Item 4. Controls and Procedures
ITEM
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Management’s
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
have established disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports
that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the
SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial
Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and
procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable
assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit
relationship of possible controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable
assurance of achieving their control objectives.
Under
the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated
the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2026. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer
and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because
of the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described in Item 9A of Part II of our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, which have not yet been remediated as of March 31, 2026.
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Material
Weaknesses Remediation Plan and Status
As
previously described in Item 9A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, management’s remediation
efforts are focused on strengthening the Company’s control environment, enhancing information technology general controls, formalizing
control activities, and implementing robust processes over the Company’s digital asset treasury operations.
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2026, management continued executing its remediation plan and made progress in several key areas.
With respect to information systems and access controls, the Company is actively implementing a new enterprise resource
planning (“ERP”) system to support its financial reporting, consolidation, and control environment. The ERP implementation
is currently in progress, with a targeted go-live date of July 1, 2026. As part of this implementation, management is designing enhanced
role-based access controls, segregation of duties, user provisioning and de-provisioning procedures, and formalized controls over system
changes and user access management. In addition, management has implemented multi-factor authentication and periodic user access review
procedures over critical financial applications. These efforts are intended to strengthen the Company’s information technology general
controls and address previously identified material weaknesses related to system access and technology controls.
To address the material weaknesses related to the Company’s digital asset treasury operations, management has
developed and placed into use an internal treasury reporting application designed to support digital asset custody tracking, wallet completeness
validation, transaction reconciliation, fair value measurement, and period-end financial reporting. During the quarter, management performed
internal testing of the application’s completeness and accuracy, including reconciliation of wallet activity to blockchain records,
validation of wallet balances, testing of market pricing inputs, and verification of digital asset conversion methodologies used in determining
U.S. dollar fair values. In addition, the Company’s information technology department completed a cybersecurity and access controls
assessment of the application and implemented additional security enhancements. The Company has also engaged third-party specialists to
independently evaluate the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of these controls. This independent assessment remains
in process.
In
addition, management continues to strengthen the Company’s overall control environment and control activities through the formalization
of accounting policies and procedures, implementation of standardized account reconciliation processes, enhanced journal entry preparation
and review protocols, and improvements to the financial statement close process. Management is also reducing reliance on manual and off-platform
processes through increased use of system-based reporting solutions and enhanced documentation standards.
The
Company is further enhancing its monitoring activities through periodic management reviews, internal control testing, and remediation
tracking procedures. Control deficiencies identified through these monitoring activities are evaluated timely, communicated to responsible
parties, and tracked through completion. Management continues to provide regular updates regarding remediation progress to senior leadership
and the Audit Committee.
While
management believes the actions described above are addressing the identified material weaknesses, the material weaknesses will not be
considered remediated until the applicable controls have been fully designed, implemented, and operated effectively for a sufficient
period of time.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the quarter ended March 31, 2026, management continued implementing changes to its internal control over financial
reporting related to the Company’s ERP modernization efforts and digital asset treasury control environment, including enhancements
to user access controls, digital asset valuation methodologies, wallet completeness validation, and treasury reporting processes. These
changes are part of management’s remediation efforts; however, the related controls have not operated for a sufficient period of
time to conclude that the identified material weaknesses have been remediated.
Except as described above, there were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter
ended March 31, 2026 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For
a description of our material pending legal proceedings, see Note 5 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
There
have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2025, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2026.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM
4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not
applicable.
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