months ended March 31, 2023, respectively.
+Added: operations were $0.29 and $0.29 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, as compared to a loss of $0.24 and $0.24 for the
+Added: same periods of 2023, respectively.
+Added: Basic and diluted income per share attributable to discontinued operations was $0.03 and $0.03 for
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
+Added: Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to discontinued operations was $0.01
+Added: and $0.01 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: As of March 31, 2024, we had cash and restricted
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, we had cash and restricted
cash of $9.82 million, as compared to $19.02 million as of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted
−Removed: cash was mainly due to increased other receivables from the first quarter of 2024.
+Added: The decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
+Added: was mainly due to increased other current asset from the six months ended June 30, 2024.
Our working capital has historically been generated
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Our working capital was $33.48 million as
−Removed: of March 31, 2024, a decrease of $0.69 million from working capital of $36.76 million as of March 31, 2023, mainly due to the decrease
+Added: of June 30, 2024, a decrease of $7.61 million from working capital of $41.79 million as of June 30, 2023, mainly due to the decrease
in current assets and an increase in current liabilities.
−Removed: cash used in operating activities decreased by $2.12 million to $8.15 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 from $10.33 million
−Removed: for the same period of the last fiscal year.
−Removed: The decrease in net cash used by operating activities was primarily due to decrease in other
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities increased
−Removed: $0.61 million to $0.80 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 from $0.20 million for the same period of the last fiscal year.
−Removed: It was due to increase in payment for short term investment.
−Removed: cash provided in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $2.55 million representing an increase of $2.61 million,
−Removed: as compared to cash used in financing activities of $0.06 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
−Removed: increase in cash provided by financing activities was mainly due to proceeds from the issuance of common stock from a private placement,
−Removed: net of issuance costs.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities increased
+Added: by $4.98 million to $11.94 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $6.96 million for the same period of the last fiscal year.
+Added: The increase in net cash used by operating activities was primarily due to increase in accounts receivable and advances to suppliers
+Added: and other current assets.
+Added: Net cash provided by investing activities decreased
+Added: $14.56 million to $0.08 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $14.64 million for the same period of the last fiscal year.
+Added: It was due to decrease in repayment for loan receivable.
+Added: Net cash provided in financing activities for
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $2.34 million representing an increase of $2.36 million, as compared to cash used in financing
+Added: activities of $0.01 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
+Added: The increase in cash provided by financing activities was mainly
+Added: due to proceeds from the issuance of common stock from a private placement, net of issuance costs.
Off-balance sheet arrangements
−Removed: As of March 31, 2024, we did not have any off-balance
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, we did not have any off-balance
sheet arrangements.
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