SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned and controlled subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company has prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to interim financial information, which permit the omission of certain disclosure to the extent they have not changed materially since the latest annual financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the financial position, the results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods presented. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future fiscal periods in 2023 or for the full year ending December 31, 2023. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2023. Use of Estimates and Assumptions The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates made by management include, but are not limited to, estimates of the useful lives of property and equipment, realization of long-lived assets, deferred income taxes, unrealized tax positions and realization of digital assets. Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash The Company considers all highly liquid investments and other short-term investments with a maturity of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains cash and cash equivalent balances at financial institutions that are insured by the FDIC. During March 2023, the Company began to participate, to the extent practicable, in insured cash sweep programs which “sweep” its deposits across multiple FDIC insured accounts, each with deposits of no more than $ 250 Restricted cash as of December 31, 2022, principally represented those cash balances that support commercial letters of credit and are restricted from withdrawal. During March 2023, the Company eliminated its outstanding letters of credit. The following table provides a reconciliation of the total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets to the corresponding amounts reported on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. SCHEDULE OF CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH September 30, December 31, September 30, 2022 Cash and cash equivalents $ 101,210 $ 103,705 $ 55,339 Restricted cash — 8,800 8,800 Cash, cash equivalents and Restricted cash $ 101,210 $ 112,505 $ 64,139 Digital Assets and Digital Assets, Restricted Digital assets are included in current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets due to the Company’s ability to sell bitcoin in a highly liquid marketplace and the selling of bitcoin to fund operating expenses to support operations. In addition, digital assets provided as collateral for long-term loans were reported as Digital assets, restricted at December 31, 2022 and classified as long-term assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The proceeds from the sale of digital assets are included within investing activities in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and any gains or losses from such sales are included in operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company measures gains or losses on the disposition of digital assets in accordance with the first-in-first-out (“FIFO”) method of accounting. Digital assets are accounted for as indefinite-lived intangible assets, and are initially measured in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 350 – Intangibles-Goodwill and Other NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, Out-of-Period Adjustment, During the first quarter of 2023, the term loan was terminated and the restrictions on digital assets lapsed (refer to NOTE 11 – DEBT The following table presents the activities of digital assets and digital assets, restricted for the nine months ended September 30, 2023: SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITY OF DIGITAL CURRENCIES Digital assets and digital assets, restricted at December 31, 2022 $ 190,717 Additions of digital assets 230,391 Digital assets received as dividends 342 Impairment of digital assets (26,399 ) Proceeds from sale of digital assets (179,509 ) Gain on digital assets 72,689 Payment of advisory fees (1,430 ) Digital assets at September 30, 2023 $ 286,801 As of September 30, 2023, the Company held approximately 13,716 bitcoin classified on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as “Digital assets”, with a carrying value of $ 286,801 . As of September 30, 2023, the Company had earned 10 bitcoin that were pending distribution from the Company’s equity method investee, the ADGM Entity. At September 30, 2023, the fair market value of the Company’s bitcoin holdings was approximately $ 369,797 12,232 190,717 202,199 Digital assets held in fund On January 25, 2021, the Company entered into a limited partnership agreement with NYDIG Digital Assets Fund III, LP (the “Fund”) pursuant to which the Fund purchased 4,813 150,000 100 The Fund qualified and operated as an investment company for accounting purposes pursuant to the accounting and reporting guidance under ASC 946 – Financial Services – Investment Companies On June 10, 2022, the Company redeemed 100 4,769 137,844 Consolidation Embedded Derivatives The Company evaluates its financing and service arrangements to determine whether certain arrangements contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives requiring bifurcation in accordance with ASC 815 - Derivatives and Hedging Deposits The Company contracts with service providers for hosting of its equipment and operational support in data centers where the Company’s equipment is deployed. These arrangements require advance payments to vendors in conjunction with the contractual obligations associated with these services. The Company classifies these payments as “Long-term deposits” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and impairment, as applicable. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The Company’s property and equipment is primarily composed of bitcoin mining rigs which are largely homogeneous and have approximately the same useful lives. Accordingly, the Company utilizes the group method of depreciation for its bitcoin mining rigs. The Company will update the estimated useful lives of its bitcoin mining server group periodically as information on the operations of the mining equipment indicates changes are required. The Company will assess and adjust the estimated useful lives of its mining equipment when there are indicators that the productivity of the mining assets is longer or shorter than the assigned estimated useful lives. Investments Investments, which may be made from time to time for strategic reasons (and not to engage in the business of investments), are included in non-current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Investments without a readily determinable fair value are recorded at cost minus impairment, plus or minus changes from observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer, in accordance with the measurement alternative described in ASC 321 - Investments – Equity Securities On February 3, 2022, the Company purchased convertible preferred stock of Compute North Holdings, Inc. with a purchase price of approximately $ 10,000 10,000 NOTE 9 – COMPUTE NORTH BANKRUPTCY On May 3, 2022, the Company converted $ 2,000 3,500 30,000 On September 27, 2022, the Company purchased additional shares of Auradine preferred stock with a purchase price of $ 30,000 35,500 NOTE 14 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS During the third quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with Auradine to secure certain rights to future purchases by the Company from Auradine for which the Company paid $ 15,000 As of the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022, the Company has one remaining SAFE investment with a carrying value of $ 1,000 Equity Method Investments The Company accounts for investments in which it owns between 20 50 Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures On January 27, 2023, the Company and Zero Two (formerly known as FS Innovation, LLC) entered into a Shareholders’ Agreement regarding the formation of an Abu Dhabi Global Markets company (the “ADGM Entity”) in which the Company has a 20 647 66,038 Stock-based Compensation The Company expenses stock-based compensation to employees and non-employees over the requisite service period based on the grant date fair value of the awards. 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. The 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 to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Revenues From Contracts with Customers The Company recognizes revenue under ASC 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers NOTE 4 – REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS Income Taxes Effective Tax Rate The effective tax rate (“ETR”) from continuing operations was 0.11 % and 0.92 7.75 % and 0.30 % for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. The difference between the US statutory tax rate of 21 % was primarily due to the change in valuation allowance as a result of current year activity. Income Tax in Interim Periods The Company records its tax expense or benefit on an interim basis using an estimated annual effective tax rate. This rate is applied to the current period ordinary income or loss to determine the income tax provision or benefit allocated to the interim period. The income tax effects of unusual or infrequent items are excluded from the estimated annual effective tax rate and are recognized in the impacted interim period. Adjustments to the estimated annual effective income tax rate are recognized in the period when such estimates are revised. Uncertainties The Company files federal and state income tax returns. The 2019-2021 tax years generally remain subject to examination by the IRS and various state taxing authorities, although the Company is not currently under examination in any jurisdiction. The Company does not currently expect any of its remaining unrecognized tax benefits to be recognized in the next twelve months. Recent Accounting Pronouncements The Company continually assesses any new accounting pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company’s financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its condensed consolidated financial statements and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements properly reflect the change. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements On March 28, 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-01, Leases (Topic 842): Common Control Arrangements On June 30, 2022, the FASB issued ASU No. 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities |