Risk Factors.
−Removed: Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes from
−Removed: the risk factors previously disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the section “Risk Factors” in the Company’s
−Removed: Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.
−Removed: 333-269417) initially filed with the SEC on January 1, 2023, as amended.
−Removed: Risks Related to our Bitcoin Treasury Strategy and Holdings
−Removed: Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to various risks associated
−Removed: with Bitcoin.
−Removed: Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to various risks associated
−Removed: with bitcoin, including the following:
−Removed: Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset.
−Removed: Bitcoin is a highly
−Removed: volatile asset that has traded below $53,000 per Bitcoin and above $123,000 per bitcoin on the Coinbase exchange in the 12 months
−Removed: preceding the date of this Report.
−Removed: The trading price of bitcoin significantly decreased during prior periods, and such declines may occur
−Removed: again in the future.
−Removed: We intend to engage in hedging strategies from time to time as part of our treasury management operations if deemed
−Removed: As of September 30, 2025, the Company had purchased $1.0 million of Bitcoin as part of the Company’s ongoing treasury
−Removed: strategy, representing 8.53 Bitcoins.
−Removed: The Company purchased another 7.98 Bitcoins for $1.0 million in October 2025.
−Removed: Bitcoin does not pay interest or dividends.
−Removed: not pay interest or other returns and we can only generate cash from our bitcoin holdings if we sell our bitcoin or implement strategies
−Removed: to create income streams or otherwise generate cash by using our bitcoin holdings.
−Removed: Even if we pursue any such strategies, we may be unable
−Removed: to create income streams or otherwise generate cash from our bitcoin holdings, and any such strategies may subject us to additional risks.
−Removed: Our bitcoin holdings may significantly impact our financial results
−Removed: and the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Our bitcoin holdings may significantly affect our financial results and if we continue
−Removed: to increase our overall holdings of bitcoin in the future, they will have an even greater impact on our financial results and the market
−Removed: price of our common stock.
−Removed: See “— Our historical financial statements do not reflect our acquisition of bitcoin, the
−Removed: fact that our bitcoin holdings will be the substantial majority of our assets, or the potential variability in earnings that we may experience
−Removed: in the future relating to our bitcoin holdings ” below.
−Removed: Our bitcoin treasury strategy has not been tested over an extended
−Removed: period of time or under different market conditions.
−Removed: We will be using the proceeds from the ELOC to facilitate the recent adoption
−Removed: our bitcoin treasury strategy and we will need to continually examine the risks and rewards of this new strategy.
−Removed: This new strategy has
−Removed: not been tested over an extended period of time or under different market conditions.
−Removed: For example, although we believe bitcoin, due to
−Removed: its limited supply, has the potential to serve as a hedge against inflation in the long term, the short-term price of bitcoin declined
−Removed: in recent periods during which the inflation rate increased.
−Removed: Some investors and other market participants may disagree with our bitcoin
−Removed: treasury strategy or actions we undertake to implement it.
−Removed: If bitcoin prices were to decrease or our bitcoin treasury strategy otherwise
−Removed: proves unsuccessful, our financial condition, results of operations, and the market price of our common stock could be materially adversely
−Removed: We are subject to counterparty risks, including in particular risks
−Removed: relating to our custodians.
−Removed: Although we intend to implement various measures that are designed to mitigate our counterparty risks,
−Removed: including by storing substantially all of the bitcoin we own in custody accounts at U.S.-based, institutional-grade custodians and negotiating
−Removed: contractual arrangements intended to establish that our property interest in custodially-held bitcoin is not subject to claims of our
−Removed: custodians’ creditors, applicable insolvency law is not fully developed with respect to the holding of digital assets in custodial
−Removed: If our custodially-held bitcoin were nevertheless considered to be the property of our custodians’ estates in the event
−Removed: that any such custodians were to enter bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings, we could be treated as a general unsecured
−Removed: creditor of such custodians, inhibiting our ability to exercise ownership rights with respect to such bitcoin and this may ultimately
−Removed: result in the loss of the value related to some or all of such bitcoin.
−Removed: Even if we are able to prevent our bitcoin from being considered
−Removed: the property of a custodian’s bankruptcy estate as part of an insolvency proceeding, it is possible that we would still be delayed
−Removed: or may otherwise experience difficulty in accessing our bitcoin held by the affected custodian during the pendency of the insolvency proceedings.
−Removed: Any such outcome could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: The broader digital assets industry is subject to counterparty risks,
−Removed: which could adversely impact the adoption rate, price, and use of bitcoin.
−Removed: A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies, closures,
−Removed: liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry, including
−Removed: the filings for bankruptcy protection by Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network, Voyager Digital, FTX Trading and Genesis Global Capital,
−Removed: the closure or liquidation of certain financial institutions that provided lending and other services to the digital assets industry,
−Removed: including Signature Bank and Silvergate Bank, SEC enforcement actions against Coinbase, Inc.
−Removed: and Binance Holdings Ltd., the placement
−Removed: of Prime Trust, LLC into receivership following a cease-and-desist order issued by Nevada’s Department of Business and Industry,
−Removed: and the filing and subsequent settlement of a civil fraud lawsuit by the New York Attorney General against Genesis Global Capital,
−Removed: its parent company Digital Currency Group, Inc., and former partner Gemini Trust Company, have highlighted the counterparty risks applicable
−Removed: to owning and transacting in digital assets.
−Removed: Although these bankruptcies, closures, liquidations and other events have not resulted in
−Removed: any loss or misappropriation of our bitcoin, nor have such events adversely impacted our access to our bitcoin, they have, in the short-term,
−Removed: likely negatively impacted the adoption rate and use of bitcoin.
−Removed: Additional bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement
−Removed: actions or other events involving participants in the digital assets industry in the future may further negatively impact the adoption
−Removed: rate, price, and use of bitcoin, limit the availability to us of financing collateralized by bitcoin, or create or expose additional counterparty
−Removed: Changes in our ownership of bitcoin could have accounting, regulatory
−Removed: and other impacts.
−Removed: While we currently plan to own bitcoin directly, we may investigate other potential approaches to owning bitcoin,
−Removed: including indirect ownership (for example, through ownership interests in a fund that owns bitcoin).
−Removed: If we were to own all or a portion
−Removed: of our bitcoin in a different manner, the accounting treatment for our bitcoin, our ability to use our bitcoin as collateral for additional
−Removed: borrowings, and the regulatory requirements to which we are subject, may correspondingly change.
−Removed: For example, the volatile nature of bitcoin
−Removed: may force us to liquidate our holdings to use it as collateral, which could be negatively affected by any disruptions in the crypto market
−Removed: and, if liquidated, the value of the collateral would not reflect potential gains in the market value of bitcoin, all of which could negatively
−Removed: affect our business and implementation of our bitcoin strategy.
−Removed: Changes in the accounting treatment of our bitcoin holdings could have
−Removed: significant accounting impacts, including increasing the volatility of our results.
−Removed: In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-08, which
−Removed: upon our adoption will require us to measure in-scope crypto assets (including our bitcoin holdings) at fair value in our statement of
−Removed: financial position, and to recognize gains and losses from changes in the fair value of our bitcoin in net income each reporting period.
−Removed: ASU 2023-08 will also require us to provide certain interim and annual disclosures with respect to our bitcoin holdings.
−Removed: Due to the volatility
−Removed: in the price of bitcoin, the adoption of ASU 2023-08 could have a material impact on our financial results in future periods, increase
−Removed: the volatility of our financial results, affect the carrying value of our bitcoin on our balance sheet, and could result in tax-related
−Removed: adjustments, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: The broader digital assets industry, including the technology associated
−Removed: with digital assets, the rate of adoption and development of, and use cases for, digital assets, market perception of digital assets,
−Removed: and the legal, regulatory, and accounting treatment of digital assets are constantly developing and changing, and there may be additional
−Removed: risks in the future that are not possible to predict.
−Removed: Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset, and fluctuations in the price
−Removed: of bitcoin are likely to influence our financial results and the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset, and fluctuations in the price of
−Removed: bitcoin are likely to influence our financial results and the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Our financial results and the market price
−Removed: of our common stock would be adversely affected, and our business and financial condition would be negatively impacted, if the price of
−Removed: bitcoin decreased substantially (as it has in the past, such as during 2022), including as a result of:
−Removed: ● decreased user and investor confidence in bitcoin, including
−Removed: due to the various factors described herein;
−Removed: ● investment and trading activities, such as (i) trading activities
−Removed: of highly active retail and institutional users, speculators, miners and investors, (ii) actual or expected significant dispositions
−Removed: of bitcoin by large holders, and (iii) actual or perceived manipulation of the spot or derivative markets for bitcoin or spot bitcoin
−Removed: exchange-traded products;
−Removed: ● negative publicity, media or social media coverage, or sentiment
−Removed: due to events in or relating to, or perception of, bitcoin or the broader digital assets industry, for example, (i) public perception
−Removed: that bitcoin can be used as a vehicle to circumvent sanctions, including sanctions imposed on Russia or certain regions related to the
−Removed: ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, or to fund criminal or terrorist activities, such as the purported use of digital assets
−Removed: by Hamas to fund its terrorist attack against Israel in October 2023;
−Removed: (ii) expected or pending civil, criminal, regulatory enforcement
−Removed: or other high profile actions against major participants in the bitcoin ecosystem, including the SEC’s enforcement actions against
−Removed: Coinbase, Inc.
−Removed: and Binance Holdings Ltd.;
−Removed: (iii) additional filings for bankruptcy protection or bankruptcy proceedings of major digital
−Removed: asset industry participants, such as the bankruptcy proceeding of FTX Trading and its affiliates;
−Removed: and (iv) the actual or perceived environmental
−Removed: impact of bitcoin and related activities, including environmental concerns raised by private individuals, governmental and non-governmental
−Removed: organizations, and other actors related to the energy resources consumed in the bitcoin mining process;
−Removed: ● changes in consumer preferences and the perceived value or prospects
−Removed: ● competition from other digital assets that exhibit better speed,
−Removed: security, scalability, or energy efficiency, that feature other more favored characteristics, that are backed by governments, including
−Removed: government, or reserves of fiat currencies, or that represent ownership or security interests in physical assets;
−Removed: ● a decrease in the price of other digital assets, including stablecoins,
−Removed: or the crash or unavailability of stablecoins that are used as a medium of exchange for bitcoin purchase and sale transactions, such
−Removed: as the crash of the stablecoin Terra USD in 2022, to the extent the decrease in the price of such other digital assets or the unavailability
−Removed: of such stablecoins may cause a decrease in the price of bitcoin or adversely affect investor confidence in digital assets generally;
−Removed: ● the identification of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous person
−Removed: or persons who developed bitcoin, or the transfer of substantial amounts of bitcoin from bitcoin wallets attributed to Mr.
−Removed: other “whales” that hold significant amounts of bitcoin;
−Removed: ● disruptions, failures, unavailability, or interruptions in service
−Removed: of trading venues for bitcoin, such as, for example, digital asset exchange FTX Trading’s freezing of withdrawals and transfers
−Removed: from its accounts in 2022;
−Removed: ● the filing for bankruptcy protection by, liquidation of, or
−Removed: market concerns about the financial viability of digital asset custodians, trading venues, lending platforms, investment funds, or other
−Removed: digital asset industry participants, such as the filing for bankruptcy protection by digital asset trading venues FTX Trading and BlockFi
−Removed: and digital asset lending platforms Celsius Network and Voyager Digital Holdings in 2022, the ordered liquidation of the digital asset
−Removed: investment fund Three Arrows Capital in 2022, the announced liquidation of Silvergate Bank in 2023, the government-mandated closure and
−Removed: sale of Signature Bank in 2023, the placement of Prime Trust, LLC into receivership following a cease-and-desist order issued by the
−Removed: Nevada Department of Business and Industry in 2023, and the exit of Binance Holdings Ltd.
−Removed: from the U.S.
−Removed: market in 2023 as part of its
−Removed: settlement with the Department of Justice and other federal regulatory agencies;
−Removed: ● regulatory, legislative, enforcement and judicial actions that
−Removed: adversely affect the price, ownership, transferability, trading volumes, legality or public perception of bitcoin, or that adversely
−Removed: affect the operations of or otherwise prevent digital asset custodians, trading venues, lending platforms or other digital assets industry
−Removed: participants from operating in a manner that allows them to continue to deliver services to the digital assets industry;
−Removed: ● further reductions in mining rewards of bitcoin, including block
−Removed: reward halving events, which are events that occur after a specific period of time that reduce the block reward earned by “miners”
−Removed: who validate bitcoin transactions, or increases in the costs associated with bitcoin mining, including increases in electricity costs
−Removed: and hardware and software used in mining, that may cause a decline in support for the Bitcoin network;
−Removed: ● transaction congestion and fees associated with processing transactions
−Removed: on the bitcoin network;
−Removed: ● macroeconomic changes, such as changes in the level of interest
−Removed: rates and inflation, fiscal and monetary policies of governments, trade restrictions, and fiat currency devaluations;
−Removed: ● developments in mathematics or technology, including in digital
−Removed: computing, algebraic geometry and quantum computing, that could result in the cryptography used by the bitcoin blockchain becoming insecure
−Removed: or ineffective;
−Removed: ● changes in national and international economic and political
−Removed: conditions, including, without limitation, the adverse impact attributable to the economic and political instability caused by the current
−Removed: conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the economic sanctions adopted in response to the conflict, and the potential broadening of the
−Removed: Israel-Hamas conflict to other countries in the Middle East.
−Removed: Bitcoin and other digital assets are novel assets, and are subject
−Removed: to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty.
−Removed: Bitcoin and other digital assets are relatively novel and are subject
−Removed: to significant uncertainty, which could adversely impact their price.
−Removed: The application of state and federal securities laws and other laws
−Removed: and regulations to digital assets is unclear in certain respects, and it is possible that regulators in the United States or foreign countries
−Removed: may interpret or apply existing laws and regulations in a manner that adversely affects the price of bitcoin.
−Removed: federal government, states, regulatory agencies, and foreign
−Removed: countries may also enact new laws and regulations, or pursue regulatory, legislative, enforcement or judicial actions, that could materially
−Removed: impact the price of bitcoin or the ability of individuals or institutions such as us to own or transfer bitcoin.
−Removed: For example, the U.S.
−Removed: executive branch, SEC, the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation, among others have been active in recent years,
−Removed: and in the U.K., the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, or FSMA 2023 became law.
−Removed: It is not possible to predict whether, or when,
−Removed: any of these developments will lead to Congress granting additional authorities to the SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”),
−Removed: or other regulators, or whether, or when, any other federal, state or foreign legislative bodies will take any similar actions.
−Removed: also not possible to predict the nature of any such additional authorities, how additional legislation or regulatory oversight might impact
−Removed: the ability of digital asset markets to function or the willingness of financial and other institutions to continue to provide services
−Removed: to the digital assets industry, nor how any new regulations or changes to existing regulations might impact the value of digital assets
−Removed: generally and bitcoin specifically.
−Removed: The consequences of increased regulation of digital assets and digital asset activities could adversely
−Removed: affect the market price of bitcoin and in turn adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Moreover, the risks of engaging in a bitcoin treasury strategy are
−Removed: relatively novel and have created, and could continue to create, complications due to the lack of experience that third parties have with
−Removed: companies engaging in such a strategy, such as increased costs of director and officer liability insurance or the potential inability
−Removed: to obtain such coverage on acceptable terms in the future.
−Removed: The growth of the digital assets industry in general, and the use and
−Removed: acceptance of bitcoin in particular, may also impact the price of bitcoin and is subject to a high degree of uncertainty.
−Removed: worldwide growth in the adoption and use of bitcoin may depend, for instance, on public familiarity with digital assets, ease of buying,
−Removed: accessing or gaining exposure to bitcoin, institutional demand for bitcoin as an investment asset, the participation of traditional financial
−Removed: institutions in the digital assets industry, consumer demand for bitcoin as a means of payment, and the availability and popularity of
−Removed: alternatives to bitcoin.
−Removed: Even if growth in bitcoin adoption occurs in the near or medium-term, there is no assurance that bitcoin usage
−Removed: will continue to grow over the long-term.
−Removed: Because bitcoin has no physical existence beyond the record of transactions
−Removed: on the bitcoin blockchain, a variety of technical factors related to the bitcoin blockchain could also impact the price of bitcoin.
−Removed: example, malicious attacks by miners, inadequate mining fees to incentivize validating of bitcoin transactions, hard “forks”
−Removed: of the bitcoin blockchain into multiple blockchains, and advances in digital computing, algebraic geometry, and quantum computing could
−Removed: undercut the integrity of the bitcoin blockchain and negatively affect the price of bitcoin.
−Removed: The liquidity of bitcoin may also be reduced
−Removed: and damage to the public perception of bitcoin may occur, if financial institutions were to deny or limit banking services to businesses
−Removed: that hold bitcoin, provide bitcoin-related services or accept bitcoin as payment, which could also decrease the price of bitcoin.
−Removed: the open-source nature of the bitcoin blockchain means the contributors and developers of the bitcoin blockchain are generally not directly
−Removed: compensated for their contributions in maintaining and developing the blockchain, and any failure to properly monitor and upgrade the
−Removed: bitcoin blockchain could adversely affect the bitcoin blockchain and negatively affect the price of bitcoin.
−Removed: The liquidity of bitcoin may also be impacted to the extent that changes
−Removed: in applicable laws and regulatory requirements negatively impact the ability of exchanges and trading venues to provide services for bitcoin
−Removed: and other digital assets.
−Removed: Our historical financial statements do not reflect our acquisition
−Removed: of bitcoin, the fact that our bitcoin holdings could be a substantial part of our assets, or the potential variability in earnings that
−Removed: we may experience in the future relating to our bitcoin holdings.
−Removed: Our historical financial statements do not reflect our intended acquisition
−Removed: of bitcoin, that we intend for our bitcoin holdings to comprise most of our total assets, or the potential variability in earnings that
−Removed: we may experience in the future from holding or selling significant amounts of bitcoin, given our expected asset concentration.
−Removed: of bitcoin has historically been subject to dramatic price fluctuations and is highly volatile.
−Removed: We expect to determine the fair value
−Removed: of our bitcoin based on quoted (unadjusted) prices on the Coinbase exchange, and following early adoption of ASU 2023-08, will be
−Removed: required to measure our bitcoin holdings at fair value in our statement of financial position, and to recognize gains and losses from
−Removed: changes in the fair value of our bitcoin in net income each reporting period, which may create significant volatility in our reported
−Removed: earnings, amplified by our asset concentration in bitcoin, and decrease the carrying value of our digital assets, which in turn could
−Removed: have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Conversely, any sale of bitcoins at prices above our carrying
−Removed: value for such assets creates a gain for financial reporting purposes even if we would otherwise incur an economic or tax loss with respect
−Removed: to such transaction, which also may result in significant volatility in our reported earnings.
−Removed: Because we intend to purchase additional bitcoin in future periods
−Removed: and increase our overall holdings of bitcoin, we expect that the proportion of our total assets that will be represented by our bitcoin
−Removed: holdings will increase in the future.
−Removed: As a result, and in particular with respect to the quarterly periods and full fiscal year with respect
−Removed: to which ASU 2023-08 will apply, and for all future periods, volatility in our earnings may be significantly more than what we experienced
−Removed: in prior periods.
−Removed: As of the date of this filing, the Company has purchased $2.0 million of Bitcoin as part of the Company’s ongoing
−Removed: treasury strategy, representing 16.51 Bitcoins.
−Removed: Due to the currently unregulated nature and lack of transparency
−Removed: surrounding the operations of many bitcoin trading venues, bitcoin trading venues may experience greater fraud, security failures or regulatory
−Removed: or operational problems than trading venues for more established asset classes, which may result in a loss of confidence in bitcoin trading
−Removed: venues and adversely affect the value of our bitcoin.
−Removed: Bitcoin trading venues are relatively new and, in many cases, currently
−Removed: Even if regulated, such venues may not be complying with such regulations.
−Removed: Furthermore, there are many bitcoin trading venues
−Removed: that do not provide the public with significant information regarding their ownership structure, management teams, corporate practices
−Removed: and regulatory compliance.
−Removed: As a result, the marketplace may lose confidence in bitcoin trading venues, including prominent exchanges that
−Removed: handle a significant volume of bitcoin trading and/or are subject to regulatory oversight, in the event one or more bitcoin trading venues
−Removed: cease or pause for a prolonged period the trading of bitcoin or other digital assets, or experience fraud, significant volumes of withdrawal,
−Removed: security failures or operational problems.
−Removed: In 2019 there were reports claiming that 80-95% of bitcoin trading
−Removed: volume on trading venues was false or non-economic in nature, with specific focus on currently unregulated exchanges located outside of
−Removed: the United States.
−Removed: The SEC also alleged as part of its June 2023 complaint that Binance Holdings Ltd.
−Removed: committed strategic and
−Removed: targeted “wash trading” through its affiliates to artificially inflate the volume of certain digital assets traded on its
−Removed: Such reports and allegations may indicate that the bitcoin market is significantly smaller than expected and that the United States
−Removed: makes up a significantly larger percentage of the bitcoin market than is commonly understood.
−Removed: Any actual or perceived false trading in
−Removed: the bitcoin market, and any other fraudulent or manipulative acts and practices, could adversely affect the value of our bitcoin.
−Removed: perception, a lack of stability in the broader bitcoin markets and the closure, temporary shutdown or operational disruption of bitcoin
−Removed: trading venues, lending institutions, institutional investors, institutional miners, custodians, or other major participants in the bitcoin
−Removed: ecosystem, due to fraud, business failure, cybersecurity events, government-mandated regulation, bankruptcy, or for any other reason,
−Removed: may result in a decline in confidence in bitcoin and the broader bitcoin ecosystem and greater volatility in the price of bitcoin.
−Removed: example, in 2022, each of Celsius Network, Voyager Digital, Three Arrows Capital, FTX Trading, and BlockFi filed for bankruptcy, following
−Removed: which the market prices of bitcoin and other digital assets significantly declined.
−Removed: In addition, in June 2023, the SEC announced
−Removed: enforcement actions against Coinbase, Inc., and Binance Holdings Ltd., two providers of large trading venues for digital assets, which
−Removed: similarly was followed by a decrease in the market price of bitcoin and other digital assets.
−Removed: These were followed in November 2023,
−Removed: by an SEC enforcement action against Kraken, another large trading venue for digital assets.
−Removed: As the price of our common stock is affected
−Removed: by the value of our bitcoin holdings, the failure of a major participant in the bitcoin ecosystem could have a material adverse effect
−Removed: on the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: The concentration of our bitcoin holdings will enhance the risks
−Removed: inherent in our bitcoin treasury strategy.
−Removed: We intend to use the net proceeds from the Committed Equity Facility
−Removed: to purchase bitcoin and we may increase our overall holdings of bitcoin in the future.
−Removed: Once we complete the planned acquisition of bitcoin,
−Removed: a substantial majority of our treasury holdings could be bitcoin.
−Removed: The concentration of our bitcoin holdings may limit the risk mitigation
−Removed: that we could take advantage of by purchasing a more diversified portfolio of treasury assets, and the absence of diversification enhances
−Removed: the risks inherent in our bitcoin treasury strategy.
−Removed: Any future significant declines in the price of bitcoin would have a more pronounced
−Removed: impact on our financial condition than if we used our cash to purchase a more diverse portfolio of assets.
−Removed: The emergence or growth of other digital assets, including those
−Removed: with significant private or public sector backing, could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin and adversely affect our financial
−Removed: condition and results of operations.
−Removed: As a result of our bitcoin treasury strategy, a substantial amount
−Removed: of our cash could be concentrated in our bitcoin holdings.
−Removed: Accordingly, the emergence or growth of digital assets other than bitcoin may
−Removed: have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.
−Removed: While bitcoin is the largest digital asset by market capitalization as of the
−Removed: date of this Report, there are numerous alternative digital assets and many entities, including consortiums and financial institutions,
−Removed: are researching and investing resources into private or permissioned blockchain platforms or digital assets that do not use proof-of-work
−Removed: mining like the bitcoin network.
−Removed: For example, in late 2022, the ethereum network transitioned to a “proof-of-stake” mechanism
−Removed: for validating transactions that requires significantly less computing power than proof-of-work mining.
−Removed: The ethereum network has completed
−Removed: another major upgrade since then and may undertake additional upgrades in the future.
−Removed: If the mechanisms for validating transactions in
−Removed: ethereum and other alternative digital assets are perceived as superior to proof-of-work mining, those digital assets could gain market
−Removed: share relative to bitcoin.
−Removed: Other alternative digital assets that compete with bitcoin in certain
−Removed: ways include “stablecoins,” which are designed to maintain a constant price because of, for instance, their issuers’
−Removed: promise to hold high-quality liquid assets (such as U.S.
−Removed: dollar deposits and short-term U.S.
−Removed: treasury securities) equal to the
−Removed: total value of stablecoins in circulation.
−Removed: Stablecoins have grown rapidly as an alternative to bitcoin and other digital assets as a medium
−Removed: of exchange and store of value, particularly on digital asset trading platforms.
−Removed: As of the date of this Report, two of the seven largest
−Removed: digital assets by market capitalization are U.S.
−Removed: dollar-backed stablecoins.
−Removed: Additionally, central banks in some countries have started to introduce
−Removed: digital forms of legal tender.
−Removed: For example, China’s CBDC project was made available to consumers in January 2022, and governments
−Removed: including the United States, the European Union, and Israel have been discussing the potential creation of new CBDCs.
−Removed: not they incorporate blockchain or similar technology, CBDCs, as legal tender in the issuing jurisdiction, could also compete with, or
−Removed: replace, bitcoin and other digital assets as a medium of exchange or store of value.
−Removed: As a result, the emergence or growth of these or
−Removed: other digital assets could cause the market price of bitcoin to decrease, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial
−Removed: condition, and operating results.
−Removed: Our bitcoin holdings are less liquid than our existing cash and
−Removed: cash equivalents and may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents.
−Removed: Historically, the bitcoin markets have been characterized by significant
−Removed: volatility in price, limited liquidity and trading volumes compared to sovereign currency markets, relative anonymity, a developing regulatory
−Removed: landscape, potential susceptibility to market abuse and manipulation, compliance and internal control failures at exchanges, and various
−Removed: other risks inherent in its entirely electronic, virtual form and decentralized network.
−Removed: During times of market instability, we may not
−Removed: be able to sell our bitcoin at favorable prices or at all.
−Removed: For example, a number of bitcoin trading venues temporarily halted deposits
−Removed: and withdrawals in 2022.
−Removed: As a result, our bitcoin holdings may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent
−Removed: as cash and cash equivalents.
−Removed: Further, bitcoin we hold with our custodians and transact with our trade execution partners does not enjoy
−Removed: the same protections as are available to cash or securities deposited with or transacted by institutions subject to regulation by the
−Removed: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
−Removed: Additionally, we may be unable to enter into
−Removed: term loans or other capital raising transactions collateralized by our unencumbered bitcoin or otherwise generate funds using our bitcoin
−Removed: holdings, including in particular during times of market instability or when the price of bitcoin has declined significantly.
−Removed: unable to sell our bitcoin, enter into additional capital raising transactions using bitcoin as collateral, or otherwise generate funds
−Removed: using our bitcoin holdings, or if we are forced to sell our bitcoin at a significant loss, in order to meet our working capital requirements,
−Removed: our business and financial condition could be negatively impacted.
−Removed: If we or our third-party service providers experience a security
−Removed: breach or cyberattack and unauthorized parties obtain access to our bitcoin, or if our private keys are lost or destroyed, or other similar
−Removed: circumstances or events occur, we may lose some or all of our bitcoin and our financial condition and results of operations could be materially
−Removed: adversely affected.
−Removed: Substantially all of the bitcoin we will own will be held in custody
−Removed: accounts at U.S.-based institutional-grade digital asset custodians.
−Removed: Security breaches and cyberattacks are of particular concern with
−Removed: respect to our bitcoin.
−Removed: Bitcoin and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies and the entities that provide services to participants in
−Removed: the bitcoin ecosystem have been, and may in the future be, subject to security breaches, cyberattacks, or other malicious activities.
−Removed: For example, in October 2021 it was reported that hackers exploited a flaw in the account recovery process and stole from the accounts
−Removed: of at least 6,000 customers of the Coinbase exchange, although the flaw was subsequently fixed and Coinbase reimbursed affected customers.
−Removed: Similarly, in November 2022, hackers exploited weaknesses in the security architecture of the FTX Trading digital asset exchange
−Removed: and reportedly stole over $400 million in digital assets from customers.
−Removed: A successful security breach or cyberattack could result
−Removed: ● a partial or total loss of our bitcoin in a manner that may
−Removed: not be covered by insurance or the liability provisions of the custody agreements with the custodians who hold our bitcoin;
−Removed: ● harm to our reputation and brand;
−Removed: ● improper disclosure of data and violations of applicable data
−Removed: privacy and other laws;
−Removed: ● significant regulatory scrutiny, investigations, fines, penalties,
−Removed: and other legal, regulatory, contractual and financial exposure.
−Removed: Further, any actual or perceived data security breach or cybersecurity
−Removed: attack directed at other companies with digital assets or companies that operate digital asset networks, regardless of whether we are
−Removed: directly impacted, could lead to a general loss of confidence in the broader bitcoin blockchain ecosystem or in the use of the bitcoin
−Removed: network to conduct financial transactions, which could negatively impact us.
−Removed: Attacks upon systems across a variety of industries, including industries
−Removed: related to bitcoin, are increasing in frequency, persistence, and sophistication, and, in many cases, are being conducted by sophisticated,
−Removed: well-funded and organized groups and individuals, including state actors.
−Removed: The techniques used to obtain unauthorized, improper or illegal
−Removed: access to systems and information (including personal data and digital assets), disable or degrade services, or sabotage systems are constantly
−Removed: evolving, may be difficult to detect quickly, and often are not recognized or detected until after they have been launched against a target.
−Removed: These attacks may occur on our systems or those of our third-party service providers or partners.
−Removed: We may experience breaches of our security
−Removed: measures due to human error, malfeasance, insider threats, system errors or vulnerabilities or other irregularities.
−Removed: In particular, we
−Removed: expect that unauthorized parties will attempt, to gain access to our systems and facilities, as well as those of our partners and third-party
−Removed: service providers, through various means, such as hacking, social engineering, phishing and fraud.
−Removed: Threats can come from a variety of
−Removed: sources, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored intrusions, industrial espionage, and insiders.
−Removed: In addition, certain
−Removed: types of attacks could harm us even if our systems are left undisturbed.
−Removed: For example, certain threats are designed to remain dormant or
−Removed: undetectable, sometimes for extended periods of time, or until launched against a target and we may not be able to implement adequate
−Removed: preventative measures.
−Removed: Further, there has been an increase in such activities due to the increase in work-from-home arrangements.
−Removed: risk of cyberattacks could also be increased by cyberwarfare in connection with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts,
−Removed: or other future conflicts, including potential proliferation of malware into systems unrelated to such conflicts.
−Removed: Any future breach of
−Removed: our operations or those of others in the bitcoin industry, including third-party services on which we rely, could materially and adversely
−Removed: affect our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: We face risks relating to the custody of our bitcoin, including
−Removed: the loss or destruction of private keys required to access our bitcoin and cyberattacks or other data loss relating to our bitcoin.
−Removed: We will hold our bitcoin with regulated custodians that have duties
−Removed: to safeguard our private keys.
−Removed: Our custodial services contracts will not restrict our ability to reallocate our bitcoin among our custodians,
−Removed: and our bitcoin holdings may be concentrated with a single custodian from time to time.
−Removed: light of the significant amount of bitcoin we hold, we continually evaluate the need to engage additional custodians.
−Removed: Additional custodians
−Removed: could achieve a greater degree of diversification in the custody of our bitcoin as the extent of potential risk of loss is dependent,
−Removed: in part, on the degree of diversification.
−Removed: If there is a decrease in the availability of digital asset custodians that we believe can
−Removed: safely custody our bitcoin, for example, custodians discontinue or limit their services in the United States, we may need to enter
−Removed: into agreements that are less favorable than our currently anticipated agreements or take other measures to custody our bitcoin, and our
−Removed: ability to seek a greater degree of diversification in the use of custodial services would be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: holding our bitcoin with regulated custodians could affect the availability of receiving digital assets that may result from “forks”
−Removed: of the bitcoin blockchain if our custodians are unable to support or otherwise provide us with such digital assets, thereby reducing the
−Removed: amount of digital assets we may hold as a result.
−Removed: While our custodians will carry insurance policies to cover losses for commercial crimes
−Removed: and cyber and tech errors or omissions, the policy limits vary per provider and would be shared among all of their customers, and subject
−Removed: to various limitations and exclusions (such as if a loss arises due to our failure to protect our login credentials and devices).
−Removed: insurance that covers losses of our bitcoin holdings may cover only a small fraction of the value of the entirety of our bitcoin holdings,
−Removed: and there can be no guarantee that such insurance will be maintained as part of the custodial services we will have or that such coverage
−Removed: will cover losses with respect to our bitcoin.
−Removed: Moreover, our use of custodians exposes us to the risk that the bitcoin our custodians
−Removed: hold on our behalf could be subject to insolvency proceedings and we could be treated as a general unsecured creditor of the custodian,
−Removed: inhibiting our ability to exercise ownership rights with respect to such bitcoin.
−Removed: Any loss associated with such insolvency proceedings
−Removed: is unlikely to be covered by any insurance coverage we maintain related to our bitcoin.
−Removed: Bitcoin is controllable only by the possessor of both the unique public
−Removed: key and private key(s) relating to the local or online digital wallet in which the bitcoin is held.
−Removed: While the bitcoin blockchain
−Removed: ledger requires a public key relating to a digital wallet to be published when used in a transaction, private keys must be safeguarded
−Removed: and kept private in order to prevent a third party from accessing the bitcoin held in such wallet.
−Removed: To the extent the private key(s) for
−Removed: a digital wallet are lost, destroyed, or otherwise compromised and no backup of the private key(s) is accessible, neither we nor
−Removed: our custodians will be able to access the bitcoin held in the related digital wallet.
−Removed: Furthermore, we cannot provide assurance that our
−Removed: digital wallets, nor the digital wallets of our custodians held on our behalf, will not be compromised as a result of a cyberattack.
−Removed: bitcoin and blockchain ledger, as well as other digital assets and blockchain technologies, have been, and may in the future be, subject
−Removed: to security breaches, cyberattacks, or other malicious activities.
−Removed: Regulatory change reclassifying bitcoin as a security could lead
−Removed: to our classification as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940
−Removed: Act, and could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Under Sections 3(a)(1)(A) and (C) of the 1940 Act, a company
−Removed: generally will be deemed to be an “investment company” for purposes of the 1940 Act if (1) it is, or holds itself out
−Removed: as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities or (2) it
−Removed: engages, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and it owns or proposes
−Removed: to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of U.S.
−Removed: government securities
−Removed: and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis.
−Removed: We do not believe that we are an “investment company,” as such term is defined
−Removed: in the 1940 Act, and are not registered as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act as of the date of this Report.
−Removed: While senior SEC officials have stated their view that bitcoin is not
−Removed: a “security” for purposes of the federal securities laws, a contrary determination by the SEC could lead to our classification
−Removed: as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act, if the portion of our assets consists of investments in bitcoins exceeds 40%
−Removed: safe harbor limits prescribed in the 1940 Act, which would subject us to significant additional regulatory controls that could have a
−Removed: material adverse effect on our business and operations and may also require us to change the manner in which we conduct our business.
−Removed: We monitor our assets and income for compliance under the 1940 Act
−Removed: and seek to conduct our business activities in a manner such that we do not fall within its definitions of “investment company”
−Removed: or that we qualify under one of the exemptions or exclusions provided by the 1940 Act and corresponding SEC regulations.
−Removed: If bitcoin is
−Removed: determined to constitute a security for purposes of the federal securities laws, we would take steps to reduce the percentage of bitcoins
−Removed: that constitute investment assets under the 1940 Act.
−Removed: These steps may include, among others, selling bitcoins that we might otherwise
−Removed: hold for the long term and deploying our cash in non-investment assets, and we may be forced to sell our bitcoins at unattractive prices.
−Removed: We may also seek to acquire additional non-investment assets to maintain compliance with the 1940 Act, and we may need to incur debt,
−Removed: issue additional equity or enter into other financing arrangements that are not otherwise attractive to our business.
−Removed: Any of these actions
−Removed: could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: Moreover, we can make no assurance that we
−Removed: would successfully be able to take the necessary steps to avoid being deemed to be an investment company in accordance with the safe harbor.
−Removed: If we were unsuccessful, and if bitcoin is determined to constitute a security for purposes of the federal securities laws, then we would
−Removed: have to register as an investment company, and the additional regulatory restrictions imposed by 1940 Act could adversely affect the market
−Removed: price of bitcoin and in turn adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: We may be subject to regulatory developments related to crypto
−Removed: assets and crypto asset markets, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: As bitcoin and other digital assets are relatively novel and the application
−Removed: of state and federal securities laws and other laws and regulations to digital assets is unclear in certain respects, it is possible that
−Removed: regulators in the United States or foreign countries may interpret or apply existing laws and regulations in a manner that adversely
−Removed: affects the price of bitcoin.
−Removed: federal government, states, regulatory agencies, and foreign countries may also enact new
−Removed: laws and regulations, or pursue regulatory, legislative, enforcement or judicial actions, that could materially impact the price of bitcoin
−Removed: or the ability of individuals or institutions such as us to own or transfer bitcoin.
−Removed: For examples, see “ Risk Factors-Risks Related
−Removed: to Our Bitcoin Treasury Strategy and Holdings-Bitcoin and other digital assets are novel assets, and are subject to significant legal,
−Removed: commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty ” elsewhere in this Report.
−Removed: Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to risk of non-performance
−Removed: by counterparties.
−Removed: Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to the risk of non-performance
−Removed: by counterparties, whether contractual or otherwise.
−Removed: Risk of non-performance includes inability or refusal of a counterparty to perform
−Removed: because of a deterioration in the counterparty’s financial condition and liquidity or for any other reason.
−Removed: For example, our execution
−Removed: partners, custodians, or other counterparties might fail to perform in accordance with the terms of our agreements with them, which could
−Removed: result in a loss of bitcoin, a loss of the opportunity to generate funds, or other losses.
−Removed: We expect our primary counterparty risk with respect to our bitcoin
−Removed: will be custodian performance obligations under the various custody arrangements we enter into.
−Removed: A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies,
−Removed: closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry,
−Removed: the closure or liquidation of certain financial institutions that provided lending and other services to the digital assets industry,
−Removed: SEC enforcement actions against other providers, or placement into receivership or civil fraud lawsuit against digital asset industry
−Removed: participants have highlighted the perceived and actual counterparty risk applicable to digital asset ownership and trading.
−Removed: Legal precedent
−Removed: created in these bankruptcy and other proceedings may increase the risk of future rulings adverse to our interests in the event one or
−Removed: more of our custodians becomes a debtor in a bankruptcy case or is the subject of other liquidation, insolvency or similar proceedings.
−Removed: While our custodians will be subject to regulatory regimes intended
−Removed: to protect customers in the event of a custodial bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceeding, no assurance can be provided
−Removed: that our custodially-held bitcoin will not become part of the custodian’s insolvency estate if one or more of our custodians enters
−Removed: bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings.
−Removed: Additionally, if we pursue any strategies to create income streams or otherwise
−Removed: generate funds using our bitcoin holdings, we would become subject to additional counterparty risks.
−Removed: We will need to carefully evaluate
−Removed: market conditions, including price volatility as well as service provider terms and market reputations and performance, among others,
−Removed: prior to implementing any such strategy, all of which could effect our ability to successfully implement and execute on any such future
−Removed: These risks, along with any significant non-performance by counterparties, including in particular the custodian or custodians
−Removed: with which we will custody substantially all of our bitcoin, could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial
−Removed: condition, and operating results.
−Removed: If bitcoin is determined to constitute a security for purposes of the
−Removed: federal securities laws, the additional regulatory restrictions imposed by such a determination could adversely affect the market price
−Removed: of bitcoin and in turn adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: See “ Risk Factors — Regulatory
−Removed: change reclassifying bitcoin as a security could lead to our classification as an “investment company” under the Investment
−Removed: Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, and could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and the market price
−Removed: of our common stock ” above.
−Removed: Moreover, the risks of us engaging in a bitcoin treasury strategy could create complications due
−Removed: to the lack of experience that third parties have with companies engaging in such a strategy, such as increased costs of director and
−Removed: officer liability insurance or the potential inability to obtain such coverage on acceptable terms in the future.
−Removed: A temporary or permanent blockchain “fork” to bitcoin
−Removed: or other crypto assets could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Blockchain protocols, including bitcoin, are open source.
−Removed: can download the software, modify it, and then propose that bitcoin or other blockchain protocols users and miners adopt the modification.
−Removed: When a modification is introduced and a substantial majority of users and miners consent to the modification, the change is implemented
−Removed: and the bitcoin or other blockchain protocol networks, as applicable, remain uninterrupted.
−Removed: However, if less than a substantial majority
−Removed: of users and miners consent to the proposed modification, and the modification is not compatible with the software prior to its modification,
−Removed: the consequence would be what is known as a “fork”, i.e ., “split” of the impacted blockchain protocol
−Removed: network and respective blockchain, with one prong running the pre-modified software and the other running the modified software.
−Removed: of such a fork would be the existence of two parallel versions of the bitcoin or other blockchain protocol network, as applicable, running
−Removed: simultaneously, but with each split network’s crypto asset lacking interchangeability.
−Removed: A “hard fork” — where
−Removed: there is disagreement among the users about the rules of the network — can have a significant negative impact on value
−Removed: of the crypto asset.
−Removed: The bitcoin has been subject to “forks” that resulted in
−Removed: the creation of new networks, including bitcoin cash ABC, bitcoin cash SV, bitcoin diamond, bitcoin gold and others.
−Removed: Some of these forks
−Removed: have caused fragmentation among platforms as to the correct naming convention for forked crypto assets.
−Removed: Due to the lack of a central registry
−Removed: or rulemaking body, no single entity has the ability to dictate the nomenclature of forked crypto assets, causing
−Removed: disagreements and a lack of uniformity among platforms on the nomenclature
−Removed: of forked crypto assets, and which results in further confusion to customers as to the nature of assets they hold on platforms, and which
−Removed: can negatively impact the value of the crypto assets.
−Removed: In addition, several of these forks were contentious and as a result, participants
−Removed: in certain communities may harbor ill will towards other communities.
−Removed: As a result, certain community members may take actions that adversely
−Removed: impact the use, adoption, and price of bitcoin, or any of their forked alternatives.
−Removed: Furthermore, hard forks can lead to new security concerns.
−Removed: For instance,
−Removed: when the Ethereum and Ethereum Classic networks split in July 2016, replay attacks, in which transactions from one network were rebroadcast
−Removed: on the other network to achieve “double-spending,” plagued platforms that traded Ethereum through at least October 2016,
−Removed: resulting in significant losses to some crypto asset platforms.
−Removed: Similar replay attacks occurred in connection with the bitcoin cash and
−Removed: bitcoin cash SV network split in November 2018.
−Removed: Another possible result of a hard fork is an inherent decrease in the level of security
−Removed: due to the splitting of some mining power across networks, making it easier for a malicious actor to exceed 50% of the mining power of
−Removed: that network, thereby making crypto assets that rely on proof-of-work more susceptible to attack, as has occurred with Ethereum Classic.
−Removed: We intend to recognize forked and airdropped assets consistent with
−Removed: our custodians.
−Removed: We may not immediately or ever have the ability to withdraw a forked or airdropped bitcoin by virtue of bitcoins that
−Removed: we hold with our custodians.
−Removed: Future forks may occur at any time.
−Removed: A fork can lead to a disruption of networks and our information technology
−Removed: systems, cybersecurity attacks, replay attacks, or security weaknesses, any of which can further lead to temporary or even permanent loss
−Removed: of our and our assets.
−Removed: The due diligence procedures conducted by us and our liquidity
−Removed: providers to mitigate transaction risk may fail to prevent transactions with a sanctioned entity.
−Removed: We will execute trades through U.S.-based liquidity providers, and
−Removed: rely on these third parties to implement controls and procedures to mitigate the risk of transacting with sanctioned entities.
−Removed: expect our third party service providers to conduct their business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and in accordance
−Removed: with our contractual arrangements, there is no guarantee that they will do so.
−Removed: Accordingly, we are exposed to risk that our due diligence
−Removed: procedures may fail.
−Removed: If we are found to have transacted in bitcoin with bad actors that have used bitcoin to launder money or with persons
−Removed: subject to sanctions, we may be subject to regulatory proceedings and any further transactions or dealings in bitcoin by us may be restricted
−Removed: or prohibited.
+Added: There have been no material changes from the
+Added: risk factors previously discussed in “Part I, Item 1A.
+Added: Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2025 (File No.
+Added: 001-41177) filed with the SEC on April 15, 2026 and in the section titled “Risk Factors”
+Added: in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: 333-295364) effective as of May 4, 2026.
+Added: Unregistered Sales
+Added: of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
+Added: Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
+Added: Mine Safety Disclosures
+Added: Not applicable.
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