Risk Factors.
−Removed: that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report are any of the risks described in “Item
−Removed: Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange
−Removed: Commission on March 21, 2025.
−Removed: Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations
−Removed: or financial condition.
−Removed: Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business
−Removed: or results of operations.
−Removed: As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there are no additional risk factors added to the risk factors disclosed
−Removed: in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report are any of the risks described in
+Added: Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Securities
+Added: and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2025.
+Added: Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our
+Added: results of operations or financial condition.
+Added: Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial
+Added: may also impair our business or results of operations.
+Added: As of the date of this Quarterly Report, except as set forth below, there are no additional risk
+Added: factors added to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Relating to Investing in Digital Securities
+Added: launch of central bank digital currencies (“CBDCs”) may adversely impact our business.
+Added: introduction of a government-issued digital currency could eliminate or reduce the need or demand for private-sector issued crypto currencies,
+Added: or significantly limit their utility.
+Added: National governments around the world could introduce CBDCs, which could in turn limit the size
+Added: of the market opportunity for cryptocurrencies, including Solana.
+Added: federal regulations, there is a possibility that any digital asset we acquire may be classified as a “security.” Any classification
+Added: of any digital asset we acquire as a “security” would subject us to additional regulation and could materially impact the
+Added: operation of our business.
+Added: intend to only acquire digital assets that we believe would not be considered a “security” by the SEC and other U.S.
+Added: or state regulator publicly stated may not agree our assessment.
+Added: Despite the Trump Administration’s Executive Order titled “Strengthening
+Added: American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” which includes as an objective, “protecting and promoting the ability
+Added: of individual citizens and private sector entities alike to access and … to maintain self-custody of digital assets,” leading
+Added: digital assets that we intend to acquire, such as Solana, have not yet been classified with respect to U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws.
+Added: Therefore, while (for the reasons discussed below) we intend to only invest in leading digital assets, that we conclude are not a “security”
+Added: within the meaning of the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws, and registration of the Company under The Investment Company Act of 1940, as
+Added: amended (the “1940 Act”) is therefore not required under the applicable securities laws, we acknowledge that a regulatory
+Added: body or federal court may determine otherwise.
+Added: Our conclusion, even if reasonable under the circumstances, would not preclude legal or
+Added: regulatory action based on such a finding that any leading digital asset we acquire, such as Solana, is a “security” which
+Added: would require us to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
+Added: intend to adapt our process for analyzing the U.S.
+Added: federal securities law status of any cryptocurrencies we acquire over time, as guidance
+Added: and case law have evolved.
+Added: As part of our U.S.
+Added: federal securities law analytical process, we intend to take into account a number of
+Added: factors, including the various definitions of “security” under U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and federal court decisions interpreting
+Added: the elements of these definitions, such as the U.S.
+Added: Supreme Court’s decisions in the Howey and Reves cases, as well
+Added: as court rulings, reports, orders, press releases, public statements, and speeches by the SEC Commissioners and SEC Staff providing guidance
+Added: on when a digital asset or a transaction to which a digital asset may relate may be a security for purposes of U.S.
+Added: federal securities
+Added: of securities laws to the specific facts and circumstances of digital assets is complex and subject to change.
+Added: As such, we are at risk
+Added: of enforcement proceedings against us, which could result in potential injunctions, cease-and-desist orders, fines, and penalties if
+Added: any digital asset we acquires is determined to be a security by a regulatory body or a court.
+Added: Such developments could subject us to fines,
+Added: penalties, and other damages, and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.
+Added: we were deemed to be an investment company under the 1940 Act, applicable restrictions likely would make it impractical for us to continue
+Added: segments of our business as currently contemplated.
+Added: Sections 3(a)(1)(A) and (C) of the 1940 Act, a company generally will be deemed to be an “investment company” if (i) it is,
+Added: or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading
+Added: in securities or (ii) it engages, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities
+Added: and it owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of
+Added: government securities, shares of registered money market funds under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, and cash items) on an unconsolidated
+Added: Rule 3a-1 under the 1940 Act generally provides that notwithstanding the Section 3(a)(1)(C) test described in clause (ii) above,
+Added: an entity will not be deemed to be an “investment company” for purposes of the 1940 Act if no more than 45% of the value
+Added: of its assets (exclusive of U.S.
+Added: government securities, shares of registered money market funds under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, and
+Added: cash items) consists of, and no more than 45% of its net income after taxes (for the past four fiscal quarters combined) is derived from,
+Added: securities other than U.S.
+Added: government securities, shares of registered money market funds under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, securities
+Added: issued by employees’ securities companies, securities issued by qualifying majority owned subsidiaries of such entity, and securities
+Added: issued by qualifying companies that are controlled primarily by such entity.
+Added: We do not believe that we are an “investment company”
+Added: as such term is defined in either Section 3(a)(1)(A) or Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the 1940 Act.
+Added: our formation, we have been a biopharmaceutical industry with a focus is on developing targeted immunotherapies for cancer..
+Added: we have begun focusing on pursuing opportunities to expand our portfolio into digital assets.
+Added: We only intend to acquire digital assets
+Added: that we conclude are investment securities, and as such do not intend to hold ourselves out as being engaged primarily, or propose to
+Added: engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities within the meaning of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the
+Added: respect to Section 3(a)(1)(C), we believe we satisfy the elements of Rule 3a-1 and therefore are deemed not to be an investment company
+Added: under, and we intend to conduct our operations such that we will not be deemed an investment company under, Section 3(a)(1)(C).
+Added: that we are not an investment company pursuant to Rule 3a-1 under the 1940 Act because, on a consolidated basis with respect to wholly-owned
+Added: subsidiaries but otherwise on an unconsolidated basis, no more than 45% of the value of the Company’s total assets (exclusive of
+Added: government securities, shares of registered money market funds under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, and cash items) consists of, and
+Added: no more than 45% of the Company’s net income after taxes (for the last four fiscal quarters combined) is derived from, securities
+Added: other than U.S.
+Added: government securities, shares of registered money market funds under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, securities issued by
+Added: employees’ securities companies, securities issued by qualifying majority owned subsidiaries of the Company, and securities issued
+Added: by qualifying companies that are controlled primarily by the Company.
+Added: assets, as well as new business models and transactions enabled by blockchain technologies, present novel interpretive questions under
+Added: the 1940 Act.
+Added: There is a risk that assets or arrangements that we conclude are not securities prior to acquisition could be deemed to
+Added: be securities by the SEC or another authority for purposes of the 1940 Act, which would increase the percentage of securities held by
+Added: us for 1940 Act purposes.
+Added: The SEC has requested information from a number of participants in the digital assets ecosystem, regarding
+Added: the potential application of the 1940 Act to their businesses.
+Added: For example, in an action unrelated to the Company, in February 2022,
+Added: the SEC issued a cease-and-desist order under the 1940 Act to BlockFi Lending LLC, in which the SEC alleged that BlockFi was operating
+Added: as an unregistered investment company because it issued securities and also held more than 40% of its total assets, excluding cash, in
+Added: investment securities, including the loans of digital assets made by BlockFi to institutional borrowers.
+Added: we were deemed to be an investment company, Rule 3a-2 under the 1940 Act is a safe harbor that provides a one-year grace period for transient
+Added: investment companies that have a bona fide intent to be engaged primarily, as soon as is reasonably possible (in any event by the termination
+Added: of such one-year period), in a business other than that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities, with such
+Added: intent evidenced by the company’s business activities and an appropriate resolution of its board of directors.
+Added: The grace period
+Added: is available not more than once every three years and runs from the earlier of (i) the date on which the issuer owns securities and/or
+Added: cash having a value exceeding 50% of the issuer’s total assets on either a consolidated or unconsolidated basis or (ii) the date
+Added: on which the issuer owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of such issuer’s
+Added: total assets (exclusive of U.S.
+Added: government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis.
+Added: Accordingly, the grace period may not
+Added: be available at the time that we seek to rely on Rule 3a-2;
+Added: however, Rule 3a-2 is a safe harbor and we may rely on any exemption or exclusion
+Added: from investment company status available to us under the 1940 Act at any given time.
+Added: Furthermore, reliance on Rule 3a-2, Section 3(a)(1)(C),
+Added: or Rule 3a-1 could require us to take actions to dispose of securities, limit our ability to make certain investments or enter into joint
+Added: ventures, or otherwise limit or change our service offerings and operations.
+Added: If we were to be deemed an investment company in the future,
+Added: restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act—including limitations on our ability to issue different classes of stock and equity compensation
+Added: to directors, officers, and employees and restrictions on management, operations, and transactions with affiliated persons—likely
+Added: would make it impractical for us to continue our business as contemplated, and could have a material adverse effect on our business,
+Added: results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.
+Added: may be subject to regulatory developments related to crypto assets and crypto asset markets, which could adversely affect our business,
+Added: financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: digital assets are relatively novel and the application of state and federal securities laws and other laws and regulations to digital
+Added: assets is unclear in certain respects, it is possible that regulators in the United States or foreign countries may interpret or apply
+Added: existing laws and regulations in a manner that adversely affects the price any digital assets we may hold in the future.
+Added: government, states, regulatory agencies, and foreign countries may also enact new laws and regulations, or pursue regulatory, legislative,
+Added: enforcement or judicial actions, that could materially impact the price of any digital assets we acquire in the future or the ability
+Added: of individuals or institutions to own or transfer digital assets.
+Added: any digital asset we acquire is determined to constitute a security for purposes of the federal securities laws, the additional regulatory
+Added: restrictions imposed by such a determination could adversely affect the market price of such digital security and in turn adversely affect
+Added: the market price of our common stock.
+Added: Moreover, the risks of us engaging in a cryptocurrency treasury strategy have created, and could
+Added: continue to create complications due to the lack of experience that third parties have with companies engaging in such a strategy, such
+Added: as increased costs of director and officer liability insurance or the potential inability to obtain such coverage on acceptable terms
+Added: in the future.
+Added: Cryptocurrency
+Added: assets are less liquid than our existing cash and cash equivalents and may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the
+Added: same extent as cash and cash equivalents.
+Added: Historically,
+Added: the crypto markets have been characterized by:
+Added: significant volatility in price, limited liquidity and trading volumes compared to sovereign
+Added: currencies markets;
+Added: relative anonymity;
+Added: a developing regulatory landscape;
+Added: potential susceptibility to market abuse and manipulation;
+Added: compliance and internal control failures at exchanges;
+Added: and various other risks inherent in its entirely electronic, virtual form and
+Added: decentralized network.
+Added: During times of market instability, we may not be able to sell any digital assets we hold at favorable prices
+Added: Further, any digital assets which we hold with our custodians will not enjoy the same protections as are available to cash
+Added: or securities deposited with or transacted by institutions subject to regulation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the
+Added: Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
+Added: If we are unable to sell any digital assets we hold, enter into additional capital raising
+Added: transactions using any digital assets we hold as collateral, or otherwise generate funds using any digital assets we hold, or if we are
+Added: forced to sell any digital assets we hold at a significant loss, in order to meet our working capital requirements, our business and
+Added: financial condition could be negatively impacted.
+Added: are not subject to legal and regulatory obligations that apply to investment companies such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds,
+Added: or to obligations applicable to investment advisers.
+Added: funds, exchange-traded funds and their directors and management are subject to extensive regulation as “investment companies”
+Added: and “investment advisers” under U.S.
+Added: federal and state law;
+Added: this regulation is intended for the benefit and protection of
+Added: We are not subject to, and do not otherwise voluntarily comply with, these laws and regulations.
+Added: This means, among other things,
+Added: that the execution of or changes to our Treasury Reserve Policy or our cryptocurrency strategy, our use of leverage, the manner in which
+Added: our cryptocurrency assets are custodied, our ability to engage in transactions with affiliated parties and our operating and investment
+Added: activities generally are not subject to the extensive legal and regulatory requirements and prohibitions that apply to investment companies
+Added: and investment advisers.
+Added: Consequently, our board of directors has broad discretion over the investment, leverage and cash management
+Added: policies it authorizes, in respect of any activities we may pursue, and has the power to change our current policies, including our strategy
+Added: of acquiring and holding digital assets.
+Added: we or our third-party service providers experience a security breach or cyberattack and unauthorized parties obtain access to any of
+Added: our acquired digital assets, or if our private keys are lost or destroyed, or other similar circumstances or events occur, we may lose
+Added: some or all of our digital assets and our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
+Added: expect that any digital asset we own will be held in custody accounts at U.S.-based institutional-grade digital asset custodians.
+Added: breaches and cyberattacks are of particular concern with respect to digital assets.
+Added: Cryptocurrencies and the entities that provide services
+Added: to participants in such ecosystem have been, and may in the future be, subject to security breaches, cyberattacks, or other malicious
+Added: For example, in October 2021 it was reported that hackers exploited a flaw in the account recovery process and stole from
+Added: the accounts of at least 6,000 customers of the Coinbase exchange, although the flaw was subsequently fixed and Coinbase reimbursed affected
+Added: Similarly, in November 2022, hackers exploited weaknesses in the security architecture of the FTX Trading digital asset exchange
+Added: and reportedly stole over $400 million in digital assets from customers.
+Added: A successful security breach or cyberattack could result in:
+Added: partial or total loss of our digital assets in a manner that may not be covered by insurance or the liability provisions of the custody
+Added: agreements with the custodians who hold our Solana;
+Added: to our reputation and brand;
+Added: disclosure of data and violations of applicable data privacy and other laws;
+Added: regulatory scrutiny, investigations, fines, penalties, and other legal, regulatory, contractual and financial exposure.
+Added: any actual or perceived data security breach or cybersecurity attack directed at other companies with digital assets or companies that
+Added: operate digital asset networks, regardless of whether we are directly impacted, could lead to a general loss of confidence in the broader
+Added: cryptocurrency ecosystem, which could negatively impact us.
+Added: upon systems across a variety of industries, including cryptocurrency industries, are increasing in frequency, persistence, and sophistication,
+Added: and, in many cases, are being conducted by sophisticated, well-funded and organized groups and individuals, including state actors.
+Added: techniques used to obtain unauthorized, improper or illegal access to systems and information (including personal data and digital assets),
+Added: disable or degrade services, or sabotage systems are constantly evolving, may be difficult to detect quickly, and often are not recognized
+Added: or detected until after they have been launched against a target.
+Added: These attacks may occur on our systems or those of our third-party
+Added: service providers or partners.
+Added: We may experience breaches of our security measures due to human error, malfeasance, insider threats,
+Added: system errors or vulnerabilities or other irregularities.
+Added: In particular, we expect that unauthorized parties will attempt to gain access
+Added: to our systems and facilities, as well as those of our partners and third-party service providers, through various means, such as hacking,
+Added: social engineering, phishing and fraud.
+Added: Threats can come from a variety of sources, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored
+Added: intrusions, industrial espionage, and insiders.
+Added: In addition, certain types of attacks could harm us even if our systems are left undisturbed.
+Added: For example, certain threats are designed to remain dormant or undetectable, sometimes for extended periods of time, or until launched
+Added: against a target and we may not be able to implement adequate preventative measures.
+Added: Further, there has been an increase in such activities
+Added: due to the increase in work-from-home arrangements.
+Added: The risk of cyberattacks could also be increased by cyberwarfare in connection with
+Added: the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts, or other future conflicts, including potential proliferation of malware into systems
+Added: unrelated to such conflicts.
+Added: Any future breach of our operations or those of others in the cryptocurrency industry, including third-party
+Added: services on which we rely, could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: have limited history in generating staking revenues from digital assets, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition
+Added: and operating results.
+Added: recently, our business focus was in the biopharmaceutical industry with a focus is on developing targeted immunotherapies for cancer.
+Added: have recently shifted the focus of our operations to include a treasury policy under which our resources will be allocated to digital
+Added: have a limited operating history with the current scale of our business, which makes it difficult to forecast our prospects and future
+Added: results of operations.
+Added: You should take into account the risks and uncertainties frequently encountered by companies in rapidly evolving
+Added: If our assumptions regarding the risks and uncertainties of the cryptocurrency market, which we use to plan our business, are
+Added: incorrect or change, or if we do not address these risks successfully, our business would be harmed.
+Added: from other companies staking and utilizing digital assets in their treasury plans.
+Added: expect to contend with other companies also focused on developing digital asset staking operations.
+Added: Market participants with sufficient
+Added: knowledge and capital has the ability acquire tokens on the open market and start staking, which would increase competition.
+Added: may fail to develop and execute successful investment or trading strategies.
+Added: success of our investment and trading activities will depend on the ability of our investment team to identify overvalued and undervalued
+Added: investment opportunities and to exploit price discrepancies.
+Added: This process involves a high degree of uncertainty.
+Added: No assurance can be
+Added: given that we will be able to identify suitable or profitable investment opportunities in which to deploy our capital.
+Added: The success of
+Added: any trading activities will depend on our ability to remain competitive with other over-the-counter traders and liquidity providers.
+Added: Competition in trading is based on price, offerings, level of service, technology, relationships and market intelligence.
+Added: of investment activities depends on our ability to source deals and obtain favorable terms.
+Added: Competition in investment activities is based
+Added: on relationships.
+Added: The barrier to entry in each of these businesses is very low and competitors can easily and will likely provide similar
+Added: services in the near future.
+Added: The success of our venture investments and trading business could suffer if we are not able to remain competitive.
+Added: may make, or otherwise be subject to, trade errors.
+Added: may occur with respect to any trades executed on our behalf.
+Added: Trade errors can result from a variety of situations, including, for example,
+Added: when the wrong investment is purchased or sold or when the wrong quantity is purchased or sold.
+Added: Trade errors frequently result in losses,
+Added: which could be material.
+Added: To the extent that an error is caused by a third party, we may seek to recover any losses associated with the
+Added: error, although there may be contractual limitations on any third party’s liability with respect to such error.
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