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Strive, Inc.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 19, 2026.

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FY2025 · Filed Mar 19, 2026

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Previous report: 10-K

Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-03-31.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

Current report: 10-K

Period ended 2025-12-31; filed 2026-03-19.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

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Any investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Investors should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impact us, our business, or bitcoin holdings, or our securities.

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If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, or results of operations could be materially adversely affected. In such case, the market price of our Class A Common Stock and our SATA Stock, which we refer to collectively as our “listed securities,” could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

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On February 6, 2026, we completed a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of our Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (the "Reverse Stock Split"). See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Reverse Stock Split, to the Consolidated Financial Statements, for further information. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, all applicable share and per share information presented within this Item 1A. Risk Factors has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.

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Risks Related to Our Business

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We were formed in 2022 and started formulating and executing on our business plan at that time. In addition, we announced our plan to launch a bitcoin treasury strategy in May 2025, and our management team has a limited operating history of investing in and holding bitcoin. We have since implemented this strategy, holding approximately 7,627 bitcoin as of December 31, 2025. We cannot provide assurances that we will be able to operate our business successfully or implement our operating policies and strategies, including with respect to our bitcoin treasury strategy, as described elsewhere herein. We may encounter risks and challenges frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly developing industries, including risks related to our ability to:

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•maintain a bitcoin treasury strategy, including with respect to the financing, acquisition and custody of bitcoin;

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•identify and successfully implement alpha-generating strategies, such as the identification and acquisition of bitcoin-related products, including junior tranches of bitcoin-backed credit structures or the acquisition of target companies at a purchase price discount to their book value or cash assets;

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•improve our current operational infrastructure and non-platform technology to support our growth, including our bitcoin treasury strategy, and to respond to the evolution of our market and competitors’ developments;

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•further trust with future investors and partners with respect to our bitcoin treasury business;

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•distinguish ourselves from competitors in the bitcoin treasury business and our other businesses and navigate political issues;

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•respond appropriately to changes in the price of bitcoin, the price of which has been, and will likely continue to be, highly volatile;

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•respond to complex, evolving, stringent, contradictory industry standards and government regulation on an international scale that impact our businesses, including our bitcoin treasury strategy;

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•maintain and grow our existing asset management operations;

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•identify, complete and integrate acquisitions;

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•prevent, detect, respond to, or mitigate failures or breaches of privacy and security, including with respect to our bitcoin and our custodial partners;

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•hire and retain qualified and motivated employees;

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•respond to varying general economic, industry and market conditions; and

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•address the other factors described in this section.

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If we are unable to do so, our business may suffer, our revenue and operating results may decline and we may not be able to achieve further growth or sustain profitability.

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We have a history of operating losses as our business has grown. If we are unable to achieve greater revenues than our operating costs or reduce operating costs, we will continue to incur operating losses, which could result in the need to raise additional capital to support our operating business and negatively impact our operations, strategy and financial performance.

Current report

We began our historical operating business in 2022 and have had operating losses in each year as the business has grown. We have a limited operating history upon which an evaluation of the historical business and our prospects can be based. We may be subject to many risks common to new and growing businesses, including under-capitalization, cash shortages, limitations with respect to personnel, financial and other resources and lack of revenues. There is no assurance that we will be successful in achieving a return on an investment or meeting other metrics of success. Our future business plans, including with respect to our bitcoin treasury strategy, require substantial expenses in the establishment and operation of our business, and there can be no assurance that subsequent operational objectives will be achieved. We do not expect our historical businesses to generate return on investment sufficient to support our bitcoin strategy. Our success with respect to its bitcoin treasury strategy will ultimately depend on our ability to raise capital. If we do not achieve our operational objectives, and to the extent that we do not raise capital or generate cash flow and income, our financial performance and long-term viability may be materially and adversely affected.

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Bitcoin is a novel asset, and subject to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty.

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Bitcoin is relatively novel and subject to significant uncertainty, which could adversely impact its price. The application of state and federal securities laws and other laws and regulations to digital assets such as bitcoin is unclear in certain respects, and it is possible that regulators in the United States or foreign countries may interpret or apply existing laws and regulations in a manner that adversely affects the price of bitcoin or the ability of individuals or institutions such as ourselves to own or transfer bitcoin.

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The U.S. federal government, states, regulatory agencies and foreign countries may also enact new laws and regulations that could materially impact the price of bitcoin or the ability of individuals or institutions such as ourselves to own or transfer bitcoin. Within the past several years, the European Union adopted Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (“MiCA”), a comprehensive digital asset regulatory framework for the issuance and use of digital assets, like bitcoin, the United Kingdom adopted and implemented the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (“FSMA 2023”), which regulates market activities in “cryptoassets,” and in China, the People’s Bank of China and the National Development and Reform Commission have outlawed cryptocurrency mining and declared all cryptocurrency transactions illegal within the country. While the current U.S. administration has expressed support regarding the development and use of digital assets, and the U.S. federal government enacted the Genius Act in July 2025, which provide a regulatory framework for the issuance of “Payment stablecoins”, additional regulatory frameworks and timeline for implementation are still to be developed.

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In addition, federal, state and foreign governments and regulatory agencies may pursue regulatory, enforcement or judicial actions. For example, in June 2023, the SEC filed complaints against Binance Holdings Ltd. and Coinbase, Inc., and their respective affiliated entities, relating to, among other claims, that each party was operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer, and clearing agency, and in November 2023, the SEC filed a complaint against Payward Inc. and Payward Ventures Inc., together known as Kraken, alleging, among other claims, that Kraken’s crypto trading platform was operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer, and clearing agency. In November 2023, Binance Holdings Ltd. and its then chief executive officer reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, CFTC, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to resolve a multi-year investigation by the agencies and a civil suit brought by the CFTC, pursuant to which Binance Holdings Ltd. agreed to, among other things, pay $4.3 billion in penalties across the four agencies and to discontinue its operations in the United States.

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It is not possible to predict whether, or when, new laws will be enacted that change the legal framework governing digital assets such as bitcoin or provide additional authorities to the SEC or other regulators, or whether, or when, any other federal, state or foreign legislative bodies will take any similar actions. It is also not possible to predict the nature of any such additional laws or authorities, how additional legislation or regulatory oversight might impact the ability of digital asset markets to function, the willingness of financial and other institutions to continue to provide services to the digital assets industry, or how any new laws or regulations, or changes to existing laws or regulations, might impact the value of digital assets generally and bitcoin specifically. The consequences of any new law or regulation relating to digital assets and digital asset activities could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin, as well as our ability to hold or transact in bitcoin, and in turn adversely affect the market price of our securities. Moreover, the risks of engaging in a bitcoin strategy are relatively novel and have created, and could continue to create, complications due to the lack of experience that third parties have with companies engaging in such a strategy, such as increased costs of director and officer liability insurance or the potential inability to obtain such coverage on acceptable terms in the future. The growth of the digital assets industry in general, and the use and acceptance of bitcoin in particular, may also impact the price of bitcoin and is subject to a high degree of uncertainty. The pace of worldwide growth in the adoption and use of bitcoin may depend, for instance, on public familiarity with digital assets, ease of buying, accessing or gaining exposure to bitcoin, institutional demand for bitcoin as an investment asset, the participation of traditional financial institutions in the digital assets industry, consumer demand for bitcoin as a store of value or means of payment, and the availability and popularity of alternatives to bitcoin. Even if growth in bitcoin adoption occurs in the near or medium term, there is no assurance that bitcoin usage will continue to grow over the long term.

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Our proposed bitcoin strategy will subject us to enhanced regulatory oversight.

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Several spot bitcoin ETPs have received approval from the SEC to list their shares on a U.S. national securities exchange with continuous share creation and redemption at net asset value. Even though we do not intend to be, nor intend to function in the manner of, a spot bitcoin ETP, it is possible that we nevertheless could face regulatory scrutiny from the SEC or other federal or state agencies due to our bitcoin holdings.

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In addition, there has been increasing focus on the extent to which digital assets such as bitcoin can be used to launder the proceeds of illegal activities, fund criminal or terrorist activities, or circumvent sanctions regimes, including those sanctions imposed in response to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. While we are implementing and expect to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance with applicable anti-money laundering and sanctions laws and regulations and take care to only acquire bitcoin through entities subject to anti-money laundering regulation and related compliance rules in the United States, if we are found to have purchased any bitcoin from bad actors that have used bitcoin to launder money or persons subject to sanctions, we may be subject to regulatory proceedings and any further transactions or dealings in bitcoin by us may be restricted or prohibited. We may also incur indebtedness or enter into other financial instruments in the future that may be collateralized by our bitcoin holdings.

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We may pursue strategies to create income streams or otherwise generate funds using our bitcoin holdings. These types of bitcoin-related transactions are the subject of enhanced regulatory oversight. These and any other bitcoin-related transactions that we may enter into, beyond simply acquiring and holding bitcoin, may subject us to additional regulatory compliance requirements and scrutiny, including under federal and state and foreign money services regulations, money transmitter licensing requirements and various commodity and securities laws and regulations. Additional laws, guidance and policies may be issued by domestic and foreign regulators following the filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by FTX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, in November 2022. In addition, private actors that are wary of bitcoin or the regulatory concerns associated with bitcoin have in the past taken and may in the future take further actions that may have an adverse effect on our business or the market price of our future securities.

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The broader digital assets industry in which bitcoin exists is subject to counterparty risks, which could adversely impact the adoption rate, price, and use of bitcoin.

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A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry have highlighted the counterparty risks applicable to owning and transacting in digital assets. Such events could adversely impact our access to any bitcoin we acquire and negatively impact the adoption rate and use of bitcoin. Additional bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions or other events involving participants in the digital assets industry in the future may further negatively impact the adoption rate, price, and use of bitcoin, limit the availability to us of financing collateralized by bitcoin, or create or expose additional counterparty risks.

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Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset, and fluctuations in the price of bitcoin are likely to influence our financial results and the market price of our listed securities.

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Our financial results and the market price of our listed securities, would be adversely affected, and our business and financial condition would be negatively impacted, if the price of bitcoin decreased substantially (as it has as recently as January and February 2026), including as a result of:

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•investment and trading activities, such as trading activities of highly active retail and institutional users, speculators, miners and investors;

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•actual or expected significant dispositions of bitcoin by large holders, including the expected liquidation of digital assets associated with entities that have filed for bankruptcy protection and the transfer and sale of bitcoin associated with significant hacks, seizures, or forfeitures, such as the transfers of bitcoin to creditors of Mt. Gox and Bitfinex, and liquidation of seized assets of Movie2k and the Silk Road marketplace;

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•actual or perceived manipulation of the spot or derivative markets for bitcoin or spot bitcoin ETPs;

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•negative publicity, media or social media coverage, or sentiment due to events in or relating to, or perception of, bitcoin or the broader digital assets industry, for example, (i) public perception that bitcoin can be used as a vehicle to circumvent sanctions, including sanctions imposed on Russia or certain regions related to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, or to fund criminal or terrorist activities, such as the purported use of digital assets by Hamas to fund its terrorist attack against Israel in October 2023; (ii) expected or pending civil, criminal, regulatory enforcement or other high-profile actions against major participants in the bitcoin ecosystem, including the SEC’s enforcement actions against Coinbase, Inc. and Binance Holdings Ltd.; (iii) additional filings for bankruptcy protection or bankruptcy proceedings of major digital asset industry participants, such as the bankruptcy proceeding of FTX Trading and its affiliates; and (iv) the actual or perceived environmental impact of bitcoin and related activities, including environmental concerns raised by private individuals, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and other actors related to the energy resources consumed in the bitcoin mining process;

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•developments relating to the bitcoin protocol, including (i) changes to the bitcoin protocol that impact its security, speed, scalability, usability, or value, such as changes to the cryptographic security protocol underpinning the bitcoin blockchain, changes to the maximum number of bitcoin outstanding, changes to the mutability of transactions, changes relating to the size of blockchain blocks, and similar changes, (ii) failures to make upgrades to the bitcoin protocol to adapt to security, technological, legal or other challenges, and (iii) changes to the bitcoin protocol that introduce software bugs, security risks or other elements that adversely affect bitcoin, or disruptions, failures, unavailability, or interruptions in service of trading venues for bitcoin, such as, for example, the announcement by the digital asset exchange FTX Trading that it would freeze withdrawals and transfers from its accounts and subsequent filing for bankruptcy protection and the SEC enforcement action brought against Binance

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Holdings Ltd., which initially sought to freeze all of its assets during the pendency of the enforcement action and has since resulted in Binance discontinuing all fiat deposits and withdrawals in the United States.;

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

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An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully read and consider all of the risks described below, together with all of the other information contained or referred to in this Annual Report, before making an investment decision with respect to our securities. If any of the following events occur, our financial condition, business and results of operations (including cash flows) may be materially adversely affected. In that event, the market price of our shares could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

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The Company is an early, startup stage entity with little operating history. The revenue and income potential of the Company’s business and market are unproven. The Company’s limited operating history makes an evaluation of the Company and its prospects difficult and highly speculative. There can be no assurances that: (a) The Company will be able to develop products or services on a timely and cost effective basis; (b) the Company will be able to generate any increase in revenues; (c) the Company will have adequate financing or resources to continue operating its business and to provide services to customers; (d) the Company will earn a profit; (e) the Company can raise sufficient capital to support operations by attaining profitability; or (f) the Company can satisfy future liabilities.

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The Company may experience negative cash flow.

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We had a net loss for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. The Company intends to increase expenditures to develop its business and, as a result, may continue to incur losses. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve significant revenues or profitability. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise additional capital on acceptable terms and conditions, if at all. In the event the Company does achieve rapid sales growth and raise additional capital to fund its current liabilities and burn rate, there is a risk that the Company could fail. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to retain or attract qualified personnel if it is not able to get to profitability in the foreseeable future.

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The Company may need to raise additional capital to support its operations.

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The Company may need to procure additional financing over time, the amount and timing of which will depend on a number of factors, including the pace of expansion of the Company’s opportunities and customer base, the scope of service development to be undertaken by the Company, the need to respond to customer needs for improvement of service offerings, the services offered and development efforts, the cash flow generated by its operations, the extent of losses, if any with respect to matters identified as risk factors herein and the extent of other unanticipated areas or amounts of expenditure. The Company cannot fully predict the extent to which it will require additional financing. There can be no assurance regarding the availability or terms of additional financing the Company may be able to procure over time. Any new investor may require that any future debt financing or issuance of preferred equity by the Company could be senior to the rights of stockholders, and any future issuance of equity could result in the dilution of the value of our shares.

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The Company may incur significant losses, and there can be no assurance that the Company will ever become a profitable business.

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We had a net loss for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. It is anticipated that the Company may continue to sustain operating losses. Its ability to become and/or remain profitable depends in material part on success in growing and expanding the Company’s products and services. There can be no assurance that this will occur. Unanticipated problems and expenses often encountered in offering new and unique products or services may impact whether the Company is successful. Furthermore, the Company may encounter substantial unexpected expenses related to development, technological changes, marketing, insurance, legal or regulatory requirements and changes to such requirements or other unforeseen difficulties. There can be no assurance that the Company will become or remain profitable. If the Company sustains losses over a period of time, it may be unable to continue in business.

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The Company’s future revenue and operating results are unpredictable and may fluctuate significantly.

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We had a net loss for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. It is difficult to accurately forecast the Company’s revenues and operating results, and they could continue to fluctuate in the future due to a number of factors. These factors may include: Acceptance of the Company’s products and services; the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures; competition from other market venues or services that may reduce market share and create pricing pressure; and adverse changes in general economic, industry and regulatory conditions and requirements. The Company’s operating results may fluctuate from year to year due to the factors listed above, others described in Part II Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, or not listed. At times, these fluctuations may be significant.

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If we are unable to maintain our good standing with the social media platforms where we operate, our business will suffer.

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We expect to generate substantially all of our revenue through social media, marketing agreements, and performing services in connection with social media platforms. Any deterioration in our relationship with these social media platforms would harm our business. We will be subject to Discord’s, TikTok’s, Instagram’s, YouTube’s, X’s, Apple’s and Google’s standard terms and conditions, which govern the promotion, distribution and operation of the various aspects of the operations of the Company. In particular, without being able to use TikTok and other dominant social media as platforms for our social influencers to disseminate marketing and other content, we may not succeed. In July 2021, our co-founder, Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Marketing Officer, Kyle Fairbanks, was temporarily banned from TikTok for posting a comment that TikTok had determined had violated its terms of service. Although Mr. Fairbanks’s comment was about the Robinhood/GameStop meme stock phenomenon and Mr. Fairbanks believed that he was merely “looking out for the little guy” when he posted the comment in support of the retail investors, TikTok imposed a temporary ban on Mr. Fairbanks. Although TikTok subsequently lifted its ban on Mr. Fairbanks and Mr. Fairbanks has not experienced similar issues since the incident, there is no assurance that TikTok or any other service will permit our key influencers like Mr. Fairbanks from using their services in the future.

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Our business would also be harmed if:

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In addition, these companies have broad discretion to change their terms of service and other policies with respect to us, and those changes may be unfavorable to us. Any such changes in the future could significantly alter how users experience our product and services and interact with our application or in our community, which may harm our business.

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The regulation of social media services, and the ban of TikTok in the United States in particular, may threaten our ability to market and promote our services effectively.

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As laws and regulations and public opinion rapidly evolve to govern the use of social media platforms, our ability to use certain platforms, including TikTok in particular, as marketing tools may become limited, restricted or more expensive or complicated, which could adversely impact our business and operating results. On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law the PAFACA Act requiring TikTok’s parent company to sell TikTok by January 19, 2025 or face a total ban in the United States. On January 20, 2025, President Trump instructed the Attorney General of the United States not to take any action to enforce the PAFACA Act for a period of 75 days. There can be no assurance that TikTok’s parent company will sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner or that the PAFACA Act will not be enforced.

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Our business has relied on the ability of our social influencers to use social media in general, and TikTok in particular, to reach its target consumers. We have also expended resources to acquire assets such as the TikTok Money Machine and use our status as a TikTok Shop Partner to expand our services and generate revenues. The loss of access to these platforms by these consumers due to the PAFACA Act or other legal restrictions, could threaten our ability to market and promote our services effectively and cause material adverse effects to our business prospects. In addition, the failure by us, our employees, our network of social media influencers, or third parties acting at our direction to abide by applicable laws and regulations in the use of social media platforms or otherwise, including intellectual property laws and tax reporting and compliance requirements, could subject us to regulatory investigations, class action lawsuits, liability, taxes, fines or other penalties and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

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Risks relating to the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFT industries may cause material adverse effects on our business operations.

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If demand for our services does not develop as expected, our projected revenues and profits will be affected.

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Our future profits are influenced by many factors, including economics, technology advancements, and world events and changing customer preferences. We believe that the markets for our services will continue to grow, that we will be successful in marketing our services in these markets. If our expectations as to the size of these markets and our ability to sell our products and services in this market are not correct, our revenue may not materialize and our business will be adversely affected.

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The Company will be subject to risk associated with the development of new products or services.

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The Company’s business objectives contemplate ongoing development of new processes, products, services and applications. There can be no assurance that the Company will have sufficient funds available to fund any of these projects or that the projects will be completed on time or within budget. It is likely that certain, if not many, of the aspects of the business objectives will not proceed as contemplated.

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The Company may not be able to create and maintain a competitive advantage, given the rapid technological and other competitive changes affecting all markets nationally and worldwide. The Company’s success will depend on its ability to keep pace with any such changes.

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The potential markets for the Company’s products and services are characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, frequent enhancements to existing services, the introduction of new services and products, and changing customer demands. The Company’s success could depend on the Company’s ability to respond to changing standards and technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis. In addition, any failure by the Company to anticipate or respond adequately to changes in technology and customer preferences could have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, operating results and cash flow.

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The technology area is subject to rapid change, and there are risks associated with new products and services.

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Software-driven products and services are characterized by rapidly changing technology. The Company’s products and services may require continual improvement in order to satisfy the demand by the Company’s customers for new features and capabilities. The Company’s future success will depend upon its ability to introduce products and services and to add new features and enhancements that keep pace with technological and market developments. The development of new services and products and the enhancement of existing services and products entail significant technical risks. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in (i) developing, maintaining and improving one or more products; (ii) effectively using new technologies; (iii) adapting its services and products to emerging industry standards; or (iv) developing, introducing and marketing service and product enhancements or new services and products. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the Company will not experience difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful development, introduction or marketing of these services and products, or that its new service and product enhancements will adequately satisfy the requirements of the marketplace and achieve market acceptance. If the Company is unable, for technical or other reasons, to develop and introduce new services and products or enhancements of existing services and products in a timely manner in response to changing market conditions or customer requirements, or if new services and products do not achieve market acceptance, the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

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If our paying subscribers are not satisfied with our Discord subscription services, we may face additional cost, loss of profit opportunities, damage to our reputation, or legal liability.

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We depend, to a large extent, on our relationships with our Discord servers’ paying subscribers, and our reputation for high-quality education and entertainment material. If a paying subscriber is not satisfied with our services, it could cause us to incur additional costs and impair profitability, loss of the paying subscriber relationship, or legal liability. For example, although we prominently warn paying subscribers and all other members that our investment education and entertainment content should not be relied upon for making investment decisions, a paying subscriber may claim that they suffered losses due to reliance on our investment education and entertainment content, which poses risks of liability exposure and costs of defense and increased insurance premiums. Many of our paying subscribers and other members actively share information among themselves about the quality of service they receive from us. Accordingly, the perception of poor service by any paying subscriber or other member may negatively impact our relationships with multiple other paying subscribers or other members.

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Our services are based in a new and unproved market and are subject to the risks of failure inherent in the development of new products and services.

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Because the Company’s business is based on new technologies, we are subject to risks of failure that are particular to new technologies, including the possibility that:

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As a result, our activities may not result in a commercially viable product or service, which would harm our sales, revenue and financial condition.

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Our business depends on a strong brand, and if we are not able to maintain and enhance our brand, our ability to expand our customer base will be impaired and our business and operating results will be harmed.

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We believe that the development of our brand identity will be critical to the success of our business. Maintaining and enhancing our brand may require us to make substantial investments, and these investments may not be successful. If we fail to establish and promote the brand, or if it incurs excessive expenses in this effort, our business, operating results and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected.

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The social media, education, and community-based platform sectors are subject to rapid technological change and, to compete, we must continually evolve and upgrade the user experience to enhance our business.

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We must continue to enhance and improve the performance, functionality and reliability of our business. This area is characterized by rapid technological change, changes in user requirements and preferences, frequent new product and services introductions embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards and practices that could render our products and services obsolete. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to both internally further develop and market leading brands and businesses and to continually grow our community-based platforms and increase visibility and reach across social media platforms. The development of our proprietary technology involves significant technical and business risks. We may fail to use new technologies effectively or to adapt our proprietary technology and systems to customer requirements or emerging industry standards. If we are unable to adapt to changing market conditions, customer requirements or emerging industry standards, we may not be able to either generate revenue or expand our business.

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The Company operates in a highly competitive industry and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully.

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The Company competes with many other social media and community-based platform companies. Many of those companies are larger, more experienced and better funded than the Company. In addition, due to the unique services that the Company is providing, it is likely that, over time, several key competitors will emerge, which likely will be better funded than the Company, and the marketplace may have difficulties in differentiating between the quality and scope of the competitors’ offerings, or the competitors’ services may be superior to those of the Company.

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Our future performance depends on the continued services and contributions of our senior management and other key employees, including our co-founders and leading social media influencers: Arshia Sarkhani, our Chief Executive Officer and President; Kyle Fairbanks, our Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Marketing Officer; Jackson Fairbanks, our Director of Socials; and Arman Sarkhani, our Chief Operating Officer. Without these key executives and employees, we may not have the ability to execute on our business plans and to identify and pursue new opportunities and service innovations. The loss of services of senior management or other key employees could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our development and strategic objectives. The loss of the services of our senior management or other key employees for any reason could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. We do not presently maintain any key man life insurance policies.

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If our co-founders were to experience a loss to their social media followings, it could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

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We have a limited operating history, which may make it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects.

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We have a limited operating history and recently launched a bitcoin treasury strategy, making it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects and may increase the risks associated with any investment.

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Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

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We anticipate that our primary counterparty risk with respect to any bitcoin treasury strategy is custodian performance obligations under the custody arrangements we expect to enter into in the future. A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry, including the filings for bankruptcy protection by Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network, Voyager Digital, FTX Trading and Genesis Global Capital, the closure or liquidation of certain financial institutions that provided lending and other services to the digital assets industry, including Signature Bank and Silvergate Bank, SEC enforcement actions against Coinbase, Inc., Binance Holdings Ltd., and Kraken, the placement of Prime Trust, LLC into receivership following a cease-and-desist order issued by Nevada’s Department of Business and Industry, and the filing and subsequent settlement of a civil fraud lawsuit by the New York Attorney General against Genesis Global Capital, its parent company Digital Currency Group, Inc., and former partner Gemini Trust Company have highlighted the perceived and actual counterparty risk applicable to digital asset ownership and trading. Legal precedent created in these bankruptcy and other proceedings may increase the risk of future rulings adverse to our interests in the event one or more of our future custodians becomes a debtor in a bankruptcy case or is the subject of other liquidation, insolvency or similar proceedings.

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There are a number of unique risks to investments in digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs which use blockchain technologies in retail and commercial marketplaces. Currently, there is a relatively limited use for such digital assets. Moreover, the regulations governing such assets and underlying blockchain technologies are at present limited and have not prevented significant and sudden losses in the value of such assets. We believe that these and other risks have contributed to the price volatility of these assets. If, due to the unique risks of these types of assets, any of our paying subscribers or other members or followers believe that our education and entertainment services relating to these industries have caused them to incur losses on their investments, we may lose or fail to expand our Discord paying subscriber base and related revenues, and be unable to sustain or gain credibility with other current and potential social media followers, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flow, as well as require additional resources to rebuild our brand and reputation.

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•damage to our brand and reputation.

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As a non-accelerated filer, we are not required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

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We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and intend to utilize certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies,” including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of SOX, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can utilize the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We will not utilize the extended transition period provided under Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

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Because we will be subject to ongoing public reporting requirements that are less rigorous than Exchange Act rules for companies that are not emerging growth companies, our stockholders could receive less information than they might expect to receive from more mature public companies. We cannot predict if investors will find our Class B Common Stock less attractive if we elect to rely on these exemptions, or if taking advantage of these exemptions would result in less active trading or more volatility in the price of our Class B Common Stock.

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We cannot predict if investors will find our securities less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions.

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If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market price for the shares and trading volume could decline.

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If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research, or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research, about our business, the price of our Class A Common Stock and its liquidity could decline.