Exodus Movement, Inc.

11. Income Taxes

At the end of each interim period, the Company records income taxes by applying an estimated annualized effective tax rate to the current period income or loss before income taxes. The Company's annualized effective tax rate is based on pre-tax earnings, enacted U.S. statutory tax rates, non-deductible expenses, tax credits, certain tax rate differences between U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, and specific events that are discretely recognized entirely within the interim period in which they occur. Exodus' foreign subsidiary Proper Trust AG files an income tax return in Switzerland. Exodus' foreign subsidiaries, Monavate Holdings Limited, Monavate Limited and Baanx.com Ltd, file income tax returns in the United Kingdom.

For the six months ended June 30, 2026, and 2025, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $11.8 million on a pre-tax loss of $62.5 million and an income tax expense of $0.9 million on a pre-tax income of $25.7 million, resulting in effective tax rates of 18.9% and 3.6%, respectively.

Our effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was primarily due to a benefit related to stock option exercises net of non-deductible executive compensation, U.S. Foreign Derived Intangible Income and research and development tax credits partially offset by nondeductible expenses and tax effect of realized and unrealized digital asset gains and losses during the period. For purposes of recording the discrete tax expense related to digital assets, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, realized gains or losses are recorded to the Company’s current taxes payable and unrealized gains and losses are recorded to the deferred tax liability based on current period activity. The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was primarily impacted by the change in permanent differences, including the tax benefit from the foreign derived intangible income and non-deductible expenses, and discrete items, including stock-based compensation and tax effect of realized and unrealized digital asset gains and losses during the period.

On July 4, 2025, One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBB") was signed into law in the United States. OBBB includes significant changes to U.S. federal tax law, such as an elective deduction for domestic research and experimental expenditures, and changes to the tax rate on income from non-U.S. sources and subsidiaries. OBBB did not have a material impact on our current year effective tax rate. The OBBB allowed for the acceleration of deductions in 2025 with a corresponding reduction of deferred tax assets. We are continuing to assess its impact on our condensed consolidated financials.