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Before investing in our common stock, you should consider carefully the risks described
−Removed: below, together with the other information included or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
−Removed: The occurrence
−Removed: of any of the following risks could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and future growth
−Removed: In these circumstances, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
−Removed: a discussion identifying risk factors and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated,
−Removed: see the discussions under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
−Removed: year ended June 30, 2022 and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
−Removed: and “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
−Removed: There has been a material change
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−Removed: Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
−Removed: fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 as filed with the SEC.
−Removed: following additional risk factor should be added to the discussions under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s
−Removed: Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.
−Removed: particular digital asset’s status as a “security” in any relevant jurisdiction is subject to a high degree of uncertainty,
−Removed: and if we are unable to correctly characterize a digital asset, we may be subject to regulatory scrutiny, investigations, fines, sanctions,
−Removed: penalties and other adverse consequences, including potentially becoming subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940 which would impose
−Removed: significant regulatory burdens and compliance costs.
−Removed: SEC and its staff have taken the position that certain digital assets fall within the definition of a “security” under the
−Removed: federal securities laws.
−Removed: The legal test for determining whether any given digital asset is a security is a highly complex, fact-driven
−Removed: analysis that evolves over time, and the outcome is difficult to predict.
−Removed: The SEC generally does not provide advance guidance or confirmation
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−Removed: Furthermore, the SEC’s views in this area have evolved over time and
−Removed: it is difficult to predict the direction or timing of any continuing evolution.
−Removed: It is also possible that a change in the governing administration
−Removed: or the appointment of new SEC commissioners could substantially impact the views of the SEC and its staff.
−Removed: Public statements by senior
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−Removed: Bitcoin and Ethereum are the only digital assets as to which senior officials at the SEC have publicly expressed such a view.
−Removed: Moreover, such statements are not official policy statements by the SEC and reflect only the speakers’ views, which are not binding
−Removed: on the SEC or any other agency or court and cannot be generalized to any other digital asset.
−Removed: With respect to all other digital assets,
−Removed: there is currently no certainty under the applicable legal test that such assets are not securities, notwithstanding the conclusions
−Removed: we may draw based on our risk-based assessment regarding the likelihood that a particular digital asset could be deemed a “security”
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−Removed: Similarly, though the SEC’s Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology published a framework
−Removed: for analyzing whether any given digital asset is a security in April 2019, this framework is also not a rule, regulation or statement
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−Removed: classification of a digital asset as a security under applicable law has wide-ranging implications for the regulatory obligations that
−Removed: flow from the offer, sale, trading, and clearing of such assets.
−Removed: For example, a digital asset that is a security in the U.S.
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−Removed: pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC or in an offering that qualifies for an exemption
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−Removed: Persons that effect transactions in digital assets that are securities in the U.S.
−Removed: may be subject to registration
−Removed: with the SEC as a “broker” or “dealer.” Platforms that bring together purchasers and sellers to trade digital
−Removed: assets that are securities in the U.S.
−Removed: are generally subject to registration as national securities exchanges, or must qualify for an
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−Removed: Persons facilitating clearing and settlement of securities may be subject to registration with the SEC as a clearing agency.
−Removed: Foreign jurisdictions may have similar licensing, registration, and qualification requirements.
−Removed: we do not currently, nor do we plan to, offer, sell, trade, and clear digital assets or take custody of others digital assets as part
−Removed: of any potential Staking-as-a-Service operations we may undertake, however, digital assets we stake and validate transactions for could
−Removed: be deemed to be a “security” under applicable laws.
−Removed: Our blockchain infrastructure operations which entails securing blockchains
−Removed: by processing and validating blockchain transactions (most analogous to Bitcoin mining or operating a Bitcoin mining pool) could be construed
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−Removed: as such we could be subject to legal or regulatory action in the event the SEC, a foreign
−Removed: regulatory authority, or a court were to determine that a blockchain we secure is a “security” under applicable laws.
−Removed: our platform is not registered or licensed with the SEC or foreign authorities as a broker-dealer, national securities exchange, or ATS
−Removed: (or foreign equivalents), and we do not seek to register or rely on an exemption from such registration or license to secure blockchains.
−Removed: if any digital asset is deemed to be a security under any U.S.
−Removed: federal, state, or foreign jurisdiction, or in a proceeding in a court
−Removed: of law or otherwise, it may have adverse consequences for such digital asset.
−Removed: For instance, the networks on which such digital assets
−Removed: are utilized may be required to be regulated as securities intermediaries, and subject to applicable rules, which could effectively render
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−Removed: Further, it could draw negative publicity and a decline in the general acceptance
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−Removed: Also, such a development may make it difficult for such supported digital asset to be traded, cleared, and custodied
−Removed: as compared to other digital asset that are not considered to be securities.
+Added: in our filings with the SEC, including the discussions identifying risk factors and other important factors that could cause actual results
+Added: to differ materially from those anticipated under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on
+Added: Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, as the same may be updated from time to time, and in “Management’s Discussion
+Added: and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” in
+Added: this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
+Added: The occurrence of any such risks could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition,
+Added: results of operations and future growth prospects.
+Added: In these circumstances, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you
+Added: may lose all or part of your investment.
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