Investments, Cost	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Investments Cost
Investments, Cost	8. Investments, Cost OpenHand Holdings, Inc. Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement dated as of January 31, 2021, the Company acquired an interest of 5% of OpenHand Holdings, Inc. ("OpenHand") common stock for consideration of a total of $2,231,000 consisting of $850,000 in cash and 329,654 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $1,381,000 or $4.19 per share. The value of the restricted stock was determined using the thirty-day trading average. The Company agreed to register the shares issued to OpenHand by filing a selling shareholder registration statement. OpenHand is a subscription-based brokerage platform that will provide zero-commission trading for equity and option transactions and credit its members daily with rebates of revenues generated by the clients, less operational expenses. The Company will be the exclusive broker-dealer for all OpenHand account services and will benefit from their cloud-based technology which uses Amazon Web Services. Through this strategic, operational, regulatory, and technological partnership, OpenHand and the Company’s clients will benefit from numerous financial and operational efficiencies. The Company also received an option to purchase an additional 7.5% of OpenHand for approximately $4.5 million, based upon a $60 million valuation of OpenHand. This option expires 18 months after the launch of the OpenHand platform. No value was attributed to the option because it is not a derivative and there were no transaction costs associated with this option as of June 30, 2021. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in OpenHand was $2,231,000 and $0, respectively. The investment does not have a readily determinable fair value since OpenHand is a private company and its shares are not publicly traded. The Company made an accounting policy election to measure this investment at cost less any impairment. As of June 30, 2021, there were no unrealized gains or losses on this investment. In addition, management concluded that there have been no impairments as there were no identified events or changes in circumstances during the reporting period that could have a significant adverse effect on the original valuation of the investment.

Investments, Cost

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

8. Investments, Cost

OpenHand Holdings, Inc.

Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement dated as of January 31, 2021, the Company acquired an interest of 5% of OpenHand Holdings, Inc. ("OpenHand") common stock for consideration of a total of $2,231,000 consisting of $850,000 in cash and 329,654 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $1,381,000 or $4.19 per share. The value of the restricted stock was determined using the thirty-day trading average. The Company agreed to register the shares issued to OpenHand by filing a selling shareholder registration statement.

OpenHand is a subscription-based brokerage platform that will provide zero-commission trading for equity and option transactions and credit its members daily with rebates of revenues generated by the clients, less operational expenses. The Company will be the exclusive broker-dealer for all OpenHand account services and will benefit from their cloud-based technology which uses Amazon Web Services. Through this strategic, operational, regulatory, and technological partnership, OpenHand and the Company’s clients will benefit from numerous financial and operational efficiencies. The Company also received an option to purchase an additional 7.5% of OpenHand for approximately $4.5 million, based upon a $60 million valuation of OpenHand. This option expires 18 months after the launch of the OpenHand platform. No value was attributed to the option because it is not a derivative and there were no transaction costs associated with this option as of June 30, 2021.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in OpenHand was $2,231,000 and $0, respectively.

The investment does not have a readily determinable fair value since OpenHand is a private company and its shares are not publicly traded. The Company made an accounting policy election to measure this investment at cost less any impairment. As of June 30, 2021, there were no unrealized gains or losses on this investment. In addition, management concluded that there have been no impairments as there were no identified events or changes in circumstances during the reporting period that could have a significant adverse effect on the original valuation of the investment.