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PREPAYMENTS | NOTE 8 – PREPAYMENTS
As of September 30, 2024, prepayments consist of the following:
As previously disclosed in a Form 8-K filed on September 28, 2023, the Company entered into a BTC Trading Contract (the “BTC Contract”) with an autonomous organization (the “Association Seller”), which supports its members in the sale of BTC. While the Association Seller provides services to facilitate the sale of BTC by its members, it does not exert control over them by ownership or contract, nor does it make decisions for its members relating to the sale of BTC. None of the members of the Association Seller hold equity, serve as director or officer, or otherwise has voting power or management rights of the Association Seller.
Under the BTC Contract, the Company has the right to purchase up to 6,000 BTC from the members of the Association Seller (each, a “BTC Seller”) through the Association Seller at a locked price of $30,000/BTC over a 12-month period commencing on September 25, 2023, with payment to be made in the form of cash or the Company’s shares. Although the BTC Contract states that the Association Seller (Party B) “owns the virtual currency”, to our knowledge, this statement was mistakenly made and it were the individual members of the Association Seller, not the Association Seller itself, who own the BTC to be sold under the BTC Contract. We believe the Association Seller will coordinate with its members to fulfill the Company’s purchase of BTC if the Company so decides, however, we cannot guarantee that the Company will be able to purchase BTC from the BTC Sellers. The BTC Contract was entered into by the Company with the Association Seller only and no BTC Sellers owe any legal obligation to the Company in connection with the purchase and sale of BTC.
Following the execution of the BTC Contract, the Company purchased 833 BTC from the BTC Sellers and decided to purchase an additional 1,000 BTC (the “1,000 BTC Purchase”). As of December 31, 2023, the Company made a prepayment to the BTC Sellers through the Association Seller of approximately $12,125,500 (the “Prepayment Amount”), representing 40% of the total purchase price for 1000 BTC. The prepayment was made to secure favorable pricing and demonstrate the Company’s commitment to completing the 1,000 BTC Purchase. This prepayment is refundable if the 1,000 BTC Purchase is not completed. While negotiating the terms of the 1,000 BTC Purchase with the BTC Sellers, the Company decided to exercise its right under the BTC Contract to purchase 5,000 BTC (the “5,000 BTC Purchase”), which includes the previously planned 1,000 BTC. To reflect the then price increase in BTC and finalize the transaction details of the 5,000 BTC Purchase, the Company and the Association Seller entered into that certain Amendment Agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”) on May 2, 2024, which was previously disclosed in a Form 8-K filed by the Company on May 6, 2024.
According to the Amendment Agreement, the Company agreed to pay the aggregate price for the 5,000 BTC through the issuance of 40,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) valued at $3.75 per share, which was the closing market price of the Common Stock as of May 1, 2024 (the “Then FMV”) and warrants to purchase 80,000,000 shares of the Common Stock with the exercise price of $2.6 per share (equal to 70% of the Then FMV). In connection with the 5,000 BTC Purchase, on May 8, 2024, the Company filed a Preliminary Information Statement on Schedule 14C (the “Preliminary 14C”). Subsequently, the Company decided to cease pursuing the 5,000 BTC Purchase due to the market fluctuations in BTC and further discussions with the BTC Sellers, which was previously disclosed on a Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 26, 2024.
Despite the cancellation of the 5,000 BTC Purchase, negotiations regarding the original 1,000 BTC Purchase continued. The Company’s original plan was to settle the remaining 60% of the total purchase price for 1,000 BTC through the issuance of the Common Stock at a per share price based on the average market price over a five-day period immediately prior to the date of the completion of the 1,000 BTC Purchase. However, the Board believed in the potential long-term appreciation of the BTC. As a result, it has decided to halt the 1,000 BTC Purchase and instead re-negotiate the terms with the Associate Seller to acquire 5,167 BTC, which represents the maximum number of BTC that the Company was entitled to purchase under the BTC Contract minus the BTC already acquired under the BTC Contract. |