Fold Holdings, Inc.
For the period ended Sep 30, 2026. Filed Nov 10, 2026.
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
- ORGANIZATION ANDBASIS OF PRESENTATION
Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to “Fold,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to the business of Fold, Inc., a Delaware corporation, prior to the Closing of the Merger, and Fold Holdings, Inc. after the Closing of the Merger (as such terms are defined below). For any given valuation of bitcoin used herein, unless otherwise indicated, we use the market price of bitcoin on the Coinbase exchange at 11:59:59 pm UTC on the date stated.
Background and Business Combination
Fold Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. Its operating business, Fold, Inc. (“Fold Predecessor”), was founded in 2019. On July 24, 2024, Fold Predecessor entered into a definitive agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp. (“FTAC Emerald”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, providing for a proposed business combination (the “Merger”). The Merger was consummated on February 14, 2025 (the “Closing”), after which Fold Predecessor became a wholly owned subsidiary of FTAC Emerald, and FTAC Emerald changed its name to Fold Holdings, Inc. and effectively assumed all of Fold Predecessor’s material operations. The Company is a remote-first company and does not designate a physical headquarters.
Fold’s principal offering is a financial services platform built on a simple premise: consumers should be able to save, spend, and earn rewards in both U.S. dollars (“USD”) and bitcoin through a single platform. Fold’s consumer offerings include an FDIC-insured checking account, a Visa debit card (the “Fold Debit Card”), a Visa credit card (the “Fold Credit Card”), bill payment services, a bitcoin gift card, and an extensive catalog of merchant reward offers. The Company also offers various forms of bitcoin buying and selling with low-to-zero fees and insured custody. By integrating both dollars and bitcoin within familiar financial products, the Company aims to give consumers a single, practical platform for managing their everyday finances. The Company’s products and services are available in the United States through the Fold mobile application (the “Fold App”).
Basis of Presentation
The Company’s accompanying condensed financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and with Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In compliance with those instructions, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The condensed financial statements include the accounts of the Company.
Results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year. In the opinion of management, these condensed financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations, financial position, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the interim periods presented. These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “2025 Form 10-K”). Except as described below, significant accounting policies disclosed therein have not changed.
Use of estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and expenses, as well as related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable; however, actual results could significantly differ from those estimates. The Company evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis.
Estimates, judgments, and assumptions in these financial statements include, but are not limited to, those related to the determination of the recognition, measurement, and valuation of current and deferred income taxes; the useful lives and impairment assessment of long-lived assets; allowance for credit losses; the fair value of customer reward liability derivative instruments; and loss contingency identification and valuation, including assessing the likelihood of adverse outcomes from positions, claims, and disputes, recoveries of losses recorded, and associated timing.
Segment Information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), who is our Chief Executive Officer, in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance. During thenine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, all operations were within the United States. The CODM allocates resources and assesses performance based upon financial information at the entity-wide level. Since the CODM makes operating decisions and allocates resources on an entity-wide basis, Fold operates asone operating segment andone reportable segment.
The primary financial measure used by the CODM to evaluate performance is operating income (loss) as shown on the statements of operations. Segment expenses and other segment items are provided to the CODM on the same basis as disclosed in the statements of operations.
The CODM does not evaluate performance or allocate resources based on segment assets, and therefore such information is not presented in the notes to the financial statements.
Fair Value Measurement
The carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, net, credit card receivable, net, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature.
Digital assets held in the rewards treasury and investment treasury are measured at fair value on a recurring basis; refer to Note 3 and Note 12.
Through the Fold Rewards Program, the Company’s users earn promotional credits denominated in bitcoin by completing qualifying spend transactions and certain other actions designated by the Company. The Company records a liability for rewards earned but not yet redeemed within ‘Customer rewards liability’ on the condensed balance sheets; refer to Note 4 for a rollforward of this liability. As our customer rewards liability results in an obligation to deliver a fixed amount of bitcoin in the future, the Company has determined that it meets the definition of a derivative and measures it at fair value. The Company has not designated this derivative instrument as a hedging instrument. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the notional amount of the customer rewards liability outstanding was 76 and 79 bitcoin, respectively. For more detail on the fair value measurement of this derivative instrument, refer to Note 12.
On February 25, 2026, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with SATS Credit Fund LP (“SATS”), a related party, pursuant to which SATS purchased a senior unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $13.0 million (the “February 2026 Investor Note”). Refer to Notes 5 and 7 for further information. The February 2026 Investor Note is carried at amortized cost and had a carrying value of $12.7 million as of September 30, 2026. The carrying value approximates fair value due to the note’s short remaining term, market-based interest rate, and the Company’s ability to prepay without penalty. The mandatory prepayment provisions of the February 2026 Investor Note represent an embedded derivative that is bifurcated and measured at fair value on a recurring basis. As of September 30, 2026, the fair value of the bifurcated derivative liability was a nominal amount, and is classified as a Level 3 measurement.
Fold Credit Card Program
In partnership with a credit card issuing bank (the “Issuing Bank”), the Company offers the Fold Credit Card to cardholders. Credit card receivable, net represents amounts due from cardholders for purchases, fees, and other charges incurred through the use of the Fold Credit Card. Pursuant to the program agreements, the Company is obligated to purchase all receivables arising under the program, and accordingly, bears the risk of loss associated with cardholder nonpayment following purchase of the receivables. This commitment has been evaluated in accordance with ASC 860 and we have determined that we are the owner of all purchased receivables from the Issuing Bank. The Company has an ongoing commitment to fund future receivable purchases as cardholder activity occurs. The amount of future receivable purchases will fluctuate based on cardholder spending volumes, credit utilization, and repayment behavior. As the owner of the receivables, the Company records credit card receivables, net of an allowance for expected credit losses in credit card receivable, net on the condensed balance sheets.
The allowance for expected credit losses is estimated in accordance with ASC 326 and reflects management’s estimate of lifetime expected losses based on historical loss experience, delinquency, market trends, charge off trends by FICO cohort and aging trends, and other relevant portfolio-level factors. The Company uses a roll-rate methodology, which applies historical and industry delinquency migration and loss patterns to the outstanding receivable balance, to estimate expected losses. The provision for expected credit losses related to credit card receivables is recorded within other selling, general and administrative expenses in the condensed statement of operations and is nominal for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Topic 220), which requires entities to include more detailed information about the types of expenses, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization, in commonly presented expense captions such as cost of sales, research and development, and selling, general and administrative expenses. In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01 “Income Statement Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date” (“ASU 2025-01”) which clarifies the effective date of Accounting Standards Update 2024-03 “Income Statement Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation
Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” (“ASU 2024-03”) to stipulate that ASU 2024-03 is effective for public business entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. ASU 2024-03 will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2027 for the Company’s annual financial statements on Form 10-K and January 1, 2028 for the Company’s quarterly financial statements on Form 10-Q. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its financial statement presentation and disclosures, but it is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In September 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40), Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software (“ASU 2025-06”). ASU 2025-06 clarifies and modernizes the accounting for costs related to internal-use software. The amendments in ASU 2025-06 remove all references to project stages throughout Subtopic 350-40 and clarify the threshold entities apply to begin capitalizing costs. ASU 2025-06 is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of ASU 2025-06 on its financial statements.
We do not believe that any other recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
Recently adopted accounting pronouncements
In July 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2025-05, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets”(“ASU 2025-05”). ASU 2025-05 provides the option to elect a practical expedient to assume that the current conditions as of the balance sheet date will remain unchanged for the remaining life of the asset when developing a reasonable and supportable forecast as part of estimating expected credit losses on these assets. ASU 2025-05 is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2025-05 effective January 1, 2026. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed financial statements.
- REVENUE
Disaggregation of revenue
We disaggregate revenue by service type and by platform as follows:
| Three Months EndedSeptember 30, | Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue stream | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 |
| Banking and payments revenues | $2,715,409 | $7,054,195 | $12,940,443 | $21,897,376 |
| Custody and trading revenues | 1,279,911 | 346,478 | 2,717,484 | 739,933 |
| Other revenues | 169,256 | 866 | 197,037 | 63,017 |
| Less: Sales returns and allowances | (3,035) | (2,600) | (11,205) | (37,624) |
| Revenues, net | $4,161,541 | $7,398,939 | $15,843,759 | $22,662,702 |
The above amounts are net of reductions in revenue related to Revenue Rewards totaling $0.4 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $1.1 million and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Deferred revenue
Contract liabilities are classified as deferred revenue in our balance sheets. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the contract liability related to our deferred subscription revenues was $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, and the contract liability related to an unearned portion of a bonus paid to us by Visa was nominal and $0.1 million, respectively.
The activity in deferred revenue for thenine months ended September 30, 2026 and the year ended December 31, 2025, was as follows:
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 | Year Ended December 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning of the period contract liability | $366,252 | $875,466 |
| Revenue recognized from the contract liabilities included in the beginning balance | (318,681) | (771,669) |
| Increases due to cash received net of amounts recognized in revenue during the period | 95,210 | 262,455 |
| End of period contract liability | $142,781 | $366,252 |
Contract costs
For the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, we didnot incur any incremental costs to obtain and/or fulfill contracts with customers.
- DIGITAL ASSETS
The Company holds digital assets, comprised solely of bitcoin, for two purposes: (1) to fulfill bitcoin rewards to customers in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Fold Rewards Program (“Rewards Treasury”); and (2) as a treasury asset to support our operating business (“Investment Treasury”). The Company purchases bitcoin for its Rewards Treasury to maintain a balance that is equal to or greater than its customer rewards liability and disburses bitcoin from its Rewards Treasury when customers redeem their rewards and the liability is satisfied.
The following is a summary of Fold’s bitcoin held in treasury as of the dates shown:
| September 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rewards treasury (USD) | $6,388,310 | $6,872,869 |
| Investment treasury (USD) | 14,265,330 | 133,658,791 |
| Total bitcoin treasury (USD) | $20,653,640 | $140,531,660 |
| September 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rewards treasury (BTC) | 76 | 79 |
| Investment treasury (BTC) | 171 | 1,527 |
| Total bitcoin treasury (BTC) | 247 | 1,606 |
As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company held 247 and 1,606 bitcoin, respectively, with an aggregate cost of $23.0 million and $118.8 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2026, no bitcoin was held as collateral under our credit or debt arrangements. Refer to Note 7 for further details.
A reconciliation, in the aggregate, of beginning and ending balances of the Company’s digital assets as of the dates shown is as follows:
| Rewards Treasury · Investment Treasury · Digital Assets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin held at January 1, 2025 | $8,569,651 | $93,568,700 | $102,138,351 | |||
| Purchases of bitcoin | 1,484,291 | 1,654,332 | 3,138,623 | |||
| Bitcoin received from March 2025 Investor Note (2) | - | 43,965,525 | 43,965,525 | |||
| Disbursements of bitcoin (1) | (2,762,889) | - | (2,762,889) | |||
| Other bitcoin | 42,731 | - | 42,731 | |||
| Remeasurement gain (loss) on bitcoin (4) | 1,961,803 | 31,203,938 | 33,165,741 | |||
| Bitcoin held at September 30, 2025 | $9,295,587 | $170,392,495 | $179,688,082 | |||
| Purchases of bitcoin | 1,168,178 | 3,708,468 | 4,876,646 | |||
| Disbursements of bitcoin (1) | (1,192,091) | - | (1,192,091) | |||
| Other bitcoin | (42,731) | - | (42,731) | |||
| Remeasurement gain (loss) on bitcoin | (2,356,074) | (40,442,172) | (42,798,246) | |||
| Bitcoin held at December 31, 2025 | $6,872,869 | $133,658,791 | $140,531,660 | |||
| Purchases of bitcoin | 3,359,836 | - | 3,359,836 | |||
| Bitcoin repayment for March 2025 Investor Note | - | (34,007,466) | (34,007,466) | |||
| Sale of bitcoin (3) | - | (59,120,684) | (59,120,684) | |||
| Bitcoin payment for legal settlement (5) | - | (1,374,828) | (1,374,828) | |||
| Disbursements of bitcoin (1) | (3,602,035) | (3,602,035) | ||||
| Transfers of bitcoin from investment treasury | 445,098 | (445,098) | - | |||
| Remeasurement gain (loss) on bitcoin (4) | (687,458) | (24,445,385) | (25,132,843) | |||
| Bitcoin held at September 30, 2026 | $6,388,310 | $14,265,330 | $20,653,640 | |||
(1) Disbursements of bitcoin represent amounts that were distributed to customers to fulfill customer rewards obligations or to satisfy other current obligations.
(2) The bitcoin received from the March 2025 Investor Note is net of prepaid interest. Refer to Note 7 for additional details.
(3) Proceeds from the sale of bitcoin during thenine months ended September 30, 2026 were used to pay off the June 2025 Amended Investor Note, repay in full the outstanding balance under the Company's Credit Facility (as defined below), and fund unrestricted cash for general corporate purposes. Refer to Note 7 for additional details.
(4) The remeasurement gain of $6.2 million recognized on the digital assets balances for thethree months ended September 30, 2026 consisted of a realized loss of $1.1 million and an unrealized gain of $7.3 million. The remeasurement gain of $10.9 million recognized on the digital assets balance for the three months ended September 30, 2025 consisted of a realized gain of $0.9 million and an unrealized gain of $10.0 million.
The remeasurement loss of $25.1 million recognized on the digital assets balances for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 consisted of a realized loss of $0.9 million and an unrealized loss of $24.2 million. The remeasurement gain of $33.2 million recognized on the digital assets balance for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 consisted of a realized gain of $2.0 million and an unrealized gain of $31.2 million.
(5)On June 30, 2026, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the PCT Litigation Trust, without any admission of liability by the Company. Under the terms of the settlement, the Company agreed to pay 23.5 bitcoin in full and final satisfaction of the claims asserted, which was remitted to PCT Litigation Trust on July 6, 2026. The payment above represents the fair value of bitcoin remitted as of the date of the settlement agreement.
- CUSTOMER REWARDS LIABILITY
A reconciliation, in the aggregate, of beginning and ending balances of the Company’s customer rewards liability as of the dates shown is as follows:
| Customer Rewards Liability | |
|---|---|
| Balance at January 1, 2025 | $8,569,651 |
| Rewards earned by customers | 2,029,331 |
| Reward fulfillments (1) | (2,577,906) |
| Expired rewards | (202,933) |
| Remeasurement (gain) loss on customer rewards liability | 1,477,444 |
| Balance at September 30, 2025 | $9,295,587 |
| Rewards earned by customers | 620,747 |
| Reward fulfillments (1) | (705,453) |
| Expired rewards | (62,075) |
| Remeasurement (gain) loss on customer rewards liability | (2,275,937) |
| Balance at December 31, 2025 | $6,872,869 |
| Rewards earned by customers | 1,300,520 |
| Reward fulfillments (1) | (1,370,878) |
| Expired rewards | (130,052) |
| Remeasurement (gain) loss on customer rewards liability | (284,149) |
| Balance at September 30, 2026 | $6,388,310 |
(1)Rewards fulfillments represent amounts that were distributed to customers to fulfill customer rewards obligations.
- RELATED PARTIES
During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with SATS, pursuant to which SATS purchased the February 2026 Investor Note, and the Company issued 520,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock as additional consideration (the "Initial Commitment Shares"). Concurrently, the Company repaid the outstanding March 2025 Investor Note by transferring 500 bitcoin to SATS. Refer to Note 7 for further details. As SATS is a private investment fund raised and managed by Ten31, LLC, an affiliate of Dr. Jonathan Kirkwood, a member of Fold's Board of Directors (the "Board"), these actions constituted related party transactions and were approved by our Audit Committee.
- SAFEs
On February 14, 2025, in connection with the Closing of the Merger, all SAFE notes held by Fold Predecessor converted into 16.6 million shares of Fold Holdings, Inc. Common Stock par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"). The fair value of the SAFEs on the date of conversion was $177.6 million. Prior to conversion, Fold Predecessor’s SAFEs were recorded as a liability in the accompanying balance sheets and the Company recorded subsequent remeasurements in “Change in fair value of SAFEs” in the statements of operations. However, because Fold’s SAFEs were structured to be settled via the delivery of common and/or preferred shares upon execution of an equity financing or liquidity event, these amounts were reclassified to equity upon conversion.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized an increase in the SAFE liability of $6.5 million, related to fair value remeasurements prior to conversion. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, no SAFEs remained outstanding.
- DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
Convertible notes and warrants
A summary of the Company’s convertible notes for the respective periods presented is as follows:
The June 2025 Amended Investor Note
| September 30, 2026 · December 31, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 Amended Investor Note | - | 20,000,000 | |
| Convertible debt, gross | $ | - | $20,000,000 |
| Less: | |||
| Debt issuance costs, net of amortization | - | 90,260 | |
| Add: | |||
| Amended debt premium, net of amortization | - | 1,559,935 | |
| Convertible debt, net | $ | - | $21,469,675 |
| Less: Current portion of long-term debt | - | - | |
| Amended December 2024 convertible note, net - long-term | $ | - | $21,469,675 |
In December 2024, Fold Predecessor entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “December 2024 SPA”) with an institutional investor for the sale of a Senior Secured Convertible Note (the "December 2024 Initial Investor Note"). On June 16, 2025, the Company amended the December 2024 SPA, which was accounted for as an extinguishment of the December 2024 Initial Investor Note and issuance of a new debt instrument (the "June 2025 Amended Investor Note") with a principal amount of $20.0 million, a conversion price of $9.00 per share, and a stated interest rate of 12% per annum. In connection with the June 2025 extinguishment, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $9.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2025.
The June 2025 Amended Investor Note was scheduled to mature on February 14, 2028 and was classified within non-current liabilities as of December 31, 2025. The Company elected not to remeasure the note at fair value subsequent to issuance and accounted for it at amortized cost using the effective interest method.
On February 27, 2026, the Company repaid the June 2025 Amended Investor Note with a cash payment of $27.5 million, comprised of $20.0 million of outstanding principal and $7.5 million of special interest due as a result of early repayment. The total cash payment of $27.5 million was funded with $14.4 million in proceeds from the sale of 200 bitcoin and $13.0 million in proceeds from the February 2026 Investor Note.
The Company accounted for the repayment as an extinguishment of debt in accordance with ASC 470. In connection with the extinguishment, the Company recognized additional interest expense of $1.7 million, bringing total special interest expense to $2.4 million, which represents the minimum special interest that would have been due at maturity. The remaining $5.1 million of special interest, representing the economic premium attributable to early repayment, was recorded as a loss on extinguishment together with the write-off of $1.3 million of unamortized premium and unamortized debt issuance costs, resulting in a total loss on extinguishment of $3.8 million.
Total interest expense recognized related to the June 2025 Amended Investor Note for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was $0.4 million, comprised of contractual interest expense of $0.6 million, net of $0.2 million of amortization of the debt premium and debt issuance costs. Total interest expense recognized related to the December 2024 Initial Investor Note and June 2025 Amended Investor Note for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $1.6 million, comprised of contractual interest expense of $1.8 million, net of $0.2 million of amortization of the debt premium and debt issuance costs.
The Series A warrants relating to the June 2025 Amended Investor Note remain outstanding and are classified within stockholders' equity. The Series C warrants expired unexercised on August 14, 2026. Refer to Note 8 for further information.
The March 2025 Investor Note
| September 30, 2026 · December 31, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 Investor Note | $ | - | $46,279,500 |
| Fair value adjustment | - | 928,056 | |
| March 2025 investor note - related party | $ | - | $47,207,556 |
On March 6, 2025, Fold entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “March 2025 SPA”) with a related party investor, SATS, pursuant to which Fold issued to the investor (i) a Convertible Note in an aggregate principal amount of $46.3 million (the "March 2025 Investor Note"), (ii) warrants exercisable for 925,590 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $15.00 per share (the “March 2025 Warrants”), and (iii) an aggregate of 750,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Closing Shares”). The March 2025 Investor Note was funded with 475 bitcoin, net of 25 bitcoin paid to the investor as prepayment for the first year of interest, with 500 bitcoin held as collateral to secure the note.
The Company elected to account for the March 2025 Investor Note using the fair value option. As of the date of issuance, the fair value of the March 2025 Investor Note was $59.0 million which exceeded the proceeds received of $46.3 million. The $12.7 million excess of the fair value over the net proceeds received was recorded as a loss within the condensed statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The Company separately valued the March 2025 Warrants and Closing Shares at $3.8 million and $5.8 million, respectively, and expensed the full $9.6 million immediately as issuance costs given the related party nature of the instrument. The March 2025 Warrants were determined to meet the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815-40.
On February 26, 2026, the Company repaid and extinguished the March 2025 Investor Note by transferring the 500 bitcoin held as collateral against this note to the investor. Prior to extinguishment, the Company remeasured the note to fair value, recognizing a gain of $13.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2026, which brought the carrying value to approximately $34.0 million, approximating the fair value of the bitcoin transferred. During the three months ended and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recorded losses of $2.6 million and $1.7 million, respectively, due to changes in fair value of the March 2025 Investor Note. The Company accounted for the repayment as an extinguishment of debt in accordance with ASC 470. As the fair value of the note approximated the value of the consideration transferred, no gain or loss on extinguishment was recognized. The Company recognized a $0.2 million loss on extinguishment related to unamortized prepaid interest remaining as of the extinguishment date.
Total interest expense recognized related to the March 2025 Investor Note for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 was $0.3 million. Total interest expense recognized related to the March 2025 Investor Note for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was$0.5 million and $1.2 million, respectively. The March 2025 Investor Note accrued interest at 7.0% per annum, payable quarterly in shares of Common Stock valued at $12.50 per share.
Two Prime Credit Facility
The Company maintains a revolving credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with Two Prime Lending Limited ("Two Prime"). On October 1, 2025, the Company entered into the Credit Facility, as subsequently amended in November 2025. The Credit Facility permits the Company to request, and Two Prime to make available at its discretion, USD-denominated loans up to an aggregate commitment amount of $45.0 million, subject to the execution of individual loan term sheets. Loans issued under the Credit Facility are secured by bitcoin posted by the Company as collateral and held in segregated cold storage with a qualified digital asset custodian. The Company is required to maintain aggregate collateral levels within specified thresholds, and failure to do so may result in margin calls or liquidation of collateral. The Credit Facility had an initial one-year term from October 1, 2025, which automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless either party provides termination notice, and remains available for future borrowings, subject to its terms. The Credit Facility renewed on October 1, 2026.
Under the Credit Facility, each loan bears interest at a rate of 8.5%, and is repayable in USD. The Credit Facility contains customary representations, covenants, collateral requirements, tax and indemnification provisions, and events of default.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company borrowed an additional $10.0 million under the Credit Facility. On June 3, 2026, the Company repaid in full the $20.0 million of outstanding principal balance under the Credit Facility. Of the 430 bitcoin previously pledged as collateral under the Credit Facility,281 bitcoin were sold to repay in full the $20.0 million outstanding balance, and the remaining 149 bitcoin of excess collateral were returned to the Company's unrestricted Investment Treasury.
As of September 30, 2026, there was no outstanding principal balance under the Credit Facility, and no bitcoin is being held as collateral under this Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2025, the outstanding principal balance under the Credit Facility was $10.0 million, secured by 200 bitcoin. The Company classified the outstanding balance as a current liability as of December 31, 2025.
The Company didnot incur any interest expense related to the Credit Facility for thethree months ended September 30, 2026. Total interest expense related to the Credit Facility was $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026. There was no comparable activity for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2025.
February 2026 Investor Note
| September 30, 2026 · December 31, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 note - related party | 13,000,000 | - | |
| February 2026 note - related party, gross | $13,000,000 | $ | - |
| Less: | |||
| Debt issuance costs, net of amortization | - | - | |
| Debt discount, net of amortization | 341,804 | - | |
| February 2026 note - related party, net | $12,658,196 | $ | - |
On February 25, 2026, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with SATS, a related party, and issued the February 2026 Investor Note (the "February 2026 Investor Note" or the "Existing Note"), which has a principal amount of $13.0 million. The February 2026 Investor Note bears interest at 10% per annum, payable monthly, and matures on February 25, 2027. The maturity date may be extendedfor one additional year upon mutual consent, subject to the issuance of 520,000 additional shares of Fold's Common Stock (the "Renewal Commitment Shares"). The note is voluntarily prepayable at any time without penalty.
The Company accounts for the February 2026 Investor Note at amortized cost using the effective interest method and it is classified as a current liability as of the balance sheet date.
In connection with the issuance of the February 2026 Investor Note, the Company issued 520,000 Initial Commitment Shares of its Common Stock. The Company determined the Initial Commitment Shares represent freestanding equity instruments. The fair value of the Initial Commitment Shares was $0.8 million on the issuance date. After allocating proceeds to the bifurcated derivative liability and the Initial Commitment Shares, the residual proceeds were allocated to the debt host in accordance with ASC 470.
The Company has registered on a Form S-3 the Initial Commitment Shares and an additional 520,000 shares that could be issued to SATS upon renewal of the promissory note in accordance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement by and between the Company and SATS entered into on February 25, 2026.
The February 2026 Investor Note includes mandatory repayment triggers that require prepayment in increments of 25% to 100%, without penalty, upon the occurrence of specified bitcoin price thresholds between $37 thousand and $45 thousand, measured using volume-weighted average prices over specified time periods. The Company determined that these provisions represent an embedded derivative that is not clearly and closely related to the debt host and meets the definition of a derivative instrument under ASC 815. Accordingly, the Company bifurcated the embedded derivative and recorded it as a separate liability at fair value, with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings. The fair value of the embedded derivative was a nominal amount as of September 30, 2026. Other embedded features, including change-of-control and term extension provisions, were determined not to require bifurcation. Refer to Note 12 for further information regarding the fair value measurement of the bifurcated derivative.
Total interest expense recognized related to the February 2026 Investor Note for the three months ended September 30, 2026 was $0.5 million, comprised of $0.3 million of contractual interest and $0.2 million of amortized debt discount. For thenine months ended September 30, 2026 total interest expense was $1.3 million, comprised of $0.8 million of contractual interest and $0.5 million of amortized debt discount.
On November 9, 2026 (the “Restatement Date”), the Company and SATS entered into an Amended and Restated Senior Unsecured Promissory Note (the “A&R Note”), which amends and restates in its entirety the February 2026 Investor Note.
The A&R Note provides for a senior unsecured delayed-draw term facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to$25.0 million consisting of the $13.0 million principal amount outstanding under the February 2026 Investor Note, which continues as outstanding principal under the A&R Note, and up to$12.0 million of additional principal that may be drawn in one or more advances. Each draw is uncommitted and requires the mutual agreement of the Company and SATS, and SATS may approve or decline any draw request in its sole discretion. Draws must be in a minimum amount of $1.0 million and may be requested until 60 days before maturity. Amounts repaid may not be reborrowed.
The A&R Note bears cash interest at a rate of 10.0% per annum, payable monthly in arrears. In addition, the Company will issue to SATS shares of its Common Stock, as fees for the facility (the “PIK Shares”), consisting of (i)1,500,000 shares within 15 days of the Restatement Date, (ii) on the funding date of each draw, a number of shares having a value equal to 7.0% of the amount drawn, and (iii) upon any extension of maturity, a number of shares having a value equal to 7.0% of the principal then outstanding. For purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii), shares are valued at the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock for the 30 consecutive trading days preceding the Restatement Date. The PIK Shares replace the 520,000 shares of Common Stock that would have been issuable upon renewal of the Existing Note. The Company will pay cash in lieu of any PIK Shares that cannot be issued, including by reason of a limit under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market requiring stockholder approval.
The A&R Note matures on November 9, 2027, twelve months after the Restatement Date. The Company may, at its option, extend the maturity for one additional twelve-month period if no event of default is continuing, subject to the issuance of PIK Shares as described above. The Company may prepay the A&R Note at any time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty. As under the Existing Note, SATS may require the Company to prepay up to 25%,50%, and 100% of the outstanding principal if the price of bitcoin falls to or below$45,000,$40,000, and$37,000, respectively, which prepayment the Company may make in cash or, at its option, in bitcoin valued at the applicable trigger price, and SATS may require prepayment in full upon a change of control of the Company.
The A&R Note is a senior unsecured obligation of the Company. As of the Restatement Date, $13.0 million of principal was outstanding under the A&R Note, and the Company’s obligations thereunder will increase by the amount of any additional advances. It contains customary covenants, including a limitation on the incurrence of additional indebtedness in excess of $25.0 million(subject to exceptions, including for indebtedness incurred in connection with the Company’s credit card program) and a prohibition on the payment of dividends and the repurchase of the Company’s equity securities, subject to limited exceptions. The A&R Note also contains customary events of default, including payment defaults, covenant defaults, breaches of representations, failure to issue PIK Shares, bankruptcy events, the delisting of the Common Stock for ten consecutive trading days, and cross-defaults on other indebtedness in excess of $1.0 million. Upon an event of default, SATS may declare all amounts outstanding under the A&R Note immediately due and payable . As of September 30, 2026, the Company was in compliance with all covenants of the Existing Note and there have been no events of default during the period.
- STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock
Pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated February 14, 2025, the Board is authorized to issue 600,000,000 shares of Common Stock at a par value of$0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2026, the Company had 54.9 million shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had 48.5 million shares of Common Stock issued and 48.4 million shares of Common Stock outstanding. Any dividends declared on Common Stock will be subordinated to dividends on any outstanding preferred shares. Holders of Common Stock are entitled toone vote per share.
Preferred stock
Pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated February 14, 2025, the Board is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock at a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company hadno shares of convertible preferred stock issued and outstanding.
Warrants
As of September 30, 2026, Fold had the following equity-classified warrants: (1)12,434,658 public warrants related to legacy FTAC Emerald at an exercise price of $11.50; (2)869,565 Series A Warrants outstanding related to the June 2025 Amended Investor Note, at an exercise price of $12.50; and (3)925,590 March 2025 Warrants outstanding related to the March 2025 Investor Note at an exercise price of $15.00. As of December 31, 2025, Fold had the same equity-classified warrants outstanding, together with 869,565 Series C Warrants at an exercise price of$9.00.
The Series B warrants issued under the December 2024 SPA were exercised in connection with the Merger. The Series A Warrants remain outstanding following the extinguishment of the June 2025 Amended Investor Note in February 2026, and expire on February 14, 2033. The Series C Warrants expired unexercised on August 14, 2026, with no effect on the condensed statement of operations. The March 2025 Warrants remain outstanding following the extinguishment of the March 2025 Investor Note in February 2026, and expire on March 11, 2030.
The Series A warrants contain provisions that may reduce the exercise price, including upon certain issuances of Common Stock or equity-linked securities below the exercise price and upon a stock split or reverse stock split, and permit the holder to exercise on a cashless basis for 0.65 shares per warrant if the underlying shares are not registered and available for resale. Through September 30, 2026, no adjustment to the exercise price of the Series A Warrants occurred. In October 2026, in connection with the Company’s initial issuances of Common Stock under the CEF facility at $0.49 per share, the exercise price of the Series A Warrants was reduced from $12.50 to $0.49 per share pursuant to the warrants’ anti-dilution provisions.
2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Effective as of the Merger, the Board adopted the Fold Holdings, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"), pursuant to which 1,216,254 shares of the Company's Common Stock were initially reserved for issuance; such amount increases annually pursuant to an evergreen provision within the ESPP by a number of shares equal to 1% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the end of the fiscal year. The ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase shares of Common Stock at a discount through payroll deductions of up to 15% of their eligible compensation, subject to any plan or offering limitations. On August 1, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board (the "Compensation Committee") approved a series of successive offerings under the ESPP, each consisting of consecutive six-month offering periods that automatically commence each March 1 and September 1, unless cancelled or modified.
On the purchase date of each offering (that is, the last date of the offering period), eligible employees have the option to purchase (with accumulated payroll deductions) Common Stock at a price per share equal to 85% of the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the Common Stock on the enrollment date (that is, the first date of the offering period) or (ii) fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the purchase date of the offering. The estimated fair value of shares to be issued under our ESPP is calculated under the Black-Scholes model, as of the grant date.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2026,122,752 shares of Common Stock were purchased by eligible employees at an average purchase price of$0.82 per share, representing 85% of the lower of the fair market value of Common Stock on the enrollment date or the purchase date. Total stock-based compensation expense recognized in connection with the ESPP was nominal during the same period.
2025 Equity Line of Credit
On June 16, 2025, the Company entered into the Facility and a Registration Rights Agreement, each with SZOP Opportunities I LLC ("SZOP"). Pursuant to the Facility, the Company had the right to sell to SZOP up to the lesser of (i) $250 million of newly issued Fold Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (ii) the Exchange Cap (as defined in the Facility), from time to time during the 24-month term of the Facility. The execution and timing of sales of Common Stock pursuant to the Facility were solely at the option of the Company, and the Company was under no obligation to sell any securities to SZOP under the Facility.
The Company began delivering Advance Notices (as defined in the Facility) under the Facility in September 2025. During the three months ended September 30, 2026, the Company didnot sell any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Facility. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company sold 4.40 million shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Facility for gross proceeds of$3.2 million. During thenine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company recognized $0.2 million of amortization related to deferred issuance costs.
On August 27, 2026, the Company delivered written notice to SZOP, notifying them of the Company's election to terminate the Facility. In accordance with the termination provisions of the Facility, the termination became effective on September 3, 2026. As of the date of such notice, there were no outstanding Advance Notices under which the Company was obligated to issue shares of the Company's common stock to SZOP. The Company terminated the Facility to evaluate and pursue alternative financing. The Company did not incur any prepayment fees or penalties as a result of terminating the Facility. See the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 27, 2026 for further information.
2026 Committed Equity Facility
On September 4, 2026, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the "CEF Facility") and a related Registration Rights Agreement, each with Roth Principal Investments, LLC (the "Investor"), an affiliate of Roth Capital Partners, LLC. Pursuant to the CEF Facility, the Company has the right to sell to the Investor up to the lesser of (i) $25.0 million of newly issued Fold common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (ii) the Exchange Cap (as defined in the CEF Facility), from time to time during the 36-month term of the CEF Facility.
The execution and timing of sales of Common Stock pursuant to the CEF Facility are solely at the option of the Company, and the Company is under no obligation to sell any securities to the Investor under the CEF Facility. The total number of shares to be sold to the Investor is limited to the extent that the shares would not result in the Investor and its affiliates having shares in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99%, and further subject to the Exchange Cap under the CEF Facility. The purchase price of shares sold to the Investor will be equal to 97.0% of the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock during the applicable valuation period for Market Open and Intraday Purchases or 95.0% of the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for Pre-Market and Post-Market (Extended Hours) Purchases.
As part of the agreement, the Company agreed to pay a commitment fee of up to $500,000, which shall be paid for over time from sale proceeds from the CEF Facility, which is recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in capital as shares are sold. The Company determined that the right to sell shares of the Company's Common Stock to the Investor pursuant to the CEF Facility represents a freestanding put option under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The fair value of the put option was determined to be zero as the shares to be issued and the purchase price are settled within one to two business days. As of September 30, 2026, the Company hadnot sold shares of Common Stock pursuant to the CEF Facility.
- SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE
Prior to the Merger, Fold Predecessor granted Restricted Stock Awards ("RSAs") and Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) under the Fold, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Equity Plan”). In connection with the Merger, the Company adopted the 2025 Incentive Award Plan (the "2025 Equity Plan") and the ESPP which became effective immediately on the date of the Merger. See Note 8 for further information regarding the Company's ESPP. Collectively, the 2019 Equity Plan and 2025 Equity Plan are referred to as the "Equity Plans".
Following the Merger, no further awards may be granted under the 2019 Equity Plan; however, awards granted under that plan will remain subject to the terms and conditions of the 2019 Equity Plan. Under the 2025 Equity Plan, an aggregate number of shares equal to the sum of (i)10% of the fully-diluted shares of Fold Holdings, Inc. Common Stock as of the Closing, (ii) the number of shares that remained available for issuance under the 2019 Equity Plan as of the Closing and (iii) the number of shares that were subject to awards under the 2019 Equity Plan as of the Closing and which, following the Closing, became available for grant under the 2025 Equity Plan, were initially reserved under the 2025 Equity Plan.
The purpose of the Equity Plans is to offer select Participants (defined as employees, consultants, or outside directors) the opportunity to acquire equity in the Company through the awards of Options, RSAs, Stock Appreciation Rights, RSUs, and Other Stock Awards (collectively and individually, “Awards”). RSUs are Awards of an unfunded and unsecured right to receive shares of Common Stock
(or cash or a combination of shares of Common Stock and cash, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board) upon settlement of the Award. RSAs are Awards of restricted shares of Company Common Stock. Each Award may or may not be subject to vesting. Vesting occurs upon satisfaction of the conditions specified in each individual award agreement. As of September 30, 2026, the Company hasnot issued any Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, or Other Stock Awards through the Equity Plans.
Restricted Stock Units
Prior to the Merger, Fold Predecessor's RSUs had two vesting conditions: a service condition that is typically satisfied based on the grantee's continuous service over 48 months with aone-year cliff vesting requirement (though some RSUs have been granted with different service-vesting schedules, including without the one-year cliff), and a performance condition related to the consummation of a liquidity event defined in the award agreements as the first to occur of a change of control or the first sale of Common Stock pursuant to an IPO. The Merger with FTAC Emerald on February 14, 2025 was deemed to have satisfied the performance condition criteria. Following the Merger, the Company's RSUs are subject to vesting requirements of each individual Award grant, which will typically include only a service condition based on the grantee's continuous service over 48 months with aone-year cliff vesting requirement.
On February 14, 2025, upon Closing of the Merger, each outstanding Fold Predecessor RSU award was converted into an Award of RSUs covering a number of shares of Common Stock of Fold Holdings, Inc. determined by multiplying (i) the number of shares of Fold Predecessor Common Stock subject to the Fold Predecessor RSU Award immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger by (ii) ~82.5% (rounded down to the nearest whole share). As the Merger was deemed to have satisfied the performance vesting condition under the RSU Awards,1.4 million Fold Predecessor RSUs vested upon the Closing of the Merger, resulting in the recognition of share-based compensation expense totaling $4.4 million with a weighted average grant date fair value of $3.37 for RSUs vested during the period.
The Company recognized $1.7 million and $5.1 million of share-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, respectively. The Company recognized $1.6 million and $8.5 million of share-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, which included $4.4 million of share-based compensation expense that was immediately recognized due to the performance condition being satisfied on February 14, 2025. There was $12.6 million of unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to unvested awards as of September 30, 2026. The unrecognized compensation expense will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the weighted average vesting period of 2.63 years.
Restricted Stock Award
The Company's awarded RSAs are not subject to any performance condition vesting requirements and are instead subject only to service conditions. We recordedno share-based compensation expense for thenine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025. There wasno unrecognized compensation expense related to RSAs as of September 30, 2026 or December 31, 2025. There wereno additional RSAs granted during thenine months ended September 30, 2026 or September 30, 2025.
Determination of fair value
The initial value of the Awards on the dates that the RSUs and RSAs were granted was determined based on the underlying value of Fold Predecessor’s Common Stock. As securities of a private company, the Fold Predecessor's Common Stock was valued by performing an enterprise valuation using a guideline public company market approach method. This method leverages an analysis of publicly traded peers to develop relevant market multiples and ratios applied to the Company’s historical and expected cash flows. As a public company, the fair value of our Common Stock is determined on the grant date using the closing price of our Common Stock, which is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
RSU and RSA activity
The following table summarizes RSU and RSA share activity under the Equity Plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
| RSUs | RSAs | |
|---|---|---|
| Shares nonvested at January 1, 2026 | 3,590,873 | - |
| Granted | 2,843,562 | - |
| Vested | (1,477,075) | - |
| Forfeited | (105,574) | - |
| Shares nonvested at September 30, 2026 | 4,851,786 | - |
| RSUs | RSAs | |
| Shares nonvested at January 1, 2025 | 2,098,620 | 17,270 |
| Granted | 3,426,086 | - |
| Vested | (1,650,367) | (17,270) |
| Forfeited | (149,281) | - |
| Shares nonvested at September 30, 2025 | 3,725,058 | - |
- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation
From time to time, the Company may be subject to, or pursue, other claims, inquiries, or legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. While the outcome of any future matter is inherently uncertain, we do not currently expect that any such matters, if they were to arise, would have a material adverse effect on our condensed financial position, liquidity, capital resources, or results of operations.
In connection with the chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of Prime Core Technologies, Inc. (“Prime Core”), on August 14, 2025, the Company was named as a defendant in a proceeding pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (PCT Litigation Trust v. Fold Holdings, Inc., Adv. Pro. No. 25-52024 (JKS)), pursuant to which the litigation trust for Prime Core (“PCT Litigation Trust”) sought avoidance and recovery of alleged preferential transfers.
On June 30, 2026, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the PCT Litigation Trust, without any admission of liability by the Company. Under the terms of the settlement, the Company agreed to pay 23.5 bitcoin in full and final satisfaction of the claims asserted, with payment due within 30 days of the agreement's effective date. The PCT Litigation Trust agreed to dismiss its proceeding against us with prejudice upon receipt of payment, and the parties provided each other with mutual releases. As of June 30, 2026, the Company recorded an accrued liability of approximately $1.4 million, representing the U.S. dollar value of the settlement payment based on the closing price of bitcoin as of the agreement's execution date, consistent with the valuation methodology specified in the settlement agreement. On July 6, 2026, the Company remitted 23.5 bitcoin to the PCT Litigation Trust in satisfaction of the accrued liability described above.
- INCOME TAXES
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company had net losses before income taxes of $2.6 million and $41.5 million, respectively, and a nominal amount of income tax expense. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company had net income and net losses before income taxes of $0.6 million and $34.9 million, respectively, and a nominal amount of income tax expense. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized nominal income tax expense instead of an income tax benefit at the expected federal tax rate of 21% due to certain losses that are not deductible for tax purposes and an increase in the valuation allowance, partially offset by the effect of state income taxes.
As of September 30, 2026, the Company has federal and state net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards available to offset future taxable income. Section 382 imposes an annual limitation on the amount of taxable income that can be offset by NOLs following a greater than 50% ownership change by 5% shareholders over a rolling three-year period. As of September 30, 2026, the Company has not completed a study to assess Section 382. Until this analysis is complete, no assurance can be given that the Company will be able to fully utilize its NOL carryforwards. If a limitation is determined to apply, it could materially impact the Company’s ability to offset future taxable income and reduce future cash tax obligations. The Company will update this disclosure in future filings as more information becomes available.
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") was enacted in the US. The OBBBA contains, among other provisions, certain changes to U.S. federal income tax laws. The accounting for changes in tax rates and tax law are required to be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted. The OBBBA has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2026 and others implemented through 2027. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the OBBBA on its financial statements.
- FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis are classified as Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 as follows:
| Total · Level 1 · Level 2 · Level 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets: | |||||||
| Digital assets | $20,653,640 | $20,653,640 | $ | - | $ | - | |
| Total assets | $20,653,640 | $20,653,640 | $ | - | $ | - | |
| Liabilities: | |||||||
| Customer rewards liability | $6,388,310 | $ | - | $ | - | $6,388,310 | |
| February 2026 Investor Note - embedded derivative | 135 | - | - | 135 | |||
| Total liabilities | $6,388,445 | $ | - | $ | - | $6,388,445 | |
| Total · Level 1 · Level 2 · Level 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets: | |||||||
| Digital assets | $140,531,660 | $140,531,660 | $ | - | $ | - | |
| Total assets | $140,531,660 | $140,531,660 | $ | - | $ | - | |
| Liabilities: | |||||||
| Customer rewards liability | $6,872,869 | $ | - | $ | - | $6,872,869 | |
| March 2025 Investor Note | 47,207,556 | - | - | 47,207,556 | |||
| Total liabilities | $54,080,425 | $ | - | $ | - | $54,080,425 | |
The fair value of our digital assets was determined using the Level 1 input of bitcoin prices in the market we determined to be the principal market as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
Customer rewards liability
The customer rewards liability is classified as a Level 3 financial instrument within the fair value hierarchy primarily due to the reward forfeiture rate applied to the value of the bitcoin obligation, which is an unobservable input to the fair value measurement. The Company has determined the bitcoin price based on its value in the market we determined to be the principal market for the related digital asset as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, which is considered a Level 1 input. The forfeiture rate is then applied to reflect an estimated breakage rate of rewards that have been forfeited based on the contractual terms and conditions of our Rewards Program and historical trends of forfeiture rates on athree-year trailing basis. The estimated forfeiture rate applied to our customer rewards liability for the periods ended September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was 10%.
Convertible Note
In February 2026, the Company repaid the March 2025 Investor Note through the delivery of 500 bitcoin. Because the note was extinguished via a fixed delivery of bitcoin, the Company determined that the spot price of bitcoin on the repayment date represented the best estimate of fair value immediately prior to settlement. The resulting fair value adjustment, measured as the difference between the December 31, 2025 fair value and the settlement-date fair value, was recorded in the change in fair value of the convertible note within the condensed statements of operations.
The following table summarizes the changes in fair value associated with Level 3 convertible note financial instruments held at the beginning or end of the periods presented:
| Convertible Note | ||
|---|---|---|
| Balance at January 1, 2025 | $ | - |
| Additions | 46,279,500 | |
| Fair value adjustment - day one loss on issuance of debt | 12,753,994 | |
| Fair value adjustment - change in fair value | 1,716,689 | |
| Balance at September 30, 2025 | $60,750,183 | |
| Fair value adjustment - change in fair value | (13,542,627) | |
| Balance at December 31, 2025 | $47,207,556 | |
| Fair value adjustment - change in fair value | (13,200,089) | |
| Settlement - delivery of 500 bitcoin | (34,007,467) | |
| Balance at September 30, 2026 | $ | - |
Embedded Derivative
The fair value of the bifurcated derivative liability associated with the February 2026 Investor Note (refer to Note 7) was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation model, which requires the use of several inputs and significant assumptions, including the risk-free rate, bitcoin price volatility, the Company's enterprise value volatility, and the correlation between bitcoin returns and the Company's enterprise value returns.
Fair value measurements associated with the bifurcated derivative were determined based on significant inputs not observable in the market, which represent Level 3 measurements within the fair value hierarchy. Increases and decreases in the fair value of the derivative can result from updates to assumptions such as the price of bitcoin, the probability and timing of the mandatory prepayment triggers being exercised, or changes in the risk-free rate, among other assumptions.
- CUSTODY OF DIGITAL ASSETS
Fold partners with BitGo Bank & Trust, National Association (f/k/a BitGo Trust Company, Inc.), a federally chartered national trust bank (“BitGo”), who is a qualified custodian. We do not own digital assets held in a custodial capacity on behalf of our customers. We maintain internal record keeping of those assets and are obligated to safeguard the assets. We do not hold the cryptographic key information on behalf of our customers. The qualified custodian used by Fold holds our customer cryptographic key information. We are not aware of any actual or possible safeguarding loss events requiring recognition under ASC 450-20, Loss Contingencies, as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 or year ended December 31, 2025.
The fair value of customer digital assets held by our qualified custodian totaled $25.5 million and $21.3 million at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. These assets are not recorded in the Company's balance sheets. Similarly, as the Company has an obligation to safeguard these assets, it has a corresponding unrecorded liability of $25.5 million and $21.3 million at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Since the risk of loss is remote, the Company didnot record a contingent liability at September 30, 2026 or December 31, 2025. The Company has no reason to believe it will incur any expense associated with such potential liability because it has no known or historical experience of claims to use as a basis of measurement, and it accounts for and continually verifies the amount of digital assets within its qualified custodians' control.
- NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding adjusted for the dilutive effect of all potential shares of Common Stock. In periods when the Company reported a net loss, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share because the effects of potentially dilutive items were anti-dilutive.
As described in Note 1, the Company consummated the Merger on February 14, 2025. The Company accounted for the Merger as a reverse recapitalization. Net income (loss) per share calculations for all periods prior to the Merger have been retrospectively adjusted by the Exchange Ratio for the equivalent number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Merger to effect the reverse recapitalization. The Exchange Ratio was calculated as the quotient of (a) the Aggregate Merger Consideration, divided by (b) the number of shares of Fold Fully Diluted Capital Stock as defined in the Merger Agreement. Subsequent to the Merger, net income (loss) per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |
| Basic net income (loss) per share: | ||||
| Numerator: | ||||
| Net income (loss) | $(2,649,889) | $554,242 | $(41,469,352) | $(34,899,390) |
| Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $(2,649,889) | $554,242 | $(41,469,352) | $(34,899,390) |
| Denominator: | ||||
| Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted | 54,841,913 | 46,911,561 | 51,629,478 | 39,781,781 |
| Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $(0.05) | $0.01 | $(0.80) | $(0.88) |
The following potential Common Stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented:
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |
| Unvested restricted stock units (1) | 4,851,786 | 3,725,058 | 4,851,786 | 3,725,058 |
| Convertible notes (2) | - | 5,924,582 | - | 5,924,582 |
| Investor warrants (3) | 14,229,813 | 15,099,378 | 14,229,813 | 15,099,378 |
| Employee stock purchase plan (4) | 4,121 | - | 1,374 | - |
| Total anti-dilutive securities | 19,085,720 | 24,749,018 | 19,082,973 | 24,749,018 |
(1) Potentially dilutive securities attributable to outstanding unvested restricted stock units are excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share as the effect of the incremental Common Stock would be anti-dilutive and are therefore excluded from the income (loss) per share calculation.
(2) The June 2025 Amended Note contained a conversion feature that allowed the investor the option to convert the June 2025 Amended Note in exchange for 2,222,222 shares of Common Stock. The March 2025 Investor Note contained a conversion feature that allowed the investor the option to convert in exchange for 3,702,360 shares of Common Stock. The effect of the incremental Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of these notes was anti-dilutive based on Fold's average share price for the three andnine months ended September 30, 2025 and was therefore excluded from the income (loss) per share calculation.
(3) As of September 30, 2026, the Company had (1)12,434,658 public warrants related to legacy FTAC Emerald at an exercise price of $11.50; (2)869,565 Series A Warrants, at an exercise price of $12.50; and (3)925,590 March 2025 Warrants outstanding at an exercise price of $15.00. As of September 30, 2025, the Company also had 869,565 Series C Warrants outstanding at an exercise price of $9.00, which expired on August 14, 2026. These warrants are considered anti-dilutive based on Fold's average share price for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, and are therefore excluded from the income (loss) per share calculation.
(4) Potentially dilutive securities attributable to the employee stock purchase plan are excluded from the calculation of diluted shares outstanding as of September 30, 2026. The effect of the incremental Common Stock would be anti-dilutive and therefore excluded from the loss per share calculation.
- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events, if any, that would require an adjustment to the Company’s financial statements or require disclosure in the notes to the financial statements through November 10, 2026, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Where applicable, the notes to these financial statements have been updated to discuss significant subsequent events which have occurred.
Additionally, the Company identified the following subsequent events for disclosure:
On October 22, 2026, at a special meeting of stockholders, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock at a ratio of not less than 1-for-2 and not more than 1-for-50, with the exact ratio and timing to be determined by the Board. As of the date these condensed financial statements were issued, the Board had not yet determined whether to proceed with a reverse stock split or any potential ratio thereof. The Company intends to effect the reverse stock split, if at all, in order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) before the end of the compliance period on January 11, 2027 (see Part II, Item 1A).
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