UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20172022

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-37605

 

LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

47-3844457

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

 

302 Knights Run Avenue1200 West Platt Street

Suite 1000100

Tampa, FL

3360233606

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 813-222-8996813-222-8996

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class:

Trading symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock par value $0.001 per share

LMFA

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” andfiler,” “smaller reporting company”company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

The registrant had 3.3 million13,091,883 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding as of November 14, 2017.2022.

 

 


LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements

3

 

 

 

 

LM Funding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
September 30, 20172022 (unaudited) and December 31, 20162021

3

 

 

 

 

LM Funding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 (unaudited)

4

 

 

 

 

LM Funding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 (unaudited)

5

 

 

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of LM Funding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)

6

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

7

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

1527

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

1934

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

1934

 

 

 

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

21

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

2136

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

2136

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

2139

 

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

2240

 

 

 

Item 4.4

Mine Safety DisclosuresDisclosure

2240

 

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

2240

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

2341

 

 

SIGNATURES

2442

 

2


 

2


PartPART I. FINANCIALFINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

Item  1.

Financial Statements

LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESFunding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31,
2021

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

10,175,211

 

 

$

32,559,185

 

Finance receivables

 

 

20,709

 

 

 

28,193

 

Short-term investments - convertible debt securities (Note 7)

 

 

-

 

 

 

539,351

 

Marketable securities (Note 7)

 

 

24,220

 

 

 

2,132,051

 

Short-term investments - debt securities (Note 7)

 

 

2,619,292

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

1,205,719

 

 

 

1,251,852

 

Note receivable from related party (Note 7)

 

 

2,785,000

 

 

 

-

 

Digital assets (Note 10)

 

 

616,257

 

 

 

-

 

Current assets

 

 

17,446,408

 

 

 

38,510,632

 

Fixed assets, net (Note 9)

 

 

21,975,960

 

 

 

17,914

 

Real estate assets owned

 

 

80,057

 

 

 

80,057

 

Operating lease - right of use assets (Note 4)

 

 

289,468

 

 

 

59,969

 

Long-term investments - equity securities (Note 7)

 

 

322,246

 

 

 

1,973,413

 

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates (Note 7)

 

 

17,362,125

 

 

 

4,676,130

 

Deposits on mining equipment and hosting services (Note 8)

 

 

10,467,721

 

 

 

16,775,100

 

Other assets

 

 

10,726

 

 

 

10,726

 

Long-term assets

 

 

50,508,303

 

 

 

23,593,309

 

Total assets

 

$

67,954,711

 

 

$

62,103,941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

636,369

 

 

 

463,646

 

Note payable - short-term (Note 3)

 

 

-

 

 

 

114,688

 

Due to related parties (Note 2)

 

 

75,615

 

 

 

121,220

 

Current portion of lease liability (Note 5)

 

 

90,004

 

 

 

68,002

 

Income tax payable (Note 4)

 

 

1,167,856

 

 

 

326,178

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

1,969,844

 

 

 

1,093,734

 

Lease liability - long-term (Note 5)

 

 

203,211

 

 

 

-

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

203,211

 

 

 

-

 

Total liabilities

 

 

2,173,055

 

 

 

1,093,734

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, par value $.001; 150,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Common stock, par value $0.001; 350,000,000 shares authorized; 13,091,883 and 13,017,943 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

 

13,092

 

 

 

13,018

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

85,469,749

 

 

 

74,525,106

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(23,323,573

)

 

 

(13,777,006

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

62,159,268

 

 

 

60,761,118

 

Non-controlling interest

 

 

3,622,388

 

 

 

249,089

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

65,781,656

 

 

 

61,010,207

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

67,954,711

 

 

$

62,103,941

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

602,579

 

 

$

2,268,180

 

Finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original product

 

 

883,022

 

 

 

1,035,832

 

Special product - New Neighbor Guaranty program, net of allowance for credit losses of $51,230 and $125,000, respectively

 

 

333,785

 

 

 

491,597

 

Deferred tax asset

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,509,401

 

Due from related party (Note 2)

 

 

1,661,266

 

 

 

1,661,360

 

Other Assets (Note 3)

 

 

653,299

 

 

 

1,048,403

 

Total assets

 

$

4,133,951

 

 

$

10,014,773

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable (Note 4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal amount

 

$

4,782,719

 

 

$

5,260,274

 

Less unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

(25,474

)

 

 

(99,396

)

Long-term debt less unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

4,757,245

 

 

 

5,160,878

 

Other liabilities and obligations

 

 

1,086,730

 

 

 

684,437

 

Total liabilities

 

 

5,843,975

 

 

 

5,845,315

 

Stockholders’ (deficit) equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, par value $.001; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 3,300,000 shares

   issued and outstanding

 

 

3,300

 

 

 

3,300

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

6,578,506

 

 

 

6,556,704

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(8,291,830

)

 

 

(2,390,546

)

Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity

 

 

(1,710,024

)

 

 

4,169,458

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity

 

$

4,133,951

 

 

$

10,014,773

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements.

3


LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESFunding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on delinquent association fees

 

$

57,585

 

 

$

129,439

 

 

$

270,993

 

 

$

269,556

 

Administrative and late fees

 

 

14,717

 

 

 

14,642

 

 

 

51,123

 

 

 

46,574

 

Recoveries in excess of cost - special product

 

 

20,171

 

 

 

14,000

 

 

 

73,526

 

 

 

61,052

 

Underwriting and other revenues

 

 

12,362

 

 

 

28,784

 

 

 

55,278

 

 

 

86,981

 

Rental revenue

 

 

40,788

 

 

 

36,759

 

 

 

120,240

 

 

 

103,264

 

Digital mining revenues, net

 

 

42,157

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

42,157

 

 

 

-

 

Total revenues

 

 

187,780

 

 

 

223,624

 

 

 

613,317

 

 

 

567,427

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Digital mining cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation
      and amortization shown below)

 

 

38,960

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

38,960

 

 

 

-

 

Staff costs and payroll

 

 

4,297,540

 

 

 

1,874,798

 

 

 

12,886,432

 

 

 

3,422,819

 

Professional fees

 

 

714,730

 

 

 

497,942

 

 

 

2,520,981

 

 

 

1,340,909

 

Settlement costs with associations

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

160

 

 

 

-

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

209,328

 

 

 

106,895

 

 

 

446,519

 

 

 

302,679

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

(10,000

)

Recovery of cost from related party receivable

 

 

-

 

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(200,000

)

Real estate management and disposal

 

 

22,558

 

 

 

29,878

 

 

 

76,453

 

 

 

77,646

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

38,617

 

 

 

4,482

 

 

 

43,718

 

 

 

9,476

 

Collection costs

 

 

5,037

 

 

 

(1,410

)

 

 

(6,689

)

 

 

3,339

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

124,405

 

 

 

5,801

 

 

 

273,798

 

 

 

17,415

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

5,451,175

 

 

 

2,418,386

 

 

 

16,280,832

 

 

 

4,964,283

 

Operating loss

 

 

(5,263,395

)

 

 

(2,194,762

)

 

 

(15,667,515

)

 

 

(4,396,856

)

Realized gain (loss) on securities

 

 

-

 

 

 

(173,282

)

 

 

(349,920

)

 

 

13,951,752

 

Realized gain on convertible debt securities

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

287,778

 

 

 

-

 

Unrealized loss on convertible debt security

 

 

-

 

 

 

(2,588,916

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(87,316

)

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

 

 

(13,000

)

 

 

(478,448

)

 

 

(36,900

)

 

 

(478,448

)

Impairment loss on digital assets

 

 

(26,634

)

 

 

(23,720

)

 

 

(404,341

)

 

 

(23,720

)

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment and equity securities

 

 

(194,174

)

 

 

(123,172

)

 

 

11,034,828

 

 

 

1,024,714

 

Digital assets other income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,658

 

 

 

-

 

Interest income

 

 

85,602

 

 

 

77,956

 

 

 

264,947

 

 

 

164,895

 

Interest expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,939

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(653

)

Dividend income

 

 

1,125

 

 

 

738

 

 

 

3,875

 

 

 

738

 

Gain on forgiveness of note payable

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

157,251

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(5,410,476

)

 

 

(5,507,545

)

 

 

(4,861,590

)

 

 

10,312,357

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(1,311,678

)

 

 

(12,619

)

 

 

(1,311,678

)

 

 

(29,883

)

Net income (loss)

 

 

(6,722,154

)

 

 

(5,520,164

)

 

 

(6,173,268

)

 

 

10,282,474

 

Less: Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

 

 

59,298

 

 

 

33,953

 

 

 

(3,373,299

)

 

 

(284,770

)

Net income (loss) attributable to LM Funding America Inc.

 

$

(6,662,856

)

 

$

(5,486,211

)

 

$

(9,546,567

)

 

$

9,997,704

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/(loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic income (loss) per common share - net income (loss) - attributable to LM Funding

 

$

(0.51

)

 

$

(1.01

)

 

$

(0.73

)

 

$

1.89

 

Diluted income (loss) per common share - net income (loss) - attributable to LM Funding

 

$

(0.51

)

 

$

(1.01

)

 

$

(0.73

)

 

$

1.88

 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

13,091,883

 

 

 

5,414,296

 

 

 

13,081,591

 

 

 

5,293,375

 

Diluted

 

 

13,091,883

 

 

 

5,421,606

 

 

 

13,081,591

 

 

 

5,305,418

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on delinquent association fees

 

$

593,613

 

 

$

709,090

 

 

$

1,888,205

 

 

$

3,010,428

 

Administrative and late fees

 

 

64,959

 

 

 

91,833

 

 

 

218,883

 

 

 

330,030

 

Recoveries in excess of cost - special product

 

 

134,787

 

 

 

806

 

 

 

219,160

 

 

 

115,967

 

Underwriting and other revenues

 

 

87,286

 

 

 

97,824

 

 

 

221,065

 

 

 

332,549

 

Rental revenue

 

 

161,726

 

 

 

107,369

 

 

 

496,614

 

 

 

229,910

 

Total revenues

 

 

1,042,371

 

 

 

1,006,922

 

 

 

3,043,927

 

 

 

4,018,884

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff costs and payroll

 

 

470,056

 

 

 

996,515

 

 

 

1,479,232

 

 

 

2,649,688

 

Professional fees

 

 

533,591

 

 

 

462,804

 

 

 

1,639,278

 

 

 

1,585,046

 

Settlement costs with associations

 

 

101,175

 

 

 

231,062

 

 

 

257,256

 

 

 

603,396

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

384,579

 

 

 

619,926

 

 

 

1,257,867

 

 

 

1,613,642

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

1,489,401

 

 

 

2,310,307

 

 

 

4,633,633

 

 

 

6,451,772

 

Operating loss

 

 

(447,030

)

 

 

(1,303,385

)

 

 

(1,589,706

)

 

 

(2,432,888

)

Interest expense

 

 

122,406

 

 

 

143,859

 

 

 

375,042

 

 

 

463,634

 

Loss on litigation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

505,000

 

 

 

-

 

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(569,436

)

 

 

(1,447,244

)

 

 

(2,469,748

)

 

 

(2,896,522

)

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

4,134,436

 

 

 

(533,064

)

 

 

3,431,536

 

 

 

(1,050,491

)

Net loss

 

$

(4,703,872

)

 

$

(914,180

)

 

$

(5,901,284

)

 

$

(1,846,031

)

Loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.43

)

 

$

(0.28

)

 

$

(1.79

)

 

$

(0.56

)

Diluted

 

 

(1.43

)

 

 

(0.28

)

 

 

(1.79

)

 

 

(0.56

)

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

Diluted

 

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements.

4


LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESFunding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS(unaudited)

 

 

For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(6,173,268

)

 

$

10,282,474

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash used in operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

43,718

 

 

 

9,476

 

Right to use asset non cash lease expense

 

 

71,288

 

 

 

75,605

 

Stock compensation

 

 

988,498

 

 

 

-

 

Stock option expense

 

 

9,956,219

 

 

 

-

 

Debt forgiveness

 

 

-

 

 

 

(157,251

)

Accrued investment income

 

 

(259,867

)

 

 

(160,954

)

Gain on deconsolidation of affiliate

 

 

-

 

 

 

(43,623

)

Unrealized loss on convertible debt security

 

 

-

 

 

 

87,316

 

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

 

 

36,900

 

 

 

478,448

 

Impairment loss on digital assts

 

 

404,341

 

 

 

23,720

 

Unrealized gain on investment and equity securities

 

 

(11,034,828

)

 

 

(1,024,714

)

Realized (gain) loss on securities

 

 

349,920

 

 

 

(13,951,752

)

Realized gain on convertible note securities

 

 

(287,778

)

 

 

-

 

Investment in securities

 

 

-

 

 

 

(16,118,533

)

Proceeds from securities

 

 

2,565,893

 

 

 

30,070,285

 

Investment in convertible note receivable

 

 

-

 

 

 

(5,000,000

)

Convertible note receivable converted into marketable security

 

 

844,882

 

 

 

4,231,760

 

Investment in marketable Securities

 

 

(844,882

)

 

 

(3,958,678

)

Change in assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

807,352

 

 

 

(8,326

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

172,723

 

 

 

382,204

 

Advances (repayments) to related party

 

 

(45,605

)

 

 

103,934

 

Mining of digital assets

 

 

(42,157

)

 

 

-

 

Lease liability payments

 

 

(75,574

)

 

 

(76,656

)

Deferred taxes and taxes payable

 

 

841,678

 

 

 

29,883

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

(1,680,547

)

 

 

5,274,618

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net collections of finance receivables - original product

 

 

19,049

 

 

 

37,549

 

Net collections of finance receivables - special product

 

 

(11,565

)

 

 

8,450

 

Payments for real estate assets owned

 

 

-

 

 

 

(68,568

)

Capital expenditures

 

 

(15,380

)

 

 

(4,207

)

Deposits for mining equipment and hosting

 

 

(16,467,402

)

 

 

(1,565,625

)

Investments in digital assets

 

 

(978,441

)

 

 

(1,419,958

)

Loan to purchase securities

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,784,250

 

Investment in note receivable - related party

 

 

(2,785,000

)

 

 

-

 

Investment in note receivable

 

 

(350,000

)

 

 

-

 

Repayment of loan to purchase securities

 

 

-

 

 

 

(1,784,250

)

Investment in unconsolidated affiliate

 

 

-

 

 

 

(5,738,000

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(20,588,739

)

 

 

(8,750,359

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal repayments

 

 

-

 

 

 

(28,534

)

Insurance financing repayments

 

 

(114,688

)

 

 

(134,485

)

Exercise of warrants

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,544,623

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

(114,688

)

 

 

9,381,604

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH

 

 

(22,383,974

)

 

 

5,905,863

 

CASH - BEGINNING OF YEAR

 

 

32,559,185

 

 

 

11,552,943

 

CASH - END OF YEAR

 

$

10,175,211

 

 

$

17,458,806

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NON-CASHFLOW INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance financing

 

$

-

 

 

$

210,260

 

ROU assets and operating lease obligation recognized

 

$

300,787

 

 

$

-

 

Reclassification of mining equipment deposit to fixed assets, net

 

$

21,986,382

 

 

$

-

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASHFLOW INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,892

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

470,000

 

 

$

-

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months

Ended

September 30, 2017

 

 

Nine Months

Ended

September 30, 2016

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

$

(1,718,235

)

 

$

(2,650,498

)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

627,151

 

 

 

130,468

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

(574,517

)

 

 

(2,835,027

)

NET DECREASE IN CASH

 

 

(1,665,601

)

 

 

(5,355,057

)

CASH - BEGINNING OF PERIOD

 

 

2,268,180

 

 

 

8,997,798

 

CASH - END OF PERIOD

 

$

602,579

 

 

$

3,642,741

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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LM Funding America, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021


(unaudited)

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Additional paid in capital

 

 

Accumulated Deficit

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

 

Total Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance - December 31, 2020

 

 

3,083,760

 

 

$

3,084

 

 

$

29,996,257

 

 

$

(18,536,224

)

 

$

5,191

 

 

$

11,468,308

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock issued for warrants exercised

 

 

2,330,536

 

 

 

2,330

 

 

 

9,542,293

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,544,623

 

 

Net income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,376,433

 

 

 

171,866

 

 

 

4,548,299

 

 

Balance - March 31, 2021

 

 

5,414,296

 

 

$

5,414

 

 

$

39,538,550

 

 

$

(14,159,791

)

 

$

177,057

 

 

$

25,561,230

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

11,107,482

 

 

 

146,857

 

 

 

11,254,339

 

 

Balance - June 30, 2021

 

 

5,414,296

 

 

$

5,414

 

 

$

39,538,550

 

 

$

(3,052,309

)

 

$

323,914

 

 

$

36,815,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(5,486,211

)

 

 

(33,953

)

 

 

(5,520,164

)

 

Balance - September 30, 2021

 

 

5,414,296

 

 

$

5,414

 

 

$

39,538,550

 

 

$

(8,538,520

)

 

$

289,961

 

 

$

31,295,405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance - December 31, 2021

 

 

13,017,943

 

 

$

13,018

 

 

$

74,525,106

 

 

$

(13,777,006

)

 

$

249,089

 

 

$

61,010,207

 

 

Stock issued for services

 

 

73,940

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

(74

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

Stock compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

329,500

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

329,500

 

 

Stock option expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,318,737

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,318,737

 

 

Net loss

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(5,728,051

)

 

 

(291,200

)

 

 

(6,019,251

)

 

Balance - March 31, 2022

 

 

13,091,883

 

 

$

13,092

 

 

$

78,173,269

 

 

$

(19,505,057

)

 

$

(42,111

)

 

$

58,639,193

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

329,499

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

329,499

 

 

Stock option expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,318,742

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,318,742

 

 

Net income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,844,340

 

 

 

3,723,797

 

 

 

6,568,137

 

 

Balance - June 30, 2022

 

 

13,091,883

 

 

$

13,092

 

 

$

81,821,510

 

 

$

(16,660,717

)

 

$

3,681,686

 

 

$

68,855,571

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

329,499

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

329,499

 

 

Stock option expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,318,740

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,318,740

 

 

Net loss

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(6,662,856

)

 

 

(59,298

)

 

 

(6,722,154

)

 

Balance - September 30, 2022

 

 

13,091,883

 

 

$

13,092

 

 

$

85,469,749

 

 

$

(23,323,573

)

 

$

3,622,388

 

 

$

65,781,656

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)(UNAUDITED)

 

 

Note 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Nature of Operations

LM Funding America, Inc. (“LMFA”we”, “our”, “LMFA” or the “Company”) was formed as a Delaware corporation on April 20, 2015. LMFA was formed for the purpose of completing a public offering and related transactions in order to carry on the business of LM Funding, LLC and its subsidiaries (the “Predecessor”). LMFA is the sole member of LM Funding, LLC and operates and controls all of its businesses and affairs.

LM Funding, LLC, a Florida limited liability company organized in January 2008 under the terms of an Operating Agreement dated effective January 8, 2008 as amended, had two members: BRR Holding, LLC and CGR 63, LLC. The members contributed their equity interest to LMFA prior to the closing of its initial public offering.

The Company iscreated two subsidiaries in 2020, LMFA Financing LLC on November 21, 2020 and LMFAO Sponsor LLC on October 29, 2020. LMFAO Sponsor LLC created a majority owned subsidiary LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc. on October 29, 2020. LM Funding America Inc. organized another subsidiary, US Digital Mining and Hosting Co., LLC., on September 10, 2021. US Digital Mining and Hosting Co., LLC created a subsidiary US Digital Mining Texas, LLC on June 21, 2022.

The Company currently has two lines of business: a specialty finance company that providesbusiness and our recently commenced cryptocurrency mining business.

With respect to our specialty finance business, the Company has historically engaged in the business of providing funding principally to nonprofit community associations primarily located in the state of Florida. We offer incorporated nonprofit community associations, which we refer to as “Associations,” a variety of financial products customized to each Association’s financial needs. Our original product offering consists of providing funding to Associations by purchasing their rights under delinquent accounts that are almost exclusively locatedselected by the Associations arising from unpaid Association assessments. Historically, we provided funding against such delinquent accounts, which we refer to as “Accounts,” in Florida. The businessexchange for a portion of the Company is conducted pursuantproceeds collected by the Associations from the account debtors on the Accounts. In addition to relevant state statutes (the “Statutes”)our original product offering, we have started purchasing Accounts on varying terms tailored to suit each Association’s financial needs, including under our New Neighbor Guaranty™ program.

On September 15, 2021, we announced our plan to operate in the Bitcoin mining ecosystem, and we commenced Bitcoin mining operations in late September 2022. This business operation deploys our computing power to mine Bitcoin and validate transactions on the Bitcoin network. We believe that developments in Bitcoin mining have created an opportunity for us to deploy capital and conduct large-scale mining operations in the United States. We conduct this business through a wholly owned subsidiary, US Digital Mining and Hosting Co, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (US Digital), principally Florida Statute 718.116. The Statutes provide each community association lien rightswhich we formed in 2021 to securedevelop and operate our cryptocurrency mining business.

Specialty Finance Business

In our specialty finance business, we purchase an Association’s right to receive a portion of the Association’s collected proceeds from owners that are not paying their assessments. After taking assignment of an Association’s right to receive a portion of the Association’s proceeds from the collection of delinquent assessments, we engage law firms to perform collection work on a deferred billing basis wherein the law firms receive payment upon collection from the account debtors or a predetermined contracted amount if payment from unit owners (property owners)account debtors is less than legal fees and costs owed. Under this business model, we typically fund an amount equal to or less than the statutory minimum an Association could recover on a delinquent account for assessments,each Account, which we refer to as the “Super Lien Amount”. Upon collection of an Account, the law firm working on the Account, on behalf of the Association, generally distributes to us the funded amount, interest, and administrative late fees, reasonable attorneys’with the law firm retaining legal fees and collection costs.costs collected, and the Association retaining the balance of the collection. In addition,connection with this line of business, we have developed proprietary software for servicing Accounts, which we believe enables law firms to service Accounts efficiently and profitably.

Under our New Neighbor Guaranty program, an Association will generally assign substantially all of its outstanding indebtedness and accruals on its delinquent units to us in exchange for payment by us of monthly dues on each delinquent unit. This simultaneously eliminates a substantial portion of the Association’s balance sheet bad debts and assists the Association to meet its budget by receiving guaranteed monthly payments on its delinquent units and relieving the Association from paying legal fees and costs to collect its bad debts. We believe that the combined features of the program enhance the value of the underlying real estate in an Association and the value of an Association’s delinquent receivables.

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Because we acquire and collect on the delinquent receivables of Associations, the Account debtors are third parties about whom we have little or no information. Therefore, we cannot predict when any given Account will be paid off or how much it will yield. In assessing the risk of purchasing Accounts, we review the property values of the underlying units, the governing documents of the relevant Association, and the total number of delinquent receivables held by the Association.

Specialty Finance Products

Original Product

Our original product relies upon Florida statutory provisions that effectively protect the principal amount invested by us in each Account. In particular, Section 718.116(1), Florida Statutes, makes purchasers and sellers of a unit in an Association jointly and severally liable for all past due assessments, interest, late fees, legal fees, and costs payable to the Association. As discussed above, the Florida Statutes grants to Associations a so-called “super lien”, which is a category of lien rights granted under the Statutes arethat is given a statutorily higher priority (a “Super Lien”) than all other lien holders excepttypes of liens other than property tax liens. The Company provides funding to associations for their delinquent assessments from property owners in exchange for an assignmentamount of the association’sAssociation’s priority over a first mortgage holder that takes title to a property through foreclosure (or deed in lieu), referred to as the Super Lien Amount, is limited to twelve months’ past due assessments or, if less, one percent (1.0%) of the original mortgage amount. Under our contracts with Associations for our original product, we pay Associations an amount up to the Super Lien Amount for the right to collect proceeds pursuant to the Statutes. The Company derives its revenuesreceive all collected interest and late fees on Accounts purchased from the proceeds of association collections.Associations.

The Statutes specify that the rate of interest an association (or its assignor) may charge on delinquent assessments is equal to the rate set forth in the association’s declaration or bylaws. In Florida if a rate is not specified, the statutory rate is equal to 18%18% but may not exceed the maximum rate allowed by law. Similarly, the Florida Statutes in Florida also stipulate that administrative late fees cannot be charged on delinquent assessments unless so provided by the association’s declaration or bylaws and may not exceed the greater of $25$25 or 5%5% of each delinquent assessment.

The Statutes limitIn other states in which we have offered our original product, which are currently only in Washington, Colorado and Illinois, we rely on statutes that we believe are similar to the liabilityabove-described Florida statutes in relevant respects.

New Neighbor Guaranty

In addition to our original product, we also offer an additional product, the New Neighbor Guaranty, wherein an Association assigns substantially all of its outstanding indebtedness and accruals on its delinquent units to us in exchange for payments in an amount equal to the regular ongoing monthly or quarterly assessments for delinquent units when those amounts would be due to the Association. We assume both the payment and collection obligations for these assigned Accounts under this product. This simultaneously eliminates an Association’s balance sheet bad debts and assists the Association to meet its budget by receiving guaranteed assessment payments on its delinquent units and relieving the Association from paying legal fees and costs to collect its bad debts. We believe that the combined features of the product enhance the value of the underlying real estate in an Association and the value of an Association’s delinquent receivables.

Before we implement the New Neighbor Guaranty program for an Association we are typically asked to conduct a review of its accounts receivable. After we have conducted the review, we inform the Association which Accounts we are willing to purchase and the terms of such purchase. Once we implement the New Neighbor Guaranty program, we begin making scheduled payments to the Association on the Accounts as if the Association had non-delinquent residents occupying the units underlying the Accounts. Our New Neighbor Guaranty contracts typically allow us to retain all collection proceeds on each Account other than special assessments and accelerated assessment balances. Thus, the Association foregoes the potential benefit of a first mortgage holderlarger future collection in exchange for unpaid assessmentsthe certainty of a steady stream of immediate payments on the Account.

Cryptocurrency Mining Business

During 2021, we committed to purchasing an aggregate of 5,046 Bitcoin S19J Pro Antminer cryptocurrency mining machines for an aggregate purchase price of $31.6 million (the “Mining Machines”) from Bitmain. This contract allowed for a reduction in purchase price if Bitcoin price declined prior to shipment. As such, because the price of Bitcoin has declined since we entered into the purchase contract, we have received reductions against the total purchase price. We anticipate we will receive the remaining Mining Machines to be delivered in batches over an estimated delivery timeframe from October 2022 through November 2022. The purchase agreements between us and Bitmain relating to the Mining Machines (the “Bitmain Purchase Agreements”) required us to pay $7.9 million or 25% of the total purchase price as a non-refundable deposit for the Mining Machines within 7 days of the date of the signing of the respective Bitmain Purchase Agreements, and additional 35% of the batch price at least 6 months prior to shipment of such batch, and the remaining 40% of each batch price one month prior to the shipment of the batch. We have received 4,212 Mining Machines as of September 30, 2022 under these purchase agreements. Due to the variable nature of the contract, we have been credited an aggregate total of approximately $7.2 million toward the 40% purchase price that is normally paid upon the shipment of a batch.

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On August 31, 2022, the Company committed to purchasing an additional 400 Bitcoin Miner S19J Pro machines from Bitmain for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.3 million. The purchase agreement provides for delivery of the machines in November 2022. As required under the contract, the Company paid the full purchase price within 7 days of the date of the signing of the agreement and the payment is not refundable. This contract is also subject to variable pricing adjustments.

Additionally, on September 20, 2022, the Company committed to purchasing 200 Bitcoin Miner S19 XP machines from Bitmain for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.3 million. Under the provisions of the contract, the machines are expected to be delivered in January 2023. As required under the contract, the Company paid a non-refundable deposit of $265 thousand within 7 days of the date of the signing of the agreement. An additional 30% payment of the purchase price is due 4 months prior to shipment and the remaining 50% of the purchase price is due 15 days prior to shipment. This contract is also subject to variable pricing adjustments.

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 the Company paid approximately $12.7 million to Bitmain for deposits related to mining equipment and payments of $635 thousand were made to various shipping vendors for transportation and customs costs related to the equipment. Since the inception of our contracts with Bitmain, we have paid an aggregate of approximately $27.0 million to Bitmain and related chargesvendors relating to the purchase of these machines through September 30, 2022, and fees (as set forth above)expect to pay an additional $1.0 million under the Bitmain contracts through the completion of the delivery of the machines.

In October 2021, we also entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the “Uptime Purchase Agreement”) with Uptime Armory LLC (“Uptime”) pursuant to which US Digital agreed to purchase, and Uptime agreed to supply to US Digital, an aggregate of 18 modified 40-foot cargo containers (“POD5ive containers”) that will be designed to hold and operate 280 S19 Pro Antminers manufactured by Bitmain. The purchase price of the POD5ive containers totals $3.15 million, of which $2.4 million or 75% was paid in 2021 as a non-refundable down payment and the remaining 25% was paid after Uptime delivered a “notice of completion” of the equipment. No containers have been delivered as of September 30, 2022.

On the same effective date, US Digital also entered into a hosting agreement with Uptime Hosting LLC (the “Hosting Agreement”) to host the Company’s 18 POD5ive containers at a secure location and provide power, maintenance and other services specified in the eventcontract for 6 cents per kilowatt with a term of title transfer by foreclosure or acceptanceone year. Under the Hosting Agreement we paid a deposit of deed$0.8 million in lieu2021 and were required to pay an additional deposit for each container three months prior to delivery at the hosting site of foreclosure. This liability$44 thousand and a final deposit for each container one month prior to arrival at the hosting site of $44 thousand. The deposits paid for hosting services under the Hosting Agreement are refundable. On June 29, 2022, the Company and Uptime Hosting LLC entered into a Release and Termination Agreement in which the Hosting Agreement was terminated and Uptime Hosting LLC agreed to pay the $0.8 million. The $0.8 million deposit paid for hosting services under the Hosting Agreement is limited toincluded within Prepaid expenses and other assets on the lesserconsolidated balance sheet as of twelve months of regular periodic assessments or one percentSeptember 30, 2022. However, the $0.8 million deposit has not been returned, and on September 2, 2022, we filed in Florida circuit court a legal action against Uptime Hosting LLC in an action styled US Digital Mining and Hosting Co, LLC v. Uptime Hosting, LLC (Fla. 13thCir. Ct. Sept. 2, 2022) for the return of the original mortgage debtdeposit and other damages, alleging breach of contract and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. Uptime Hosting LLC has answered the complaint with affirmative defenses and counterclaims for fraudulent inducement and rescission, which we believe are without merit. The Company has not accrued a loss contingency related to this matter based on management’s assessment of the unitcollectability of the refundable deposit.

On November 8, 2022, we filed an action in Florida circuit court against Uptime Armory, LLC and Bit5ive, LLC in a case styled US Digital Mining and Hosting Co. LLC v. Uptime Amory, LLC and Bit5ive, LLC (Fla. 11thCir. Ct., November 8, 2022). In that action, we alleged breach of contract and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and are seeking, among other things, damages of $3.15 million for non-delivery of the 18 POD5ive containers. The defendants in this action have not yet answered the complaint.

On June 21, 2022, the Company entered into a Master Agreement, dated effective as of June 20, 2022, with Compute North LLC (“Compute North”) under which Compute North has agreed to host up to 4,200 of US Digital’s Bitcoin Miner S19J Pro machines (100 TH/s) and provide colocation, management and other services (the “Super Lien Amount”“Master Agreement”).The term of the Master Agreement is for 60 months, subject to earlier termination in specified circumstances. The Company paid a non-refundable co-location deposit of $1.3 million on June 21, 2022 under the Master Agreement. Compute North filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 22, 2022. Compute North has not energized any of our 2,690 machines located at their site.

On September 6, 2022, the Company entered into hosting agreement (the “Core Hosting Agreement”) with Core Scientific Inc. (“Core”) pursuant to which Core agreed to host the Company’s 1,200 Bitcoin Miner S19J Pro machines at a secure location and provide power, maintenance and other services specified in the contract with a term of one year and thereafter automatically renews for the periods indicated in the Order. As required under the Core Hosting Agreement, the Company paid approximately $942 thousand as a deposit on September 2, 2022.

During September 2022, 848 mining machines were placed into service and we commenced mining operations. These machines are located at one of the Core hosting locations.

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Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of LMFA and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: LM Funding, LLC; LMF October 2010 Fund, LLC; REO Management Holdings, LLC;LLC (including all 100% owned subsidiary limited liability companies); LM Funding of Colorado, LLC; LM Funding of Washington, LLC; LM Funding of Illinois, LLC; US Digital Mining Hosting Co., LLC; LMF SPE #2, LLC;LLC and LM Funding Florida, LLC.various single purpose limited liability corporations owned by REO Management Holdings, LLC which own various properties. It also includes LMFA Sponsor LLC (a 69.5% owned subsidiary). All significant intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. The interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 20172022 and for the threeThree and nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 20172022 and September 30, 2016,2021, respectively are unaudited. In the opinion of management, the interim condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to provide a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016,2021, is derived from the audited consolidated financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal the year ended December 31, 2016.2021.


Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts on the balance sheet have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

UseRevenue Recognition

We recognize revenue in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as outlined in ASC 606, Revenue From Contracts with Customers, which requires that five steps be followed in evaluating revenue recognition: (i) identify the contract with the customer; (ii) identity the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price; and (v) recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfied a performance obligation.

With respect to its cryptocurrency mining operations, the Company has entered into contracts with digital asset mining pool operators to provide computing power to the mining pools. The contracts are terminable at any time by either party and the Company’s enforceable right to compensation only begins when the Company starts providing computing power to the mining pool operator. In exchange for providing computing power, the Company is entitled to a fractional share of Estimates

the fixed cryptocurrency award the mining pool operator receives (less pool fees to the mining pool operator), for successfully adding a block to the blockchain, plus a fractional share of the transaction fees attached to that blockchain. The preparationCompany’s fractional share is based on the proportion of consolidated financial statementscomputing power the Company contributed to the mining pool operator to the total computing power contributed by all mining pool participants in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affectsolving the reported amountscurrent algorithm. The transaction consideration the Company receives is noncash consideration, in the form of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilitiesdigital currency, which the Company measures at fair value on the date received which is not materially different than the fair value at contract inception or at the datetime the Company has earned the award from the mining pools.

Segment and Reporting Unit Information



Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which discrete financial information is available that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the consolidated financial statements andCompany are determined to comprise the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include the evaluation of any probable losses on amounts funded under the Company’s New Neighbor Guaranty programCODM, as disclosed below, the evaluation of probable losses on balances due from a related party, the realization of deferred tax assets, the evaluation of contingent losses related to litigation, and fair value estimates of real estate assets owned.

Revenue Recognition

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 605-10-25-1 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) states revenues are realized or realizable when related assets received or held are readily convertible into known amounts of cash. In those cases where there is no reasonable basis for estimating the “known amount” of cash to be collected, the cash basis or cost recovery method of recognizing revenues may be used. The Company provides funding to community associations by purchasing their rights under delinquent accounts from unpaid assessments due from property owners (the “accounts”). Collections on the accounts may vary greatly in both the timing and amount ultimately recovered compared with the total revenues earned on the accounts because of a variety of economic and social factors affecting the real estate environment in general.group. The Company has determinedtwo operating segments as of September 30, 2022, which we refer to as Specialty Finance and Mining Operations. Our corporate oversight function and other components that may earn revenues that are only incidental to the known amountactivities of cash to be realized or realizable on its revenue generating activities cannot be reasonably estimatedthe Company are aggregated and as such, classifies its finance receivables as nonaccrual and recognizes revenuesincluded in the accompanying statements of income on the cash basis or cost recovery method“All Other” category. See Note 11, “Segment Information”.

Digital Assets

When applicable, we account for all digital assets other than stablecoin as indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with ASC 310-10, Receivables. The Company applies the cash basis method350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other. We have ownership of and control over our digital assets and use third-party custodial services to its original productsecure it. Digital assets that are purchased are initially recorded at cost and the cost recovery method to its special product as follows:

Finance Receivables—Original Product: Under the Company’s original product, delinquent assessmentsdigital assets that are funded only up to the Super Lien Amount as discussed above. Recoverability of funded amounts is generally assured because of the protection of the Super Lien Amount. As such, payments by unit owners on the Company’s original product are recorded to income when received in accordance with the provisions of Florida Statute 718.116(3) and the provisions of the purchase agreements entered into between the Company and community associations. Those provisions require that all payments be applied in the following order: first to interest, then to late fees, then to costs of collection, then to legal fees expended by the Company and then to assessments owed. In accordance with the cash basis method of recognizing revenue and the provisions of the statute, the Company records revenues for interest and late fees when cash is received. In the event the Company determines the ultimate collectability of amounts funded under its original product are in doubt, payments are applied to first reduce the funded or principal amount.

Finance Receivables—Special Product (New Neighbor Guaranty program): During 2012, the Company began offering associations an alternative product under the New Neighbor Guaranty program where the Company will fund amounts in excess of the Super Lien Amount. Under this special product, the Company purchases substantially all of the delinquent assessments owed to the association, in addition to all accrued interest and late fees, in exchange for payment by the Company of (i) a negotiated amount or (ii) on a going forward basis, all monthly assessments due for a period up to 48 months. Under these arrangements, the Company considers the collection of amounts funded is not assured and under the cost recovery method, cash collected is applied to first reduce the carryingservices provided are recognized at fair value as of the funded or principal amount withdate received (refer to Revenue Recognition policy). Digital assets are subsequently remeasured on the consolidated balance sheet at cost, net of any remaining proceeds applied next to interest, late fees, legal fees, collection costs and any amounts due to the community association. Any excess proceeds still remaining are recognizedimpairment losses incurred since acquisition. We account for

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stablecoin as revenues. If the future proceeds collected are lower than the Company’s funded or principal amount, then a loss is recognized.

Cash

The Company maintains cash balances at several financial institutions that are insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (“FDIC”) Transition Account Guarantee Program. Balances with the financial institutions may exceed federally insured limits.


Finance Receivables

Finance receivables are recorded at the amount funded or cost (by unit). The Company evaluates its finance receivables at each period end for losses that are considered probable and can be reasonably estimatedassets in accordance with ASC 450-20. As discussed above, recoverability of funded amounts under the Company’s original product is generally assured because of the protection of the Super Lien Amount. As such, the Company did not have any allowance for credit losses related to its original product310, Receivables. The stablecoin are recorded at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.amortized cost, which approximates their fair value.

Under the New Neighbor Guaranty program (special product), the Company funds amounts in excess of the Super Lien Amount. When evaluating the carrying value of its finance receivables, the Company looks at the likelihood of future cash flows based on historical payoffs,We determine the fair value of the underlying real estate, the general condition of the community association in which the unit exists, and the general economic real estate environment in the local area.  During 2015 the Company purchased credit insurance covering all funded amounts in excess of a deductible amount (equal to six months of delinquent assessments). This insurance product was not renewed and only claims filed related to foreclosures occurring on or before January 28, 2016 will be covered under this policy. Recoveries under this credit insurance programour digital assets that are accounted for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $59,000. There were no recoveries for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  In addition, there were no recoveries for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, and no significant remaining recoveries expected in the future. The Company estimated an allowance for credit losses of $51,230 and $125,000, respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 under ASC 450-20 related to its New Neighbor Guaranty program.

The Company will charge any receivable against the allowance for credit losses when management believes the uncollectibility of the receivable is confirmed. The Company considers writing off a receivable when (i) a first mortgage holder who names the association in a foreclosure suit takes title and satisfies an estoppel letter for amounts owed which are less than amounts the Company funded to the association; (ii) a tax deed is issued with insufficient excess proceeds to pay amounts the Company funded to the association; or (iii) an association settles an account for less than amounts the Company funded to the association. Upon the occurrence of any of these events, the Company evaluates the potential recovery via a deficiency judgment against the prior owner and the ability to collect upon the deficiency judgment within the statute of limitations period or whether the deficiency judgment can be sold. If the Company determines that collection through a deficiency judgment or sale of a deficiency judgment is not feasible, the Company writes off the unrecoverable receivable amount. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, write offs charged against the allowance for credit losses were $30,438 and $73,770, respectively. There were no write offs charged against the allowance for credit losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. Any losses greater than the recorded allowance will be recognized as expenses. Under the Company’s revenue recognition policies, all finance receivables (original product and special product) are classified as nonaccrual.

Real Estate Assets Owned

In the event collection of a delinquent assessment results in a unit being sold in a foreclosure auction, the Company has the right to bid (on behalf of the community association) for the delinquent unit as attorney in fact, applying any amounts owed for the delinquent assessment to the foreclosure price as well as any additional funds that the Company, in its sole discretion, decides to pay. If a delinquent unit becomes owned by the community association by acquiring title through an association lien foreclosure auction, by accepting a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, or by any other way, the Company in its sole discretion may direct the community association to quitclaim title of the unit to the Company.

Properties quitclaimed to the Company are in most cases acquired subject to a first mortgage or other liens, and are recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets solely at costs incurred by the Company in excess of original funding. At times, the Company will acquire properties through foreclosure actions free and clear of any mortgages or liens. In these cases, the Company records the estimated fair value of the propertiesintangible assets in accordance with ASC 820-10, 820, Fair Value MeasurementsMeasurement, based on quoted prices on the active exchange(s) that we have determined is the principal market for such assets (Level 1 inputs). Any real estate held for saleWe perform an analysis each quarter to identify whether events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is adjusted to fair value lessmore likely than not that our digital assets are impaired. If the cost to dispose in the event thecurrent carrying value of a unit or propertydigital asset exceeds its estimated net realizablethe fair value so determined, an impairment loss has occurred with respect to those digital assets in the amount equal to the difference between their carrying values and the price determined.

The impaired digital assets are written down to their fair value at the time of impairment and this new cost basis will not be adjusted upward for any subsequent increase in fair value.

The Company capitalizes costs incurred to acquire real estate owned properties and any costs incurred to get the units in a condition to be rented.  These costs include, but Gains are not limited to, renovation/rehabilitation costs, legal costs, and delinquent taxes.  These costsrecorded until realized upon sale, at which point they are depreciated over the estimated minimum time period the Company expects to maintain possession of the units.  Costs incurred for unencumbered units are depreciated over 20 years and costs for units subject to a first mortgage are depreciated over 3 years.  As of September 30, 2017, capitalized real estate costs, net of accumulated depreciation, were approximately $281,000.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 depreciation expense was $8,000 and $34,000, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, depreciation expense was $10,000 and $23,000, respectively.


If the Company elects to take a quitclaim title to a unit or property held for sale, the Company is responsible to pay all future assessments on a current basis, until a change of ownership occurs. The community association must allow the Company to lease or sell the unit to satisfy obligations for delinquent assessments of the original debt. All proceeds collectedpresented separately from any sale of the unit shall be first applied to all amounts due the Company plus any additional funds paidimpairment losses.

Digital currencies earned by the Company to purchasethrough its mining activities are included within operating activities on the unit, if applicable. Rental revenuesaccompanying consolidated statements of cash flows.

There is currently no specific guidance under GAAP or alternative accounting framework for the accounting for digital assets recognized as revenue or held, and sales proceeds related to real estate assets held for sale are recognized when earned and realizable. Expenditures for current assessments owed to associations, repairs and maintenance, utilities, etc. are expensed when incurred.

Ifmanagement has exercised significant judgment in determining the community association elects (prior toappropriate accounting treatment. In the event authoritative guidance is enacted by the FASB, the Company obtaining title throughmay be required to change its own election) to maintain ownership and not quitclaim title to the Company, the community association must pay the Company all interest, late fees, collection costs, and legal fees expended, plus the original fundingpolicies, which could have an effect on the unit, which have accrued according to the purchase agreement entered into by the community associationCompany’s consolidated financial position and the Company. In this event, the unit will be reassigned to the community association.results from operations.

Fixed Assets, Net

The Company capitalizes all acquisitions of fixed assets in excess of $500.$500. Fixed assets are stated at cost.cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided oncomputed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.assets and commences once the assets are ready for their intended use. Fixed assets are comprised of furniture, computers andcomputer, office equipment and mining machines with assigned useful lives of 3 to 5 years.

The Company operates in an assignedemerging industry for which limited data is available to make estimates of the useful economic lives of mining machines. To the extent that any of the assumptions underlying management’s estimate of useful life of 3its mining machines are subject to 5 years. Fixed assets also include capitalized software costs. Capitalized software costs include costs to develop software to be used solely to meetrevision in a future reporting period, either as a result of changes in circumstances or through the Company’s internal needs, employee salaries and benefits, and fees paid to outside consultants duringavailability of greater quantities of data, then the application development stage, and such costs are amortized over their estimated useful life could change and have a prospective impact on depreciation expense and the carrying amounts of 5 years.these assets.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Management reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment amount is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. There was no impairment of long-lived assets for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

Investment in Securities

Investment in Securities includes investments in common stocks, note receivables, and convertible notes receivables. Investments in securities are reported at fair value with changes in unrecognized gains or losses included in other income on the income statement. The fair value of the BORQ convertible note receivable is based on its classification as a trading security. The Symbiont and Seastar Medical, Inc. notes receivable are reported at amortized costs less impairment.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

FASB ASC 825-10, Financial Instruments, requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet.

Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

We account for investments in less than 50% owned and more than 20% owned entities using the equity method of accounting. Because we have elected the fair value option for these securities, unrealized holding gains and losses during the period are included in earnings.

Income (Loss) Per Share

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Basic income (loss) per share is calculated as net income (loss) to common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period (as adjusted to give effect to the Reverse Stock Split).

The Company issued approximately 74 thousand shares and 2.3 million shares at various times during the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021, respectively, and has weighted averaged these new shares in calculating income (loss) per share for the relevant period.

Diluted income (loss) per share for the period equals basic loss per share as the effect of any convertible notes, stock based compensation awards or stock warrants would be anti-dilutive.

The anti-dilutive stock based compensation awards consisted of:

 

 

As of September 30,

 

 

2022

 

2021

Stock Options

 

3,956,827

 

3,860

Stock Warrants

 

7,677,441

 

391,900

 

 

 

 

 

Note 2. Due to Related Party

Legal services for the Company associated with the collection of delinquent assessments from property owners are performed by a law firm, Business Law Group (“BLG”), which was owned solely by Bruce M. Rodgers, the Chief Executive Officer of LMFA, until and through the date of the Company’s initial public offering in 2015. Following the offering in 2015, Mr. Rodgers transferred his interest in BLG to other attorneys at the firm through a redemption of his interest in the firm, and BLG became under control of those lawyers. The law firm has historically performed collection work primarily on a deferred billing basis wherein the law firm receives payment for services rendered upon collection from the property owners or at amounts ultimately subject to negotiations with the Company.

Under the agreement, the Company paid BLG a fixed monthly fee of $82,000 for services rendered. The Company paid BLG a minimum per unit fee of $700 in any case where there is a collection event and BLG receives no payment from the property owner. This provision has been expanded to also include any unit where the Company has taken title to the unit or where the association has terminated its contract with either BLG or the Company.

On February 1, 2022, the Company consented to the assignment by BLG to the law firm BLG Association Law, PLLC (“BLGAL”) of the Services Agreement, dated April 15, 2015, previously entered into by the Company and Business Law Group, P.A. (the “Services Agreement”). The Services Agreement had set forth the terms under which Business Law Group, P.A. would act as the primary law firm used by the Company and its association clients for the servicing and collection of association accounts. The assignment of the Services Agreement was necessitated by the death of the principal attorney and owner of Business Law Group, P.A. In connection with the assignment, BLGAL agreed to amend the Services Agreement on February 1, 2022, to reduce the monthly compensation payable to the law firm from $82,000 to $53,000 (the “Amendment”). Bruce M. Rodgers, the chairman and CEO of the Company, is a 50% owner of BLGAL, and the assignment and Amendment was approved by the independent directors of the Company. A $150 thousand termination fee was also paid to BLG in association with the assignment.

The Company had originally engaged BLG on behalf of many of its Association clients to service and collect the Accounts and to distribute the proceeds as required by Florida law and the provisions of the purchase agreements between LMF and the Associations. This engagement was subsequently assigned to BLGAL as described above. Ms. Gould who is one of our directors, worked as the General Manager of BLG and works as the General Manager of BLGAL.

Amounts collected from property owners and paid to BLG or BLGAL as applicable for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $159,000 and $506,000 for 2022 and $246,000 and $738,000 for 2021, respectively. As of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016, capitalized software2021, receivables from property owners for charges ultimately payable to BLGAL or BLGAL were approximately $563,000 and $677,000, respectively.

Under the Services Agreement in effect during the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company pays all costs net(lien filing fees, process and serve costs) incurred in connection with the collection of accumulated amortization, was $51,025 and $68,470, respectively. Amortizationamounts due from property owners. Any recovery of these collection costs is accounted for as a reduction in expense for capitalized softwareincurred. The Company incurred expenses related to these types of costs for the threeThree and nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2017 were $5,8142022 and $17,444,2021 in the amounts of approximately $13,600 and $48,000 for 2022 and $26,000 and $76,000 for 2021, respectively. DuringRecoveries during the threeThree and nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016, amortization expense was $5,8142022 and $17,444,2021, related to those costs were approximately $9,000 and $55,000 for 2022 and $27,000 and $72,000 for 2021, respectively.

Debt Issue Costs

The Company capitalizes all debt issue costsalso shares office space and amortizes themrelated common expenses with BLGAL (and previously BLG). All shared expenses, including rent, are charged to BLG based on a methodan estimate of actual usage. Any expenses of BLGAL and BLG paid by the Company that approximates the effective interest method over the remaining term of the note payable. Unamortized debt issue costs of $25,474 at September 30, 2017 and $99,396 at December 31, 2016have not been reimbursed or settled against other amounts are presentedreflected as due from related parties in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheetssheets. BLGAL and BLG, as applicable were charged a direct deductiontotal of approximately $15,000 and $45,000 for the

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office sub-lease during the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and $17,000 and $51,000 for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.

In 2017, the Company assessed the collectability of the amount due from the carrying amount ofBLG and concluded that debt liability in accordance with ASU 2015-03 (see below). The Company adopted this new standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The adoption of this standardeven though BLG had repaid $252,771 during 2017, it did not have the ability to repay the remaining balance at the end of 2017 and as such took a material impactreserve of approximately $1.4 million for the balance due as of December 31, 2017. In 2021 and 2020, the Company subsequently recouped $200,000 and $500,000, respectively, of this write-off. Additional recoveries of the reserve are not expected. No amounts were recouped in 2022.

Amounts payable to BLGAL and BLG, in aggregate as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were approximately $56,600 and $121,200, respectively.

As of September 30, 2022, approximately $19,000 was payable to LMAO related to reimbursement of professional fees paid by LMAO on behalf of LMFA. This amount is included within 'Due to related parties' on the Company'sconsolidated balance sheets.

Note 3. Debt and Other Financing Arrangements

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31,
2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing agreement with FlatIron capital that was unsecured. Down payment of $36,255 was required upfront and equal installment payments of $19,114 were made over a 10 month period. The note matured on May 1, 2022. Annualized interest was 3.95%

 

$

-

 

 

$

114,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

114,688

 

Note 4. Income Taxes

Prior to the Company’s initial public offering in October 2015, the earnings of the Predecessor, which was a limited liability company taxed as a partnership, were taxable to its members. In connection with the contribution of membership interests to the Company (a C-Corporation formed in 2015), the net income or loss of the Company after the initial public offering is taxable to the Company and reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial positionstatements.

The Company performs an evaluation of the realizability of its deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis. The Company considers all positive and had no impactnegative evidence available in determining the potential of realizing deferred tax assets, including the scheduled reversal of temporary differences, recent and projected future taxable income and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. The estimates and assumptions used by the Company in computing the income taxes reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements could differ from the actual results reflected in the income tax returns filed during the subsequent year. Adjustments are recorded based on its consolidated incomefiled returns when finalized or cash flows. In addition, the amortization of debt issuance costs is to be reported as interest expense under ASU 2015-03 (ASC 835-30-45-3).  related adjustments are identified.

During the three andtwelve month period ended December 31, 2021, the Company generated positive pre-tax income of approximately $5.3 million. The Company had estimated under the best information at that time that it could fully utilize its carryforward net operating (“NOL”) tax losses from prior periods for 2021. However, once the 2021 tax return was finalized in October 2022, the NOLs available for use was limited under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 to $93,000 but we were able to use a $1.4 million capital loss carryforward. The usage of these NOLs will be limited to approximately $93,000 each year going forward but can be carried forward for twenty years, after which the remaining amounts can be carried forward indefinitely with offsets limited to 80% of taxable income. As such this change in estimate resulted in a tax payable of $1.3 million which is being reported in the nine monthsmonth period ended September 30, 2017, the amortization of debt issuance costs was $24,641 and $73,922, respectively. Amortization of debt issuance costs was $24,641 and $73,922, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.2022.

Settlement Costs with Associations

Community associations working with the Company will at times incur costs in connection with litigation initiated by the Company against property owners and/or mortgage holders. These costs include settlement agreements whereby the community association agrees to pay some monetary compensation to the opposing party or judgments against the community associations for fees of opposing legal counsel or other damages awarded by the courts. The Company indemnifies the community association for these costs pursuant to the provisions of the agreement between the Company and the community association. Costs incurred by the Company for these indemnification obligations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were approximately $101,000 and $257,000, respectively.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 settlement costs incurred by the Company were $231,000 and $603,000, respectively. The Company does not limit its indemnification based on amounts ultimately collected from property owners.  

Income Taxes

Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the consolidated financial statements and consist of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes resulting primarily from the tax effects of temporary differences between financial and income tax reporting. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

Under ASC 740-10-30-5, Income Taxes, deferred tax assets should be reduced by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more-likely-than-not (i.e., a likelihood of more than 50%) that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company considers all positive and negative evidence available in determining the potential realization of deferred tax assets including, primarily, the recent history of taxable earnings or losses. Based on operating losses reported by the


Company during 20172022, 2020 and 2016,2019, the Company concluded there was not sufficient positive evidence to overcome this recent operating history. As a result, the Company believesbelieved that a valuation allowance iswas necessary based on the more-likely-than-not threshold noted above. The Company had recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $3,227,000 as of $4,300,000 duringSeptember 30, 2022 and $3,246,000 as of December 31, 2021.

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Significant components of the quartertax expense (benefit) recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2017 equal2022 and September 30, 2021 are as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Current tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

2,499,186

 

 

$

(1,159,524

)

 

 

$

1,135,644

 

 

$

2,078,774

 

State

 

 

458,158

 

 

 

(321,397

)

 

 

 

176,034

 

 

 

348,622

 

Total current tax expense (benefit)

 

 

2,957,344

 

 

 

(1,480,921

)

 

 

 

1,311,678

 

 

 

2,427,396

 

Deferred tax expense

 

 

(1,153,380

)

 

 

12,619

 

 

 

 

(231,454

)

 

 

34,614

 

Change in tax rates

 

 

423,630

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

211,815

 

 

 

-

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(915,916

)

 

 

1,480,921

 

 

 

 

19,639

 

 

 

(2,432,127

)

Income tax expense

 

$

1,311,678

 

 

$

12,619

 

 

 

$

1,311,678

 

 

$

29,883

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The reconciliation of the income tax computed at the combined federal and state statutory rate of (24.2%) and (27.0%) for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and (0.2%) and 0.3% for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2021 to itsthe income tax benefit is as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

September 30, 2021

 

September 30, 2022

 

September 30, 2021

 

Benefit on net loss

 

$

(488,094

)

9.0%

$

(1,469,827

)

26.7%

 

$

(1,219,660

)

25.1%

 

$

2,458,947

 

23.8%

 

Section 382 adjustment

 

 

2,299,884

 

(42.5)%

 

-

 

-

 

 

2,299,884

 

(47.3)%

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

Non deductible expenses

 

 

(7,826

)

0.1%

 

1,525

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,063

 

 

0.0

%

Valuation Allowance

 

 

(915,916

)

17.0%

 

1,480,921

 

(26.9)%

 

 

19,639

 

(0.4)%

 

 

(2,432,127

)

(23.5)%

 

Tax rate change

 

 

423,630

 

(7.8)%

 

-

 

-

 

 

211,815

 

(4.4)%

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

Tax benefit/effective rate

 

$

1,311,678

 

(24.2)%

$

12,619

 

(0.20)%

 

$

1,311,678

 

(27.0)%

 

$

29,883

 

0.3%

 

The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities and assets as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

 

As of September 30, 2022

 

 

As of December 31, 2021

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right to Use asset

 

$

73,366

 

 

$

-

 

State income taxes

 

 

62,950

 

 

 

-

 

Subsidiary

 

 

203,213

 

 

 

-

 

Loss from partnership

 

 

14,985

 

 

 

-

 

Collection costs

 

 

65,098

 

 

 

-

 

Unrealized gain on securities

 

 

2,787,425

 

 

 

-

 

Deferred vendor stock compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

261,323

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

3,207,037

 

 

 

261,323

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss carryforwards

 

 

2,078,549

 

 

 

2,101,401

 

Step up in basis at contribution to C-Corp

 

 

437,712

 

 

 

461,078

 

Stock option expense

 

 

3,237,074

 

 

 

669,959

 

Step up in basis - purchase of non-controlling interest

 

 

41,819

 

 

 

42,529

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

 

1,770

 

 

 

16,539

 

Right to Use assets

 

 

74,315

 

 

 

-

 

Digital asset impairment loss

 

 

107,535

 

 

 

-

 

Unrealized loss on securities

 

 

455,091

 

 

 

216,284

 

Total deferred tax asset

 

 

6,433,865

 

 

 

3,507,790

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(3,226,828

)

 

 

(3,246,467

)

Net deferred tax asset (liability)

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

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During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company generated a pre-tax loss of approximately $4.9 million which in conjunction with the change in estimate mentioned above resulted in an increase of the deferred tax assets of approximately $2.9 million. The Company's deferred tax liabilities increased by $2.9 million due primarily to an unrealized gain that generated a $2.8 million deferred tax liability. The net deferred tax assets of $3.2 million was fully reserved by an increase in the valuation allowance. During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021, the Company offset $2.4 million of its tax expense with $2.2 million of its valuation allowance.

Note 5. Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company leases certain office space, construction and office equipment, vehicles and temporary housing generally under non-cancelable operating leases. Leases with an initial term of one year or less are not recorded on the balance sheet, and the Company generally recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. As of September 30, 2022, the Company’s operating leases have remaining lease terms ranging from less than one year to three years, some of which include options to renew the leases. The exercise of lease renewal options is generally at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company’s leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease ROU assets and current and long-term operating lease liabilities are separately stated on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2022. ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at thatthe commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The present value of future lease payments are discounted using either the implicit rate in the lease, if known, or the Company’s incremental borrowing rate for the specific lease as of the lease commencement date.

Prior The ROU asset is also adjusted for any prepayments made or incentives received. The lease terms include options to extend or terminate the lease only to the initial public offering in October 2015, the taxable earningsextent it is reasonably certain any of the Predecessor were included in the tax returns of its members (separate limited liability companies) and taxed depending on personal tax situations. In connection with the initial public offering, the members contributed ownership interests to the Company (a newly formed C-corporation) and all earnings subsequent to that date (October 23, 2015) are subject to Company-level taxes and reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Loss Per Share

Basic loss per share is calculated as net loss to common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted loss per share for the period equals basic loss per share as the effect of any stock-based compensation awards or stock warrants wouldthose options will be anti-dilutive.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company records all equity-based incentive grants to employees and non-employee members of the Company’s Board of Directors in operating expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations based on their fair values determined on the date of grant. Stock-based compensationexercised. Lease expense reduced for estimated forfeitures, is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periodlease term. The Company accounts for lease components (e.g., fixed payments) separate from the non-lease components (e.g., common-area maintenance costs).The Company does not have any material financing leases

The Company’s office lease began July 15, 2019 and was due to expire on July 31, 2022. During the Three Months ended March 31, 2022 the Company exercised its option to extend its office lease to July 31, 2025. Due to the lease extension, the Company remeasured the lease liability and ROU asset associated with the lease. The Company accounted for the lease extension as a lease modification under ASC 842. At the effective date of modification, the Company recorded an adjustment to the right-of-use asset and lease liability in the amount of $300,787 based on the net present value of lease payments discounted using an estimated borrowing rate of 7.5%.

The Company shares this space and the related costs associated with this operating lease with a related party (see Note 2) that also performs legal services associated with the collection of delinquent assessments. The related party has a sub-lease for approximately $4,900 per month plus operating expenses.

Net rent expense recognized for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $28,300 and $80,300 for 2022 and $23,700 and $71,200 for 2021, respectively.

The following table presents supplemental balance sheet information related to operating leases as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

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Balance Sheet Line Item

September 30, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROU assets

 

Right of use asset, net

$

289,468

 

$

59,969

 

Total lease assets

 

 

$

289,468

 

$

59,969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current lease liabilities

 

Lease liability

$

90,004

 

$

68,002

 

Long-term lease liabilities

 

Lease liability

 

203,211

 

 

-

 

Total lease liabilities

 

 

$

293,215

 

$

68,002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)

 

 

 

2.9

 

 

0.6

 

Weighted-average discount rate

 

 

 

7.50

%

 

6.55

%

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information and non-cash activity related to operating leases for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

2021

 

 

 

Operating cash flow information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 

 

$

(75,574

)

$

(76,656

)

 

 

Non-cashflow information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROU assets and operating lease obligation recognized

 

 

$

300,787

 

$

-

 

 

 

The following table presents maturities of operating lease liabilities on an undiscounted basis as of September 30, 2022:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Leases

 

 

 

 

 

2022 (excluding the nine months ended September 30, 2022)

 

 

$

28,344

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

108,039

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

 

113,794

 

 

 

 

 

2025

 

 

 

77,733

 

 

 

 

 

(less: imputed interest)

 

 

 

(34,695

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

293,215

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Proceedings

Except as described below, we are not currently a party to material pending or known threatened litigation proceedings. However, we frequently become party to litigation in the ordinary course of business, including either the prosecution or defense of claims arising from contracts by and between us and client Associations. Regardless of the award, which is generally the vesting termoutcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of the outstanding equity awards.prosecution, defense, and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

Contingencies

The Company accrues for contingent obligations, including estimated legal costs, when the obligation is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. As facts concerning contingencies become known, the Company reassesses its position and makes appropriate adjustments to the consolidated financial statements. Estimates that are particularly sensitive to future changes include those related to tax, legal, and other regulatory matters. Solaris at Brickell Bay Condominium Association, Inc. v. LM Funding, LLC, Case No: 2014-20043-C, was brought before the Circuit Court

On March 9, 2022, legal counsel to a purported stockholder of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade Civil Division on July 31, 2014. On August 4, 2017, an orderCompany threatened to file a direct and derivative complaint alleging breaches of fiduciary duty by the court wasCompany’s officers and directors, primarily with respect to (i) the Amended and Restated Employment Agreements entered on Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Approvalinto by the Company with each of Class Action Settlement Agreement.   The motion ofMr. Rodgers and Mr. Russell in October 2021; (ii) the Plaintiff, Solaris at Brickell Bay Condominium Association, Inc., individually and on behalf of the certified plaintiff class (“Plaintiffs”), for approval of the Class Action Settlement Agreement with Defendant LM Funding, LLC was granted.  LMF, despite its belief that it is not liableactions taken at our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders in December 2021; (iii) payments made to Business Law Group, P.A. in

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exchange for the claims asserted and has good defenses thereto, has nevertheless agreed to enter into this Agreement in order to: (1) avoid any further expense, inconvenience, and distraction of burdensome and protracted litigation and its consequential negative financial effects to LMF’s operations; (2) obtain the releases, orders, and final judgment contemplated by this Agreement; and (3) put to rest and terminate with finality all claims that have been or could have been asserted against LMF by the Class arising from the facts alleged in the Lawsuit and allow LMF to continue its operational model helping associations. In the Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County,services provided pursuant to the Services Agreement between the Company and Business Law Group; and (iv) strategic advisory agreements entered into by us in connection with our planned cryptocurrency mining business. On May 20, 2022, the Company and the purported stockholder agreed to a settlement of the stockholder’s alleged claims under which the Company is required to seek a new independent director to replace Joel Rodgers within six months of the settlement date, engage a compensation consultant to review certain sections of the Company’s executive employment agreements within ninety days of the settlement date, make changes in response to the consultant’s recommendation within six months of the settlement date and pay the attorney fees and other related legal costs incurred by the counterparty in an amount of $275,000. The settlement payment is included within "Professional Fees" within our consolidated statements of operations for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022.

In October 2021, we entered into a sale and purchase agreement subsequently reached between counsel, all required actions(the “Uptime Purchase Agreement”) with Uptime Armory LLC (“Uptime”) pursuant to which US Digital agreed to purchase, and deadlines set forthUptime agreed to supply to US Digital, an aggregate of 18 modified 40-foot cargo containers (“POD5ive containers”) that will be designed to hold and operate 280 S19 Pro Antminers manufactured by Bitmain. The purchase price of the POD5ive containers totals $3.15 million, of which $2.4 million or 75% was paid in 2021 as a non-refundable down payment and the remaining 25% was paid after Uptime delivered a “notice of completion” of the equipment. No containers have been delivered as of September 30, 2022.

In October 2021, US Digital also entered into the Hosting Agreement to host the Company’s 18 POD5ive containers at a secure location and provide power, maintenance and other services specified in the Parties’ Class Action Settlementcontract for 6 cents per kilowatt with a term of one year. Under the Hosting Agreement approvedwe paid a deposit of by$0.8 million in 2021 and were required to pay an additional deposit for each container three months prior to delivery at the Courthosting site of $44 thousand and a final deposit for each container one month prior to arrival at the hosting site of $44 thousand. The deposits paid for hosting services under the Hosting Agreement are refundable. On June 29, 2022, the Company and Uptime Hosting LLC entered into a Release and Termination Agreement in its Order Granting Preliminary Approvalwhich the Hosting Agreement was terminated and Uptime Hosting LLC agreed to pay the $0.8 million. The $0.8 million deposit paid for hosting services under the Hosting Agreement is included within Prepaid expenses and other assets on the consolidated balance sheet as of same, dated August 3, 2017, are currently stayedSeptember 30, 2022. However, the $0.8 million deposit has not been returned, and again extendedon September 2, 2022, we filed in Florida circuit court a legal action against Uptime Hosting LLC in an action styled US Digital Mining and Hosting Co, LLC v. Uptime Hosting, LLC (Fla. 13th Cir. Ct. Sept. 2, 2022) for thirty (30) more days, effective October 18, 2017. On October 5, a continuationthe return of the abatement was granted for sixty (60) days from the datedeposit and other damages, alleging breach of contract and violation of the order inFlorida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. Uptime Hosting LLC has answered the District Court of Appeal of Florida Third District.complaint with affirmative defenses and counterclaims for fraudulent inducement and rescission, which we believe are without merit. The Company has not accrued a loss contingency related to this matter based on management’s assessment of the costscollectability of $505,000the refundable deposit.

On November 8, 2022, we filed an action in Florida circuit court against Uptime Armory, LLC and Bit5ive, LLC in a case styled US Digital Mining and Hosting Co. LLC v. Uptime Amory, LLC and Bit5ive, LLC (Fla. 11thCir. Ct., November 8, 2022). In that action, we alleged breach of contract and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and are seeking, among other things, damages of $3.15 million for non-delivery of the 18 POD5ive containers. The defendants in this action have not yet answered the complaint.

Note 6. Stockholders’ Equity

Stock Options

The 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan provides for the issuance of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares,

performance units, restricted stock, restricted stock units, shares of our common stock, dividend equivalent units, incentive cash

awards or other awards based on our common stock. Awards may be granted alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or (subject to the

2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan’s prohibitions on repricing) in substitution for any other award (or any other award granted under

another plan of ours or of any of our affiliates).

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The following is a summary of the stock option plan activity during the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Number of

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

Number of

 

 

Weighted Average

 

Options

 

 

Exercise Price

 

 

Options

 

 

Exercise Price

Options Outstanding at Beginning of the year

 

 

3,956,827

 

 

$

6.22

 

 

 

 

3,860

 

 

$

302.55

Granted

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

Exercised

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

Adjustment

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

Forfeited

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 



 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Outstanding at September 30,

 

 

3,956,827

 

 

$

6.22

 

 

 

 

3,860

 

 

$

302.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Exercisable at September 30,

 

 

37,794

 

 

$

 

34.60

 

 

 

 

3,860

 

 

$

302.55

Stock compensation expense recognized for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 was approximately $ 3.6 million and $10.9 million, respectively, and $nil for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2021. There was $6.9 million of unrecognized compensation cost associated with unvested stock options as of September 30, 2022.

The aggregate intrinsic value of the outstanding common stock options as of each of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 was approximately $0 and $0, respectively.

Stock Issuance

In the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 73,940 shares to management as part of their employment contracts of which $229,500 was expensed. The shares were physically issued in February 2022.

The Company issued 200,000 shares on November 4, 2021 pursuant to an agreement that is for one year with two vendors who provide consulting in the class action settlement agreement.blockchain and crypto currency field. The settlement amount is contingent upon the Company obtaining financing within the allotted timeframetotal fair value of the settlement agreement.     

Risksstock at the time of issuance was approximately $1,318,000 of which we expensed approximately $329,500 and Uncertainties

Funding amounts are secured by a priority lien position provided under Florida law (see discussion above regarding Florida Statute 718.116). However, inapproximately $988,500 during the event the first mortgage holder takes title to the property, the amount payable by the mortgagee to satisfy the priority lien is capped under this same statuteThree and would generally only be sufficient to reimburse the Company for funding amounts noted above for delinquent assessments. Amounts paid by the mortgagee would not generally reimburse the Company for interest, administrative late fees, and collection costs. Even though the Company does not recognize these charges as revenues until collected, its business model and long-term viability is dependent on its ability to collect these charges.

In the event a delinquent unit owner files for bankruptcy protection, the Company may at its option be reimbursed by the association for the amounts funded (i.e., purchase price) and all collection rights are re-assigned to the association.


Non-cash Operating and Investing Activities

During the three and nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016,2022, respectively.

Warrants

The following is a summary of the Company acquired unencumbered title to certain properties as a result of foreclosure proceedings.  Properties were recorded at fair value less cost to dispose of approximately $135,000, forwarrant activity during the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016. 2022 and 2021:

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

Number of

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

 

Warrants

 

 

Exercise Price

 

 

Warrants

 

 

Exercise Price

 

Warrants outstanding at beginning of the year

 

 

7,702,441

 

 

$

5.00

 

 

 

2,718,012

 

 

$

4.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Exercised

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(2,326,112)

 

 

 

4.08

 

     Terminated

 

 

(25,000)

 

 

 

4.50

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants outstanding and exercisable at September 30,

 

 

7,677,441

 

 

$

5.00

 

 

 

391,900

 

 

$

4.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, 25,000 warrants expired. During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021, the Company received approximately $9.5 million upon the exercise by warrant holders of warrants for approximately 2.3 million shares. There was also a cashless warrant exercise for approximately 129,800 shares on January 29, 2021. The aggregate intrinsic value of the outstanding common stock warrants as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 was approximately $0 and $177,000, respectively.

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Note 7. Investments

Short-term Investments – convertible debt securities

The Company entered into an agreement with BORQS Technologies Inc. (“Borqs”) (Nasdaq: BRQS) in February 2021 under which the Company agreed to purchase Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (“Notes”) of Borqs up to an aggregate principal amount of $5 million. The Company’s purchase of the Notes was a part of a larger transaction in which an aggregate of $20 million in Notes were no unencumbered properties acquired duringsold by Borqs in a private transaction to several institutional and individual investors, including the Company. The Notes become due in February 2023, have an annual interest rate of 8%, are convertible into ordinary shares of Borqs at a 10% discount from the market price, and have 90% warrant coverage (with the warrants exercisable at 110% of the conversion price. The Company received 2,922,078 warrants which had a nominal value on the grant date. One-third of the Notes ($1,666,667) were funded by the Company at the execution of definitive agreements for the transaction, and two-thirds of the Notes ($3,333,333) were purchased and funded upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, including effectiveness of a registration statement that was deemed effective on May 3, 2021 and the Company completed this funding on May 6, 2021. In June 2021, the Company exercised a cashless exercise of the Borqs warrants and received 5,956,544 common shares of Borqs. The Company subsequently sold those Borqs common shares in June 2021 and recognized $8.5 million in proceeds, all of which was recognized as a realized gain on securities in 2021.

During the three months ended September 30, 2016. The2021, the Company converted $4,100,000 of the Borqs convertible note plus accrued interest of $131,760 into 5,960,829 shares. As of September 30, 2021 the Company considered the fair value of these properties was first appliedthe Borq convertible note to recoverbe equal to the Company’s initial investment with any remaining proceeds applied to interest, late fees, and other amounts owed by the property owner. There were no unencumbered properties acquired and recorded at fair value duringof the threestock on September 30, 2021 or $0.592 per share times the number of shares that it could be converted into based on a conversion price of $0.6534 or 1,422,091 shares which had a fair value of $841,878. The re-measurement resulted in an unrealized loss of $87,316 included within “Unrealized loss on convertible debt security” for the Three and nineNine months ended September 30, 2017.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue Recognition - On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09—Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which provided new accounting guidance regarding revenue recognition, and is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017.2021. The Company has not yet evaluatedclassified the impact of this new guidance on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

Debt Issue Costs - In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (“ASU 2015-03”).  The amended guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented5,960,829 shares as marketable securities and subsequently sold 587,530 shares in the balance sheet asnine months ending September 30, 2021 and 477,405 shares were sold during the fourth quarter of 2021.

The remaining 4,895,894 shares were sold during the first quarter of 2022 which resulted in a direct deduction fromrealized loss of $395 thousand which is reflected in ‘Realized gain on securities’ in the carrying amountconsolidated statements of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts.operations within the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs is not affected by the amendments in this ASU.  The amendments in this ASU are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. Debt issue costs deducted from the carryingremaining principal amount of the related debt liability in the accompanying consolidated condensed balance sheets were $25,474 and $99,396, respectively, as of September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016.

Leases In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which requires the recognition of assets and liabilities arising from lease transactions on the balance sheet and the disclosure of additional information about leasing arrangements. Under the new guidance, for all leases,Notes plus accrued interest expense and amortization of the right to use assets will be recorded for leases determined to be financing leases and straight-line lease expense will be recorded for leases determined to be operating leases. Lessees will initially recognize assets for the right to use the leased assets and liabilities for the obligations created by those leases. The new accounting standard must be adopted using a modified retrospective approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. The accounting standard is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of assessing what impact this new standard may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

Credit Losses – In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses which establishes a new approach for credit impairment based on an expected loss model rather than an incurred loss model. The standard requires the consideration of all available relevant information when estimating expected credit losses, including past events, current conditions and forecasts and their implications for expected credit losses.  The guidance is effective January 1, 2020 with a one-year early adoption permitted.  The Company is evaluating the impact of the new guidance.

Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date which the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued.  Refer to Note 6. Subsequent Events, for further discussion.  

2. DUE FROM RELATED PARTY

A substantial portion of the legal services for the Company associated with the collection of delinquent assessments from property owners are performed by a law firm, Business Law Group (“BLG”), which was owned solely by Bruce M. Rodgers, the Chief Executive Officer of LMFA, until and through the date of conversion ($965,096) was converted into common shares of Borqs at a conversion price of $0.25 per share or 3,863,200 shares. A gain of $287,778 was recognized on the initial public offering. Followingconversion of the offering, Mr. Rodgers transferred his interest in BLGconvertible debt to other attorneys at the firm through a redemption of his interestcommon shares and is included within “Realized gain on convertible debt securities” in the firm, and BLG is now under controlconsolidated statements of those lawyers. BLG has historically performed collection work primarily on a deferred billing basis wherein the law firm receives payment for services rendered upon collection from the property owners or at amounts ultimately subject to negotiations with the Company.

Amounts collected from property owners and paid to BLGoperations for the three and nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 20172022. Subsequent to the conversion, the 3,863,200 shares were approximately $291,000 and $841,000, respectively.  Amounts collected from property owners and paid to BLGsold which resulted in a realized gain of $45 thousand which is included within ‘Realized gain on securities’ in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016 were approximately $281,000 and $946,000, respectively.  BLG also recognizes revenue through2022.


Short-term investments in convertible debt securities consist of the following:

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible note

$

-

 

 

$

539,351

 

 

$

841,878

 

End of period

$

-

 

 

$

539,351

 

 

$

841,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

$

539,351

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

 

Investment in convertible debt security

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Accrued interest income on convertible debt security

 

17,753

 

 

 

 

 

 

160,954

 

Unrealized loss on convertible debt security

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

(87,316

)

Convertible debt and interest converted into marketable shares

 

(844,882

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,231,760

)

Realized gain on conversion into marketable shares

 

287,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

End of period

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

$

841,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

its general counsel activities it performs for various associations.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, BLG recognized revenue of approximately $6,000 and $34,000, respectively, related to general counsel work. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, BLG recognized revenue of approximately $2,000 and 20,000, respectively, related to general counsel work. As of September 30, 2017 and

In December 31, 2016, receivables from property owners for charges ultimately payable to BLG approximate $3,920,000 and $4,385,000, respectively.

Under the related party agreement with BLG in effect during 2017 as well as the previous related party agreement, the Company pays all costs (lien filing fees, process and serve costs) incurred in connection with the collection of amounts due from property owners.  Any recovery of these collection costs are accounted for as a reduction in expense incurred.  The Company incurred expenses related to these types of costs of approximately $128,000 and $394,000, respectively, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.  The Company incurred expenses of $188,000 and $381,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, related to collection costs. Recoveries during three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to those costs were approximately $91,000 and $258,000, respectively. The Company recognized collection costs recoveries of $80,000 and $265,000, respectively for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.  Following the change in ownership of BLG discussed above, the Company began paying BLG a monthly fee of $7,000 per month plus a minimum fee of $700 per unit in those payoff events where the collection amount was limited to the Super Lien Amount. Effective January 1, 2017,2020, the Company entered into a newLoan Agreement (the “Investor Loan Agreement”) with a private investor (“Investor”) pursuant to which the Investor agreed to provide consulting services and make one or more non-recourse loans to the Company in a principal amount of up to the purchase price of the Borqs loan receivables purchased by the Company. The Investor Loan Agreement

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does not provide a fixed rate of interest, and the Company and Investor agreed to split the net proceeds from the Company sales of the settlement shares, with the Company receiving one-third of the net proceeds after a return of Investor’s principal and the Investor receiving return of principal plus two-thirds of the net proceeds thereafter.

As part of that transaction in which funding began in January 2021 the Company recognized a $5.7 million gain on the Borqs loan receivables loan transaction in which we acquired $18.2 million of Borqs debt for $15.5 million and converted the debt into Borqs common stock and subsequently sold such shares for $32.6 million, provided $11.3 million to the Investor and realized a $5.7 million gain. That transaction was completed by September 30, 2021.

Note Receivable – related party

On February 1, 2022, LMAO issued an unsecured promissory note to LMFAO Sponsor LLC, pursuant to which LMAO may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $500,000 to be used for a portion of LMAO’s expenses. On July 28, 2022 (effective as of June 30, 2022), the aggregate principal limit was increased to $1,750,000. The loan was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the earlier of the 24 month anniversary of LMAO’s initial public offering or the closing of its initial business combination.

As of September 30, 2022, LMAO had drawn down $1,750,000 under the promissory note with LMFAO Sponsor LLC to pay for offering expenses.

On July 29, 2022, LMAO issued a press release announcing that its board of directors elected to extend the date by which LMAO has to consummate a business combination from July 29, 2022 to October 29, 2022 (the “Extension”), as permitted under LMAO’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. In connection with the Extension, LMFAO Sponsor deposited an aggregate of $1,035,000 (representing $0.10 per public share of LMAO) into LMAO’s trust account on July 29, 2022. This deposit was made in respect of a non-interest bearing loan to LMAO (the “Extension Loan”).

In connection with the closing of the LMAO Business Combination, on October 28, 2022, Sponsor and Seastar Medical Holding Corporation amended, restated, and consolidated (i) the original Promissory Note, dated July 29, 2022, issued by LMAO to Sponsor in the principal amount of $1,035,000 and (ii) the original Amended and Restated Promissory Note, effective June 30, 2022, issued by LMAO to Sponsor in the principal amount of $1,750,000 (collectively, the “Original Sponsor Notes”), by entering into one consolidated amended and restated promissory note with an aggregate principal amount of $2,785,000 (the “Amended Sponsor Note”).
The amendment extends the maturity date of the Original Sponsor Notes to October 30, 2023. Refer to Note 11.

Short-term investments – debt securities

The Company entered into a secured promissory note and loan agreement with BLGSymbiont.IO, Inc. (“Symbiont”) on December 1, 2021 under which partially alters the traditional deferred billing arrangement noted above.  Under the new agreement, the Company pays BLGagreed to lend Symbiont an aggregate principal amount of up to $3 million, of which $2 million was drawn. The outstanding principal amount under the note will bear interest at a fixed monthly feerate of $82,00016% per monthannum. The outstanding principal, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, becomes due and payable on December 1, 2022. The Symbiont note is secured by a first priority perfected security interest in the assets of Symbiont. Concurrently with the execution of the Symbiont note, the Company and Symbiont entered into a First Refusal and Purchase Option Agreement, dated December 1, 2021 (the “ROFR Agreement”), to provide the Company with certain rights relating to the potential purchase of the capital stock or assets of Symbiont. Pursuant to the terms of the ROFR Agreement, in the event that Symbiont expects to accept a third-party offer that would result in a sale of Symbiont, then the Company will have the first right and option to purchase, upon the same terms and conditions as the third-party offer, the assets or capital stock of Symbiont, subject to certain terms and exclusions as described in the ROFR Agreement. The Company’s rights under the ROFR Agreement are assignable to third parties. The ROFR Agreement will expire on December 1, 2022. Upon the occurrence of any event of default, the Company may, under its sole and absolute discretion, elect to convert the total outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest into shares of common stock of Symbiont at a conversion price per share equal to $3.0642 (subject to adjustment for services rendered.any stock splits, reverse stock splits and similar changes in the capital stock of Symbiont). As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there was $267 thousand and $27 thousand of accrued interest on the Symbiont loan included in Short-term investments – debt securities.

As part of a $2 million loan to Symbiont in December 2021, the Company received 700,000 warrants. Each warrant is immediately exercisable at a purchase price of $3.0642 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and will expire on December 1, 2026. The Company continuesdetermined the warrants to pay BLGhave a minimumnominal value at inception and as of September 30, 2022 due to lack of marketability.

On September 9, 2022, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement with SeaStar Medical pursuant to which the Company agreed to make advances to SeaStar Medical of up to $700,000 for general corporate purposes at an interest rate equal to 15% per unit feeannum. All advances made to SeaStar Medical under the Credit Agreement and accrued interest are due and payable to LMFA on the maturity date. The maturity date of $700the loan is the earlier of (a) October 25, 2022, (b) the consummation of the Business Combination with LMAO, and (c) the termination of the Merger Agreement with LMAO. As of September 30, 2022, SeaStar Medical has borrowed

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$350,000 under the Credit Agreement. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there was $3 thousand and nil of accrued interest on the Seastar Medical loan included in Short-term investments – debt securities.

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Symbiont.IO note receivable

$

2,266,521

 

 

$

2,027,178

 

 

$

-

 

Seastar Medical note receivable

$

352,771

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

End of period

$

2,619,292

 

 

$

2,027,178

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Beginning of year

$

2,027,178

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

 

Investement in Seastar Medical note receivable

 

350,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

Accrued interest income on debt securities

 

242,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

Unrealized loss

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

End of period

$

2,619,292

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketable Securities

Our marketable equity securities are publicly traded stocks measured at fair value using quoted prices for identical assets in active markets and classified as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy. Marketable equity securities as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

 

Cost

 

 

Cost of Shares Sold

 

 

Gross Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketable equity securities, September 30, 2022

 

$

2,976,933

 

 

$

(2,915,813

)

 

$

(36,900

)

 

$

24,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketable equity securities, December 31, 2021

 

$

4,766,349

 

 

$

(1,246,708

)

 

$

(1,387,590

)

 

$

2,132,051

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company sold 0 shares and 8,759,094 shares, respectively, of Borqs shares for approximately nil and $2.3 million, respectively. The Company realized a net gain (loss) of nil and ($350) thousand related to the sale of securities for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. The net gain (loss) is included within "Realized gain (loss) on securities" within our consolidated statements of operations.

Long-term Investments

In connection with LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc (“LMAO”) initial public offering in January 2021, the Company’s affiliate LMFA Sponsor LLC purchased an aggregate 5,738,000 private placement warrants from LMAO (“Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per whole warrant. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one share of LMAO’s Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, and as such meets the definition of a derivative as outlined within ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The Private Placement Warrants are recorded at fair value and are classified in long-term "Investments" on the consolidated balance sheet. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is classified as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as the calculation is dependent upon company specific adjustments to the observable trading price of LMAO’s public warrants for lack of marketability and related risk of forfeiture should no business combination occur. Subsequent changes in fair value will be recorded in the income statement during the period of the change. As of September 30, 2022 and 2021, our re-measurement resulted in an unrealized loss of approximately $194 thousand and $1,651 thousand for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and approximately $184 thousand unrealized

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loss and $3,626 thousand unrealized loss for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2021. The unrealized loss is included within "Unrealized gain (loss) on investment and equity securities" within our consolidated statements of operations.

Long-term investments consist of the following:

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc. warrants

$

322,246

 

 

$

1,973,413

 

 

$

2,111,584

 

End of period

$

322,246

 

 

$

1,973,413

 

 

$

2,111,584

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

$

1,973,413

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

 

Investments in affiliate

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,738,000

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment in affiliate

 

(1,651,167

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,626,416

)

End of period

$

322,246

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,111,584

 

Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates

LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc.

The Company is the sponsor of LMF Acquisition Opportunities, Inc. (“LMAO”), a special purpose acquisition company that completed an initial public offering in January 2021. Prior to LMAO’s initial public offering, LMFA Sponsor LLC (“Sponsor”), a 70% owned subsidiary of the Company, organized and initially capitalized LMAO by a $25,000 purchase of Class B shares par value $0.0001 per share, of LMAO. At the time of the initial public offering of LMAO, Sponsor purchased Private Placement Warrants that allow it to purchase 5,738,000 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50. The Class B shares and Private Placement Warrants were issued to and are held by Sponsor. The shares of Class B common stock of LMAO held by Sponsor will automatically convert into shares of LMAO’s Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis at the time of LMAO’s initial business combination and are subject to certain transfer restrictions.

The registration statement for LMAO’s initial public offering (the “LMAO IPO”) was declared effective on January 25, 2021 and on January 28, 2021, LMAO consummated the LMAO IPO with the sale of 10,350,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $103,500,000. The Units trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol “LMAOU”. After the securities comprising the units began separate trading on March 18, 2021, the shares of Class A common stock and warrants were listed on NASDAQ under the symbols “LMAO” and “LMAOW,” respectively. Simultaneously with the closing of the LMAO IPO, LMAO consummated the sale of the Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to Sponsor generating gross proceeds of $5,738,000.

As a result of the LMAO IPO, we ceased having a controlling financial interest in LMAO as of January 28, 2021. Additionally, as our retained investment in LMAO qualifies for equity-method accounting, we were required to remeasure our retained interest in LMAO at fair value and include any case where thereresulting adjustments as part of a gain or loss recognized on deconsolidation. The fair value calculation related to our retained interest in LMAO is dependent upon company-specific adjustments applied to the observable trading price of LMAO’s Class A common stock.

The Company’s investment in LMAO is held through a collection event69.5% equity interest in Sponsor. The LMAO IPO closed on January 28, 2021 and BLG receives no paymentproceeds from LMAO’s IPO totaled $103.5 million. If LMAO does not complete a business combination within 18 months from the property owner.  This provisionclosing of LMAO’s IPO, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants (after LMAO IPO transaction costs) will be used to fund the redemption of the shares sold in the LMAO IPO (subject to the requirements of applicable law), and the private warrants will expire without value. The Sponsor holds approximately 20% of the total common shares (Class A and Class B) in LMAO along with the 5,738,000 Private Placement Warrants. The Sponsor is managed by the Company. The Company has been expandeddetermined that as a result of the LMAO IPO, we ceased having a controlling financial interest in LMAO as of January 25, 2021. The Company, therefore, accounts for its interest in LMAO under the equity method of accounting. Additionally, as our retained investment in LMAO qualifies for equity-method accounting, we were required to alsoremeasure our retained interest at fair value and include any unit whereresulting adjustments as part of a gain or loss recognized on deconsolidation. The fair value calculation related to our retained interest in LMAO is dependent upon company-specific adjustments applied to both the observable trading price of LMAO’s Class A common stock and the related risk of forfeiture should LMAO not consummate a business combination.

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On April 21, 2022, LMAO entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with LMF Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of LMAO, and SeaStar Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Due to the progression of the pending merger with SeaStar Medical, Inc. the Company recalculated the fair value of our interest in LMAO which included a reassessment of the risk of forfeiture. Based on the work performed, we concluded that the risk of forfeiture has decreased and the value of our retained interest has increased. As a result of the remeasurement of our retained interest in LMAO, we recognized an unrealized gain on securities of $12.7 million and $4.6 million for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, within "Unrealized gain (loss) on investment and equity securities" within our consolidated statements of operations.

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc. common stock

$

17,362,125

 

 

$

4,676,130

 

 

$

4,676,130

 

End of period

$

17,362,125

 

 

$

4,676,130

 

 

$

4,676,130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

$

4,676,130

 

 

 

 

 

$

25,000

 

Unrealized gain on investment in affiliate

 

12,685,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,651,130

 

End of period

$

17,362,125

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,676,130

 

The net unrealized gain (loss) on securities from the Company’s investment in LMAO’s Class B shares and warrants totaled a ($194) thousand loss and $11.0 million gain, respectively for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 and ($123) thousand loss and $1.0 million gain for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Note 8. Deposits on Mining Equipment and Hosting Services

As further described in Note 1, the Company has taken titleentered into a series of mining machine purchase agreements, hosting and colocation service agreements in association with our cryptocurrency mining operations which required deposits to be paid in advance of the unitrespective asset or whereservice being received.

The Company classifies deposit payments within Deposits on mining equipment and hosting services in the association has terminated its contract with either BLG orconsolidated balance sheet. As mining machines are received, the Company.  Legalrespective cost of the mining machines plus the related shipping and customs fees chargedare reclassified from Deposits on mining equipment and hosting services to Fixed assets, net in the consolidated balance sheet. Refer to Note 9. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company by BLGhas a total of approximately $10.5 and $16.8 million, respectively, classified as Deposits on mining equipment and hosting services and approximately $22.0 million and $0, respectively, of mining machines classified as Fixed assets, net in excessthe consolidated balance sheet under these payment arrangements.

Note 9. Fixed Assets, net

The components of amounts collected from property ownersfixed assets as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are as follows:

 

 

Useful Life (Years)

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Mining machines

 

5

 

$

21,986,382

 

 

 

-

 

Furniture, computer and office equipment

 

3-5

 

 

216,312

 

 

 

199,786

 

Gross fixed assets

 

 

 

 

22,202,694

 

 

 

199,786

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

 

 

(226,734

)

 

 

(181,872

)

Fixed assets, net

 

 

 

$

21,975,960

 

 

$

17,914

 

As of September 30, 2022, 4,212 mining machines have been received, of which 848 were placed into service at a Core Scientific location in late September 2022. There are 2,690 machines at a Compute North location with 674 machines awaiting deployment to a Core Scientific location. Depreciation has not commenced on those machines not yet in service.

The Company’s depreciation expense recognized for the threeThree and nineNine Months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $38,600 and $43,700 for 2022 and $4,500 and $9,500 for 2021, respectively.

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Note 10. Digital Assets

Digital assets consist of the following:

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bitcoin

$

616,257

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

898,042

 

Ether

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

498,196

 

End of period

$

616,257

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,396,238

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Beginning of Year

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

Purchase of digital assets

 

 

1,478,441

 

 

 

1,419,958

 

Production of digital assets

 

 

42,157

 

 

 

-

 

GUSD Earned on digital assets

 

 

5,658

 

 

 

-

 

Sale of digital assets

 

 

(505,658

)

 

 

-

 

Impairment loss

 

 

(404,341

)

 

 

(23,720

)

End of Period

 

$

616,257

 

 

$

1,396,238

 

During the Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2017 were2021, the Company purchased and received an aggregate of 21 Bitcoin and 170 Ether for approximately $266,000$1,420 thousand. During the Three and $787,000, respectively. For the three and nineNine months ended September 30, 2016,2021, we recorded $24 thousand of impairment losses on such digital assets. As of September 30, 2021, the carrying value of our digital assets held was $1,396 thousand.

During the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred legal fees charged by BLG in the amountpurchased and received an aggregate of $31,0009.5 and $107,000,31 Bitcoin for approximately $192 thousand and $978 thousand, respectively.

The Company also shares office spacereceived approximately 2.2 Bitcoin, in exchange for services provided (Refer to Note 1 for revenue recognition policy). Bitcoin received for services provided were recognized at an amount equal to their fair value on the date received of approximately $42 thousand. During the Three and related common expenses with BLG.  All shared expenses, including rent,Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, we recorded approximately $27 thousand and $404 thousand of impairment losses on such digital assets. As of September 30, 2022, the carrying value of our digital assets held was approximately $616 thousand which reflects the cumulative impairment. The impairment loss was included within “Impairment loss on digital assets” within the consolidated statements of operations.

During the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company purchased and received an aggregate of $0 and $500 thousand, respectively, in Gemini Dollars (GUSD). GUSD earns additional Gemini dollars, of which we earned approximately nil and $6 thousand GUSD during the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 which was recorded as “Digital assets other income” in the consolidated statements of operation. During the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company did not record any impairment losses on GUSD. The Company sold all of the GUSD during the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 for approximately $506 thousand, which was equal to its carrying value.

Note 11. Segment Information

The Company applies ASC 280, Segment Reporting, in determining its reportable segments. The Company has two reportable segments: Specialty Finance and Mining Operations. The guidance requires that segment disclosures present the measure(s) used by the CODM to decide how to allocate resources and for purposes of assessing such segments’ performance. The Company’s CODM uses revenue, income from operations and income before taxes of our reporting segments to assess the performance of the business of our reportable operating segments.


No operating segments have been aggregated to form the reportable segments. The corporate oversight function, and other components that may earn revenues that are chargedonly incidental to the legal firm based on an estimateactivities of actual usage.  Any expenses of BLG paid by the Company that have not been reimbursed or settled against other amounts are reflected as due from related partiesaggregated and included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Amounts receivable“All Other”

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category.


The Specialty Finance segment generates revenue from BLG as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were approximately $1,661,000 and $1,661,000, respectively.

During 2016,providing funding to nonprofit community associations. The Mining Operations segment generates revenue from the Bitcoin the Company experienced a decline in collection events that affected revenues both toearns through its mining activities.

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

 

Specialty Finance

 

Mining Operations

 

All Other

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue, net

$

145,623

 

$

42,157

 

$

-

 

$

187,780

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

1,191

 

 

36,697

 

 

729

 

 

38,617

 

Operating Income (loss)

 

(290,899

)

 

(122,005

)

 

(4,850,491

)

 

(5,263,395

)

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(13,000

)

 

(13,000

)

Impairment loss on digital assets

 

-

 

 

(870

)

 

(25,764

)

 

(26,634

)

Unrealized loss on investment and equity securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(194,174

)

 

(194,174

)

Interest income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

85,602

 

 

85,602

 

Dividend income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

1,125

 

 

1,125

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

(290,899

)

 

(122,875

)

 

(4,996,702

)

 

(5,410,476

)

Fixed Asset Additions

 

1,612

 

 

3,354,895

 

 

-

 

 

3,356,507

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

 

Specialty Finance

 

Mining Operations

 

All Other

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue, net

$

571,160

 

$

42,157

 

$

-

 

$

613,317

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

4,746

 

 

36,697

 

 

2,275

 

 

43,718

 

Operating income (loss)

 

(926,114

)

 

(161,418

)

 

(14,579,983

)

 

(15,667,515

)

Realized loss on securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(349,920

)

 

(349,920

)

Realized gain on convertible debt securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

287,778

 

 

287,778

 

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(36,900

)

 

(36,900

)

Impairment loss on digital assets

 

-

 

 

(870

)

 

(403,471

)

 

(404,341

)

Unrealized gain on investment and equity securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

11,034,828

 

 

11,034,828

 

Digital assets other income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

5,658

 

 

5,658

 

Interest income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

264,947

 

 

264,947

 

Dividend income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,875

 

 

3,875

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

(926,114

)

 

(162,288

)

 

(3,773,188

)

 

(4,861,590

)

Fixed Asset Additions

 

1,612

 

 

21,994,846

 

 

6,916

 

 

22,003,374

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

 

Specialty Finance

 

Mining Operations

 

All Other

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue, net

$

223,624

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

223,624

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

4,308

 

 

-

 

 

174

 

 

4,482

 

Operating Income (loss)

 

(132,774

)

 

-

 

 

(2,061,988

)

 

(2,194,762

)

Realized loss on securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(173,282

)

 

(173,282

)

Unrealized loss on convertible debt security

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(2,588,916

)

 

(2,588,916

)

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(478,448

)

 

(478,448

)

Impairment loss on digital assets

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(23,720

)

 

(23,720

)

Unrealized loss on investment and equity securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(123,172

)

 

(123,172

)

Interest expense

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(3,939

)

 

(3,939

)

Interest income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

77,956

 

 

77,956

 

Dividend income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

738

 

 

738

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

(132,774

)

 

-

 

 

(5,374,771

)

 

(5,507,545

)

Fixed Asset Additions

 

1,022

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

1,022

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

 

Specialty Finance

 

Mining Operations

 

All Other

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue, net

$

567,427

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

567,427

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

9,264

 

 

-

 

 

212

 

 

9,476

 

Operating Income (loss)

 

(555,807

)

 

-

 

 

(3,841,049

)

 

(4,396,856

)

Realized gain (loss) on securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

13,951,752

 

 

13,951,752

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on convertible debt security

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(87,316

)

 

(87,316

)

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(478,448

)

 

(478,448

)

Impairment loss on digital assets

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(23,720

)

 

(23,720

)

Unrealized gain on investment and equity securities

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

1,024,714

 

 

1,024,714

 

Interest income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

164,895

 

 

164,895

 

Dividend income

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

738

 

 

738

 

Forgiveness of Debt

 

 

 

 

 

157,251

 

 

157,251

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

(555,807

)

 

-

 

 

10,868,164

 

 

10,312,357

 

Fixed Asset Additions

 

2,118

 

 

-

 

 

2,089

 

 

4,207

 

Note 12. Subsequent Events

On October 3, 2022, the Company and BLG. The significant balanceCore entered into an agreement to host an additional 1,552 mining machines in which the Company is required to pay total deposits of approximately $1.2 million of which $0.2 million was paid on October 5, 2022 and the remaining amounts will be paid in November 2022. On October 5, 2022, the Company and Core entered into an additional agreement to host an additional 200 mining machines in which the Company is required to pay total deposits of approximately $0.2 million which was paid on November 15, 2022.

On October 28, 2022, LMAO through the Sponsor, consummated the previously announced business combination transaction (the “LMAO Business Combination”) contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated April 21, 2022, by and among LMAO, LMF Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of LMAO (“Merger Sub”), and SeaStar Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SeaStar Medical”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the closing of the Business Combination, SeaStar Medical was merged with and into Merger Sub, with SeaStar Medical continuing as the surviving entity in the receivable noted above reflectsmerger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of LMAO and with LMAO changing its name in connection with the decisionmerger to SeaStar Medical Holdings Corporation (“SMHC”).

In connection with the closing of the LMAO Business Combination, on October 28, 2022, Sponsor and SMHC amended, restated, and consolidated (i) the original Promissory Note, dated July 29, 2022, issued by LMAO to Sponsor in the principal amount of $1,035,000 and (ii) the original Amended and Restated Promissory Note, effective June 30, 2022, issued by LMAO to Sponsor in the principal amount of $1,750,000 (collectively, the “Original Sponsor Notes”), by entering into one consolidated amended and restated promissory note with an aggregate principal amount of $2,785,000 (the “Amended Sponsor Note”).

Additionally, on October 28, 2022, LMFA and SeaStar Medical amended and restated the original Promissory Note, dated September 9, 2022, issued by SeaStar Medical to LMFA in the principal amount of $700,000 (the “Original LMFA Note”), by entering into an amended and restated promissory note (the “Amended LMFA Note”).

The Amended Sponsor Note and the Amended LMFA Note (collectively, the “Notes”) extend the maturity date of the Original Sponsor Notes and Original LMFA Note, respectively, from the closing date of the Business Combination to October 30, 2023, subject to mandatory prepayments equal to a specified percentage of funds raised by SMHC prior to maturity. The Notes both bear interest at a per annum rate equal to Seven Percent (7.0%), simple interest, and pursuant to Security Agreements entered into by the Company to advance funds to BLG based on the amount of their unpaid legal fees due from property owners. The Company expects repaymentparties (the “Security Agreements”), are secured by all of the receivable amount as collection events return to historical levels.assets of SMHC and SeaStar Medical (excluding certain intellectual property rights).

 

 

3. OTHER ASSETS

 

The following table summarizes

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company’s other assets.

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Real estate assets owned

 

$

281,200

 

 

$

734,727

 

Fixed assets, net

 

 

83,849

 

 

 

109,938

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

288,250

 

 

 

203,738

 

 

 

$

653,299

 

 

$

1,048,403

 


4. LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Financing agreement with Premium Assignment Corporation.  Down payment of $19,000 was required upfront and equal installment payments of approximately $7,806 to be made over a 10 month period.  Annualized interst is 5.09%.

 

$

62,445

 

 

$

-

 

Promissory note issued to a financial institution, bearing interest at 8%, interest payable monthly, and principal payments due quarterly. Secured by all of the Company’s rights, title, interest, claims, and demands associated with certain condominium units held in LMF SPE #2, LLC and all cash held in LMF SPE #2, LLC. Accrued interest is due monthly beginning January 29, 2015. Under the amended debt agreement, principal payments recommence in July, 2017. Principal payments have not been paid as management is in the process of obtaining new financing as well as in discussions with the lender regarding alternative payment schedules.  Note matures on April 30, 2018 and can be prepaid at any time without penalty. Principal balances for this promissory note were $4,540,274 and $4,540,274, respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.  Unamortized debt issuance costs were $24,224 and $96,896, respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

 

4,516,050

 

 

 

4,443,378

 

Promissory note issued to a financial institution, bearing interest at 6% plus one month Libor, principal payments of $60,000 per month plus interest due through maturity on February 1, 2018. This loan is collateralized by all of the accounts receivable, contract rights, and lien rights arising from or relating to collection of Association payments made by the Company relating to certain accounts as well as all deposit accounts and cash of LMF October 2010 Fund, LLC. LM Funding, LLC and its members guaranteed this loan.  Principal balances for this promissory note were $180,000 and $720,000, respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Unamortized debt issuance costs were $1,250 and $2,500, respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

 

178,750

 

 

 

717,500

 

 

 

$

4,757,245

 

 

$

5,160,878

 

Minimum required principal payments onCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes for the Company’s debt as of September 30, 2017 are as follows:

Years Ending

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

2017

 

$

1,105,947

 

2018

 

 

3,676,772

 

 

 

 

4,782,719

 

Unamortized debt issue costs

 

 

(25,474

)

 

 

$

4,757,245

 

Under the amended debt agreement with Heartland Bank, principal payments recommenced in July 2017.  See Note 5 below and Note 6. Subsequent events for further discussion.

5. MANAGEMENT’S PLANS

On August 27, 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-05, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which requires management to assess a Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from financial statement issuance and to provide related footnote disclosures in certain circumstances.

The Company has debt obligations arising within one year that if not refinanced will raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as defined by ASU 2014-05.  Management has performed its assessment as required by ASU 2014-05 and has concluded that it is probable that its plans as discussed below will mitigate the conditions that raise substantial doubt. 


The Company did not pay its quarterly principal payments to its senior lender due on or around July 1, 2017 and October 1, 2017 and is presently in discussion regarding alternative payment schedules.  Presently the senior lender has to date not demanded payment or issued the Company any kind of letter regarding default. The Company has a history of refinancing debt and management is confident that it will be able to successfully refinance the current debt obligations and/or obtain new financing to pay off the existing debt obligations. Management is confident that it will be able to obtain new financing mainly due to the value of its collateral base, real estate owned properties that are unencumbered by a first mortgage, as well as the unsecured claims still owed to LMF and its clients. See Note. 6 Subsequent Events for further discussion regarding obtaining new financing.  If management is not able to finalize a financing agreement, this will increase the likelihood of the Company’s inability to continue as a going concern.  If the financing agreement is not completed in a timely manner, management has alternative plans in place that would assist with mitigating the risk of its inability to continue as a going concern. The Company has sufficient liquidity resources available for operations while management obtains a new financing agreement.  Although the Company experienced significant operating losses in 2016 and through September 30, 2017, management believes that there have been positive financial trends in 2017.  Management has realized significant expense reductions starting in September 2016 particularly within staff costs and payroll, as well as settlement costs with associations. Management also expects a significant reduction in legal expenses going forward as there has been a significant decrease in the number of outstanding claims against the Company compared to prior years. Management intends to undertake additional expense reduction measures until financing is finalized in order to preserve liquidity. In addition, Management has also implemented new sales programs that are resulting in increases in unit acquisitions. For the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016 new unit acquisitions were 312 and 298, respectively. The Company has also acquired a large real estate base which management has elected to sell a portion of units to increase our liquidity. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company sold six real estate properties for a net amount of approximately $369,000 which assisted with providing additional liquidity for operations. In October 2017, the Company sold one real estate property for a net of approximately $29,000. The Company currently owns six properties with an approximate value of $296,000 that it can sell as necessary. We expect to generate additional liquidity through the monetization of additional real estate as deemed necessary2022, and with additional debt financing actions. We expect these actions will be executed in alignment with the anticipated timing of our liquidity needs. We also continue to explore ways to unlock value across a range of assets, including exploring ways to maximizeAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the value of our unsecured claims.year ended December 31, 2021

We believe that the actions discussed above mitigate the substantial doubt raised by our recent operating losses and refinancing needs and satisfy our estimated liquidity needs 12 months from the issuance of the financial statements.  However, we cannot predict, with certainty, the outcome of our actions to generate liquidity, including the availability of additional debt financing, or whether such actions would generate the expected liquidity as currently planned. The inability to obtain financing would raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Additionally, a failure to generate additional liquidity could negatively impact our ability to acquire units.

6. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management is in negotiations with several entities to provide financing to assist with the Company’s liquidity needs and debt obligations.  Management expects to have a new financing agreement in place by the end of the year. The Company expects its current liquidity resources available for operations to be sufficient while management completes a new financing agreement.


Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements regarding our future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected revenues, projected costs, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “believes,” or the negative thereof or any variation thereon or similar terminology or expressions.

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors which could materially affect our results and our future performance include, without limitation, limitation:

our ability to retain the listing of our securities on the Nasdaq Capital market,
our ability to obtain funds to purchase receivables,
the early stage of our cryptocurrency mining business and our lack of operating history in such business,
volatility surrounding the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies,
the uncertainty surrounding the cryptocurrency mining business in general,
bankruptcy or financial problems of our hosting vendors in our mining business,
reliance to date on a single model of Bitcoin miner,
the ability to scale our mining business,
our ability to purchase defaulted consumer Association receivables at appropriate prices,
competition to acquire such receivables,
our dependence upon third party law firms to service our accounts,
our ability to manage growth or declines in the our business,
changes in governmentalgovernment regulations that affect our ability to collect sufficient amounts on our defaulted consumer Association receivables,
the impact of class action suits and other litigation on our business or operations,
our ability to keep our software systems updated to operate our business,
our ability to employ and retain qualified employees,
our ability to establish and maintain internal accounting controls,
changes in the credit or capital markets,
changes in interest rates,
deterioration in economic conditions,
the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), its impact on the economy generally and, more specifically, the specialty finance industries,
negative press regarding the debt collection industry which may have a negative impact on a debtor’s willingness to pay the debt we acquire, as well as and

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other factors set forth under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 2021 and Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Except as required by law, we assume no duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Overview

We areLM Funding America, Inc. (“we”, “our”, “LMFA” or the “Company”) currently has two lines of business: a specialty finance company that providesbusiness and our recently commenced cryptocurrency mining business.

With respect to our specialty finance business, the Company has historically engaged in the business of providing funding to nonprofit community associations primarily located in the state of Florida and, to a lesser extent, nonprofit community associations in the states of Washington, Colorado, and Illinois.Florida. We offer incorporated nonprofit community associations, which we refer to as “Associations,” a variety of financial products customized to each Association’s financial needs. Our original product offering consists of providing funding to Associations by purchasing their rights under delinquent accounts that are selected by the Associations arising from unpaid Association assessments. We provideHistorically, we provided funding against such delinquent accounts, which we refer to as “Accounts,” in exchange for a portion of the proceeds collected by the Associations from the account debtors on the Accounts. More recently,In addition to our original product offering, we have started to engage in the business of purchasing Accounts on varying terms tailored to suit each Association’s financial needs, including under our New Neighbor GuarantyGuaranty™ program.

On September 15, 2021, we announced our plan to operate in the Bitcoin mining ecosystem, and we commenced Bitcoin mining operations in September 2022. This business operation deploys our computing power to mine Bitcoin and validate transactions on the Bitcoin network. We believe that revenues from the New Neighbor Guaranty program, as well as other similar products we may developdevelopments in Bitcoin mining have created an opportunity for us to deploy capital and conduct large-scale mining operations in the future, will comprise an increasingly larger piece of ourUnited States. We conduct this business during future quarters. We intend to leverage these products to expand our business activitiesthrough a wholly owned subsidiary, US Digital Mining and grow both in and outside of the states inHosting Co, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (US Digital), which we currently operate.formed in 2021 to develop and operate our cryptocurrency mining business.

Because of our role as a trusted advisor to our Association clients, we are exploring a potential product line which resembles a more traditional consulting model for Associations desirous of this relationship. Areas of our consultancy may include purchase money mortgage qualification consulting, accounts receivable management, reserve study recommendations, and property tax assessed value analysis. In the event we move forward with this new product line, we will seek to provide services and advice inside of our core competency of community association finance in an effort to drive demand for our financial products.  Specialty Finance Business

In our original product offering,specialty finance business, we typically purchase an Association’s right to receive a portion of the Association’s collected proceeds collected from owners that are not paying their assessments. After taking assignment of an Association’s right to receive a portion of the Association’s proceeds from the collection of delinquent unit owners. Once under contract,assessments, we engage law firms typically on behalf of our Association clients pursuant to a power of attorney, to perform collection work on delinquent unit accounts. Our law firms typically handle collection matters on a deferred billing basis wherebywherein the law firms receive payment is received upon collection from the delinquent unit account debtors or at a predetermined contractual ratecontracted amount if amounts collectedpayment from delinquent unit account debtors areis less than legal fees and costs incurred. Weowed. Under this business model, we typically fund an amount equal to or less than or equalthe statutory minimum an Association could recover on a delinquent account for each Account, which we refer to as the statutory “Super Lien Amount” an Association would recover at some point in the future based on the Association’s statutory lien priority.. Upon collection of an Account, the law firm retained forworking on the collection matter distributes proceeds pursuant to the termsAccount, on behalf of the agreement byAssociation, generally distributes to us the funded amount, interest, and betweenadministrative late fees, with the Association and us. Not all agreements are the same, but our typical payoff distribution will result in us first recovering amounts advanced to the Association, interest, latelaw firm retaining legal fees and costs advanced, with legal fees kept by the retained law firm,collected, and assessment amounts remitted to the Association client.retaining the balance of the collection. In connection with ourthis line of business, we have developed proprietary software for servicing Accounts, which we believe enables law firms to service Accounts efficiently and profitably.


Under theour New Neighbor Guaranty program, an Association will generally assign substantially all of its outstanding receivablesindebtedness and accruals on its delinquent units to us in exchange for payment by us of an amount less than or equal to the monthly assessment payment fordues on each assigned delinquent unit account.unit. This simultaneously eliminates a substantial portion of the Association’s balance sheet bad debts and assists the Association in meetingto meet its budget by both guaranteeing periodic revenuesreceiving guaranteed monthly payments on its delinquent units and relieving the Association of itsfrom paying legal feefees and cost burdens typically incurredcosts to collect its bad debts.

In our initial underwriting We believe that the combined features of the program enhance the value of the underlying real estate in an Association and its individualthe value of an Association’s delinquent receivables.

Because we acquire and collect on the delinquent receivables of Associations, the Account debtors are third parties about whom we have little or no information. Therefore, we cannot predict when any given Account will be paid off or how much it will yield. In assessing the risk of purchasing Accounts, we review the property values of the underlying units, the governing documents of the relevant Association, and the total number of delinquent receivables held by the Association,Association.

Cryptocurrency Mining Business

Cryptocurrency Mining Business

During 2021, we committed to purchasing an aggregate of 5,046 Bitcoin S19J Pro Antminer cryptocurrency mining machines for an aggregate purchase price of $31.6 million (the “Mining Machines”) from Bitmain. This contract allowed for a reduction in purchase price if Bitcoin price declined prior to shipment. As such, because the legal proceedings instituted,price of Bitcoin has declined since we entered into the purchase contract, we have received reductions against the total purchase price. We anticipate we will receive the remaining Mining Machines to be delivered in batches over an estimated delivery timeframe from October 2022 through November 2022. The purchase agreements between us and many other factors. While we are relatively certainBitmain relating to the Mining Machines (the “Bitmain Purchase Agreements”) required us to pay $7.9 million or 25% of the total purchase price as a non-refundable deposit for the Mining Machines within 7 days of the date of the

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signing of the respective Bitmain Purchase Agreements, and additional 35% of the batch price at least 6 months prior to shipment of such batch, and the remaining 40% of each batch price one month prior to the shipment of the batch. We have received 4,212 Mining Machines as of September 30, 2022 under these purchase agreements. Due to the variable nature of the contract, we have been credited an aggregate total of approximately $7.2 million toward the 40% purchase price that is normally paid upon the shipment of a batch.

On August 31, 2022, the Company committed to purchasing an additional 400 Bitcoin Miner S19J Pro machines from Bitmain for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.3 million. The purchase agreement provides for delivery of the machines in November 2022. As required under the contract, the Company paid the full purchase price within 7 days of the date of the signing of the agreement and the payment is not refundable. This contract is also subject to variable pricing adjustments.

Additionally, on September 20, 2022, the Company committed to purchasing 200 Bitcoin Miner S19 XP machines from Bitmain for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.3 million. Under the provisions of the contract, the machines are expected to be delivered in January 2023. As required under the contract, the Company paid a non-refundable deposit of $265 thousand within 7 days of the date of the signing of the agreement. An additional 30% payment of the purchase price is due 4 months prior to shipment and the remaining 50% of the purchase price is due 15 days prior to shipment. This contract is also subject to variable pricing adjustments.

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 the Company paid approximately $12.7 million to Bitmain for deposits related to mining equipment and payments of $635 thousand were made to various shipping vendors for transportation and customs costs related to the equipment. Since the inception of our contracts with Bitmain, we have paid an aggregate of approximately $27.0 million to Bitmain and related vendors relating to the purchase of these machines through September 30, 2022, and expect to pay an additional $1.0 million under the Bitmain contracts through the completion of the delivery of the machines.

In October 2021, we also entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the “Uptime Purchase Agreement”) with Uptime Armory LLC (“Uptime”) pursuant to which US Digital agreed to purchase, and Uptime agreed to supply to US Digital, an aggregate of 18 modified 40-foot cargo containers (“POD5ive containers”) that will be designed to hold and operate 280 S19 Pro Antminers manufactured by Bitmain. The purchase price of the POD5ive containers totals $3.15 million, of which $2.4 million or 75% was paid in 2021 as a non-refundable down payment and the remaining 25% was paid after Uptime delivered a “notice of completion” of the equipment. No containers have been delivered as of September 30, 2022.

On the same effective date, US Digital also entered into a hosting agreement with Uptime Hosting LLC (the “Hosting Agreement”) to host the Company’s 18 POD5ive containers at a secure location and provide power, maintenance and other services specified in the contract for 6 cents per kilowatt with a term of one year. Under the Hosting Agreement we paid a deposit of $0.8 million in 2021 and were required to pay an additional deposit for each container three months prior to delivery at the hosting site of $44 thousand and a final deposit for each container one month prior to arrival at the hosting site of $44 thousand. The deposits paid for hosting services under the Hosting Agreement are refundable. On June 29, 2022, the Company and Uptime Hosting LLC entered into a Release and Termination Agreement in which the Hosting Agreement was terminated and Uptime Hosting LLC agreed to pay the $0.8 million. The $0.8 million deposit paid for hosting services under the Hosting Agreement is included within Prepaid expenses and other assets on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2022. However, the $0.8 million deposit has not been returned, and on September 2, 2022, we filed in Florida circuit court a legal action against Uptime Hosting LLC in an action styled US Digital Mining and Hosting Co, LLC v. Uptime Hosting, LLC (Fla. 13thCir. Ct. Sept. 2, 2022) for the return of the deposit and other damages, alleging breach of contract and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. Uptime Hosting LLC has answered the complaint with affirmative defenses and counterclaims for fraudulent inducement and rescission, which we believe are without merit. The Company has not accrued a loss contingency related to this matter based on management’s assessment of the collectability of the refundable deposit.

On November 8, 2022, we filed an action in Florida circuit court against Uptime Armory, LLC and Bit5ive, LLC in a case styled US Digital Mining and Hosting Co. LLC v. Uptime Amory, LLC and Bit5ive, LLC (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct., November 8, 2022). In that action, we alleged breach of contract and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and are seeking, among other things, damages of $3.15 million for non-delivery of the 18 POD5ive containers. The defendants in this action have not yet answered the complaint.

On June 21, 2022, the Company entered into a Master Agreement, dated effective as of June 20, 2022, with Compute North LLC (“Compute North”) under which Compute North has agreed to host up to 4,200 of US Digital’s Bitcoin Miner S19J Pro machines (100 TH/s) and provide colocation, management and other services (the “Master Agreement”). The term of the Master Agreement is for 60 months, subject to earlier termination in specified circumstances. The Company paid a non-refundable co-location deposit of $1.3 million on June 21, 2022 under the Master Agreement. Compute North filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 22, 2022. Compute North has not energized any of our 2,690 machines located at their site.

On September 6, 2022, the Company entered into hosting agreement (the “Core Hosting Agreement”) with Core Scientific Inc. (“Core”) pursuant to which Core agreed to host the Company’s 1,200 Bitcoin Miner S19J Pro machines at a secure location and provide power, maintenance and other services specified in the contract with a term of one year and thereafter automatically renews

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for the periods indicated in the Order. As required under the Core Hosting Agreement, the Company paid approximately $942 thousand as a deposit on September 2, 2022.

During September 2022, 848 mining machines were placed into service and we commenced mining operations. These machines are located at one of the Core hosting locations.

Recent Developments

COVID-19 Update

Although COVID-19 is currently not material to our results of operations, there is uncertainty relating to the potential future impact on our business. While our employees currently have the ability and are encouraged to work remotely, such measures have and may continue to have an impact on employee attendance or productivity, which, along with the possibility of employees’ illness, may adversely affect our operations. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our operations, or our ability to obtain financing should we require it, will depend on future developments which are uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 re-emerge and the actions taken by governments and private businesses to contain COVID-19 to treat its impact, among others. If the disruptions posed by COVID-19 continue for an extended period of time, financial markets may not be available to the Company for raising capital in order to fund future growth. Should the Company not be able to obtain financing when required, in the amounts necessary or under terms which are economically feasible, we may be required to produce a revenue event, we cannot predict when an individual delinquent unit account will have a revenue event reduce planned future growth and/or payoff.the scope of our operations.

Corporate History and Reorganization

The Company was originally organized in January 2008 as a Florida limited liability company under the name LM Funding, LLC. Historically,Prior to our initial public offering in 2015, all of our business was conducted through LM Funding, LLC and its subsidiaries (the “Predecessor”).subsidiaries. Immediately prior to our initial public offering in October 2015, the members of the LM Funding, LLC contributed all of their membership interests to LM Funding America, Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated on April 20, 2015 (“LMFA”), in exchange for an aggregate of 2,100,000 shares of the common stock of LMFA (the “Corporate Reorganization”).LMFA. Immediately after such contribution and exchange, the former members of LM Funding, LLC became the holders of 100% of the issued and outstanding common stock of LMFA, thereby making the LM Funding, LLC a wholly-owned subsidiary of LMFA. As used

The Company organized two new subsidiaries in this discussion and analysis, unless the context requires otherwise, references to “LMF,” “LM Funding,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company,” “our company,” and similar references refer to (i) following the date of the Corporate Reorganization, LM Funding America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries, and (ii) prior to the date of the Corporate Reorganization, LM Funding,2020: LMFA Financing LLC, a Florida limited liability company, on November 21, 2020, and its consolidated subsidiaries.LMFAO Sponsor LLC, a Florida limited liability company, on October 29, 2020. LMFAO Sponsor LLC organized a subsidiary, LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc., on October 29, 2020. LM Funding America Inc. organized a subsidiary, US Digital Mining and Hosting Co., LLC., on September 10, 2021.

Results of Operations

The NineThree Months Ended September 30, 20172022 compared with the NineThree Months Ended September 30, 20162021

Revenues

During the nine monthsThree Months ended September 30, 2017,2022, total revenues decreased by $0.98 million, or 24.4%,$36 thousand, to $3.04 million$188 thousand from $4.02 million$224 thousand in the nine monthsThree Months ended September 30, 2016. There was a decrease in payoffs of approximately 27.3% as the Company recorded approximately 579 payoff occurrences2021.

Interest on delinquent association fees decreased by $71 thousand to $58 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared with 796 payoff occurrences for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  “Payoffs” consist of recovery of the entire legally collectible portion, or a settlement thereof, of our principal investment, accrued interest, and late fees owed to us from the proceeds of the Accounts collected by the Associations in accordance with our contracts with Associations. We believe the decrease in payoff occurrences is attributed to a change in the overall real estate markets where the Company operates.  We believe the year over year decrease in the number of foreclosures in the Florida market has affected the number of payoff occurrences we experienced in 2016 and has continued into 2017. The decrease in revenue is also attributed to a decrease in revenue per unit. The average revenue per unit per the Statement of Operations, excluding rental revenue decreased to $4,400 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared with $4,800 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

We saw an increase in rental revenue in the nine monthsThree Months ended September 30, 20172022 from $129 thousand Three Months ended September 30, 2021. Underwriting and origination fees for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022 decreased $17 thousand to $12 thousand from $29 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021. Rental revenues increased in the Three Months ended September 30, 2022 by $4 thousand to $41 thousand from $37 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021.

Digital mining revenues increased to $42 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022 from nil for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021, due to the commencement of $0.27our digital mining operations in late September 2022.

Operating Expenses

During the Three Months ended September 30, 2022, operating expenses increased approximately $3.0 million, to $0.50$5.5 million from $0.23approximately $2.4 million for the nine monthsThree Months ended September 30, 2016. This was due to a continued emphasis to2021. The increase our rental base.     

Operating Expenses

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, operating expenses decreased $1.82 million, or 28.2%, to $4.63 million from $6.45 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease in operating expenses can be attributed to various factors, including the Company’s cost savings initiative, which was implemented beginning on October 1, 2016. There were significant savings within payroll,$3.6 million increase in stock compensation, $217 thousand increase in professional fees, $102 thousand increase in selling, general and settlements with associations.   The Company also experiencedadministrative expense and other operating expense increase of $119 thousand, offset in part by a decrease in legal feesstaff costs and payroll of $1.2 million. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense of $34 thousand and digital mining cost of revenues of $39 thousand is related to ongoing litigation cases listed within Item 1. Legal Proceedingsthe commencement of Part IImining operations in late September. The cost of this report. Legalmining includes the cost of hosting site.

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Professional fees, excluding fees from the BLG service agreement, for the nine monthsThree Months ended September 30, 20172022 were approximately $383,000$556 thousand compared with approximately $741,000$252 thousand for the nine monthsThree Months ended September 30, 2016.2021, due primarily to ordinary legal fees and consulting fees related to our digital mining operations. In the ordinary course of our specialty finance business, we are involved in numerous legal proceedings.proceedings and expenses associated with acquisitions and corporate initiatives. We regularly initiate collection lawsuits, using our network of third-party law firms, against debtors. In addition, debtors occasionally initiate litigation against us.

Legal fees to BLG for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022 were $159 thousand compared to $246 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021. This decrease is primarily due to the lower service fee charge from BLG. See Note 2. Due to Related Party for further discussion regarding the service agreements with BLG.

Other Income/(Loss)

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment and equity securities - the Company’s investment in LMAO changed due to the LMAO IPO on January 28, 2021. This resulted in LMAO’s deconsolidation from the Company and any changes in fair value will be recorded in the income statement during the period of the change. The Company recognized an unrealized loss on securities of $194 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to a unrealized loss of $123 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021 from the revaluation of LMAO’s Class B common stock and Private Placement Warrants.

Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities - the company incurred an unrealized loss on marketable securities of $13 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to an unrealized loss on securities of $478 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021.

Impairment of digital assets - the company incurred an impairment of digital assets of $27 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to $24 thousand for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021.

Interest (Income) Expense

During the Three Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company generated net interest income of $86 thousand as compared to $74 thousand of interest income for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021 due to differences in the rates of return and the amount of outstanding interest-bearing investments.

Income Tax Expense

During the Three Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company generated a $5.4 million net loss before income taxes. However, due to a change in estimate from the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 that resulted in a limitation on the use of its net operating loss carryforwards, the Company's income tax due was $1.3 million. The Company recognized a net income tax expense of $1.3 million for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022. The Company recognized $12.6 thousand of income tax expense for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021.

Net Income (Loss)

During the Three Months ended September 30, 2022, net loss was approximately ($6.7) million as compared to net loss of ($5.5) million for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Non-Controlling Interest

The Company owns 69.5% of Sponsor. As such, there is ($59) thousand net loss for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022 attributable to the Non-Controlling Interest as compared to ($34) thousand net loss for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to LM Funding America, Inc.

During the Three Months ended September 30, 2022, net loss was approximately ($6.7) million as compared to net loss of approximately ($5.5) million for the Three Months ended September 30, 2021.

Results of Operations

The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

Revenues

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, total revenues increased by $46 thousand, to $613 thousand from $567 thousand in the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

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Interest on delinquent association fees increased by $1 thousand to $271 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 from $270 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021. Underwriting and origination fees for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 decreased $32 thousand to $55 thousand from $87 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021. Rental revenues increased in the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 by $17 thousand to $120 thousand from $103 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Digital mining revenues increased to $42 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 from nil for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021, due to the commencement of our digital mining operations in late September 2022.

Operating Expenses

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, operating expenses increased approximately $11,317 thousand, to $16,281 thousand from $4,964 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in operating expenses can be attributed to various factors, including $10,945 thousand increase in stock compensation, $1,180 thousand increase in professional fees and other operating expense increase of $256 thousand offset in part by a $1,481 thousand decrease in compensation costs excluding stock-based compensation.

Professional fees, excluding fees from the BLG service agreement, for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 were approximately $1,865 thousand compared with approximately $603 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021 due primarily to ordinary legal fees and costs associated with the settlement of a shareholder legal claim and consulting costs related to our digital mining business. In the ordinary course of our specialty finance business, we are involved in numerous legal proceedings and expenses associated with acquisitions and corporate initiatives. We regularly initiate collection lawsuits, using our network of third party law firms, against debtors. In addition, debtors occasionally initiate litigation against us. The settlement costsThis included an expense of these lawsuits decreased by approximately $346,000 to approximately $257,000 compared with approximately $603,000 for$275 thousand during the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016.


These savings were partially offset with2022 related to the new service agreement with BLG which resulted in an additional expensesettlement of approximately $680,000.a legal claim. See Note 3.5 Commitments and Contingencies for discussion of the claim.

Legal fees for BLG for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 were $656 thousand compared to $738 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021. Legal fees for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 include a $150 thousand termination fee offset by a reduction in the service fee. See Note 2. Due Fromto Related Party for further discussion regarding the service agreements with BLG.

Interest ExpenseOther Income (Loss)

DuringRealized loss on marketable securities - the nine monthsCompany recognized a $350 thousand realized loss on marketable securities for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2017, interest expense decreased $0.082022 as compared to a $13,952 thousand gain for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021, which was primarily due to a $5.7 million or 17.4%,gain on a transaction with Borqs in which the Company acquired debt of Borqs and converted the debt into Borqs common stock and subsequently sold such shares at a gain and an $8.5 million gain related to $0.38 millionthe exercise of Borqs warrants for common shares in Borqs which were subsequently sold.


Realized gain on convertible debt securities - the company incurred a realized gain on convertible debt securities of $288 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to nil for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment and equity securities - The Company’s investment in LMAO changed due to the LMAO IPO on January 28, 2021. This resulted in LMAO’s deconsolidation from $0.46the Company and any changes in fair value will be recorded in the income statement during the period of the change. The Company recognized an unrealized gain on securities of $11.0 million for the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016. The overall decrease in interest expense is due2022 as compared to a unrealized gain of $1.0 million for the balances of the debt decreasing as a result of the principal payments being made throughout the year.  This trend should continue as we continue to repay the principal balances of the Company loans. In addition, the amortization of debt issuance costs is to be reported as interest expense under ASU 2015-03 (ASC 835-30-45-3), which is included in the interest expense amount listed above.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the amortization of debt issuance costs was $73,922 and $73,922, respectively.

Net Loss

During the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2017, net2021 from the revaluation of LMAO’s Class B common stock and Private Placement Warrants. The change was driven primarily by the impact of LMAO’s pending merger with Seastar Medical, Inc. on the valuation of LMAO’s common shares.

Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities - the company incurred an unrealized loss increased $4.05 million to ($5.90 million) from ($1.85 million)on marketable securities of $37 thousand for the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016.  The cost savings listed above2022 as compared to an unrealized loss on securities of $478 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Impairment of digital assets - during the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company purchased and received an aggregate of 31 Bitcoin for approximately $978 thousand and also received approximately 2.2 Bitcoin, in exchange for digital mining services provided which were offset by a one-time contingentvalued at approximately $42 thousand. During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, we recorded approximately $404 thousand of impairment losses on such digital assets as compared to an impairment loss expense recordedof $24 thousand for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

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Interest (Income) Expense

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company earned net interest income of $265 thousand as compared to $164 thousand of interest income for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021 due to differences in the second quarterrates of 2017return and the deferredamount of outstanding interest-bearing investments.

Income Tax Expense

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the Company generated a $4.9 million net loss before income taxes. However, due to a change in estimate from the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 that resulted in a limitation on the use of its net operating loss carryforwards, the Company's income tax asset valuation allowance recorded in the third quarter of 2017.due was $1.3 million. The Company expectsrecognized a net income tax expense of $1.3 million for the cost savings initiative described aboveNine Months ended September 30, 2022. The Company recognized $29.9 thousand of income tax expense for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Net Income (Loss)

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the net loss was ($6.2) million as compared to positively impact resultsnet income of $10.3 million for future periods.the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Net Income Attributable to Non-Controlling Interest

The Company owns 69.5% of Sponsor. As such, there is $3,373 thousand net income for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 attributable to the Non-Controlling Interest as compared to $285 thousand net income for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to LM Funding America, Inc.

During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022, the net loss was approximately ($9.5) million as compared to net income of $10.0 million for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

As of September 30, 2017,2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $0.6$10.2 million compared with $2.3$32.6 million at December 31, 2016 and $3.62021. The Company also had $24 thousand of marketable securities as of September 30, 2022 compared with $2.1 million at September 30, 2016. This decrease was primarily driven by operating losses recorded in 2016 through the first three quarters of 2017. December 31, 2021.

Cash from Operations

Net cash used by operations and financing activities decreased by $1.72was $1.7 million and $0.57 million, respectively, forduring the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2017.  Cash from investing activities increased2022 compared with net cash provided by $0.63operations of $5.3 million forduring the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2017.

Cash from Operations

Net2021. This change in cash used in operations was ($1.72) million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared with ($2.65) million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Thisprovided by operating activities was primarily driven by a $14.0 million realized gain on securities from the Borqs Note transactions during the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021.

Cash from Investing Activities

For the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022 net loss (before income taxes)cash used in investing activities was $20.6 million as compared to net cash used in investing activities of approximately $2.44$8.8 million for the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2017 compared with a net loss of $2.90 million during2021. During the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016.

Cash from Investing Activities

For2022, the nine monthsCompany invested $16.5 million in deposits for mining equipment, $978 thousand for digital assets, $350 thousand for a note receivable and $2.8 million in related party notes receivable as compared to $1.6 million in deposits for mining equipment, an investment of $1.4 million for digital assets and an investment of $5.7 million in LMF Acquisition Opportunities Inc (a special purpose acquisition corporation) during the Nine Months ended September 30, 2017 our finance receivables fell by $0.31 million. This was2021. The Company reclassified approximately $22.0 million from Deposits on mining equipment and hosting services to Fixed assets, net in the consolidated balance sheet due to the Company collecting more Accounts than were invested in for the period. Our primary business relies on our ability to invest in Accounts, andreceipt of 4,212 mining machines during the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2017,2022.

Cash from Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $0.1 million for the number of active Accounts has decreased compared with the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2016. This balance has been in consistent decline since 2012. This balance is very susceptible2022 compared to housing market fluctuations, but as we believe our current market penetration is less than 1% in Florida, we believe there is still a large, untapped market for our product offerings to grow in Florida and elsewhere. Regarding our original product,$9.4 million provided by financing activities for the nine monthsNine Months ended September 30, 2017, we acquired 264 Accounts (52 HOA Accounts and 212 COA Accounts) for approximately $196,000 compared with 246 Accounts (146 HOA Accounts and 104 COA Accounts) for approximately $109,000 for2021. At September 30, 2022, the nine monthsCompany paid $115 thousand in repayments of debt. During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2016. Generally, HOA Accounts under2021 the original product do not have any associated initial cash outlays as we choose to limit our funding amounts for those units. Regarding our New Neighbor Guaranty product, forCompany received $9.5 million from the nine monthsexercise of warrants and paid $163 thousand in repayments of debt.

Shareholders’ Equity

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During the Nine Months ended September 30, 2017, we made a total investment2021, holders of $155,000 compared with a total investmentour warrants exercised such warrants for approximately 2.3 million shares of $376,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2016.common stock for an aggregate of $9.5 million.

Cash from Financing ActivitiesDebt

At September 30, 2017, the principal indebtedness of the Company was $4.8 million compared with $5.8 million at September 30, 2016. On March 31, 2017, LM Funding executed an amendment, effective as of March 15, 2017, to its note payable with Heartland Bank, see Note 4. Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements.  This amendment deferred all principal payments from January 1, 2017 through July 1, 2017.  During this period, the note was paid on an interest only basis.  In July 2017, scheduled principal payments recommenced but were not paid by the Company pending the anticipated refinancing discussed at Note 6.  This amendment extended the term of the loan to April 30, 2018 with a principal payment due on that date of $3,173,172.


Debt of the Company consisted of the following at September 30, 20172022 and September 30, 2016:

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

September 30,

2016

 

Financing agreement with Premium Assignment Corporation.  Down payment of $19,000 was required upfront and equal installment payments of approximately $7,806 to be made over a 10 month period.  Annualized interst is 5.09%.

 

$

62,445

 

 

$

-

 

Promissory note issued to a financial institution, bearing interest at 8%, interest payable monthly, and principal payments due quarterly. Secured by all of the Company’s rights, title, interest, claims, and demands associated with certain condominium units held in LMF SPE #2, LLC and all cash held in LMF SPE #2, LLC. Accrued interest is due monthly beginning January 29, 2015. Under the amended debt agreement, principal payments recommence in July, 2017.  Principal payments have not been paid as management is in the process of obtaining new financing as well as in discussions with the lender regarding alternative payment schedules. Note matures on April 30, 2018 and can be prepaid at any time without penalty. Principal balances for this promissory note were $4,540,274 and $4,978,280, respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and 2016.  Unamortized debt issuance costs were $24,224 and $121,120, respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

 

4,516,050

 

 

 

4,857,160

 

Promissory note issued to a financial institution, bearing interest at 6% plus one month Libor, principal payments of $60,000 per month plus interest due through maturity on February 1, 2018. This loan is collateralized by all of the accounts receivable, contract rights, and lien rights arising from or relating to collection of Association payments made by the Company relating to certain accounts as well as all deposit accounts and cash of LMF October 2010 Fund, LLC. LM Funding, LLC and its members guaranteed this loan.  Principal balances for this promissory note were $180,000 and $900,000, respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and 2016. Unamortized debt issuance costs were $1,250 and $2,917 respectively, as of September 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

 

178,750

 

 

 

897,083

 

 

 

$

4,757,245

 

 

$

5,754,243

 

As of September 30, 2017, minimum required principal payments on notes payable are $1,105,947 in 2017, and $3,676,772 in 2018. Under the amended debt agreement with Heartland Bank, principal payments recommenced in July 2017. These debt obligations, if not refinanced, will raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  See Note 5. Management’s Plans and Note 6. Subsequent events for further discussion.

In addition, the Company’s related party balance has remained relatively flat at $1.66 million as of September 30, 2017 compared with $1.66 million as of December 31, 2016.  The Company expects this balance to decrease in the future in direct correlation with our expectation for payouts to increase. The revision of the BLG service agreement will also assist with the repayment of this related party balance.  See Note 2. Due From Related Party Related Party Transactions for further discussion on the Company’s related party receivable balance and new BLG service agreement.2021:

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31,
2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing agreement with FlatIron capital that was unsecured. Down payment of $36,255 was required upfront and equal installment payments of $19,114 were made over a 10 month period. The note matured on May 1, 2022. Annualized interest was 3.95%

 

$

-

 

 

$

114,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

114,688

 

Results of Operations

The Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 compared with the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

Revenues

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, total revenues increased by $0.03 million, or 3.0%, to $1.04 million from $1.01 million in the three months ended September 30, 2016. Payoffs were relatively flat as there was a decrease of approximately 1.4% as the Company recorded approximately 214 payoff occurrences for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared with 217 payoff occurrences for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  “Payoffs” consist of recovery of the entire legally collectible portion, or a settlement thereof, of our principal investment, accrued interest, and late fees owed to us from the proceeds of the Accounts collected by the Associations in accordance with our contracts with Associations. We believe the consistency in payoff occurrences is attributed to a stabilization in the overall real estate markets where the Company operates.  We believe the year-over-year decrease in the number of foreclosures in the Florida market has affected the number of payoff occurrences we experienced in 2016 and has continued into 2017. The evenness in revenue is also attributed to a symmetry in revenue per unit. The average revenue


per unit per the Statement of Operations, excluding rental revenue was relatively consistent at $4,100 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared with $4,100 for the three months ended September 30, 2016.

We saw an increase in rental revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2017 of $0.05 million to $0.16 million from $0.11 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. This was due to a continued emphasis to increase our rental base.    

Operating Expenses

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, operating expenses decreased $0.82 million, or 35.5%, to $1.49 million from $2.31 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease in operating expenses can be attributed to various factors, including the Company’s cost savings initiative, which was implemented beginning on October 1, 2016. There were significant savings within payroll, professional fees and settlements with associations.   The Company also experienced a decrease in legal fees related to ongoing litigation cases listed within Item 1. Legal Proceedings of Part II of this report. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, legal fees excluding fees from the BLG service agreement were approximately $88,000 compared with approximately $234,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  In the ordinary course of our business, we are involved in numerous legal proceedings. We regularly initiate collection lawsuits, using our network of third-party law firms, against debtors. In addition, debtors occasionally initiate litigation against us. The settlement costs of these lawsuits decreased by approximately $130,000 to approximately $101,000 compared with approximately $231,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2016.

These savings were partially offset with the new service agreement with Business Law Group (BLG) which resulted in an additional expense of approximately $235,000.  See Note 3. Due From Related Party for further discussion regarding the service agreements with BLG.  

Interest Expense

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, interest expense decreased $0.02 million, or 14.3%, to $0.12 million from $0.14 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. The overall decrease in interest expense is due to the balances of the debt decreasing due to the principal payments being made throughout the year.  This trend should continue as we continue to repay the principal balances of the Company loans. In addition, the amortization of debt issuance costs is to be reported as interest expense under ASU 2015-03 (ASC 835-30-45-3), which is included in the interest expense amount listed above.  During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the amortization of debt issuance costs was $24,641 and $24,640, respectively.

Net Loss

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, net loss increased $3.78 million to ($4.70 million) from ($0.92 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  The cost savings listed above were partially offset by a one-time contingent loss expense recorded in the second quarter of 2017 and the deferred tax asset valuation allowance recorded in the third quarter of 2017. The Company expects the cost savings initiative described above to positively impact results for future periods.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

WeAs a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this item.

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures that are designedpursuant to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed pursuant toRule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is recorded, processed, summarized,required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and reported withinprocedures relative to their costs.

Management, with the time periods specifiedparticipation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2022. Based on that evaluation, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2022 due to the following material weakness in internal control over financial reporting that existed as of December 31, 2021 and that continued to exist through September 30, 2022:

The Company did not effectively segregate certain accounting duties nor have a proper multi-level review process due to the small size of its accounting staff.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Notwithstanding the determination that there was a material weakness as identified in this Quarterly Report, we believe that our consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the years covered hereby in all material respects.

We expect to be dependent upon our Chief Financial Officer who is knowledgeable and experienced in the SEC’s rules, regulations,application of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to maintain our disclosure controls and related forms,procedures and the preparation of our financial statements for the foreseeable future. We plan on increasing the size of our accounting staff at the appropriate time for our business and its size to ameliorate our concern that we do not effectively segregate certain accounting duties, which we believe would resolve the material weakness in disclosure controls and procedures, but there can be no assurances as to the timing of any such information is accumulatedaction or that we will be able to do so.

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Management has been implementing and communicatedcontinues to implement measures designed to ensure that control deficiencies contributing to the material weakness are remediated, such that these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively. To date, the remediation actions include the following:

appointment of additional qualified staff;

implementation of additional monitoring of controls to improve documentation of internal control procedures; and

expanding the management and governance over IT system controls,

While these actions and planned actions are subject to ongoing management evaluation and will require validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over a sustained period, we are committed to continuous improvement and will continue to diligently review our principal executive officer and principalinternal control over financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.reporting.


(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reportinginternal control over financial reporting.

There haveOther than remediation actions related to the material weaknesses in our internal controls described above, there has been no changeschange in our internal control over financial reporting (as that occurredterm is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended September 30, 20172022 that havehas materially affected, or areis reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 


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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

Other than the lawsuits described below, we are not currently a party to material litigation proceedings. However, we frequently become party to litigation in the ordinary course of business, including either the prosecution or defense of claims arising from contracts by and between us and client Associations. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of prosecution, defense, and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Solaris at Brickell Bay Condominium Association, Inc. v. LM Funding, LLC, Case No: 2014-20043-C, was brought before the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade Civil Division on July 31, 2014. On August 4, 2017, an order by the court was entered on Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement Agreement.   The motion of the Plaintiff, Solaris at Brickell Bay Condominium Association, Inc., individually and on behalf of the certified plaintiff class (“Plaintiffs”), for approval of the Class Action Settlement Agreement with Defendant LM Funding, LLC was granted.  LMF, despite its belief that it is not liable for the claims asserted and has good defenses thereto, has nevertheless agreed to enter into this Agreement in order to: (1) avoid any further expense, inconvenience, and distraction of burdensome and protracted litigation and its consequential negative financial effects to LMF’s operations; (2) obtain the releases, orders, and final judgment contemplated by this Agreement; and (3) put to rest and terminate with finality all claims that have been or could have been asserted against LMF by the Class arising from the facts alleged in the Lawsuit and allow LMF to continue its operational model helping associations. In the Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, pursuant to the agreement subsequently reached between counsel, all required actions and deadlinesLegal Proceedings are set forth under Note 5 "Commitments and Contingencies" included in the Parties’ Class Action Settlement Agreement, approvedPart I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are incorporated herein by the Court in its Order Granting Preliminary Approval of same, dated August 3, 2017, are currently stayed and again extended for thirty (30) more days, effective October 18, 2017. On October 5, a continuation of the abatement was granted for sixty (60) days from the date of the order in the District Court of Appeal of Florida Third District.  reference.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.2021, except as follows:

 

We will be exposed to risks and potential unexpected costs related to disruptions or other failures in the supply chain for cryptocurrency hardware and difficulties in obtaining new hardware.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(a) SalesManufacture, assembly and delivery of Unregistered Securities.certain components and products for mining operations could be complex and long processes, in the course of which various problems could arise, including disruptions or delays in the supply chain, product quality control issues, as well other external factors, over which we have no control.

None.

(b) UseOur mining operations can only be successful and ultimately profitable if the costs associated with Bitcoin mining, including hardware costs, are lower than the price of Proceeds.

On October 23, 2015, we closedBitcoin itself. In the initial public offeringcourse of the normal operation of our units, each consistingcryptocurrency mining facilities, our miners and other critical equipment and materials related to datacenter construction and maintenance, such as containers, switch gears, transformers and cables, will experience ordinary wear and tear and may also face more significant malfunctions caused by a number of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. We issued and sold the minimum of 1,200,000 units at a public offering price of $10.00 per unit.

The offer and sale of up to 2,000,000 unitsextraneous factors beyond our control. Declines in the offering was registeredcondition of our miners and other hardware will require us, over time, to repair or replace those miners. Additionally, as the technology evolves, we may be required to acquire newer models of miners to remain competitive in the market. Any upgrading process may require substantial capital investment, and we may face challenges in doing so on a timely and cost-effective basis.

Our mining business will be subject to limitations inherent within the supply chain of certain of our components, including competitive, governmental, and legal limitations, and other events. For example, we expect that we will significantly rely on foreign imports to obtain certain equipment and materials. Any global trade disruption, introductions of tariffs, trade barriers and bilateral trade frictions, together with any potential downturns in the global economy resulting therefrom, could adversely affect our necessary supply chains. Our third-party manufacturers, suppliers and subcontractors may also experience disruptions by worker absenteeism, quarantines, restrictions on employees’ ability to work, office and factory closures, disruptions to ports and other shipping infrastructure, border closures, or other travel or health-related restrictions, such as those that were triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, for example. Depending on the magnitude of such effects on our supply chain, shipments of parts for our miners, or any new miners that we order, may be delayed or may be more expensive than anticipated.

Furthermore, the global supply chain for cryptocurrency miners is currently heavily dependent on China. In September 2021, China declared all transactions in and mining of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, illegal. China has also in the past limited the shipment of products in and out of its borders, which could negatively impact our ability to receive mining equipment from China-based suppliers. Further, Chinese-origin merchandise is currently subject to an additional duty rate of 25% ad valorem. Should it be determined that cryptocurrency mining equipment purchased from and delivered by Bitmain under the Securities ActBitmain Service Agreements are of 1933, as amended, pursuantChinese origin, we may be required to pay the additional ad valorem duty, penalties and interest in order to receive such equipment. Should additional disruptions to the China-based global supply chain for cryptocurrency hardware occur, we may not be able to obtain adequate equipment from the supplier on a registration statementtimely basis or the cost to obtain such equipment may be greater than anticipated. Such events could have a material adverse effect on Form S-1 (File No. 333-205232), which was declared effective by the SEC on October 21, 2015. Following the sale of the shares in connection with the closingour business, prospects, financial condition, and operating results.

Bankruptcy of our initial public offering,hosting vendors, including the offering was terminated. International Assets Advisory, LLC acted asrecent bankruptcy filing by Compute North or the possibility of bankruptcy by Core Scientific, could lead placement agent into interruption of service and could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We have entered into several agreements for colocation, management and other services with vendors (“hosting vendors”) whereby our mining machines are installed, operated and maintained at third-party locations. In the offering.

We received aggregate gross proceeds from the offering of $12 million, or aggregate net proceeds of $9.6 million after deducting placement agent fees of $0.9 million and related offering costs of $1.5 million. No payments for such expenses were made directly or indirectly to (i)event that any of our officershosting vendors declare bankruptcy, the hosting vendors may be unable to fulfill all or directorssome of their obligations under the contract, may operate at a reduced capacity or may be unable to continue operating their associates, (ii)facilities entirely. Any disruption in the hosting vendors ability to operate, or any persons owning 10%reduction or morechange in the services available to be provided to us by the hosting vendor, could negatively impact our ability to mine and receive revenue. In the event that the hosting company is unable to continue operations or is unable to provide services at the level necessary to support our business for a prolonged period we may find it necessary to relocate our mining machines to another facility. Relocation costs could be material and we may be unable to recover damages from the hosting vendor for such costs incurred, which would negatively impact our results of any classoperations.

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In September 2022, Compute North filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of our equity securities, or (iii) any of our affiliates.

Texas. As of September 30, 2017,2022, Compute North’s facilities has not provided any power to our 2,690 miners, and our overall future hosting capacity with Compute North, pursuant to signed Order Forms, is for approximately 4,200 machines. The Company is reviewing its relationship with Compute North and communicating with Compute North regarding this matter. However, there can be no assurance that Compute North’s bankruptcy proceeds will not negatively impact the Company’s existing and planned mining operations.


Because our miners are designed specifically to mine Bitcoin and may not be readily adaptable to mining other cryptocurrencies, a sustained decline in Bitocin’s value could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We have invested substantial capital in acquiring miners using ASIC chips designed specifically to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies using the SHA-256 algorithm as efficiently and as rapidly as possible on our assumption that we will be able to use them to mine Bitcoin and generate revenue from our operations. Therefore, our Mining operations focus exclusively on mining Bitcoin, and our Mining revenue is based on the value of Bitcoin we mine. Accordingly, if the value of Bitcoin declines and fails to recover, for example, because of the development and acceptance of competing blockchain platforms or technologies, including competing cryptocurrencies which our miners may not be able to mine, the revenue we generate from our mining operations will likewise decline. Moreover, because our miners use these highly specialized ASIC chips, we may not be able to successfully repurpose them in a timely manner, if at all, if we decide to switch to mining a different cryptocurrency (or to another purpose altogether) following a sustained decline in Bitcoin’s value or if Bitcoin is replaced by another cryptocurrency not using the SHA-256 algorithm. This would result in a material adverse effect on our business and could potentially impact our ability to continue as a going concern.



Our reliance primarily on a single model of miner may subject our operations to increased risk of design flaws.

The performance and reliability of our miners and our technology is critical to our reputation and our operations. Because we currently only use Bitmain Antminer type miners, if there are issues with those machines, such as a design flaw in the ASIC chips they employ, our entire system could be affected. Any system error or failure may significantly delay response times or even cause our system to fail. Any disruption in our ability to continue mining could result in lower yields and harm our reputation and business. Any exploitable weakness, flaw, or error common to Bitmain miners could affect all our miners; therefore, if a defect or other flaw exists and is exploited, our entire miner fleet could be adversely impacted. Any interruption, delay or system failure could result in financial losses, a decrease in the trading price of our common stock and damage to our reputation.



We may not be able to realize the benefits of forks.

The Bitcoin blockchain is subject to modification based on a consensus of the users on its network. When a significant minority of users on the network agree to a modification that is not compatible with the prior network protocol, a “fork” of the network results, with one prong running the pre-modified protocol and the other running the modified protocol. The effect of such a fork would be the existence of two “versions” of the blockchain running in parallel that are not interchangeable, which requires exchange-type transaction to convert between the two forks. Additionally, it may be unclear following a fork which of the two protocols represents the original and which is the new protocol. Different metrics adopted by industry participants to determine which is the original asset include: referring to the wishes of the core developers of a cryptocurrency; determining based on the blockchain with the greatest amount of hash rate contributed by miners or validators; or by reference to the “length” of blockchain (i.e., the time between the first transaction recorded in the blockchain’s distributed ledger, and the date of the most recent transaction). Accordingly, we may not be able to realize the economic benefit of a fork, either immediately or ever, which could adversely affect an investment in our securities.

Bitcoins and other digital assets we mine or hold for our own account may be subject to loss, theft or restriction on access.





The loss or destruction of private keys required to access our bitcoins may be irreversible. Our loss of access to our private keys or our experience of a data loss relating to our bitcoins could adversely affect an investment in us.


Bitcoins may only be controlled by the possessor of both the unique public and private keys relating to the local or online digital

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wallet in which they are held. We publish the public key relating to digital wallets in use when we verify the receipt or transfers of bitcoins to and from our wallets and disseminate such information into the network on an anonymous basis, but we safeguard the private keys relating to such digital wallets. Digital asset exchanges, such as Gemini, where we hold our bitcoin, engage in similar practices. To the extent such private keys are lost, destroyed or otherwise compromised, we will be unable to access our bitcoins and such private keys may not be capable of being restored by any network. Any loss of private keys relating to digital wallets used to store our bitcoins whether by us or digital asset exchanges where we hold our bitcoin, could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects or operations and potentially the value of any bitcoin we mine or otherwise acquire or hold for our own account.



If we fail to grow our hash rate, we may be unable to compete, and our results of operations could suffer.

Generally, a Bitcoin miner’s chance of solving a block on the Bitcoin blockchain and earning a Bitcoin reward is a function of the miner’s hash rate (i.e., the amount of computing power devoted to supporting the Bitcoin blockchain), relative to the global network hash rate. As demand for Bitcoin has increased, the global network hash rate has increased, and as more adoption of Bitcoin occurs, we expect the demand for Bitcoin will increase, drawing more mining companies into the industry and further increasing the global network hash rate. As new and more powerful miners are deployed, the global network hash rate will continue to increase, meaning a miner’s chance of earning Bitcoin rewards will decline unless it deploys additional hash rate at pace with the industry. Accordingly, to compete in this highly competitive industry, we believe we will need to continue to acquire new miners, both to replace those lost to ordinary wear-and-tear and other damage, and to increase our hash rate to keep up with a growing global network hash rate.



We plan to grow our hash rate by acquiring newer, more effective and energy-efficient miners. These new miners are highly specialized servers that are very difficult to produce at scale. As a result, there are limited producers capable of producing large numbers of sufficiently effective miners, and, as demand for new miners has increased in response to increased Bitcoin prices,
we have used $9.0 millionobserved the price of these new miners has increased. If we can’t acquire sufficient numbers of new miners or access sufficient capital to fund our acquisitions, our results of operations and financial condition, which could adversely affect investments in our securities.



Bitcoin is subject to halving, and our mining operations may generate less revenue as a result.

Halving is a process designed to control the overall supply and reduce the risk of inflation in cryptocurrencies using a Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm. At a predetermined block, the mining reward is cut in half, hence the term “halving”. While Bitcoin prices have historically increased around these halving events, there is no guarantee that the price change will be favorable or would compensate for the reduction in mining rewards. If a corresponding and proportionate increase in the price
of the net proceeds,Bitcoin does not follow future halving events, the revenue we earn from our Mining operations would see a decrease, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.



Transaction fees may decrease demand for Bitcoin and prevent expansion.

As the number of Bitcoins currency rewards awarded for solving a block in a blockchain has decreased, transaction fees have increasingly been used
to repurchaseincentivize miners to continue to contribute to the Bitcoin network. However, high Bitcoin transaction fees may slow the adoption of Bitcoin as a non-controlling interest ($0.25 million), repaymeans of payment, which may decrease demand for Bitcoin and future prices of Bitcoin may suffer as a debt ($3.11 million), make interest payments ($0.89 million),result. If Bitcoin prices are not sufficiently high, our Mining revenue may not exceed our associated costs, and our results of operations and financial condition may suffer. Further, because the price of shares of our common stock may be linked to the price of Bitcoin, if demand for Bitcoin decreases, causing future Bitcoin prices to decrease, the market price of our securities may be materially and adversely affected, limiting our ability to raise additional capital to fund our original product ($0.34 million)strategic growth plans.




Cryptocurrencies face significant scaling obstacles that can lead to high fees or slow transaction settlement times.


Cryptocurrencies face significant scaling obstacles that can lead to high fees or slow transaction settlement times, and attempts to increase the volume of transactions may not be effective. Scaling cryptocurrencies is essential to the widespread acceptance of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment, including Bitcoin. Many cryptocurrency networks face significant scaling challenges. For example, cryptocurrencies are limited with respect to how many transactions can occur per second. Participants in the cryptocurrency

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ecosystem debate potential approaches to increasing the average number of transactions per second that the network can handle and have implemented mechanisms or are researching ways to increase scale, such as increasing the allowable sizes of blocks, and therefore the number of transactions per block, and sharding (a horizontal partition of data in a database or search engine), fund our New Neighbor Guaranty program ($0.71 million) and make real estate owned investments ($0.57 million).  The remainderwhich would not require every single transaction to be included in every single miner’s or validator’s block. However, there is no guarantee that any of the fundsmechanisms in place or being explored for increasing the scale of settlement of cryptocurrency transactions will be effective.


If adoption of Bitcoin (and cryptocurrencies, generally) as a means of payment does not occur on the schedule or scale we anticipate, the demand for Bitcoin may stagnate or decrease, which could adversely affect future Bitcoin prices, and our results of operations and financial condition, which could
have been investeda material adverse effect on the market price for our securities.



Our reliance on a third-party mining pool service provider for our mining revenue payouts may adversely affect an investment in accordanceus.


We currently rely on open access mining pools that support cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, to receive our mining rewards and fees from the network. Our pools have the sole discretion to modify the terms of our agreement at any time, and, therefore, our future rights and relationship
with our investment policy as well as used in normal operationspools may change. In general, mining pools allow miners to combine their computing and processing power, increasing their chances of solving a block and getting paid by the bitcoin network. The rewards, distributed proportionally to our contribution to the pool’s overall mining power, are distributed by the pool operator. Should our pools’ operator systems suffer downtime due to a cyber-attack, software malfunction or other similar issues, it will negatively impact our ability to mine and receive revenue. Furthermore, while we receive daily reports from our pools detailing the total processing power provided to the pools and the proportion of that total processing power, we provided to determine the distribution of rewards to us, we are dependent on the accuracy of our pool’s record keeping. Therefore, we have little means of recourse against our pools’ operators if we determine the proportion of the Company.
reward paid out to us by the mining pool operator is incorrect, other than leaving the pools. If we are unable to consistently obtain accurate proportionate rewards from our pools, we may experience reduced rewards for our efforts, which would have an adverse effect on our business and operations.



We may not have adequate sources of recovery if our digital assets are lost, stolen or destroyed.

We rely on Gemini to facilitate the custody of our bitcoins. If our bitcoins are lost, stolen or destroyed under circumstances rendering a party, including Gemini, liable to us, the responsible party may not have the financial resources sufficient to satisfy our claim. For example, as to a particular event of loss, the only source of recovery for us might be limited, to the extent identifiable, to other responsible third parties (e.g., a thief or terrorist), any of which may not have the financial resources (including liability insurance coverage) to satisfy a valid claim of ours. Gemini maintains certain commercial crime and specie insurance for digital assets they custody which insures against the theft of digital assets that results from a direct security breach or hack of Gemini's systems, a fraudulent transfer initiated by Gemini, or theft by a Gemini employee.


Bitcoins held by us are not subject to FDIC or SIPC protections.


We do not hold our bitcoins with a banking institution or a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”), and, therefore, our bitcoins are not subject to the protections enjoyed by depositors with FDIC or SIPC member institutions. As a result, we may suffer a loss with respect to our bitcoins that is not covered by insurance, and we may not be able to recover any of our carried value in these bitcoins if they are lost or stolen or suffer significant and sustained reduction in conversion spot price. If we are not otherwise able to recover damages from a malicious actor in connection with these losses, our business and results of operations may suffer, which may have a material negative impact on our stock price.




Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(a) Sales of Unregistered Securities.

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None.

(b) Use of Proceeds.

None.

(c) Repurchase of Securities.

None.


Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

None.Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5.

Other Information

NoneItem 5. Other Information

 

On November 9, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved and adopted an amendment to the Company’s Restated By-Laws (the “Amendment”) to reduce the number of shares that are required to be present at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders for purposes of establishing a quorum. Prior to the Amendment, the presence (in person or by proxy) of a majority of the shares outstanding was required to establish a quorum for the transaction of business. Now, as approved in the Amendment, a quorum is established by one-third of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. A copy of the Amendment is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and the Restated By-Laws of the Company incorporating such amendment is attached as Exhibit 3.2 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


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Item 6. Exhibits

The following documents are filed as a part of this report or are incorporated herein by reference.

 

EXHIBIT

NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

  31.1  3.1*

Amendment to Restated By-Laws of LM Funding America, Inc.(effective as of November 9, 2022)

  3.2*

Restated By-Laws of LM Funding America, Inc. (effective as of November 9, 2022)

  4.1

Certificate of Incorporation of LM Funding America, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-8 filed on January 24, 2022)

  10.1

Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated July 28, 2022, issued by LMF Acquisition Opportunities, Inc. to LMFAO Sponsor, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on August 3, 2022)

  10.2

Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated August 31, 2022, between LM Funding America, Inc. and BITMAIN Technologies Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2022)

  10.3

Master Services Agreement, entered into September 6, 2022 but effective as of August 29, 2022, between Core Scientific, Inc. and U.S. Digital Mining and Hosting Co, LLC(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2022)

     10.4

Consolidated Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated October 28, 2022, issued by SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation to LMFAO Sponsor, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on November 3, 2022)

10.5

Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated October 28, 2022, issued by SeaStar Medical, Inc. to LM Funding America, Inc. (incorporated by referent to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on November 3, 2022)

10.6

Security Agreement, dated October 28, 2022, among SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation, SeaStar Medical, Inc., and LMFAO Sponsor, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K filed on November 3, 2022)

10.7

Security Agreement, dated October 28, 2022, among SeaStar Medical, Inc., SeaStar Medical, Inc., and LM Funding America, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 8-K filed on November 3, 2022)

  31.1*

Rule 13a – 14(a) Certification of the Principal Executive Officer

  31.2     31.2*

Rule 13a – 14(a) Certification of the Principal Financial Officer

  32.1  32.1*

Written Statement of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350

 

 

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document.

 

 

101.SCH

101.INS

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101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.Schema Document

 

 

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.Linkbase Document

 

 

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.Linkbase Document

 

 

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.Linkbase Document

 

 

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.Linkbase Document

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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

#Indicates a management contract or compensatory arrangement.* Filed herewith.

 


SIGNATURES41


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized:

 

 

 

LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: November 14, 201717, 2022

 

By:

/s/ Bruce M. Rodgers

 

 

 

Bruce M. Rodgers

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date: November 14, 201717, 2022

 

By:

/s/ Gregory GistRichard Russell

 

 

 

Gregory GistRichard Russell

 

 

 

Vice President, Chief AccountingFinancial Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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