Item 1.02Item 1.02 - Termination of Material Agreement
Item 1.02 Termination
of a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously disclosed, on September 29, 2025,
the Company entered into a Strategic Digital Assets Services Agreement (the “Digital Services Agreement”) with Cypress LLC,
a Puerto Rico limited liability company (“Cypress Digital”), pursuant to which the Company appointed Cypress Digital to provide
certain discretionary asset management services to the Company. On September 29, 2025, the Company also entered into a Strategic Advisor
Agreement (the “SA Agreement”) with Cypress Management LLC, a Puerto Rico limited liability Company (the “Cypress Strategic
Advisor”), pursuant to which the Company engaged Cypress Strategic Advisor to provide strategic advice, guidance, and technical
advisory services relating to the Company’s business, operations, growth initiatives and industry trends in the crypto technology
sector.
On July 23, 2026, the
Company and Messrs. JR Pasch, Joshua Kruger, the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors, and Patrick Horsman, the Company’s
Chief Investment Officer (together, the “Cypress Principals”), Cypress Strategic Advisor and Cypress Digital (collectively
the “Cypress Parties,”) entered into a Termination, Standstill, and Mutual Release Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”)
pursuant to which the parties mutually agreed to terminate, effective as of the date thereof (the “Termination Date”), the
Digital Services Agreement, the SA Agreement, and a Consulting Agreement between the Company and Mr. Horsman dated October 1, 2025 (collectively
the “Cypress Agreements”).
Pursuant to the Settlement
Agreement the Company agreed to (i) pay the Cypress Parties an aggregate sum of $1,000,000 consisting of an initial payment of $500,000
on the Termination Date with the remaining $500,000 to be made in twelve equal monthly installments commencing on the first business day
following the Termination Date (the “Cash Installment Payments”), and (ii) issue to the Cypress Parties, an aggregate of 200,000
shares of the Company’s Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock in twelve equal monthly installments beginning on the one-month anniversary
of the Termination Date. Except for certain instances of non-compliance with the Settlement Agreement by the Cypress Parties, the Company
agreed that any default of its payment obligations under the Settlement Agreement will incur a default fee to the Cypress Parties in
the aggregate of $1,250,000 reduced by the aggregate amount of all Cash Installment Payments previously paid by the Company prior to the
date of such default.
In connection with the
Settlement Agreement Mr. Kruger notified the Company of his resignation as Chairman and as a director of the Company, effective July
31, 2026, and Mr. Horsman ceased to serve as the Company’s Chief Investment Officer effective as of the Termination Date.
The Cypress Parties also
agreed, among other things, that until September 29, 2030, they will not, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit proxies or written consents
of stockholders, or participate in any solicitation of any proxy, consent or other authority to vote the Company’s securities; (ii)
present proposals for consideration for action by stockholders at any annual or special meeting of the Company; (iii) submit, encourage
or otherwise solicit stockholders of the Company or induce or attempt to induce any other person to initiate stockholder proposals; (iv)
seek to remove any member of the Board, propose any nominee for election to the Board, or seek representation on the Board; (v) grant
any proxy, consent or other authority to vote with respect to any matters at any annual or special meeting of the Company other than to
the named proxies included in the Company’s proxy card; (vi) deposit any securities in a voting trust or subject them to a voting
agreement; (vii) own, purchase or acquire any additional shares of the Company’s common stock, right to vote or direct the voting
of the Company’s common stock, or any securities convertible into the Company’s common stock.
In addition, the Cypress
Parties agreed to the (i) recission of 695,322 Series E-1 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock previously issued
to the Cypress Strategic Advisor pursuant to the SA Agreement (the “Rescinded Warrants”), and (ii) modification of 1,291,312
Series E-1 warrants previously issued to the Cypress Strategic Advisor remaining after giving effect to the Rescinded Warrants (the “Modified
Warrants”), to replace Section 3(d) of the Modified Warrants with a complete waiver of any rights the holder thereof may have in
law, equity or otherwise, related to the effect on the Modified Warrants of fundamental transactions of the Company.
The Settlement Agreement
includes mutual releases of the parties except for claims arising from a breach of the Settlement Agreement, customary ongoing confidentiality requirements and non-disparagement obligations, and
provides that the Cypress Parties are subject to a three-year non-interference requirement.
The
foregoing is only a summary of the Settlement Agreement and does not purport to be a complete description thereof. Such description is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Settlement Agreement which the Company intends to file as an exhibit to its next Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q.