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 June 30, 2026. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer
and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 2026, management continued executing its remediation plan and made further progress. Management has
substantially completed the design and implementation of certain remediation measures related to digital asset treasury operations
and to core control activities — including standardized account reconciliations, journal entry review, and reduced reliance on
manual spreadsheets. Testing of the operating effectiveness of these measures continues. Remediation efforts related to information
technology general controls, the broader control environment, and monitoring activities remain in progress and are targeted for
substantial completion in the third quarter of 2026.
During the quarter, management designed and prepared to implement a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”)
system to replace legacy reporting infrastructure, which went live on July 1, 2026, subsequent to the balance sheet date. The condensed
consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 were prepared using the Company’s legacy
systems and processes; no transactions or balances reflected in these financial statements were processed through the new ERP system.
In connection with the go-live, management designed enhanced role-based access controls, segregation of duties, user provisioning and
de-provisioning procedures, formalized controls over system changes and user access management, multi-factor authentication, and periodic
user access review procedures over critical financial applications. These controls began operating on and after July 1, 2026, and management
expects them to strengthen the Company’s information technology general controls and address previously identified material weaknesses
related to system access and technology controls. Because these controls have only recently gone into operation, management has not yet
evaluated their operating effectiveness and does not expect to be able to do so until they have operated for a sufficient period of time,
which is expected to occur in a future reporting period.
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 June 30, 2026, management designed changes to internal control over financial reporting
in connection with the planned go-live of its new ERP system and the Company’s digital asset treasury control environment, including enhancements
to user access controls, digital asset valuation methodologies, wallet completeness validation, and treasury reporting processes. The
ERP system itself went live on July 1, 2026, subsequent to the quarter covered by this report, and the related control changes accordingly
began operating in the third quarter of 2026.
Except for the design and preparatory work described above, there were no changes to our
internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 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.
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