Semler Scientific 10Q 2024 Q3 Quarterly report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024



	☐	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: 001-36305

SEMLER SCIENTIFIC, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	26-1367393
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2340-2348 Walsh Avenue, Suite 2344 Santa Clara, CA	95051
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(877) 774-4211

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		SMLR		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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

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

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	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 ☒

As of October 31, 2024, there were 7,266,242 shares of the issuer’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding.

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In this report, unless otherwise stated or as the context otherwise requires, references to “Semler Scientific,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar references refer to Semler Scientific, Inc. The Semler Scientific logo, QuantaFlo and other trademarks or service marks of Semler Scientific, Inc. appearing in this report are the property of Semler Scientific, Inc. This report also contains registered marks, trademarks and trade names of other companies. All other trademarks, registered marks and trade names appearing in this report are the property of their respective holders.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include those that express plans, anticipation, intent, contingency, goals, targets or future development and/or otherwise are not statements of historical fact. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology, such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “should,” “continue,” “could,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this report include, but are not limited to, statements regarding:

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implementation of our bitcoin treasury strategy and its effects on our business;

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our seeking to obtain a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, 510(k) clearance for expanded use of QuantaFlo; and

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the effects of the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rate Announcement issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, on our revenues.

Any forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed throughout this report. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future events and they are subject to risks and uncertainties known and unknown that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements throughout this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

You should read this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. You should assume that the information appearing in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q is accurate as of the date we file this report only. Because the risk factors referred to herein could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, along with others, are described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A, as well as under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I, Item 2. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of the information presented in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and particularly our forward-looking statements, by these cautionary statements.

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q includes statistical and other industry and market data that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties. Industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. While we believe these industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies are reliable, we have not independently verified such data.

RISK FACTOR SUMMARY

Our business involves significant risks. Below is a summary of the material risks that our business faces, which makes an investment in our common stock speculative and risky. This summary does not address all these risks. These risks are more fully described below under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Before making investment decisions regarding our common stock, you should carefully consider these risks. The occurrence of any of the events or developments described below could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, prospects and stock price. In such event, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. In addition, there are also additional risks not described below that are either not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial, and these additional risks could also materially impair our business, operations or market price of our common stock.

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If we do not successfully implement our business strategy, including our bitcoin treasury strategy, our business and results of operations will be adversely affected.

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We predominantly market only one FDA-cleared vascular testing product; it may not achieve broad market acceptance or be commercially successful. Recent changes in the regulatory reimbursement landscape, such as the final 2024 rate announcement with payment changes for the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs issued by CMS has impacted the perceived profitability of using our products to aid diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease, or PAD.

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We have ceased marketing of QuantaFlo as an aid in the diagnosis of heart dysfunction and there is no guarantee that we will obtain a new FDA 510(k) clearance for the expanded use.

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If healthcare providers are unable to obtain adequate coverage and reimbursement, it is unlikely that our product will gain widespread acceptance. QuantaFlo is not specifically approved for reimbursement under any third-party payor codes.

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We rely heavily upon the talents of a small number of key personnel, the loss of whom could severely damage our business.

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We do not require our customers to enter into long-term licenses or maintenance contracts for our products or services and may therefore lose customers on short notice; and a significant portion of our revenues and accounts receivables are with a limited number of customers.

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We rely on a small number of independent suppliers and facilities for the manufacturing of QuantaFlo. Any delay or disruption in the supply of the product or facility may negatively impact our operations.

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We may not be sufficiently insured against product liability risk and may be subject to substantial claims.

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We may implement a product recall or voluntary market withdrawal or stop shipment of our product due to product defects or product enhancements and modifications, which would significantly increase our costs.

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An information security incident, including a cybersecurity breach, could have a negative impact on our business or reputation.

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Our future financial performance will depend in part on the successful improvements and software updates to our vascular testing product on a cost-effective basis, as well as our ability to develop new products and service offerings, and expand the indications for QuantaFlo.

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We operate in an intensely competitive and rapidly changing business environment, and there is a substantial risk our products or service offerings could become obsolete or uncompetitive.

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Our business is subject to many laws and government regulations governing the manufacture and sale of medical devices, including the FDA’s 510(k) clearance process, and laws and regulations governing patient data and information, along with more general tax rules and regulations among others, all of which are subject to change.

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Although part of our business strategy is based on payment provisions enacted under government healthcare reform, we also face significant uncertainty in the industry regarding the implementation, transformation or repeal and replacement of the Health Care Reform Law.

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The applicable healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations, along with the increased enforcement environment, may lead to an enforcement action targeting us, which could adversely affect our business.

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We have had material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Although we have remediated our prior material weaknesses, if we identify additional material weaknesses in the future, or if our former material weaknesses recur, it could have an adverse effect on our company.

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Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to various risks associated with bitcoin.

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

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Bitcoin and other digital assets are novel assets, and are subject to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty.

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Our historical financial statements do not reflect the potential variability in earnings that we may experience in the future relating to our bitcoin holdings.

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The availability of spot bitcoin exchange traded products, or ETPs may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

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Our bitcoin treasury strategy subjects us to enhanced regulatory oversight.

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Due to the currently unregulated nature and lack of transparency surrounding the operations of many bitcoin trading venues, bitcoin trading venues may experience greater fraud, security failures or regulatory or operational problems than trading venues for more established asset classes, which may result in a loss of confidence in bitcoin trading venues and adversely affect the value of our bitcoin.

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The concentration of our bitcoin holdings enhances the risks inherent in our bitcoin treasury strategy.

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The emergence or growth of other digital assets, including those with significant private or public sector backing, could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

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Our bitcoin holdings are less liquid than our existing cash and cash equivalents and may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents.

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If we or our third-party service providers experience a security breach or cyberattack and unauthorized parties obtain access to our bitcoin, or if our private keys are lost or destroyed, or other similar circumstances or events occur, we may lose some or all of our bitcoin and our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

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We face risks relating to the custody of our bitcoin, including the loss or destruction of private keys required to access our bitcoin and cyberattacks or other data loss relating to our bitcoin.

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Regulatory change reclassifying bitcoin as a security could lead to our classification as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, and could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and the market price of our common stock.

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We may be subject to regulatory developments related to crypto assets and crypto asset markets, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to risk of non-performance by counterparties.

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Our custodially-held bitcoin may become part of the custodian’s insolvency estate if one or more of our custodians enters bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings.

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A blockchain “fork” to bitcoin or other crypto assets could adversely affect our business.

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The due diligence procedures conducted by us and our liquidity provider to mitigate transaction risk may fail to prevent transactions with a sanctioned entity.

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Our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders, if they choose to act together, have the ability to significantly influence all matters submitted to stockholders for approval.

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Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of our company, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

Semler Scientific, Inc.

Condensed Statements of Income

Unaudited

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)


	For the three months ended September 30,				For the nine months ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023

Revenues	$	13,512	$	16,316	$	43,881	$	53,127
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues		1,156		1,111		3,657		3,599
Engineering and product development		1,186		1,174		3,764		4,566
Sales and marketing		2,976		3,423		10,107		13,601
General and administrative		3,129		3,710		8,962		11,028
Strategic streamlining		—		599		—		599
Total operating expenses		8,447		10,017		26,490		33,393
Income from operations		5,065		6,299		17,391		19,734
Interest and dividend income		168		692		1,699		1,772
Change in fair value of notes held for investment		—		—		128		(217)
Change in fair value of digital assets		1,137		—		(3,918)		—
Other income (expense)		5		(3)		8		(3)
Other income (expense), net		1,310		689		(2,083)		1,552
Pre-tax income		6,375		6,988		15,308		21,286
Income tax provision		766		1,474		3,615		4,924
Net income	$	5,609	$	5,514	$	11,693	$	16,362
Net income per share, basic	$	0.80	$	0.82	$	1.68	$	2.44
Weighted average number of shares used in computing basic net income per share		7,045,108		6,717,301		6,961,095		6,708,675
Net income per share, diluted	$	0.72	$	0.71	$	1.50	$	2.09
Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted net income per share		7,771,088		7,818,236		7,783,350		7,847,390

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.

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Semler Scientific, Inc.

Condensed Balance Sheets

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)


	September 30,		December 31,
	2024		2023
		Unaudited
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,568	$	57,200
Restricted cash		133		132
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $266 and $287, respectively		6,667		6,125
Short-term notes held for investment		6,100		—
Inventory, net		380		445
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,646		2,042
Total current assets		21,494		65,944
Assets for lease, net		1,737		2,285
Property and equipment, net		548		720
Long-term investments		512		512
Notes held for investment		—		5,372
Intangible digital assets		64,482		—
Other non-current assets		106		270
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance of $936 and $0, respectively		3,315		2,962
Total assets	$	92,194	$	78,065

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	545	$	402
Accrued expenses		5,258		4,502
Deferred revenue		805		1,120
Other short-term liabilities		231		176
Total current liabilities		6,839		6,200

Long-term liabilities:
Other long-term liabilities		—		70
Total long-term liabilities		—		70
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 7,334,600 and 7,099,441 shares issued, and 7,120,178 and 6,885,019 shares outstanding (treasury shares of 214,422 and 214,422), respectively		7		7
Additional paid-in capital		13,852		11,985
Retained earnings		71,496		59,803
Total stockholders’ equity		85,355		71,795

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	92,194	$	78,065

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.

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Condensed Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

Unaudited

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)


	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
	Common Stock			Treasury Stock	Additional				Total
		Common Stock			Paid-In		Retained		Stockholders'
	Shares Issued	Amount		Shares	Capital		Earnings		Equity
Balance at June 30, 2023	6,923,446	$	7	(214,422)	$	15,188	$	50,068	$	65,263
Employee stock grants	1,945		—	—		—		—		—
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	(3,618)		—	—		(75)		—		(75)
Stock option exercises	19,781		—	—		24		—		24
Stock-based compensation	—		—	—		47		—		47
Net income	—		—	—		—		5,514		5,514
Balance at September 30, 2023	6,941,554	$	7	(214,422)	$	15,184	$	55,582	$	70,773


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
	Common Stock			Treasury Stock	Additional				Total
		Common Stock			Paid-In		Retained		Stockholders'
	Shares Issued	Amount		Shares	Capital		Earnings		Equity
Balance at December 31, 2022	6,906,544	$	7	(214,422)	$	16,449	$	39,220	$	55,676
Common stock warrants acquired	—		—	—		(1,949)		—		(1,949)
Employee stock grants	23,868		—	—		846		—		846
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	(8,639)		—	—		(247)		—		(247)
Stock option exercises	19,781		—	—		24		—		24
Stock-based compensation	—		—	—		61		—		61
Net income	—		—	—		—		16,362		16,362
Balance at September 30, 2023	6,941,554	$	7	(214,422)	$	15,184	$	55,582	$	70,773


	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
	Common Stock			Treasury Stock	Additional				Total
		Common Stock			Paid-In		Retained		Stockholders'
	Shares Issued	Amount		Shares	Capital		Earnings		Equity
Balance at June 30, 2024	7,202,146	$	7	(214,422)	$	12,504	$	65,887	$	78,398
Stock option exercises	79,097		—	—		26		—		26
Issuance of common stock	86,734		—	—		2,536				2,536
Stock issuance expenses	—		—	—		(588)				(588)
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	(33,377)		—	—		(830)				(830)
Stock-based compensation	—		—	—		204		—		204
Net income	—		—	—		—		5,609		5,609
Balance at September 30, 2024	7,334,600	$	7	(214,422)	$	13,852	$	71,496	$	85,355


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
	Common Stock			Treasury Stock	Additional				Total
		Common Stock			Paid-In		Retained		Stockholders'
	Shares Issued	Amount		Shares	Capital		Earnings		Equity
Balance at December 31, 2023	7,099,441	$	7	(214,422)	$	11,985	$	59,803	$	71,795
Directors stock grants	6,546		—	—		150		—		150
Issuance of common stock	86,734		—	—		2,536		—		2,536
Stock issuance expenses	—		—	—		(588)		—		(588)
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	(34,406)		—	—		(874)		—		(874)
Stock option exercises	176,285		—	—		295		—		295
Stock-based compensation	—		—	—		348		—		348
Net income	—		—	—		—		11,693		11,693
Balance at September 30, 2024	7,334,600	$	7	(214,422)	$	13,852	$	71,496	$	85,355

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements

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Semler Scientific, Inc.

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

Unaudited

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars)


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2024		2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	11,693	$	16,362

Reconciliation of Net Income to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:
Depreciation		480		439
Deferred tax expense		(353)		(478)
Loss on disposal of assets for lease		323		355
Loss on disposal of inventory		—		171
Gain on short-term investments		—		(307)
Allowance for credit losses		(21)		203
Change in fair value of notes held for investment		(128)		217
Change in fair value of digital assets		3,918		—
Stock-based compensation		498		907
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable		(512)		(2,284)
Inventory		65		30
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		388		(478)
Other non-current assets		64		98
Accounts payable		143		(535)
Accrued expenses		756		2,250
Other current and non-current liabilities		(16)		(22)
Deferred revenue		(315)		(40)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities		16,983		16,888

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to property and equipment		(48)		(310)
Purchase of notes held for investment		(500)		(1,000)
Purchase of digital assets		(68,400)		—
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments		—		59,719
Purchase of short-term investments		—		(57,869)
Purchase of assets for lease		(35)		(773)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities		(68,983)		(233)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repurchase of warrants		—		(1,949)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		2,536		—
Taxes paid related to net settlement of equity awards		(874)		(247)
Stock issuance expenses		(588)		—
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		295		24
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities		1,369		(2,172)
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH		(50,631)		14,483
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD		57,332		23,014
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, END OF PERIOD	$	6,701	$	37,497

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements

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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

Unaudited

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)

1.	Basis of Presentation

Semler Scientific, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Semler” or “the Company”), prepared the unaudited interim financial statements included in this report in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. As such, the information included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024 (the “Annual Report”). In the opinion of management, these financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period, including the full year.

Intangible Digital Assets

The Company accounts for its digital assets, which are comprised solely of bitcoin, as indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other. The Company has ownership of and control over its bitcoin and uses third-party custodial services at multiple locations that are geographically dispersed to store its bitcoin. The Company’s digital assets are initially recorded at cost and subsequently remeasured to fair value at the end of each reporting period, with changes recognized in net income.

The Company purchases bitcoins for long term investment. It intends to hold its digital assets for long term gains and treats them as long term capital assets for tax purposes. Unrealized gains/losses are treated as capital gains/losses for tax purposes. A valuation allowance is recorded for unrealized capital losses. See Note 10 to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Company’s purchases and sales of digital assets.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires enhanced disclosures surrounding income taxes, particularly related to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. In particular, on an annual basis, companies will be required to disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. Companies will also be required to disclose, on an annual basis, the amount of income taxes paid, disaggregated by federal, state, and foreign taxes, and also disaggregated by individual jurisdictions above a quantitative threshold. The standard is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis, with retrospective application permitted for all prior periods presented. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its disclosures.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-08, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets (“ASU 2023-08”). ASU 2023-08 requires in-scope crypto assets to be measured at fair value in the statement of financial position, with gains and losses from changes in the fair value of such crypto assets recognized in net income each reporting period. ASU 2023-08 also requires certain interim and annual disclosures for crypto assets within the scope of the standard. The standard is effective for the Company for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of the beginning of the annual reporting period in which the Company adopts the guidance. Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period for which an entity's financial statements have not been issued as of the beginning of the annual reporting period. The Company early adopted ASU 2023-08 in the

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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

Unaudited

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)

second quarter ended June 30, 2024, effective retroactively as of January 1, 2024 with no cumulative-adjustment to the retained earnings as of the beginning of the annual period of adoption.

2.Variable-Fee Revenue

The Company recognizes variable-fee licenses (i.e., fee per test) and sales of hardware equipment and accessories in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Total fees from variable-fee licenses represent approximately $6,168 and $6,254 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Total fees from variable-fee licenses represent approximately $21,157 and $23,191 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Total sales of hardware and equipment accessories represent approximately $564 and $523 of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Total sales of hardware and equipment accessories represent approximately $2,091 and $1,474 of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The remainder of the revenue is earned from leasing the Company's testing product for a fixed fee, which is not subject to ASC 606. See Note 14 to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements for more information.

Upon shipment under variable-fee license contracts, assets for lease are sold to the customers, and the asset is recognized as cost of revenue.

3. Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of allowance for credit losses. The allowance for credit losses is based on management’s assessment of the collectability of accounts. The Company regularly reviews the adequacy of this allowance for credit losses by considering historical experience, the age of the accounts receivable balances, the credit quality of the customers, current economic conditions, reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions, and other factors that may affect customers’ ability to pay to determine whether a specific reserve is appropriate. Accounts receivable deemed uncollectable are charged against the allowance for credit losses when identified. Accounts receivable, net of $6,667 and $6,125 as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, include $4,880 and $5,966, respectively, related to revenue recognized under ASC 606.

As of September 30, 2024, the allowance for credit losses was $266. During the three months period ended September 30, 2024, the Company provided an additional reserve of $40 and recovered $17 from customers. During the nine months period ended September 30, 2024, the Company provided an additional reserve of $71 and recovered $92 from customers. The allowance for credit losses as of December 31, 2023, was $287.

4. Inventory

Inventory, which is made up of finished goods, is recorded at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out method. The Company periodically analyzes its inventory levels to identify inventory that has a cost basis in excess of its estimated realizable value and writes down such inventory as appropriate. The inventory balance was $380 and $445 as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

5. Assets for Lease, net

The Company provides financing of certain equipment through operating leases (see Note 14 to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements).

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Assets for lease consist of the following:


	September 30,		December 31,
	2024		2023
Assets for lease	$	2,865	$	3,375
Less: accumulated depreciation		(1,128)		(1,090)
Assets for lease, net	$	1,737	$	2,285

Depreciation expense amounted to $71 and $81 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Depreciation expense amounted to $261 and $228 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Reduction to accumulated depreciation for returned and retired items was $80 and $125 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Reduction to accumulated depreciation for returned and retired items was $184 and $390 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company recognized a loss on disposal of assets for lease in the amount of $4 and $241 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company recognized a loss on disposal of assets for lease in the amount of $323 and $355 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

6. Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:


	September 30,		December 31,
	2024		2023
Property and equipment, gross	$	1,464	$	1,544
Less: accumulated depreciation		(916)		(824)
Property and equipment, net	$	548	$	720

Depreciation expense amounted to $72 and $80 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Depreciation expense amounted to $219 and $211 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively

7.Long-Term Investments

Long term investments consist of the following for the periods presented:


	September 30,		December 31,
	2024		2023
Investments in SYNAPS Dx	$	512	$	512
Total long-term investments	$	512	$	512

In September 2020, the Company acquired a promissory note from NeuroDiagnostics Inc., which is doing business as SYNAPS Dx, in the principal amount of $500, $100 of which was retained for expense reimbursement. Subsequently, in December 2020, the Company agreed to convert the promissory note, together with all accrued interest thereon, into shares of preferred stock of SYNAPS Dx as repayment in full of the promissory note. The value of the note exchanged for the shares of preferred stock of SYNAPS Dx held by the Company as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was approximately $512.

The investments in SYNAPS Dx were recorded in accordance with ASC 321, Investments – Equity Securities (“ASC 321”), which provides that investments in equity securities in privately-held companies without readily determinable fair values are generally recorded at cost, plus or minus subsequent observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments, less impairments. The Company elected the practical expedient permitted by ASC 321 and recorded the above investments on a cost basis. As a part of the assessment for impairment indicators, the Company considers significant deterioration in the earnings performance

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and overall business prospects of the investee as well as significant adverse changes in the external environment these investments operate. If qualitative assessment indicates the investments are impaired, the fair value of these equity securities would be estimated, which would involve a significant degree of judgement and subjectivity.

The Company qualitatively assessed the investment for impairment in accordance with ASC 321. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company determined that there was no impairment for the investment in SYNAPS Dx.

8.Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents fair value hierarchy of the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:


	Fair Value Hierarchy
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
As of September 30, 2024
U.S. Government money market fund accounts	$	3,596	$	—	$	—	$	3,596
(Included in cash and cash equivalents)
Bitcoin investments		64,482		—		—		64,482
(Included in intangible digital assets)
Investment in debt securities		—		—		5,000		5,000
(Included in short-term notes held for investment)
Total Assets	$	68,078	$	—	$	5,000	$	73,078


	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
As of December 31, 2023
U.S. Government money market fund accounts	$	41,373	$	—	$	—	$	41,373
(Included in cash and cash equivalents)
U.S. Treasury bill		—		10,494		—		10,494
(Included in cash and cash equivalents)
Investment in debt securities		—		—		4,372		4,372
(Included in notes held for investment)
Total Assets	$	41,373	$	10,494	$	4,372	$	56,239

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or an exit price paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, are described as follows:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level I that are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data; and

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which requires the Company to develop its own models.

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The financial instruments of the Company consist primarily of cash, U.S. government money market fund accounts, trade receivables, trade payables, bitcoins, U.S. treasury bill investments and debt securities. Because carrying values of cash, trade receivables, and payables are equal to or approximate their fair value, the Company excluded them from the leveling requirements. U.S. government money market fund accounts are classified as Level 1 due to their short-term nature, their market interest rates and also based on the fact that they are publicly traded. Bitcoins purchased for investments, which are included in Intangible digital assets are classified as Level 1 as the unadjusted quoted prices in active markets are used for the fair valuation. The Company also invested in non-convertible promissory notes and equity securities in a privately held company, which were recorded on cost basis. See Notes 7 and 9 to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements for more information.

The Company's privately held debt security is recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. The estimation of fair value for these investments requires the use of significant unobservable inputs, and as a result, the Company deems these assets as Level 3 within the fair value measurement framework.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company valued the debt security at face value of $5,000 as the issuer of the debt security notified their intention to repay the debt before the maturity date of December 6, 2024. The fair value of the Company’s privately held debt security was estimated at $4,372 as of December 31, 2023.

9.Notes Held for Investment

Notes receivable consists of the following for the periods presented:


	September 30,			December 31,
	2024			2023
Senior secured promissory notes	$	1,000	$	1,000
Secured convertible promissory notes		5,100		4,372
Total notes held for investment	$	6,100	$	5,372

In June 2022, the Company loaned Mellitus an aggregate of $1,000 through the purchase of two senior secured promissory notes that bear interest at a rate of 5% per annum, which mature in three years unless accelerated due to an event of default as provided in the notes. Repayment of notes is secured by a first priority interest in all of Mellitus’ assets. As of December 31, 2023, the note was classified as long-term note held for investment. As of September 30, 2024, this note was classified as short-term notes held for investment due to the note becoming current.

In December 2022, the Company entered into a senior convertible promissory note arrangement with Monarch, providing Monarch with up to $5,000 in available funding, which was fully drawn down as of September 30, 2024. The Monarch debt security accrues interest at 10% per annum, payable monthly, and the principal balance is due December 6, 2024. The note together with $100 of transaction expenses is due and payable on the occurrence of an event of default or change of control unless accelerated due to the conversion into preferred stock prior thereto at the option of the Company. The Company has the option to extend the maturity date for two consecutive one-year terms. The Monarch debt security can be converted into Monarch’s shares at the Company’s option upon (a) an equity financing at Monarch, (b) upon a change of control at Monarch, or (c) at the Company’s option at any time prior to the maturity date. If converted upon a change of control, the Company has the right to receive a cash payment equal to the balance of the Monarch debt security or the amount payable upon conversion into Monarch’s shares. The Monarch debt security is redeemable at any time at Monarch’s option or automatically upon an event of default (as defined in the note). Monarch notified the Company of its intention to repay the debt before its maturity. Hence, this note, including transaction fees receivable of $100, was classified as short-term notes held for investment as of September 30, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, the note was classified as long-term note held for investment as the Company had the intent to extend the maturity.

The Company made an irrevocable election to account for the Mellitus and Monarch debt securities using the fair value option under ASC 825 – Financial Instruments (“ASC 825”) and will measure the fair value of such debt securities in accordance with ASC 820. The Company made the fair value option election to present the debt securities in their entirety at fair value, which it

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believes to be preferable to recognizing the host instrument at fair value under ASC 320 and potentially separately recognizing certain embedded features as bifurcated derivatives under ASC 815. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company estimated the fair value of the Monarch debt security to be $5,100, which includes transaction fees receivable of $100, and $4,372, respectively.

The Company recognizes interest income on the Monarch debt securities, which is included in interest and dividend income in the Unaudited Condensed Statements of Income. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $139 and $120 of interest income from Monarch and Mellitus notes, respectively, which is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $396 and $347, of interest income from Monarch and Mellitus notes, respectively. Accrued interest is included in prepaid and other current assets. The Company recognizes changes in fair value of the notes in the statements of income separately from the interest income. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded change in fair value of $128.

10.Intangible Digital Assets

On May 28, 2024, the Company announced that its board of directors adopted bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset. Under this new treasury strategy, the Company purchases and holds bitcoins for long term investment purposes. The Company accounts for its bitcoin as an indefinite-lived intangible asset in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other and has ownership of and control over its bitcoin, which are included in Intangible digital assets in the Unaudited Condensed Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2024, there were no contractual restrictions on the sale of bitcoins.

Bitcoin Investment

The Company early adopted ASU No. 2023-08 in the second quarter of 2024 effective retroactively as of January 1, 2024. See Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement in Note 1 to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements.

The Company’s bitcoin purchased for investment purpose are initially recorded at cost, inclusive of transaction costs and fees. Subsequently, the Company remeasures its bitcoin investment at fair value at the end of each reporting period with changes recognized in net income through “Other (expense) income, net” in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Statements of Income. As of September 30, 2024, the Company held approximately 1,018 bitcoins with a cost basis of $68,400 and a fair value of $64,482.

Reconciliation of fair value

The following table represents a reconciliation of the fair values of the Company’s Intangible digital assets held:


	For the		For the
	Three-Months		Nine-Months
	Period Ended		Period Ended
	September 30, 2024		September 30, 2024

Intangible digital assets held:
Beginning balance at fair value	$	54,945	$	—
Additions		8,400		68,400
Dispositions		-		-
Unrealized gain, net		1,137		679
Unrealized loss, net		—		(4,597)
Ending Balance	$	64,482	$	64,482

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11. Other Non-current assets

Other non-current assets consist of right-of-use assets (“ROU”) of $87 and long-term deposits of $19 as of September 30, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, ROU asset of $150, miscellaneous receivable of $100 and long term deposits balances of $20, respectively.

12.Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of the following:


	September 30,		December 31,
	2024		2023
Compensation	$	3,044	$	2,008
Accrued Taxes		1,678		1,991
Miscellaneous Accruals		536		503
Total Accrued Expenses	$	5,258	$	4,502

13.Concentration of Credit Risk

Credit risk is the risk of loss from amounts owed by the financial counterparties. Credit risk can occur at multiple levels; as a result of broad economic conditions, challenges within specific sectors of the economy, or from issues affecting individual companies. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit risk consist of cash, bitcoins and accounts receivable.

The Company maintains cash with major financial institutions. The Company’s cash consists of bank deposits held with banks that, at times, exceed federally insured limits. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company held deposits of $3,105 and $5,465, respectively. These deposits are largely uninsured. The Company also invested in U.S. government money market funds in the amount of $3,596 as of September 30, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, the Company invested in U.S. treasury bills of $10,494 and U.S. government money markets funds of $41,373. The Company limits its credit risk by dealing with counterparties that are considered to be of high credit quality and by performing periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of these financial institutions. The Company invested in bitcoins of $68,400 as of September 30, 2024. The fair value of bitcoins as of September 30, 2024 was $64,482.

Management periodically monitors the creditworthiness of its customers and believes that it has adequately provided for exposure to potential credit loss. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, two customers (including affiliates) accounted for 44.0% and 28.8% of the Company’s revenues, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2023, three customers (including affiliates) accounted for 36.4%, 28.3% and 11.4% of the Company’s revenues, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, two customers accounted for 44.2% and 26.6% of the Company’s revenues, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, two customers accounted for 34.4% and 35.7% of the Company’s revenues, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, three customers accounted for 55.9%, 16.2%, and 10.7% of the Company’s accounts receivable, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, three customers accounted for 27.5%, 27.5%, and 23.6% of the Company’s accounts receivable, respectively. The Company’s largest customer in terms of both revenues and accounts receivable in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 is a U.S. diversified healthcare company and its affiliated plans.

As of September 30, 2024, three vendors accounted for 35.8%, 22.7% and 15.4% of the Company’s accounts payable, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, two vendors accounted for 24.0% and 10.1% of the Company’s accounts payable, respectively.

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14.Leases

Lessee Arrangements

On July 31, 2020, the Company entered into a 61-month lease agreement for office space to use, as necessary, for office administration, lab space and assembly and storage purposes, located in Santa Clara, California. The Company took possession of the leased office space in September 2020, and the lease is effective through September 30, 2025.

As of September 30, 2024, the remaining lease term is 12 months with no options to renew. The Company recognized facilities lease expenses of $22 and $22 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company recognized facilities lease expenses of $66 and $66 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The following table summarizes the future minimum rental payments required under operating leases that had initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms greater than one year as of September 30, 2024:


	Total
2024 Remaining period		24
2025		71
Total undiscounted future minimum lease payments		95
Less: present value discount		(2)
Total lease liabilities		93
Lease expense in excess cash payment		(6)
Total ROU asset	$	87

As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s ROU asset was $87, which was recorded on the Company’s balance sheet as other noncurrent assets, and the Company’s current lease liability was $93, which was recorded on the Company’s balance sheet as other short-term liabilities. The Company used a discount rate of 2.5% for calculating ROU and lease liability.

Lessor Arrangements

The Company enters into contracts with customers for the Company’s QuantaFlo product. The Company has determined these contracts meet the definition of a lease under Topic 842. The lease portfolio primarily consists of operating leases that are short-term in nature (monthly, quarterly or one year, all of which have renewal options). During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized approximately $6,780 and $9,539, respectively, in lease revenues related to these arrangements, which is included in Revenues on the Unaudited Condensed Statements of Income. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized approximately $20,633 and $28,462, respectively, in lease revenues related to these arrangements, which is included in Revenues on the Unaudited Condensed Statements of Income. The Company made an accounting policy election to apply the practical expedient to not separate lease and eligible non-lease components. The lease component is the predominant component and consists of fees charged for use of the equipment over the period of the arrangement. The nature of the eligible non-lease component is primarily software support. The assets associated with these leasing arrangements are included in Assets for Lease, net on the Unaudited Condensed Balance Sheets as Assets (see Note 5).

15.Commitments and Contingencies

Indemnification Obligations

The Company enters into agreements with customers, partners, lenders, consultants, lessors, contractors, sales representatives and parties to certain transactions in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. These agreements may require the Company to indemnify the other party against third party claims alleging that its product infringes a patent or copyright. Certain of these agreements require the Company to indemnify the other party against losses arising from: a breach of representations or covenants, claims relating to property damage, personal injury or acts or omissions of the Company, its employees, agents or representatives. The Company has also agreed to indemnify the directors and certain officers and employees in accordance with the by-laws of the

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Company. These indemnification provisions will vary based upon the nature and terms of the agreements. In many cases, these indemnification provisions do not contain limits on the Company’s liability, and the occurrence of contingent events that will trigger payment under these indemnities is difficult to predict. As a result, the Company cannot estimate its potential liability under these indemnities. The Company believes that the likelihood of conditions arising that would trigger these indemnities is remote and, historically, the Company has not made any significant payment under such indemnification provisions. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any liabilities relating to these agreements. In certain cases, the Company has recourse against third parties with respect to the aforesaid indemnities, and the Company believes it maintains adequate levels of insurance coverage to protect the Company with respect to potential claims arising from such agreements.

401(K) Plan

Effective January 1, 2022, the Company started to match 50% of employee’s 401(k) deferral up to a maximum of 6% of the employee’s eligible earnings. For the three month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company matched $85 and $102, respectively. For the nine month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company matched $219 and $307, respectively.

Other

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provides for an employee retention payroll tax credit for certain employers, which is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the qualified wages an eligible employer pays to employees after March 12, 2020 and before December 31, 2021. For each employee, wages (including health plan costs) up to $10,000 can be counted to determine the amount of the 50% credit. The Company started claiming this credit on its July 2020 payroll until mid-April 2021 when it determined that it no longer qualified given the change in government restrictions on travel that had impacted its sales activities. The Company’s determination that it qualified to claim the employee retention payroll tax credit is subjective and subject to audit by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). If the IRS were to disagree with the Company’s tax position, it could be required to pay back the retention credit earned, along with penalties. As of September 30, 2024, the Company has collected $1.24 million in this retention credit. No credit was claimed for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and for the year ended 2023.

Litigation

From time to time in the normal course of business, the Company is subject to various legal matters, such as threatened or pending claims or litigation. Although the results of claims and litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does not believe it is a party to any claim or litigation the outcome of which, if determined adversely to it, would individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on its results of operations or financial condition.

16.Stockholders’ Equity

The Company has 50,000,000 authorized shares of capital stock, all of which are designated as common stock with par value of $0.001 per share. Each holder of shares of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share held.

Issuance of Common Stock

On June 6, 2024, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and filed amendments thereto on July 11, 2024 and July 31, 2024, which became effective on August 13, 2024, under which the Company may, from time to time offer, issue and sell debt securities, common stock, units and/or warrants in one or more offerings with a total amount up to $150 million.

At the same time, the Company filed an “at the market” offering prospectus covering the offering, issuance and sale of up to $50.0 million of common stock that may be issued and sold from time to time under the Controlled Equity Offering^SM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Upon termination of the Sales Agreement or suspension or termination of the “at the market” offering prospectus, any amounts included in that prospectus that remain unsold will be available

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for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus and a corresponding prospectus supplement, and if no shares are sold under the Sales Agreement, the full $50.0 million of securities may be sold in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus and a corresponding prospectus supplement once the registration statement is declared effective.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, the Company sold an aggregate of 86,734 shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement for aggregate net proceeds (less sales commissions) of $2,536.

17.Stock Incentive Plan

The Company’s stock-based compensation program is designed to attract and retain employees while also aligning employees’ interests with the interests of its stockholders. Stock options have been granted to employees under the stockholder-approved 2007 Key Person Stock Option Plan (the “2007 Plan”) and stock options and stock have been granted to employees under the stockholder-approved 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”). As of September 30, 2024, there were no longer any awards outstanding options under the 2007 Plan. Stockholder approval of the 2014 Plan (which expired per its terms on July 24, 2024) became effective in September 2014. The 2014 Plan originally provided that the aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the 2014 Plan may not exceed 450,000 shares (the “2014 Share Reserve”), however in October 2015, the stockholders approved a 1,500,000 increase to the 2014 Share Reserve. In addition, the 2014 Share Reserve automatically increased on January 1st of each year, for a period of not more than 10 years, beginning on January 1st of the year following the year in which the 2014 Plan became effective and ending on (and including) January 1, 2024, in an amount equal to 4% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year. The Company’s board of directors could have acted prior to January 1st of a given year to provide that there would be no January 1st increase in the 2014 Share Reserve for such year or that the increase in the 2014 Share Reserve for such year would have been a lesser number of shares of common stock than would otherwise occur. On January 1, 2024, the 2014 Share Reserve increased by 275,401. The 2014 Share Reserve was 3,858,289 shares as of September 30, 2024. Following stockholder approval of the 2024 Plan, no future awards will be made under the 2014 Plan. As of September 30, 2024, there were 1,832,289 shares of an aggregate total of 3,858,289 shares available for future stock-based compensation grants under the 2014 Plan.

On August 14, 2024, the board of directors of the Company adopted a new stock option and incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”), which was subsequently approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on October 4, 2024. The 2024 Plan is the successor to the 2014 Plan.

The maximum number of shares of common stock to be issued under the 2024 Plan is 1,916,011, plus on January 1, 2025 and on each January 1 thereafter prior to the expiration of the 2024 Plan, the number of shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2024 Plan shall be automatically and cumulatively increased by four (4%) percent of the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 (inclusive of the number of shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of any outstanding, pre-funded warrants to acquire common stock for a nominal exercise price), or such lesser number of shares as approved by the board of directors or its compensation committee. Shares underlying awards under the 2024 Plan or the 2014 Plan that are tendered, canceled or held back upon an exercise of an option or settlement of an award to cover the exercise price or tax withholding after August 1, 2024 will be added back to the reserved pool under the 2024 Plan. Upon the exercise of a stock appreciation right that is settled in shares of common stock, the full number of shares underlying the award will be charged to the reserved pool.

Stock Awards

The Company granted fully vested stock awards of 6,546 shares of common stock to the non-employee members of the board of directors during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The fair value of these stock awards on grant date was $150. The Company granted fully vested stock awards of 23,868 shares of common stock to non-employee members of the board of directors and employees as compensation during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Net shares issued after deducting taxes paid on these grants were 15,229. The fair value of these stock awards on grant date was $846.

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Stock Options

Aggregate intrinsic value represents the difference between the closing market value as of September 30, 2024 of the underlying common stock and the exercise price of outstanding, in-the-money options. A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 is as follows:


	Options Outstanding
				Weighted
				Average
	Number of	Weighted		Remaining	Aggregate
	Stock Options	Average		Contractual	Intrinsic Value
	Outstanding	Exercise Price		Term (In Years)	(In Thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2023	1,021,785	$	3.84	3.76	$	41,333
Options granted	173,700	$	23.04	—		—
Options forfeited/cancelled	(6,650)		—	—		—
Options exercised	(176,285)	$	2.68	—		—
Balance, September 30, 2024	1,012,550	$	7.21	2.61	$	16,615
Exercisable as of September 30, 2024	840,815	$	3.92	1.62	$	16,534

As of September 30, 2024, the fair value of unvested stock options was approximately $2,418. This unrecognized stock-based compensation expense is expected to be recorded over a weighted average period of 3.28 years.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company granted 173,700 stock options to the employees and non-executive members of the board of directors with an exercise price ranging from $22.92 to $23.32 and grant date fair value ranging from $10.35 to $14.97. In applying the Black-Scholes options pricing model, following assumptions were used: 1) expected price volatility range of 62.3%-77.2%; risk-free interest rate range of 4.5%-4.9%; expected term range of 2-7 years; and no dividend yield.

Employee options have vesting terms of 1/4th of options being vested one year after the grant date and 1/48th for each month thereafter contingent upon the participant’s continued service beginning on the initial vesting date and ending when the vested ratio equals 1/1. Non-executive members of board of directors have vesting terms of 1/24th of options being vested per month over a period of two years.

The following table represents the stock based compensation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Cost of Revenues	$	14	$	4	$	28	$	4
Engineering and Product Development		15		6		27		51
Sales and Marketing		47		3		81		301
General and Administrative		128		34		362		551
Total	$	204	$	47	$	498	$	907

18.Income Taxes

The Company’s income tax provision for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $766 and $1,474, respectively. The Company’s income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $3,615 and $4,924, respectively. The income tax provision reflects the Company’s estimate of the effective tax rates expected to be applicable for the full

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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

Unaudited

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)

year, adjusted for any discrete events that are recorded in the period in which they occurred. The estimates are re-evaluated each quarter based on the estimated tax expense for the full year.

For uncertain tax positions that meet a “more likely than not” threshold, the Company recognizes the benefit of uncertain tax positions in the financial statements. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense in the statements of income.

The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 12.02% and 23.62%, compared to 21.09% and 23.13%, in the same period of the prior year. The decrease in effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily due to higher tax benefits associated with employee stock-based compensation and a reduction in the valuation allowance due to unrealized capital gains earned for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the same period of the prior year was primarily due to valuation allowance related to net realized capital losses incurred during this period, partially offset by the higher tax benefits associated with employee stock based compensation.

The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income taxes (net of federal benefit), tax benefits associated with employee share-based compensation plans and federal research and development (“R&D”) credit benefit, and valuation allowance associated with the Company’s digital assets investments. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income taxes (net of federal benefit), and federal and state R&D credit benefit.

As of September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company had $582 and $470, respectively, of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and penalty expenses related to uncertain tax positions, which was $137 and $87 as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

On August 16, 2022, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act of 2022 (“CHIPS and Science Act”), and Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) were signed into law in the United States. Among other things, the CHIPS and Science Act provides incentives and tax credits for the global chip manufacturers who choose to set-up or expand existing operations in the United States. The IRA imposes a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022, levies a 1% excise tax on net stock repurchases after December 31, 2022, and provides tax incentives to promote clean energy. The IRA is primarily applicable to large corporations with an annual revenue of $1 billion or over. Implementation of this act had no impact on the Company’s financial statements as of September 30, 2024.

19.Net Income Per Share, Basic and Diluted

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) represent net income attributable to common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the measurement period. Diluted EPS represents net income attributable to common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the measurement period while also giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method.

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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

Unaudited

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)

Basic and diluted EPS is calculated as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,
	2024					2023
	Shares	Net Income		EPS		Shares	Net Income		EPS
Basic	7,045,108	$	5,609	$	0.80	6,717,301	$	5,514	$	0.82
Common stock options	725,980		—			1,100,935		—
Diluted	7,771,088	$	5,609	$	0.72	7,818,236	$	5,514	$	0.71


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2024					2023
	Shares	Net Income		EPS		Shares	Net Income		EPS
Basic	6,961,095	$	11,693	$	1.68	6,708,675	$	16,362	$	2.44
Common stock warrants	—		—			21,608		—
Common stock options	822,255		—			1,117,107		—
Diluted	7,783,350	$	11,693	$	1.50	7,847,390	$	16,362	$	2.09

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

The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our condensed unaudited financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and with the audited financial statements and notes for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and the information under the headings “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024, or the Annual Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those discussed in our forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A herein.

Overview

We are a company providing technology solutions to improve the clinical effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare providers. Our mission is to develop, manufacture and market innovative products and services that assist our customers combat chronic diseases. Our patented and FDA cleared product, QuantaFlo, measures arterial blood flow in the extremities to aid in the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, such as peripheral arterial disease, or PAD. We also invest in bitcoin and have adopted bitcoin as our primary treasury asset.

We are currently seeking a new 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the expanded use of QuantaFlo, which is intended to enable expanded labeling as an aid in the diagnosis of other cardiovascular diseases in addition to PAD. We continue to develop additional complementary proprietary products in-house and seek out other arrangements for additional products and services that we believe will bring value to our customers and to our company. We believe our current products and services, and any future products or services that we may offer, position us to provide valuable information to our customer base, which in turn permits them to better guide patient care.

In the three months ended September 30, 2024, we had total revenues of $13.5 million and net income of $5.6 million, compared to total revenues of $16.3 million and net income of $5.5 million in the same period in 2023. In the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we had total revenues of $43.9 million and net income of $11.7 million, compared to total revenues of $53.1 million and net income of $16.4 million in the same period in 2023.

Recent Developments

WE ARE NOT REGISTERED AS AN INVESTMENT COMPANY UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 AND STOCKHOLDERS DO NOT HAVE THE PROTECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OWNERSHIP OF SHARES IN A REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY NOR THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE COMMODITIES EXCHANGE ACT.

Our Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

On May 28, 2024, we announced that our board of directors adopted bitcoin as our primary treasury reserve asset on an ongoing basis, subject to market conditions and our anticipated cash needs and that we purchased 581 bitcoins for an aggregate amount of $40.0 million. As of June 30, 2024, we held a total of 877 bitcoins for an aggregate purchase price of $60 million. During the third quarter of 2024, we purchased 141 bitcoins for $8.4 million. In October 2024, we purchased 40 bitcoins for $2.6 million. All purchase amounts include fees and expenses.

As of September 30, 2024, the fair value of our digital assets (comprised of 1,018 bitcoins) was $64.5 million, which reflects a cumulative reduction in fair value of $3.9 million since acquisition. As of September 30, 2024, the original cost basis of our bitcoins was $68.4 million.

We view bitcoin as a reliable store of value and a compelling investment. We believe it has unique characteristics as a scarce and finite asset that can serve as a reasonable inflation hedge and safe haven amid global instability. Bitcoin is often compared to gold, which has been viewed as a dependable store of value throughout history. Gold’s value has appreciated substantially over time. For example, 25 years ago, the price of gold was approximately $500 per ounce. In 2024, the price of gold has traded higher than $2,400 per ounce. As of September 30, 2024, the total market capitalization of gold was approximately $18.0 trillion compared to approximately $1.3 trillion for bitcoin. Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset that has traded below $36,000 per bitcoin and above $70,000

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per bitcoin on Coinbase in the 12 months preceding the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. While highly volatile, bitcoin’s price has also appreciated significantly since bitcoin’s inception in January 2009 (at zero per bitcoin). We believe that a substantial portion of bitcoin’s appreciation is attributable to the view that bitcoin is or will become a reliable store of value. Like gold, bitcoin is also viewed as a scarce asset; the ultimate supply of bitcoin is limited to 21 million coins and approximately 94% of its supply already exists. We believe that bitcoin’s finite, digital and decentralized nature as well as its architectural resilience make it preferable to gold, which, as noted above, has a market capitalization 14 times higher than the market capitalization of bitcoin as of September 2024. Given our belief that bitcoin is a comparable and possibly better store of value than gold, we believe that bitcoin has the potential to approach or exceed the value of gold over time. Given the substantial gap in value between gold and bitcoin based on current market capitalization, we believe that bitcoin has the potential to generate outsize returns as it gains increasing acceptance as “digital gold.” We believe that the growing global acceptance and “institutionalization” of bitcoin supports our view that bitcoin is a reliable store of value. We believe that bitcoin’s unique attributes discussed above not only differentiate it from fiat money, but also from other cryptocurrency assets, and for that reason, we have no plans to purchase cryptocurrency assets other than bitcoin.

CMS Rate Notice

In late March 2023, CMS issued the final 2024 rate announcement with payment changes for the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs. Essentially, CMS is phasing in a new Medicare Advantage risk adjustment model (V28 model) from the previous model (V24 model) over a three-year period. The V28 model does not include risk adjusted payments for PAD without complications, which payments many health insurers, including our customers, relied upon for their Medicare Advantage patients in the V24 model. 2024 marks the first year the changes are being phased in, which adjustments are as follows: in calendar year 2023, full payment under the V24 model; in calendar year 2024, 67% of the V24 model; in calendar year 2025, 33% of the V24 model.

Results of Operations

Three Months ended September 30, 2024 Compared to Three Months ended September 30, 2023

Revenues

We had revenues of $13.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $2.8 million or 17% compared to $16.3 million in the same period of 2023. The primary reason for the decrease in revenues was the introduction of volume pricing tiers for some of our largest customers, as well as the CMS rate announcement.

Operating expenses

We had total operating expenses of $8.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $1.6 million or 16%, compared to $10.0 million in the same period in the prior year. As a percentage of revenues, operating expenses increased to 63% in the third quarter of 2024 as compared to 61% in the prior year period. The changes in the various components of our operating expenses are described below.

Cost of revenues

We had cost of revenues of $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $0.1 million, or 4% compared to $1.1 million for the same period in 2023. As a percentage of revenues, cost of revenues was 9% in the third quarter of 2024, compared to 7% in the prior year period.

Engineering and product development expense

We had engineering and product development expense of $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, with no change from the same period in 2023. Lower compensation and clinical studies expenses were offset by higher consulting expenses. As a percentage of revenues, engineering and product development expense increased to 9% in the third quarter of 2024, compared to 7% in the prior year period.

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Sales and marketing expense

We had sales and marketing expense of $3.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $0.4 million, or 13%, compared to $3.4 million in the same period of the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower compensation, consulting, trade show and travel expenses. As a percentage of revenues, sales and marketing expense increased to 22% in the third quarter of 2024, compared to 21% in the prior year period.

General and administrative expense

We had general and administrative expense of $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 15%, compared to $3.7 million in the same period of the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower legal and professional, consulting and other expenses, partially offset by higher public company, stock based compensation and insurance expenses. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expense was 23% in the third quarter of 2024, with no change from the prior year period.

Other income, net

We had total other income, net, of $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 an increase of $0.6 million, compared to other income, net, of $0.7 million in the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by a unrealized gain of $1.1 million resulting from the change in the fair value of our bitcoin.

Income tax provision

We had income tax provision of $0.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $0.7 million or 48%, compared to $1.5 million for the same period of the prior year. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was 12% compared to 21% in the same period of the prior year. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily due to the reduction in valuation allowance related to net unrealized capital losses incurred from the change in fair value of our bitcoin, and higher tax benefits associated with employee stock-based compensation.

Net income

For the foregoing reasons, we had net income of $5.6 million, or $0.80 per basic share and $0.72 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $0.1 million, or 2%, compared to a net income of $5.5 million, or $0.82 per basic share and $0.71 per diluted share, for the same period of the prior year.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

Revenues

We had revenues of $43.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $9.2 million, or 17%, compared to $53.1 million in the same period in 2023. The primary reason for the decrease in revenues was the introduction of volume pricing tiers for some of our largest customers, as well as the CMS rate announcement.

Operating expenses

We had total operating expenses of $26.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $6.9 million or 21%, compared to $33.4 million in the same period in the prior year. As a percentage of revenues, operating expenses decreased to 60% in the first nine months of 2024 as compared to 63% in the prior year period. The changes in the various components of our operating expenses are described below.

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Cost of revenues

We had cost of revenues of $3.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $0.1 million or 2%, compared to $3.6 million in the same period in 2023. As a percentage of revenues, cost of revenues was 8% in the first nine months of 2024, compared to 7% in the prior year period.

Engineering and product development expense

We had engineering and product development expense of $3.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $0.8 million, or 18%, compared to $4.6 million in the same period of the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower compensation related and consulting expenses, partially offset by higher clinical studies expenses. As a percentage of revenues, engineering and product development expenses were flat at 9% in the first nine months of 2024, compared to the prior year period.

Sales and marketing expense

We had sales and marketing expense of $10.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $3.5 million, or 26%, compared to $13.6 million in the same period of the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower compensation related expenses, consulting, trade show, travel, and other expenses. As a percentage of revenues, sales and marketing expense decreased to 23% in the first nine months of 2024, as compared to 26% in the prior year period.

General and administrative expense

We had general and administrative expense of $9.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $2.0 million, or 19%, compared to $11.0 million in the same period of the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower compensation related, legal and professional and bad debt expenses, partially offset by higher dues and subscriptions expenses. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expense decreased to 20% in the first nine months of 2024, as compared to 21% in the prior year period.

Other (expense) income, net

We had total other expense, net, of $2.1 million, a decrease of $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to total other income, net, of $1.6 million in the same period of the prior year. The change was primarily driven by unrealized loss of $3.9 million from the change in fair value of our digital assets.

Income tax provision

We had income tax provision of $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $1.3 million or 27%, compared to $4.9 million in the prior year period. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 24%, compared to 23%, in the same period of the prior year. The increase in our effective tax rate was primarily due to the valuation allowance related to net unrealized capital losses incurred due to the change in fair value of our digital assets.

Net income

For the foregoing reasons, we had net income of $11.7 million, or $1.68 per basic share and $1.50 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $4.7 million, or 29%, compared to a net income of $16.4 million, or $2.44 per basic share and $2.09 per diluted share, for the same period of the prior year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We had cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $6.7 million at September 30, 2024 compared to $57.3 million at December 31, 2023, and total current liabilities of $6.8 million at September 30, 2024 compared to $6.2 million at December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, we held 1,018 bitcoins with an aggregate fair value of $64.5 million at such date. Our bitcoins are held offline in cold storage with multiple third-party providers. Digital assets like bitcoin depend on private keys to retrieve and transfer funds. A bitcoin is considered an indefinite-lived intangible asset, and our bitcoin investment is remeasured at fair value at each reporting date with changes recognized in net income through “other income (expenses), net” in our condensed statement of

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income. We recognized an unrealized gain of $1.1 million and unrealized loss of $3.9 million from the remeasurement of fair value of our digital assets for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2024, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, we had working capital of approximately $14.7 million. We believe that our current sources of funds will provide us with adequate liquidity during the 12 month period following September 30, 2024, as well as in the long-term.

Our cash is held in a variety of non-interest bearing bank accounts. At September 30, 2024, we held approximately $3.6 million in U.S. Government money market fund account and the remaining cash of $3.1 million was held in non-interest bearing bank accounts. Our investment guidelines allow for holdings in bitcoins, U.S. government and agency securities, corporate securities, taxable municipal bonds, commercial paper, money market accounts and treasury bills. In addition, we have, and may in the future, choose to invest some of our cash resources in other entities that may have complementary technologies or product offerings.

Operating activities

We generated $17.0 million of net cash from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Non-cash adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities provided net cash of $4.7 million and were primarily due to, an unrealized loss in fair value of bitcoin of $3.9 million, depreciation of $0.5 million, stock based compensation of $0.5 million and loss on disposal of assets for lease of $0.3 million, partially offset by deferred tax expense of $0.4 million, and gain in fair value of notes held for investment of $0.1 million. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $0.6 million of net cash. These changes in operating assets and liabilities included an increase in accrued expenses of $0.8 million, decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $0.4 million, decrease in inventory of $0.1 million, increase in trade payables of $0.1 million, partially offset by an increase in trade receivable of $0.5 million, and a decrease in deferred revenue of $0.3 million.

We generated $16.9 million of net cash from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The change was primarily due to generation of additional net income from operating activities. Non-cash adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities provided net cash of $1.5 million and were primarily due to stock-based compensation expense of $0.9 million, depreciation of $0.4 million, loss on disposal of assets for lease of $0.4 million, change in fair values of investments of $0.2 million, loss on disposal of inventory of $0.2 million and allowance for credit losses of $0.2 million, partially offset by deferred tax income of $0.5 million and gain on short-term investments of $0.3 million. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $1.0 million of net cash. These changes in operating assets and liabilities included an increase in trade receivable of $2.3 million, prepaid expenses and other assets of $0.5 million and a decrease in trade payables of $0.5 million, partially offset by an increase in accrued expenses of $2.2 million, and a decrease in other non-current assets of $0.1 million.

Investing activities

We used $69.0 million of net cash in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily to purchase $68.4 million of bitcoin, purchase of a promissory note held for investment of $0.5 million and purchase of property and equipment of $0.1 million.

We used $0.2 million of net cash in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, primarily to purchase $57.8 million of short-term treasury bills, a $1.0 million promissory note held for investment, $0.8 million of assets for lease and $0.3 million of fixed assets to support our growing business, partially offset by the maturities of short-term treasury bills of $59.7 million.

Financing activities

We generated $1.4 million in net cash from financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, which reflects proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $2.5 million under our at-the-market offering program and proceeds from exercise of stock options of $0.3 million, partially offset by the payment of taxes withheld for stock grants of $0.8 million the payment of stock issuance expenses of $0.6 million.

We used $2.2 million in net cash in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, which reflects the purchase of common stock warrants of $2.0 million from our chief executive officer, and payment of taxes withheld for stock grants of $0.2 million.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

On May 28, 2024, we announced that our board of directors adopted bitcoin as our primary treasury reserve asset. Our bitcoin treasury strategy includes acquiring bitcoin using cash flows from operations and proceeds from equity and debt financings.

Other than the above, there have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Bitcoin Market Price Risk.

Our bitcoin investment is measured using observed prices from active exchanges and adjustments are recorded in net income through “other (expense) income, net” on our condensed statements of income. The bitcoin market price may fluctuate significantly and a decline in the market price of bitcoin could result in a material adverse effect on our financial results in future periods. See Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” for information regarding the risks related to our bitcoin holdings. As of September 30, 2024, the fair value of our bitcoin investment included in other non-current assets was $64.5 million, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 we recognized a $1.1 million unrealized gain and unrealized loss of $3.9 million, respectively, from the remeasurement of our bitcoin investment.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure material information required to be disclosed in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required financial disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognized that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. Management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2024. Based upon that evaluation, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during our third quarter ended September 30, 2024.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

None.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Any investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Investors should carefully consider the risks described below and all of the information contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q before deciding whether to purchase our common stock. Our business, financial condition or results of operations and trading price or value of our securities could be materially adversely affected by these risks if any of them actually occur. This quarterly report on Form 10-Q also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks we face as described below and elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

Risks Related to Our Business

If we do not successfully implement our medical business strategy, our business and results of operations will be adversely affected.

Our business strategy was formed based on assumptions about the cardiac and vascular diseases market and healthcare reform that might prove wrong. We believe that various demographics and industry-specific trends, including the aging of the general population, growth of capitated payment programs, numbers of undiagnosed patients with cardiac and vascular or other diseases and the importance of codifying vascular disease and potentially other diseases will help drive growth in the cardiac and vascular diseases market and our risk assessment business. However, these demographics and trends, and our assumptions about them, are uncertain. Actual demand for our products and service offerings could differ materially from projected demand if our assumptions regarding these factors prove to be incorrect or do not materialize, or if alternatives to our products or other risk assessment service providers gain widespread acceptance. Moreover, if our customers do not believe they can benefit from increased capitated payments by identifying sicker patients in their patient pools, they may not see the benefit in screening patients for PAD using our products, which would have material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For example, CMS revised the HCC codes for vascular disease and created uncertainty in the future whether identifying patients with PAD will qualify for an increased capitated payment. More specifically, in late March 2023, CMS issued a final 2024 rate announcement with payment changes for the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs and under which CMS is phasing in a new Medicare Advantage risk adjustment model (2024 model) from the previous model (2020 model) over a three-year period. The 2024 model does not include risk adjusted payments for PAD without complications, which payments many health insurers have previously relied upon for their Medicare Advantage patients under the previous 2020 model. These changes are being phased in as follows: in calendar year 2023, full payment under the 2020 model continued; in calendar year 2024, 67% of the 2020 model is available; in calendar year 2025, 33% of the 2020 model will be available. Such changes in the regulatory landscape for HCC codes had impacted the perceived profitability of using QuantaFlo to aid diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.

In addition, we may not be able to successfully implement our business strategy. To implement our business strategy, we need to (among other things) find new applications for and improve our products and service offerings and educate healthcare providers and plans about the clinical and cost benefits of our products, all of which we believe could increase acceptance of our products by physicians. We have ceased marketing of QuantaFlo as an aid in the diagnosis of heart dysfunction and there is no guarantee that we will obtain a new FDA 510(k) clearance for the expanded use. Although we had a distribution agreement for Insulin Insights from Mellitus, we were not able to generate significant revenue and wrote off the entire balance of our $2.5 million investment in December 2023. We may also need to develop or acquire rights to other products and services that would be of interest to our customers given the patient populations they serve. In addition, we are seeking to increase our sales and, in order to do so, might need to continue to expand our direct and distributor sales forces in existing and new territories, which could subject us to additional or different regulatory requirements with which we may not be able to comply. Moreover, even if we successfully implement our business strategy, our operating results may not improve or may decline. We may decide to alter or discontinue aspects of our business strategy and may adopt different strategies due to business or competitive factors not currently foreseen, such as new medical technologies that would make our products obsolete or changes in the regulatory landscape that may undermine the economic rationale for QuantaFlo or difficulties in obtaining a new 510(k) clearance, which could cause us to cease efforts to expand the indications for QuantaFlo. Our attempts to alter aspects of our business strategy, such as our prior entry into an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement and our investments in private companies, may not yield positive effects on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Any delay or failure to implement our business strategy may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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We predominantly market only one FDA-cleared vascular testing product; it may not achieve broad market acceptance or be commercially successful. We may also fail to generate meaningful revenues from our Insulin Insights distribution arrangement, which includes prepaid licenses, or benefit from our recent investments in other companies developing complementary products.

We currently actively market only one vascular testing product, QuantaFlo. Although we had an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement for Insulin Insights, a software product line, in the United States, including Puerto Rico, for which we prepaid an aggregate of $2.5 million of software licenses, we did not generate meaningful revenues from distribution of our prepaid licenses, and we wrote off our prepaid licenses and a portion of our investment in December 2023. We also have a minority investment in NeuroDiagnostics Inc., doing business as SYNAPS Dx, which is developing an additional potentially complementary product offering, Discern, although such product is in early stages and may not ultimately fit with our strategy and customer base. We do not have any distribution agreement for Discern. In December 2022, we committed to loan up to $5.0 million through the purchase of a senior convertible promissory note to Monarch, a digital health company whose proprietary product, EndoTool, offers a technology-enabled approach to inpatient glycemic management all of which has been drawn as of September 30, 2024. We do not have any distribution agreement for EndoTool. Moreover, there is a risk that we may never receive repayment of our loans to Mellitus or Monarch, nor receive any benefit from our equity investment in SYNAPS Dx. Accordingly, we expect that revenues from our vascular testing product will account for the vast majority of our revenues for at least the next several years.

QuantaFlo, and any other products we may be offering in the future, may not gain broad market acceptance unless we continue to educate physicians and plans of their benefits. Moreover, even if insurance plans, home health care providers and physicians understand the benefits of cardiovascular and other risk assessment testing, they still may elect not to use our products for a variety of reasons, such as familiarity with other devices and approaches, or the impact of CMS regulatory revisions, which revised the regulatory landscape for HCC codes and has impacted the perceived profitability of using QuantaFlo to aid diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. We may not be successful in gaining market acceptance of a technique measuring comparative blood flows using our proprietary algorithm to indicate flow obstruction as opposed to existing techniques that measure comparative blood pressures using well-accepted criteria to indicate flow obstruction, or imaging techniques that visualize anatomy of the arteries. Providers may also object to renting an examining tool with ongoing monthly payments rather than making a one-time capital purchase or be reluctant to pay monthly fees for tools in the examining room when they have many such tools, such as thermometer and stethoscope that only required one-time minimal purchases. Providers may also not synch their devices as required per their service contracts in the fee-per-test (variable license fees) model, and thus we may not capture all revenue to which we are entitled.

If QuantaFlo or other products we may offer are not viewed as an attractive alternative to other products, procedures and techniques, we will not achieve significant market penetration or be able to generate significant revenues. To the extent that any products we offer are not commercially successful or are withdrawn from the market for any reason, our revenues will be adversely impacted, and our business, operating results and financial condition will be harmed.

Physicians and other customers may not widely adopt our products unless they determine, based on experience, long-term clinical data and published peer reviewed journal articles, that the use of our products provides a safe and effective alternative to other existing ABI devices.

We believe that physicians and other customers will not widely adopt our vascular testing product or our other products in development or products we distribute unless they determine, based on experience, long-term clinical data and published peer reviewed journal articles, that the use of such product provides a safe and effective alternative to other existing ABI devices.

We cannot provide any assurance that the data collected from our past, current and any future clinical trials will be sufficient to demonstrate that our products are an attractive alternative to other ABI devices or procedures. If we fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy that is at least comparable to other ABI devices that are available on the market, our ability to successfully market our products will be significantly limited. Even if the data collected from clinical studies or clinical experience indicate positive results, each physician’s actual experience with our products will vary. We also believe that published peer-reviewed journal articles and recommendations and support by influential physicians regarding our vascular testing product and our other products in development will be important for market acceptance and adoption, and we cannot assure you that we will receive these recommendations and support, or that supportive articles will be published. Accordingly, there is a risk that our products may not be adopted by many physicians, which would negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Moreover, if we acquired exclusive distribution rights to a new product area and to other complementary products, we may not be able to convince potential customers of their benefits, and these rights and potential future rights may not generate any meaningful revenues for our company.

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If healthcare providers are unable to obtain adequate coverage and reimbursement either for procedures performed using our product or patient care incorporating the use of our product, our product might have difficulty gaining widespread acceptance.

Maintaining and growing revenues from our products and service offerings depends on the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement from third-party payors, including government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, private insurance plans and managed care programs. Healthcare providers that use medical devices such as QuantaFlo to test their patients generally rely on third-party payors to pay for all or part of the costs and fees associated with the procedures performed with these devices, or to compensate them for their patient care services. The existence of coverage and adequate reimbursement for the procedures or patient care performed with QuantaFlo by third-party payors is central to the acceptance of QuantaFlo and any future products. During the past several years, third-party payors have undertaken cost-containment initiatives including different payment methods, monitoring healthcare expenditures, and anti-fraud initiatives. We may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability if third-party payors deny coverage or reduce their current levels of payment, or if our costs of production increase faster than increases in reimbursement levels. Further, many private payors use coverage decisions and payment amounts determined by CMS, which administers the Medicare program, as guidelines in setting their coverage and reimbursement policies. Those private payors that do not follow the Medicare guidelines may adopt different coverage and reimbursement policies for procedures or patient care performed with our vascular testing product. Future action by CMS or other government agencies may diminish payments to physicians, outpatient centers and/or hospitals or may undermine the economic rationale for using QuantaFlo if there is no increased capitated payment for the vascular diseases it helps diagnose. For example, the final 2024 CMS rate announcement for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D does not include risk-adjusted payments for PAD without complications. For some governmental programs, such as Medicaid, coverage and reimbursement differ from state to state, and some state Medicaid programs may not pay an adequate amount for the procedures or patient care performed with QuantaFlo if any payment is made at all. As the portion of the U.S. population over the age of 65 and eligible for Medicare continues to grow, we may be more vulnerable to coverage and reimbursement limitations imposed by CMS. Furthermore, the healthcare industry in the United States has experienced a trend toward cost containment as government and private insurers seek to control healthcare costs by imposing lower payment rates and negotiating reduced contract rates with service providers. Therefore, we cannot be certain that the procedures or patient care performed with our product will be reimbursed at a cost-effective level.

QuantaFlo is not specifically approved for reimbursement under any third-party payor codes; if third-party payors refuse to reimburse our customers for their use of our product, it could have a material adverse effect on our business.

QuantaFlo is licensed by healthcare providers. They may bill various third-party payors, including governmental healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, private insurance plans and managed care programs for procedures in which our testing product is used. Reimbursement is a significant factor considered by healthcare providers in determining whether to license medical devices or systems such as QuantaFlo. We cannot control whether or not providers who use QuantaFlo will seek reimbursement. Therefore, our ability to successfully commercialize our vascular testing product could depend on the coverage and adequacy of reimbursement from these third-party payors.

Currently, our QuantaFlo is not specifically approved for any particular reimbursement code. Although some of our customers report being covered and reimbursed by third-party payors for procedures, we have not offered any reimbursement guidance, therefore there is a risk that third-party payors may disagree with the reimbursement under a particular code. In addition, some of our potential customers might have deferred renting our product given the uncertainty regarding reimbursement. We do not track denial of requests for reimbursement made by the users of our product. It is our belief that such denials have occurred and might occur in the future with more or less frequency. Even if our product and procedures are often currently covered and reimbursed by third-party payors and Medicare, problems for customers to receive reimbursement or adverse changes in payors’ coverage and reimbursement policies that affect our product could harm our ability to market our vascular testing product. Obtaining approval for a particular reimbursement code is time consuming and can be costly. Accordingly, at this time, and given the way we intend our QuantaFlo to be used, we do not intend to pursue formal approval for QuantaFlo for any particular code.

Moreover, we are unable to predict what changes will be made to the reimbursement methodologies used by third-party payors. We cannot be certain that under current and future payment systems, in which healthcare providers may be reimbursed a set amount based on the type of procedure performed, such as those utilized by Medicare and in many privately managed care systems, the cost of our product will be justified and incorporated into the overall cost of the procedure.

We rely heavily upon the talents of a small number of key personnel, the loss of whom could severely damage our business.

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Our performance depends to a large extent on a small number of key scientific, technical, managerial and marketing personnel. We do not maintain key man insurance for any of our personnel. The loss of the services of any of these key personnel could still severely damage our business prospects, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on a small number of employees in our direct sales force and face challenges and risk in managing and maintaining our distribution network and the parties who make up that network.

We face significant challenges and risks in managing our distribution network and retaining the parties who make up that network. We had 44 sales and marketing employees as of September 30, 2024. If any of our sales or marketing force were to resign, our sales could be adversely affected. We may need to seek out alternatives, such as increasing our direct sales and marketing force or contracting with external independent sales representatives or enter another distributor relationship. There is no guarantee that we would be successful in our efforts to find independent sales representatives or a large distributor, or that we would be able to negotiate contract terms favorable to us. Failure to hire or retain qualified direct sales and marketing personnel or independent distributors would prevent us from expanding our business and generating revenues, which would have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve or maintain profitability.

To adequately commercialize our products and any new products we add, we may need to increase our sales and marketing network, which will require us to hire, train, retain and supervise employees and other independent contractors.

We are currently exploring other sales models to generate revenues from our products in addition to the leasing model, such as our fee per test model. We also may in the future acquire rights to other complementary products. As we increase our marketing efforts to pursue these new strategies and expand our efforts to target insurance plans that serve Medicare Advantage members, we may need to increase our sales and marketing network. Our future success will depend largely on our ability to continue to hire, train, retain and motivate skilled direct sales representatives, independent sales representatives or distributors with significant technical knowledge about our product, in addition to coordinating networks of contract medical assistants and other personnel to staff health and wellness fairs and physicians’ offices in fee-for-service models. New hires and independent contractors require training, supervision and take time to achieve full productivity. If we fail to train and supervise new hires adequately, or if we experience high turnover in our sales force or trained professionals in the future, we cannot be certain that we will maintain or increase our sales. If we are unable to expand our sales and marketing capabilities, we may not be able to effectively commercialize QuantaFlo or our other products and service offerings in development, which would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We do not require our customers to enter into long-term licenses or maintenance contracts for our products or services and may therefore lose customers on short notice.

Our business is primarily based on a leasing model rather than an outright sale of our products although we also generate variable fee revenues, which are based on usage (fee-per-test). Our pricing is based on data collected on use rates and third-party payment rates to physicians and facilities for the use of our product. We require no down payment, long-term commitment or maintenance contract or fees from our customers and replace damaged products free of charge in the service model. If we lose current customers on short notice, we may not be able to find new customers to replace them with in a timely manner and that could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, our business model of replacing damaged products free of charge may prove to be costly and affect the profitability of our service model. In our fee-per-test model, we rely on our customers to comply with the terms of service that require them to synchronize devices on a regular and routine basis such that we are able to invoice them for the tests done using our device. There is a risk that customers use our device without synching as agreed, which could lead to inadequate billing and failing to capture revenue based on actual usage. Although we have procedures in place to limit usage of our device if it has not synchronized for a period of time, there is no guarantee that our customers will act in compliance with their terms of service and we may not appropriately capture all per-test fees to which we are entitled.

We are exposed to risk as a significant portion of our revenues and accounts receivables are with a limited number of customers.

A limited number of customers account for a significant portion of our revenues and accounts receivable. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, two customers (including their affiliates) accounted for 44.0% and 28.8% of our revenues, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, two customers accounted for 44.2% and 26.6% of our revenues, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, three customers accounted for 55.9%, 16.2% and 10.7% of our accounts receivable. If our largest customers were to cease using or stop payment for our vascular testing devices, it would have a material adverse effect on our

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revenues and/or our accounts receivable. Our efforts to diversify and potentially expand our product offering are preliminary in nature. This concentration of revenues and accounts receivable among a limited number of customers represents a significant risk.

We manufacture QuantaFlo through a small number of independent contractors based in the United States. The loss or disruption of our relationships with outside vendors and suppliers could subject us to substantial delays in the delivery to customers. Our current contractor manufacturers source some supplies from China and should these outside vendors encounter issues due to supply chain disruptions as a result of the global health emergency such as COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise, we believe alternative suppliers should be available. However, significant delays in the delivery of our product or inventory to us could result in possible cancellation of orders and the loss of customers. Although we expect our vendors and suppliers to comply with our contract terms, we do not have control over such parties. Our inability to provide a product that meets delivery schedules could have a material adverse effect on our reputation in the industry, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Further, QuantaFlo is manufactured in the United States in a limited number of facilities. If an event occurred that resulted in material damage to these manufacturing facilities or our manufacturing contractors lacked sufficient labor to fully operate their facilities, we may be unable to transfer the manufacture of QuantaFlo to another facility or location in a cost-effective or timely manner, if at all. This potential inability to transfer production could occur for a number of reasons, including but not limited to a lack of necessary relevant manufacturing capability at another facility, or the regulatory requirements of the FDA or other governmental regulatory bodies. Even if there are many qualified contract manufacturers available around the country and our product is relatively easy to manufacture, such an event could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We will need to generate significant revenues to remain profitable.

We will need to generate significant sales to maintain profitability and we might not be able to do so. Even if we do generate significant sales, we might not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the future. If our sales grow more slowly than we anticipate or if our operating expenses exceed our expectations, our financial performance will likely be adversely affected.

Our future financial performance will depend in part on the successful improvements and software updates to QuantaFlo on a cost-effective basis.

Our future financial performance will depend in part on our ability, anticipate, identify and respond to changing user preferences and needs and the technologies relating to the care and treatment of vascular problems. We can provide no assurances that QuantaFlo will achieve significant commercial success and that it will gain meaningful market share. We may not correctly anticipate or identify trends in user preferences or needs or may identify them later than competitors do. In addition, difficulties in manufacturing or in obtaining regulatory approvals may delay or prohibit improvements to QuantaFlo or our other products in development. Further, we may not be able to develop improvements and software updates to QuantaFlo at a cost that allows us to meet our goals for profitability. Service costs relating to our product may be greater than anticipated, rentals may be returned prior to the end of the license term, and we may be required to devote significant resources to address any quality issues associated with QuantaFlo.

Failure to successfully introduce, improve or update our products on a cost-effective basis, or delays in customer decisions related to the evaluation of our products could cause us to lose market acceptance and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

One of our business strategies is developing additional products and service offerings that allow healthcare providers to deliver cost-effective wellness programs and receive increased compensation for their services. The development of new products and service offerings involves time and expense and we may never realize the benefits of this investment.

As part of our business strategy, we intend to develop additional products and service offerings that allow healthcare providers to deliver cost-effective wellness programs. Such product and service offering development may require substantial investments and we may commit significant resources and time before knowing whether our efforts will translate into profits for our company. We may continue to choose to invest some of our cash resources in other entities that may have complementary technologies or product offerings and may not realize the benefit of such investments. For example, in December 2023, we wrote off the $2.5 million prepayment for Insulin Insights software licenses as we were not able to generate meaningful revenues, and also took

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a $0.6 million impairment charge on our investment in Mellitus. It is possible that our development efforts will not be successful and that we will not be able to develop new products or service offerings, either alone or in partnership with others, or if developed that we will obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for commercialization. Even if we receive necessary regulatory approvals, there is no guarantee that such approved products or any new service offerings will achieve market acceptance and we may never realize the benefits of any investment in this strategy.

We have used our cash resources to invest in other companies, and there is no guarantee that we will be repaid on maturity nor realize any other expected benefits from such investments, which could harm our business.

From time to time, we have invested, and may in the future invest, in other companies with potentially complementary products or technologies. For example, in September and October 2020, we made investments in Mellitus and SYNAPS Dx, two private companies working in other product areas, Insulin Insights and Discern, and in December 2022, we extended a loan to Monarch, maker of the software product EndoTool. There can be no assurance that the businesses we invest in will become profitable or remain so or that we will realize any financial benefit from our investments, including whether or not we will distribute Discern and EndoTool or that we will be repaid upon maturity of our loans. Notably, in the quarter ended December 31, 2023, we wrote-off our $2.5 million prepayment for Insulin Insights software licenses as we were not able to generate meaningful revenues, and also took a $0.6 million impairment charge on our investment in Mellitus. Additionally, investments in privately held companies are inherently risky, in some instances because the markets for the technologies or products these companies have under development may never materialize or achieve expectations. If these companies do not succeed, we may be forced to record additional impairment charges and could lose some or all of our investment in these companies. Further, we may need to divest our investments or increase our investment to become a controlling interest sooner than we may like in order to comply with regulations regarding the amount of our assets represented by minority investments. These regulatory requirements may not always coincide with our business objectives and could adversely affect our investments and strategy.

Risks Related to Our Legal and Regulatory Environment

Our vascular testing product and any future medical devices that we may develop or services that we may offer are subject to extensive regulation in the United States by the federal government, including by the FDA. For example, our operations are subject to regulations governing packaging and labeling requirements, adverse event reporting, quality system and manufacturing requirements, clinical testing and recalls. For a discussion of the relevant regulatory regime, see “Business—Government Regulation” in the Annual Report. We cannot assure that any new medical devices or new uses or modifications for QuantaFlo that we develop, including our planned 510(k) for the use of QuantaFlo to enable expanded labeling as an aid in the diagnosis of other cardiovascular diseases in addition to PAD, will be cleared or approved in a timely or cost-effective manner, if cleared or approved at all. Even if such clearances or approvals are received, they may not be for all indications. Because medical devices may only be marketed for cleared or approved indications, this could significantly limit the market for that product and may adversely affect our results of operations.

Furthermore, although QuantaFlo has received FDA clearance, we must make our own determination regarding whether a modification to the device requires a new clearance. For example, in January 2024, we announced that we are seeking a new 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the expanded use of QuantaFlo intended to enable expanded labeling as an aid in the diagnosis of other cardiovascular diseases in addition to PAD. We cannot guarantee that the FDA will agree with our decisions not to seek clearances for particular device modifications or that we will be successful in obtaining 510(k) clearances for modifications. Any such additional clearance processes with the FDA could delay our ability to market a modified product and may adversely affect our results of operations. We also may need to undertake a recall of any modified product that has been distributed.

The FDA may change its policies, adopt additional regulations, or revise existing regulations, in particular relating to the 510(k) clearance process.

The FDA may change its policies, adopt additional regulations, or revise existing regulations, each of which could prevent or delay premarket approval or 510(k) clearance of a device, or could impact our ability to market our currently cleared device. For example, in February 2024, the FDA published a final rule to amend its QSR, requirements to align more closely with the international consensus standards for medical devices by converging with quality management system, requirements used by other regulatory authorities from other countries. Specifically, the final rule does so primarily by incorporating by reference the 2016 edition of the International Organization of Standardization, or ISO, ISO 13485 standard. The amended regulation is referred to as the Quality

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Management System Regulation, and is effective February 2026. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose any marketing authorization that we may have obtained, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition and our ability to achieve or sustain profitability. Further, future reforms could require us to file new 510(k)s and could increase the total number of 510(k)s to be filed. We cannot predict what effect these reforms will have on our ability to obtain 510(k) clearances in a timely manner. We also cannot predict the nature of other regulatory reforms and their resulting effects on our business.

Our business is subject to unannounced inspections by FDA to determine our compliance with FDA requirements.

FDA inspections can result in inspectional observations on FDA’s Form-483, warning letters, untitled letters or other forms of more significant enforcement action. More specifically, if FDA concludes that we are not in compliance with applicable laws or regulations, or that our vascular testing product or any future medical device we develop is ineffective or poses an unreasonable health risk, the FDA could:

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require us to notify health professionals and others that our devices present unreasonable risk of substantial harm to public health;

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order us to recall, repair, replace or refund the cost of any medical device that we manufactured or distributed;

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detain, seize or ban adulterated or misbranded medical devices;

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refuse to provide us with documents necessary to export our product;

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refuse requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products or new intended uses;

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withdraw 510(k) premarket approvals we may receive or reclassify our device;

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impose operating restrictions, including requiring a partial or total shutdown of production;

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enjoin or restrain conduct resulting in violations of applicable law pertaining to medical devices; and/or

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assess criminal or civil penalties against our officers, employees or us.

Following correspondence from FDA questioning our reliance on letters-to-file for the expansion into heart dysfunction, we are now seeking a new 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the expanded use of QuantaFlo to enable expanded labeling. If the FDA concludes that we failed to comply with any regulatory requirement during an inspection or otherwise, it could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition. We could incur substantial expense and harm to our reputation, and our ability to introduce new or enhanced products in a timely manner could be adversely affected.

We may rely on third parties to support certain aspects of our clinical trials and regulatory processes. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or meet expected deadlines, we may not be able to obtain regulatory clearance or approval or commercialize our products, and our business could be substantially harmed.

We may retain the services of knowledgeable external service providers, including consultants and clinical research organizations, to develop and supervise our clinical trials and regulatory processes. These third-party contract research organizations and consultants may carry out portions of our clinical and preclinical research studies and regulatory filing assistance and as a result, if retained, we will have less control over the conduct of the clinical trials, the timing and completion of the trials, the required reporting of adverse events, and the management of data developed through the trials than would be the case if we were relying entirely on our own staff. Outside parties may have staffing difficulties, may undergo changes in priorities or may become financially distressed, adversely affecting their willingness or ability to conduct our trials. Failure by these third parties to comply with regulatory requirements or to meet timing expectations may require us to repeat clinical trials or preclinical studies, which would delay the regulatory clearance or approval process, or require substantial unexpected expenditures.

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If we are found to have improperly promoted our products for off-label uses, we may become subject to significant fines and other liability.

FDA and other regulatory agencies strictly regulate the promotional claims that may be made about medical devices. For example, devices cleared under section 510(k) cannot be marketed for any intended use that is outside of FDA’s substantial equivalence determination for such devices. Physicians nevertheless may use our products on their patients in a manner that is inconsistent with the intended use cleared by FDA. If we are found to have promoted such “off-label” uses, we may become subject to significant government fines and other related liability. The federal government has levied large civil and criminal fines against companies for alleged improper promotion and has enjoined several companies from engaging in off-label promotion. FDA has also requested that companies enter into consent decrees or permanent injunctions under which specified promotional conduct is changed or curtailed.

Political, economic and regulatory influences are subjecting the healthcare industry to fundamental changes. For example, the Health Care Reform Law brought a new way of doing business for providers and health insurance plans, shifting the focus from fee for service programs to capitated programs that pay a monthly fee per patient. The Health Care Reform law also provided for higher risk factor adjustment payments for sicker patients who have conditions that are codified, as well as economic benefits for achieving certain quality of care measurements. For a discussion of healthcare reform activity, see “Business—Government Regulation—Healthcare Reform” in the Annual Report.

We believe that the Health Care Reform Law measures are mainly positive for our business given the ability of QuantaFlo to measure blood flow in an in-office setting, which can assist doctors and other providers to suspect PAD and other vascular diseases. However, we cannot predict what changes will now be made, and if these features will be repealed. If changes are made to the Health Care Reform Law, or it is repealed altogether without a comparable replacement, such that there are no incentives for identifying sicker patients, it would negatively affect our business prospects and strategy, and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Further, the Health Care Reform Law encourages hospitals and physicians to work collaboratively through shared savings programs, such as accountable care organizations, as well as other bundled payment initiatives, which may ultimately result in the reduction of medical device acquisitions and the consolidation of medical device suppliers used by hospitals. Changes to or repeal of the Health Care Reform Law could adversely affect our financial results and business.

We are subject to various healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations, as described “Business—Government Regulation—Healthcare Fraud and Abuse” in the Annual Report. We may be subject to liability under such laws and may also be subject to liability for any future conduct that is deemed by the government or the courts to violate these laws, including significant administrative, criminal and civil penalties, damages, fines, disgorgement, imprisonment, exclusion from participation as a supplier of product to beneficiaries covered by Medicare or Medicaid, additional reporting obligations and oversight if subject to a corporate integrity agreement or other agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with these laws, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings, and curtailment or restructuring of operations.

Additionally, the government has continued to pursue an increasing number of enforcement actions. This increased enforcement environment may increase scrutiny of us, directly or indirectly, and could increase the likelihood of an enforcement action targeting us. These customers include parties that bill Federal healthcare programs for use of our product, all of whom may be subject to government scrutiny. Finally, to the extent that any of the agreements are breached or terminated, our business may experience a decrease in revenues. In addition, to the extent that our customers, many of whom are providers, may be affected by this increased enforcement environment, our business could correspondingly be affected. It is possible that a review of our business practices or those of our customers by courts or government authorities could result in a determination with an adverse effect on our business. We cannot predict the effect of possible future enforcement actions on our business.

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In prior years, we have identified certain material weaknesses in connection with management’s evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting that we have remediated. These weaknesses have included issues arising from our size and inability to segregate duties; ineffective design of certain of our information technology and change management controls; insufficient controls to validate the completeness and accuracy of underlying data; insufficient protocols and procedures to retain adequate documentary evidence related to the timely review and approval of manual journal entries and those supporting the design and operating effectiveness of certain important management review controls; a lack of controls to identify and analyze related party transactions; a lack of technical accounting competence; and inadequate procedures and controls to appropriately comply with, and account for, certain payroll tax withholdings and related expenses.

Although we have remediated our prior material weaknesses, we cannot assure you that we have identified all material weaknesses or that we will not in the future have additional, or recurrence of our prior, material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If we have additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting in the future, or if our former material weaknesses recur, it could have an adverse effect on our company.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

Our success largely depends on our ability to obtain and protect the proprietary information on which we base our product.

Our success depends in large part upon our ability to establish and maintain the proprietary nature of our technology through the patent process, as well as our ability to license from others’ patents and patent applications necessary to develop our product. If our patent or any future patents are successfully challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or our right or ability to manufacture our product was to be limited, our ability to continue to manufacture and market our product could be adversely affected. In addition to patents, we rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how, which we seek to protect, in part, through confidentiality and proprietary information agreements. The other parties to these agreements may breach these provisions, and we may not have adequate remedies for any breach. Additionally, our trade secrets could otherwise become known to or be independently developed by competitors.

As of September 30, 2024, we have been issued, or have rights to, one U.S. patent (which on expires December 11, 2027). The patent we hold may be successfully challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or we may otherwise be unable to rely on this patent. These risks are also present for the process we use for manufacturing our product. In addition, our competitors, many of whom have substantial resources and have made substantial investments in competing technologies, may apply for and obtain patents that prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make, use and sell our product, either in the United States or in international markets. The medical device industry has been characterized by extensive litigation regarding patents and other intellectual property rights. We may institute, become party to, or be threatened with, future adversarial proceedings or litigation regarding intellectual property rights with respect to our product and technology, including interference or derivation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO. Third parties may assert infringement claims against us based on existing patents or patents that may be granted in the future. If we are found to infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights, we could be required to obtain a license from such third party to continue developing and marketing our product and technology. However, we may not be able to obtain any required license on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Even if we were able to obtain a license, it could be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors access to the same technologies licensed to us. We could be forced, including by court order, to cease commercializing the infringing technology or product. In addition, we could be found liable for monetary damages, including treble damages and attorneys’ fees if we are found to have willfully infringed a patent. A finding of infringement could prevent us from commercializing our product or force us to cease some of our business operations, which could materially harm our business. Claims that we have misappropriated the confidential information or trade secrets of third parties could have a similar negative impact on our business. The defense and prosecution of intellectual property suits, USPTO proceedings and related legal and administrative proceedings are both costly and time consuming. Any litigation or interference proceedings involving us may require us to incur substantial legal and other fees and expenses and may require some of our employees to devote all or a substantial portion of their time to the proceedings.

We may need to license intellectual property from third parties, and such licenses may not be available or may not be available on commercially reasonable terms.

A third party may hold intellectual property, including patent rights that are important or necessary to the development of our vascular testing product or any future products. It may be necessary for us to use the patented or proprietary technology of a third

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party to commercialize our own technology or products, in which case we would be required to obtain a license from such third party. A license to such intellectual property may not be available or may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

We may be subject to claims by third parties asserting that our employees or we have misappropriated their intellectual property, or claiming ownership of what we regard as our own intellectual property.

Although we try to ensure that we and our employees and independent contractors do not use the proprietary information or know-how of others in their work for us, we may be subject to claims that we or that these employees or independent contractors have used or disclosed intellectual property in violation of the rights of others. These claims may cover a range of matters, such as challenges to our trademarks, as well as claims that our employees or independent contractors are using trade secrets or other proprietary information of any such employee’s former employer or independent contractors. Although we do not expect the resolution of the proceeding to have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition, litigation to defend ourselves against claims can be both costly and time consuming, and divert management’s attention away from growing our business.

In addition, while it is our policy to require our employees and independent contractors who may be involved in the development of intellectual property to execute agreements assigning such intellectual property to us, we may be unsuccessful in executing such an agreement with each party who in fact develops intellectual property that we regard as our own. Our and their assignment agreements may not be self-executing or may be breached, and we may be forced to bring claims against third parties, or defend claims they may bring against us, to determine the ownership of what we regard as our intellectual property.

If we fail in prosecuting or defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel. Even if we are successful in prosecuting or defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management.

If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, our business and competitive position would be harmed.

In addition to seeking patents for some of our technology and product, we also rely on trade secrets, including unpatented know-how, technology and other proprietary information, to maintain our competitive position. We seek to protect these trade secrets, in part, by entering into non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with parties who have access to them, such as our employees, corporate collaborators, outside scientific collaborators, contract manufacturers, consultants, advisors and other third parties. We also generally enter into confidentiality and invention or patent assignment agreements with our employees and consultants. Despite these efforts, any of these parties may breach the agreements and disclose our proprietary information, including our trade secrets, and we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for such breaches. Enforcing a claim that a party infringed a patent or illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, some courts inside and outside the United States are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets. If any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent them, or those to whom they communicate it, from using that technology or information to compete with us. If any of our trade secrets were to be disclosed to or independently developed by a competitor, our competitive position would be harmed.

Risks Related to Our Bitcoin Treasury Strategy and Holdings

Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to various risks associated with bitcoin.

Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset. Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset that has traded below $36,000 per bitcoin and above $70,000 per bitcoin on the Coinbase exchange in the 12 months preceding the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The trading price of bitcoin significantly decreased during prior periods, and such declines may occur again in the future. Notwithstanding this volatility, we do not currently intend to hedge our bitcoin holdings and have not adopted a hedging strategy with respect to bitcoin. However, we may from time to time engage in hedging strategies as part of our treasury management operations if deemed appropriate.

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Bitcoin does not pay interest or dividends. Bitcoin does not pay interest or other returns and we can only generate cash from our bitcoin holdings if we sell our bitcoin or implement strategies to create income streams or otherwise generate cash by using our bitcoin holdings. Even if we pursue any such strategies, we may be unable to create income streams or otherwise generate cash from our bitcoin holdings, and any such strategies may subject us to additional risks.

Our bitcoin holdings may significantly impact our financial results and the market price of our common stock. Our bitcoin holdings may significantly affect our financial results and if we continue to increase our overall holdings of bitcoin in the future, they will have an even greater impact on our financial results and the market price of our common stock. See “—Our historical financial statements do not reflect the potential variability in earnings that we may experience in the future relating to our bitcoin holdings” below.

Our bitcoin treasury strategy has not been tested over an extended period of time or under different market conditions. We only recently adopted our bitcoin treasury strategy and will need to continually examine the risks and rewards of this new strategy. This new strategy has not been tested over an extended period of time or under different market conditions. For example, although we believe bitcoin, due to its limited supply, has the potential to serve as a hedge against inflation in the long term, the short-term price of bitcoin declined in recent periods during which the inflation rate increased. Some investors and other market participants may disagree with our bitcoin treasury strategy or actions we undertake to implement it. If bitcoin prices were to decrease or our bitcoin treasury strategy otherwise proves unsuccessful, our financial condition, results of operations, and the market price of our common stock could be materially adversely affected.

We are subject to counterparty risks, including in particular risks relating to our custodians. Although we have implemented various measures that are designed to mitigate our counterparty risks, including by storing substantially all of the bitcoin we own in custody accounts at U.S.-based, institutional-grade custodians and negotiating contractual arrangements intended to establish that our property interest in custodially-held bitcoin is not subject to claims of our custodians’ creditors, applicable insolvency law is not fully developed with respect to the holding of digital assets in custodial accounts. If our custodially-held bitcoin were nevertheless considered to be the property of our custodians’ estates in the event that any such custodians were to enter bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings, we could be treated as a general unsecured creditor of such custodians, inhibiting our ability to exercise ownership rights with respect to such bitcoin and this may ultimately result in the loss of the value related to some or all of such bitcoin. Even if we are able to prevent our bitcoin from being considered the property of a custodian’s bankruptcy estate as part of an insolvency proceeding, it is possible that we would still be delayed or may otherwise experience difficulty in accessing our bitcoin held by the affected custodian during the pendency of the insolvency proceedings. Any such outcome could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and the market price of our common stock.

The broader digital assets industry is subject to counterparty risks, which could adversely impact the adoption rate, price, and use of bitcoin. A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry, including the filings for bankruptcy protection by Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network, Voyager Digital, FTX Trading and Genesis Global Capital, the closure or liquidation of certain financial institutions that provided lending and other services to the digital assets industry, including Signature Bank and Silvergate Bank, SEC enforcement actions against Coinbase, Inc. and Binance Holdings Ltd., the placement of Prime Trust, LLC into receivership following a cease-and-desist order issued by Nevada’s Department of Business and Industry, and the filing and subsequent settlement of a civil fraud lawsuit by the New York Attorney General against Genesis Global Capital, its parent company Digital Currency Group, Inc., and former partner Gemini Trust Company, have highlighted the counterparty risks applicable to owning and transacting in digital assets. Although these bankruptcies, closures, liquidations and other events have not resulted in any loss or misappropriation of our bitcoin, nor have such events adversely impacted our access to our bitcoin, they have, in the short-term, likely negatively impacted the adoption rate and use of bitcoin. Additional bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions or other events involving participants in the digital assets industry in the future may further negatively impact the adoption rate, price, and use of bitcoin, limit the availability to us of financing collateralized by bitcoin, or create or expose additional counterparty risks.

Changes in our ownership of bitcoin could have accounting, regulatory and other impacts. While we currently own or will own bitcoin directly, we may investigate other potential approaches to owning bitcoin, including indirect ownership (for example, through ownership interests in a fund that owns bitcoin). If we were to own all or a portion of our bitcoin in a different manner, the accounting treatment for our bitcoin, our ability to use our bitcoin as collateral for additional borrowings, and the regulatory requirements to which we are subject, may correspondingly change. For example, the volatile nature of bitcoin may force us to liquidate our holdings to use it as collateral, which could be negatively effected by any disruptions in the crypto market, and if

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liquidated, the value of the collateral would not reflect potential gains in market value of bitcoin, all of which could negatively affect our business and implementation of our bitcoin strategy.

Changes in the accounting treatment of our bitcoin holdings could have significant accounting impacts, including increasing the volatility of our results. In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-08, which we early adopted as of January 1, 2024, and which requires us to measure in-scope crypto assets (including our bitcoin holdings) at fair value in our statement of financial position, and to recognize gains and losses from changes in the fair value of our bitcoin in net income each reporting period. ASU 2023-08 will also require us to provide certain interim and annual disclosures with respect to our bitcoin holdings. The standard is effective for our interim and annual periods beginning January 1, 2025. Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period for which our financial statements have not been issued as of the beginning of the annual reporting period. Due in particular to the volatility in the price of bitcoin, we expect the adoption of ASU 2023-08 to have a material impact on our financial results in future periods, increase the volatility of our financial results, and affect the carrying value of our bitcoin on our balance sheet, and could have adverse tax consequences, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and the market price of our common stock.

The broader digital assets industry, including the technology associated with digital assets, the rate of adoption and development of, and use cases for, digital assets, market perception of digital assets, and the legal, regulatory, and accounting treatment of digital assets are constantly developing and changing, and there may be additional risks in the future that are not possible to predict.

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

Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset, and fluctuations in the price of bitcoin are likely to influence our financial results and the market price of our common stock. Our financial results and the market price of our common stock would be adversely affected, and our business and financial condition would be negatively impacted, if the price of bitcoin decreased substantially (as it has in the past, such as during 2022), including as a result of:

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decreased user and investor confidence in bitcoin, including due to the various factors described herein;

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investment and trading activities such as (i) trading activities of highly active retail and institutional users, speculators, miners and investors, (ii) actual or expected significant dispositions of bitcoin by large holders, and (iii) actual or perceived manipulation of the spot or derivative markets for bitcoin or spot bitcoin ETPs;

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

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changes in consumer preferences and the perceived value or prospects of bitcoin;

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competition from other digital assets that exhibit better speed, security, scalability, or energy efficiency, that feature other more favored characteristics, that are backed by governments, including the U.S. government, or reserves of fiat currencies, or that represent ownership or security interests in physical assets;

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a decrease in the price of other digital assets, including stablecoins, or the crash or unavailability of stablecoins that are used as a medium of exchange for bitcoin purchase and sale transactions, such as the crash of the stablecoin Terra USD in 2022, to the extent the decrease in the price of such other digital assets or the unavailability of such stablecoins may cause a decrease in the price of bitcoin or adversely affect investor confidence in digital assets generally;

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the identification of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous person or persons who developed bitcoin, or the transfer of substantial amounts of bitcoin from bitcoin wallets attributed to Mr. Nakamoto or other “whales” that hold significant amounts of bitcoin;

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disruptions, failures, unavailability, or interruptions in service of trading venues for bitcoin, such as, for example, the announcement by the digital asset exchange FTX Trading that it would freeze withdrawals and transfers from its accounts and subsequent filing for bankruptcy protection and the recent SEC enforcement action brought against Binance Holdings Ltd., which initially sought to freeze all of its assets during the pendency of the enforcement action;

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the filing for bankruptcy protection by, liquidation of, or market concerns about the financial viability of digital asset custodians, trading venues, lending platforms, investment funds, or other digital asset industry participants, such as the filing for bankruptcy protection by digital asset trading venues FTX Trading and BlockFi and digital asset lending platforms Celsius Network and Voyager Digital Holdings in 2022, the ordered liquidation of the digital asset investment fund Three Arrows Capital in 2022, the announced liquidation of Silvergate Bank in 2023, the government-mandated closure and sale of Signature Bank in 2023, the placement of Prime Trust, LLC into receivership following a cease-and-desist order issued by the Nevada Department of Business and Industry in 2023, and the exit of Binance Holdings Ltd. from the U.S. market as part of its settlement with the Department of Justice and other federal regulatory agencies;

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regulatory, legislative, enforcement and judicial actions that adversely affect the price, ownership, transferability, trading volumes, legality or public perception of bitcoin, or that adversely affect the operations of or otherwise prevent digital asset custodians, trading venues, lending platforms or other digital assets industry participants from operating in a manner that allows them to continue to deliver services to the digital assets industry;

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further reductions in mining rewards of bitcoin, including block reward halving events, which are events that occur after a specific period of time that reduce the block reward earned by “miners” who validate bitcoin transactions, or increases in the costs associated with bitcoin mining, including increases in electricity costs and hardware and software used in mining, that may cause a decline in support for the Bitcoin network;

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transaction congestion and fees associated with processing transactions on the bitcoin network;

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macroeconomic changes, such as changes in the level of interest rates and inflation, fiscal and monetary policies of governments, trade restrictions, and fiat currency devaluations;

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developments in mathematics or technology, including in digital computing, algebraic geometry and quantum computing, that could result in the cryptography used by the bitcoin blockchain becoming insecure or ineffective; and

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changes in national and international economic and political conditions, including, without limitation, the adverse impact attributable to the economic and political instability caused by the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the economic sanctions adopted in response to the conflict, and the potential broadening of the Israel-Hamas conflict to other countries in the Middle East.

Bitcoin and other digital assets are novel assets, and are subject to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty.

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

The U.S. federal government, states, regulatory agencies, and foreign countries may also enact new laws and regulations, or pursue regulatory, legislative, enforcement or judicial actions, that could materially impact the price of bitcoin or the ability of individuals or institutions such as us to own or transfer bitcoin. For example, the U.S. executive branch, SEC, the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation, among others have been active in recent years, and in the U.K., the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, or FSMA 2023 became law. It is not possible to predict whether, or when, any of these developments will lead to

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Congress granting additional authorities to the SEC or other regulators, or whether, or when, any other federal, state or foreign legislative bodies will take any similar actions. It is also not possible to predict the nature of any such additional authorities, how additional legislation or regulatory oversight might impact the ability of digital asset markets to function or the willingness of financial and other institutions to continue to provide services to the digital assets industry, nor how any new regulations or changes to existing regulations might impact the value of digital assets generally and bitcoin specifically. The consequences of increased regulation of digital assets and digital asset activities could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and in turn adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Moreover, the risks of engaging in a bitcoin treasury strategy are relatively novel and have created, and could continue to create, complications due to the lack of experience that third parties have with companies engaging in such a strategy, such as increased costs of director and officer liability insurance or the potential inability to obtain such coverage on acceptable terms in the future.

The growth of the digital assets industry in general, and the use and acceptance of bitcoin in particular, may also impact the price of bitcoin and is subject to a high degree of uncertainty. The pace of worldwide growth in the adoption and use of bitcoin may depend, for instance, on public familiarity with digital assets, ease of buying, accessing or gaining exposure to bitcoin, institutional demand for bitcoin as an investment asset, the participation of traditional financial institutions in the digital assets industry, consumer demand for bitcoin as a means of payment, and the availability and popularity of alternatives to bitcoin. Even if growth in bitcoin adoption occurs in the near or medium-term, there is no assurance that bitcoin usage will continue to grow over the long-term.

Because bitcoin has no physical existence beyond the record of transactions on the bitcoin blockchain, a variety of technical factors related to the bitcoin blockchain could also impact the price of bitcoin. For example, malicious attacks by miners, inadequate mining fees to incentivize validating of bitcoin transactions, hard “forks” of the bitcoin blockchain into multiple blockchains, and advances in digital computing, algebraic geometry, and quantum computing could undercut the integrity of the bitcoin blockchain and negatively affect the price of bitcoin. The liquidity of bitcoin may also be reduced and damage to the public perception of bitcoin may occur, if financial institutions were to deny or limit banking services to businesses that hold bitcoin, provide bitcoin-related services or accept bitcoin as payment, which could also decrease the price of bitcoin. Similarly, the open-source nature of the bitcoin blockchain means the contributors and developers of the bitcoin blockchain are generally not directly compensated for their contributions in maintaining and developing the blockchain, and any failure to properly monitor and upgrade the bitcoin blockchain could adversely affect the bitcoin blockchain and negatively affect the price of bitcoin.

Recent actions by U.S. banking regulators have reduced the ability of bitcoin-related services providers to gain access to banking services and liquidity of bitcoin may also be impacted to the extent that changes in applicable laws and regulatory requirements negatively impact the ability of exchanges and trading venues to provide services for bitcoin and other digital assets.

Our historical financial statements do not reflect the potential variability in earnings that we may experience in the future relating to our bitcoin holdings.

Our historical financial statements do not reflect the potential variability in earnings that we may experience in the future from holding or selling significant amounts of bitcoin.

The price of bitcoin has historically been subject to dramatic price fluctuations and is highly volatile. We determine the fair value of our bitcoin based on quoted (unadjusted) prices on the Coinbase exchange, and following our early adoption of ASU 2023-08 we are required to measure our bitcoin holdings at fair value in our statement of financial position, and to recognize gains and losses from changes in the fair value of our bitcoin in net income each reporting period, which may create significant volatility in our reported earnings and decrease the carrying value of our digital assets, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock. Conversely, any sale of bitcoins at prices above our carrying value for such assets creates a gain for financial reporting purposes even if we would otherwise incur an economic or tax loss with respect to such transaction, which also may result in significant volatility in our reported earnings.

Due in particular to the volatility in the price of bitcoin, we expect our early adoption of ASU 2023-08 to increase the volatility of our financial results and it could significantly affect the carrying value of our bitcoin on our balance sheet. As of September 30, 2024, we held 1,018 bitcoins, which we acquired for $68.4 million during the quarter, inclusive of fees and expenses, with an aggregate value of $64.5 million due to an adjustment in their fair value of $3.9 million, and $6.7 million in cash, cash

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equivalents and restricted cash, compared to carrying no digital assets and having $56.0 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of September 30, 2023.

Because we intend to purchase additional bitcoin in future periods and increase our overall holdings of bitcoin, we expect that the proportion of our total assets represented by our bitcoin holdings will increase in the future. As a result, and in particular with respect to the quarterly periods and full fiscal year with respect to which ASU 2023-08 will apply, and for all future periods, volatility in our earnings may be significantly more than what we experienced in prior periods.

The availability of spot bitcoin ETPs may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Although bitcoin and other digital assets have experienced a surge of investor attention since bitcoin was invented in 2008, until recently investors in the United States had limited means to gain direct exposure to bitcoin through traditional investment channels, and instead generally were only able to hold bitcoin through “hosted” wallets provided by digital asset service providers or through “unhosted” wallets that expose the investor to risks associated with loss or hacking of their private keys. Given the relative novelty of digital assets, general lack of familiarity with the processes needed to hold bitcoin directly, as well as the potential reluctance of financial planners and advisers to recommend direct bitcoin holdings to their retail customers because of the manner in which such holdings are custodied, some investors have sought exposure to bitcoin through investment vehicles that hold bitcoin and issue shares representing fractional undivided interests in their underlying bitcoin holdings. These vehicles, which were previously offered only to “accredited investors” on a private placement basis, have in the past traded at substantial premiums to net asset value, or NAV, possibly due to the relative scarcity of traditional investment vehicles providing investment exposure to bitcoin.

On January 10, 2024, the SEC approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin ETPs, the shares of which can be sold in public offerings and are traded on U.S. national securities exchanges. The approved ETPs commenced trading directly to the public on January 11, 2024, with a trading volume of approximately $4.6 billion on the first trading day. To the extent investors view our common stock as providing exposure to bitcoin, it is possible that the value of our common stock may also have included a premium over the value of our bitcoin due to the prior scarcity of traditional investment vehicles providing investment exposure to bitcoin, and that the value declined due to investors now having a greater range of options to gain exposure to bitcoin and investors choosing to gain such exposure through ETPs rather than our common stock.

Although we are an operating company providing technology solutions to improve the clinical effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare providers, and we believe we offer a different value proposition than a passive bitcoin investment vehicle such as a spot bitcoin ETP, investors may nevertheless view our common stock as an alternative to an investment in an ETP, and choose to purchase shares of a spot bitcoin ETP instead of our common stock. They may do so for a variety of reasons, including if they believe that ETPs offer a “pure play” exposure to bitcoin that is generally not subject to federal income tax at the entity level as we are, or the other risk factors applicable to an operating business, such as ours. Additionally, unlike spot bitcoin ETPs, we (i) do not seek for our shares of common stock to track the value of the underlying bitcoin we hold before payment of expenses and liabilities, (ii) do not benefit from various exemptions and relief under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, including Regulation M, and other securities laws, which enable spot bitcoin ETPs to continuously align the value of their shares to the price of the underlying bitcoin they hold through share creation and redemption, (iii) are a Delaware corporation rather than a statutory trust, and do not operate pursuant to a trust agreement that would require us to pursue one or more stated investment objectives, and (iv) are not required to provide daily transparency as to our bitcoin holdings or our daily NAV. Furthermore, recommendations by broker-dealers to buy, hold, or sell complex products and non-traditional ETPs, or an investment strategy involving such products, may be subject to additional or heightened scrutiny that would not be applicable to broker-dealers making recommendations with respect to our common stock. Based on how we are viewed in the market relative to ETPs, and other vehicles that offer economic exposure to bitcoin, such as bitcoin futures ETFs and leveraged bitcoin futures ETFs, any premium or discount in our common stock relative to the value of our bitcoin holdings may increase or decrease in different market conditions.

As a result of the foregoing factors, availability of spot bitcoin ETPs on U.S. national securities exchanges could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

Our bitcoin treasury strategy subjects us to enhanced regulatory oversight.

As noted elsewhere in these Risk Factors, several spot bitcoin ETPs have received approval from the SEC to list their shares on a U.S. national securities exchange with continuous share creation and redemption at NAV. Even though we are not, and do not

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function in the manner of, a spot bitcoin ETP, it is possible that we nevertheless could face regulatory scrutiny from the SEC or other federal or state agencies due to our bitcoin holdings.

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

We may consider issuing debt or other financial instruments that may be collateralized by our bitcoin holdings. We may also consider pursuing strategies to create income streams or otherwise generate funds using our bitcoin holdings. These types of bitcoin-related transactions are the subject of enhanced regulatory oversight. These and any other bitcoin-related transactions we may enter into, beyond simply acquiring and holding bitcoin, may subject us to additional regulatory compliance requirements and scrutiny, including under federal and state money services regulations, money transmitter licensing requirements and various commodity and securities laws and regulations.

Additional laws, guidance and policies may be issued by domestic and foreign regulators following the filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by FTX Trading, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, in November 2022. U.S. and foreign regulators have also increased, and are highly likely to continue to increase, enforcement activity, and are likely to adopt new regulatory requirements in response to FTX Trading’s collapse. Increased enforcement activity and changes in the regulatory environment, including changing interpretations and the implementation of new or varying regulatory requirements by the government or any new legislation affecting bitcoin, as well as enforcement actions involving or impacting our trading venues, counterparties and custodians, may impose significant costs or significantly limit our ability to hold and transact in bitcoin.

In addition, private actors that are wary of bitcoin or the regulatory concerns associated with bitcoin may in the future take further actions that may have an adverse effect on our business or the market price of our common stock.

Bitcoin trading venues are relatively new and, in many cases, currently unregulated. Even if regulated, such venues may not be complying with such regulations. Furthermore, there are many bitcoin trading venues that do not provide the public with significant information regarding their ownership structure, management teams, corporate practices and regulatory compliance. As a result, the marketplace may lose confidence in bitcoin trading venues, including prominent exchanges that handle a significant volume of bitcoin trading and/or are subject to regulatory oversight, in the event one or more bitcoin trading venues cease or pause for a prolonged period the trading of bitcoin or other digital assets, or experience fraud, significant volumes of withdrawal, security failures or operational problems.

In 2019 there were reports claiming that 80-95% of bitcoin trading volume on trading venues was false or non-economic in nature, with specific focus on currently unregulated exchanges located outside of the United States. The SEC also alleged as part of its June 2023, complaint that Binance Holdings Ltd. committed strategic and targeted “wash trading” through its affiliates to artificially inflate the volume of certain digital assets traded on its exchange. Such reports and allegations may indicate that the bitcoin market is significantly smaller than expected and that the United States makes up a significantly larger percentage of the bitcoin market than is commonly understood. Any actual or perceived false trading in the bitcoin market, and any other fraudulent or manipulative acts and practices, could adversely affect the value of our bitcoin. Negative perception, a lack of stability in the broader bitcoin markets and the closure, temporary shutdown or operational disruption of bitcoin trading venues, lending institutions, institutional investors, institutional miners, custodians, or other major participants in the bitcoin ecosystem, due to fraud, business failure, cybersecurity events, government-mandated regulation, bankruptcy, or for any other reason, may result in a decline in confidence in bitcoin and the broader bitcoin ecosystem and greater volatility in the price of bitcoin. For example, in 2022, each of Celsius Network, Voyager Digital, Three Arrows Capital, FTX Trading, and BlockFi filed for bankruptcy, following which the market prices of bitcoin and other digital assets significantly declined. In addition, in June 2023, the SEC announced enforcement actions against Coinbase, Inc., and

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Binance Holdings Ltd., two providers of large trading venues for digital assets, which similarly was followed by a decrease in the market price of bitcoin and other digital assets. These were followed in November 2023, by an SEC enforcement action against Kraken, another large trading venue for digital assets. As the price of our common stock is affected by the value of our bitcoin holdings, the failure of a major participant in the bitcoin ecosystem could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

The concentration of our bitcoin holdings enhances the risks inherent in our bitcoin treasury strategy.

As of September 30, 2024, we held an aggregate 1,018 bitcoins, which we acquired for $68.4 million, inclusive of fees and expenses, and we intend to purchase additional bitcoin and increase our overall holdings of bitcoin in the future. The concentration of our bitcoin holdings limits the risk mitigation that we could take advantage of by purchasing a more diversified portfolio of treasury assets, and the absence of diversification enhances the risks inherent in our bitcoin acquisition strategy. Any future significant declines in the price of bitcoin would have a more pronounced impact on our financial condition than if we used our cash to purchase a more diverse portfolio of assets.

As a result of our bitcoin treasury strategy, the majority of our cash is now concentrated in our bitcoin holdings. Accordingly, the emergence or growth of digital assets other than bitcoin may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. While bitcoin is the largest digital asset by market capitalization as of the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, there are numerous alternative digital assets and many entities, including consortiums and financial institutions, are researching and investing resources into private or permissioned blockchain platforms or digital assets that do not use proof-of-work mining like the bitcoin network. For example, in late 2022, the ethereum network transitioned to a “proof-of-stake” mechanism for validating transactions that requires significantly less computing power than proof-of-work mining. The ethereum network has completed another major upgrade since then and may undertake additional upgrades in the future. If the mechanisms for validating transactions in ethereum and other alternative digital assets are perceived as superior to proof-of-work mining, those digital assets could gain market share relative to bitcoin.

Other alternative digital assets that compete with bitcoin in certain ways include “stablecoins,” which are designed to maintain a constant price because of, for instance, their issuers’ promise to hold high-quality liquid assets (such as U.S. dollar deposits and short-term U.S. treasury securities) equal to the total value of stablecoins in circulation. Stablecoins have grown rapidly as an alternative to bitcoin and other digital assets as a medium of exchange and store of value, particularly on digital asset trading platforms. As of the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, two of the seven largest digital assets by market capitalization are U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins.

Additionally, central banks in some countries have started to introduce digital forms of legal tender. For example, China’s CBDC project was made available to consumers in January 2022, and governments including the United States, the European Union, and Israel have been discussing the potential creation of new CBDCs. Whether or not they incorporate blockchain or similar technology, CBDCs, as legal tender in the issuing jurisdiction, could also compete with, or replace, bitcoin and other digital assets as a medium of exchange or store of value. As a result, the emergence or growth of these or other digital assets could cause the market price of bitcoin to decrease, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, and operating results.

Our bitcoin holdings are less liquid than our existing cash and cash equivalents and may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents.

Historically, the bitcoin markets have been characterized by significant volatility in price, limited liquidity and trading volumes compared to sovereign currencies markets, relative anonymity, a developing regulatory landscape, potential susceptibility to market abuse and manipulation, compliance and internal control failures at exchanges, and various other risks inherent in its entirely electronic, virtual form and decentralized network. During times of market instability, we may not be able to sell our bitcoin at favorable prices or at all. For example, a number of bitcoin trading venues temporarily halted deposits and withdrawals in 2022. As a result, our bitcoin holdings may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents. Further, bitcoin we hold with our custodians and transact with our trade execution partners does not enjoy the same protections as are available to cash or securities deposited with or transacted by institutions subject to regulation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Additionally, we may be unable to enter into term loans or other capital

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raising transactions collateralized by our unencumbered bitcoin or otherwise generate funds using our bitcoin holdings, including in particular during times of market instability or when the price of bitcoin has declined significantly. If we are unable to sell our bitcoin, enter into additional capital raising transactions using bitcoin as collateral, or otherwise generate funds using our bitcoin holdings, or if we are forced to sell our bitcoin at a significant loss, in order to meet our working capital requirements, our business and financial condition could be negatively impacted.

Substantially all of the bitcoin we own is held in custody accounts at U.S.-based institutional-grade digital asset custodians. Security breaches and cyberattacks are of particular concern with respect to our bitcoin. Bitcoin and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies and the entities that provide services to participants in the bitcoin ecosystem have been, and may in the future be, subject to security breaches, cyberattacks, or other malicious activities. For example, in October 2021 it was reported that hackers exploited a flaw in the account recovery process and stole from the accounts of at least 6,000 customers of the Coinbase exchange, although the flaw was subsequently fixed and Coinbase reimbursed affected customers. Similarly, in November 2022, hackers exploited weaknesses in the security architecture of the FTX Trading digital asset exchange and reportedly stole over $400 million in digital assets from customers. A successful security breach or cyberattack could result in:

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a partial or total loss of our bitcoin in a manner that may not be covered by insurance or the liability provisions of the custody agreements with the custodians who hold our bitcoin;

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improper disclosure of data and violations of applicable data privacy and other laws; or

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significant regulatory scrutiny, investigations, fines, penalties, and other legal, regulatory, contractual and financial exposure.

Further, any actual or perceived data security breach or cybersecurity attack directed at other companies with digital assets or companies that operate digital asset networks, regardless of whether we are directly impacted, could lead to a general loss of confidence in the broader bitcoin blockchain ecosystem or in the use of the bitcoin network to conduct financial transactions, which could negatively impact us.

Attacks upon systems across a variety of industries, including industries related to bitcoin, are increasing in frequency, persistence, and sophistication, and, in many cases, are being conducted by sophisticated, well-funded and organized groups and individuals, including state actors. The techniques used to obtain unauthorized, improper or illegal access to systems and information (including personal data and digital assets), disable or degrade services, or sabotage systems are constantly evolving, may be difficult to detect quickly, and often are not recognized or detected until after they have been launched against a target. These attacks may occur on our systems or those of our third-party service providers or partners. We may experience breaches of our security measures due to human error, malfeasance, insider threats, system errors or vulnerabilities or other irregularities. In particular, we expect that unauthorized parties will attempt, to gain access to our systems and facilities, as well as those of our partners and third-party service providers, through various means, such as hacking, social engineering, phishing and fraud. Threats can come from a variety of sources, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored intrusions, industrial espionage, and insiders. In addition, certain types of attacks could harm us even if our systems are left undisturbed. For example, certain threats are designed to remain dormant or undetectable, sometimes for extended periods of time, or until launched against a target and we may not be able to implement adequate preventative measures. Further, there has been an increase in such activities due to the increase in work-from-home arrangements. The risk of cyberattacks could also be increased by cyberwarfare in connection with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts, or other future conflicts, including potential proliferation of malware into systems unrelated to such conflicts. Any future breach of our operations or those of others in the bitcoin industry, including third-party services on which we rely, could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We face risks relating to the custody of our bitcoin, including the loss or destruction of private keys required to access our bitcoin and cyberattacks or other data loss relating to our bitcoin

We hold our bitcoin with regulated custodians that have duties to safeguard our private keys. Our custodial services contracts do not restrict our ability to reallocate our bitcoin among our custodians, and our bitcoin holdings may be concentrated with a single custodian from time to time. In light of the significant amount of bitcoin we hold, we continually seek to engage additional custodians

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to achieve a greater degree of diversification in the custody of our bitcoin as the extent of potential risk of loss is dependent, in part, on the degree of diversification. If there is a decrease in the availability of digital asset custodians that we believe can safely custody our bitcoin, for example, due to regulatory developments or enforcement actions that cause custodians to discontinue or limit their services in the United States, we may need to enter into agreements that are less favorable than our current agreements or take other measures to custody our bitcoin, and our ability to seek a greater degree of diversification in the use of custodial services would be materially adversely affected. In addition, holding our bitcoin with regulated custodians could affect the availability of receiving digital assets that may result from “forks” of the bitcoin blockchain if our custodians are unable to support or otherwise provide us with such digital assets, thereby reducing the amount of digital assets we may hold as a result. While our custodians carry insurance policies to cover losses for commercial crimes, cyber and cold storage, the policy limits vary per provider and would be shared among all of their customers, and subject to various limitations and exclusions (such as if a loss arises due to our failure to protect our login credentials and devices). The insurance that covers losses of our bitcoin holdings may cover only a small fraction of the value of the entirety of our bitcoin holdings, and there can be no guarantee that such insurance will be maintained as part of the custodial services we have or that such coverage will cover losses with respect to our bitcoin. Moreover, our use of custodians exposes us to the risk that the bitcoin our custodians hold on our behalf could be subject to insolvency proceedings and we could be treated as a general unsecured creditor of the custodian, inhibiting our ability to exercise ownership rights with respect to such bitcoin. Any loss associated with such insolvency proceedings is unlikely to be covered by any insurance coverage we maintain related to our bitcoin.

Bitcoin is controllable only by the possessor of both the unique public key and private key(s) relating to the local or online digital wallet in which the bitcoin is held. While the bitcoin blockchain ledger requires a public key relating to a digital wallet to be published when used in a transaction, private keys must be safeguarded and kept private in order to prevent a third party from accessing the bitcoin held in such wallet. To the extent the private key(s) for a digital wallet are lost, destroyed, or otherwise compromised and no backup of the private key(s) is accessible, neither we nor our custodians will be able to access the bitcoin held in the related digital wallet. Furthermore, we cannot provide assurance that our digital wallets, nor the digital wallets of our custodians held on our behalf, will not be compromised as a result of a cyberattack. The bitcoin and blockchain ledger, as well as other digital assets and blockchain technologies, have been, and may in the future be, subject to security breaches, cyberattacks, or other malicious activities.

Regulatory change reclassifying bitcoin as a security could lead to our classification as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act and could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and the market price of our common stock.

Under Sections 3(a)(1)(A) and (C) of the 1940 Act, a company generally will be deemed to be an “investment company” for purposes of the 1940 Act if (1) it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities or (2) it engages, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and it owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. We do not believe that we are an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the 1940 Act, and are not registered as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act as of the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

While senior SEC officials have stated their view that bitcoin is not a “security” for purposes of the federal securities laws, a contrary determination by the SEC could lead to our classification as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act, if the portion of our assets consists of investments in bitcoins exceeds 40% safe harbor limits prescribed in the 1940 Act, which would subject us to significant additional regulatory controls that could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations and may also require us to change the manner in which we conduct our business.

We monitor our assets and income for compliance under the 1940 Act and seek to conduct our business activities in a manner such that we do not fall within its definitions of “investment company” or that we qualify under one of the exemptions or exclusions provided by the 1940 Act and corresponding SEC regulations. If bitcoin is determined to constitute a security for purposes of the federal securities laws, we would take steps to reduce the percentage of bitcoins that constitute investment assets under the 1940 Act. These steps may include, among others, selling bitcoins that we might otherwise hold for the long term and deploying our cash in non-investment assets, and we may be forced to sell our bitcoins at unattractive prices. We may also seek to acquire additional non-investment assets to maintain compliance with the 1940 Act, and we may need to incur debt, issue additional equity or enter into other financing arrangements that are not otherwise attractive to our business. Any of these actions could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, we can make no assurance that we would successfully be able to take the necessary steps to avoid being deemed to be an investment company in accordance with the safe harbor. If we were unsuccessful, and if bitcoin is determined to constitute a security for purposes of the federal securities laws, then we would have to register as an

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investment company, and the additional regulatory restrictions imposed by 1940 Act could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and in turn adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

We may be subject to regulatory developments related to crypto assets and crypto asset markets, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

As bitcoin and other digital assets are relatively novel and the application of state and federal securities laws and other laws and regulations to digital assets is unclear in certain respects, and it is possible that regulators in the United States or foreign countries may interpret or apply existing laws and regulations in a manner that adversely affects the price of bitcoin. The U.S. federal government, states, regulatory agencies, and foreign countries may also enact new laws and regulations, or pursue regulatory, legislative, enforcement or judicial actions, that could materially impact the price of bitcoin or the ability of individuals or institutions such as us to own or transfer bitcoin. For example, see “Bitcoin and other digital assets are novel assets, and are subject to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty” elsewhere in these Risk Factors.

If bitcoin is determined to constitute a security for purposes of the federal securities laws, the additional regulatory restrictions imposed by such a determination could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and in turn adversely affect the market price of our common stock. See “Regulatory change reclassifying bitcoin as a security could lead to our classification as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act, and could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and the market price of our common stock” elsewhere in these Risk Factors. Moreover, the risks of us engaging in a bitcoin treasury strategy have created, and could continue to create, complications due to the lack of experience that third parties have with companies engaging in such a strategy, such as increased costs of director and officer liability insurance or the potential inability to obtain such coverage on acceptable terms in the future.

Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to risk of non-performance by counterparties

Our bitcoin treasury strategy exposes us to the risk of non-performance by counterparties, whether contractual or otherwise. Risk of non-performance includes inability or refusal of a counterparty to perform because of a deterioration in the counterparty’s financial condition and liquidity or for any other reason. For example, our execution partners, custodians, or other counterparties might fail to perform in accordance with the terms of our agreements with them, which could result in a loss of bitcoin, a loss of the opportunity to generate funds, or other losses.

Our primary counterparty risk with respect to our bitcoin is custodian performance obligations under the various custody arrangements we have entered into. A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry, the closure or liquidation of certain financial institutions that provided lending and other services to the digital assets industry, SEC enforcement actions against other providers, or placement into receivership or civil fraud lawsuit against digital asset industry participants have highlighted the perceived and actual counterparty risk applicable to digital asset ownership and trading. Although these bankruptcies, closures and liquidations have not adversely impacted our bitcoin (which was only recently acquired), legal precedent created in these bankruptcy and other proceedings may increase the risk of future rulings adverse to our interests in the event one or more of our custodians becomes a debtor in a bankruptcy case or is the subject of other liquidation, insolvency or similar proceedings.

While our custodians are subject to regulatory regimes intended to protect customers in the event of a custodial bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceeding, no assurance can be provided that our custodially-held bitcoin will not become part of the custodian’s insolvency estate if one or more of our custodians enters bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings. Additionally, if we pursue any strategies to create income streams or otherwise generate funds using our bitcoin holdings, we would become subject to additional counterparty risks. Although no such strategies are contemplated at this time, we will need to carefully evaluate market conditions, including price volatility as well as service provider terms and market reputations and performance, among others, prior to implementing any such strategy, all of which could effect our ability to successfully implement and execute on any such future strategy. These risks, along with any significant non-performance by counterparties, including in particular the custodians with which we custody substantially all of our bitcoin, could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, and operating results.

Our custodially-held bitcoin may become part of the custodian’s insolvency estate if one or more of our custodians enters bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings.

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If our custodially-held bitcoin are considered to be the property of our custodians’ estates in the event that any such custodians were to enter bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings, we could be treated as a general unsecured creditor of such custodians, inhibiting our ability to exercise ownership rights with respect to such bitcoin and this may ultimately result in the loss of the value related to some or all of such bitcoin. A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry, including the filings for bankruptcy protection by Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network, Voyager Digital, FTX Trading and Genesis Global Capital, the closure or liquidation of certain financial institutions that provided lending and other services to the digital assets industry, including Signature Bank and Silvergate Bank, SEC enforcement actions against Coinbase, Inc. and Binance Holdings Ltd., the placement of Prime Trust, LLC into receivership following a cease-and-desist order issued by Nevada’s Department of Business and Industry, and the filing and subsequent settlement of a civil fraud lawsuit by the New York Attorney General against Genesis Global Capital, its parent company Digital Currency Group, Inc., and former partner Gemini Trust Company, have highlighted the counterparty risks applicable to owning and transacting in digital assets. Although these bankruptcies, closures, liquidations and other events have not resulted in any loss or misappropriation of our bitcoin, nor have such events adversely impacted our access to our bitcoin, they have, in the short-term, likely negatively impacted the adoption rate and use of bitcoin. Additional bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions or other events involving participants in the digital assets industry in the future may further negatively impact the adoption rate, price, and use of bitcoin, limit the availability to us of financing collateralized by bitcoin, or create or expose additional counterparty risks. Any loss associated with such insolvency proceedings is unlikely to be covered by any insurance coverage we maintain related to our bitcoin. Even if we are able to prevent our bitcoin from being considered the property of a custodian’s bankruptcy estate as part of an insolvency proceeding, it is possible that we would still be delayed or may otherwise experience difficulty in accessing our bitcoin held by the affected custodian during the pendency of the insolvency proceedings. Any such outcome could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and the market price of our common stock.

A temporary or permanent blockchain “fork” to bitcoin or other crypto assets could adversely affect our business.

Blockchain protocols, including bitcoin, are open source. Any user can download the software, modify it, and then propose that bitcoin or other blockchain protocols users and miners adopt the modification. When a modification is introduced and a substantial majority of users and miners consent to the modification, the change is implemented and the bitcoin or other blockchain protocol networks, as applicable, remain uninterrupted. However, if less than a substantial majority of users and miners consent to the proposed modification, and the modification is not compatible with the software prior to its modification, the consequence would be what is known as a “fork”, i.e., “split” of the impacted blockchain protocol network and respective blockchain, with one prong running the pre-modified software and the other running the modified software. The effect of such a fork would be the existence of two parallel versions of the bitcoin or other blockchain protocol network, as applicable, running simultaneously, but with each split network’s crypto asset lacking interchangeability. A “hard fork” – where there is disagreement among the users about the rules of the network – can have a significant negative impact on value of the crypto asset.

The bitcoin has been subject to “forks” that resulted in the creation of new networks, including bitcoin cash ABC, bitcoin cash SV, bitcoin diamond, bitcoin gold and others. Some of these forks have caused fragmentation among platforms as to the correct naming convention for forked crypto assets. Due to the lack of a central registry or rulemaking body, no single entity has the ability to dictate the nomenclature of forked crypto assets, causing disagreements and a lack of uniformity among platforms on the nomenclature of forked crypto assets, and which results in further confusion to customers as to the nature of assets they hold on platforms, and which can negatively impact the value of the crypto assets. In addition, several of these forks were contentious and as a result, participants in certain communities may harbor ill will towards other communities. As a result, certain community members may take actions that adversely impact the use, adoption, and price of bitcoin, or any of their forked alternatives.

Furthermore, hard forks can lead to new security concerns. For instance, when the Ethereum and Ethereum Classic networks split in July 2016, replay attacks, in which transactions from one network were rebroadcast on the other network to achieve “double-spending,” plagued platforms that traded Ethereum through at least October 2016, resulting in significant losses to some crypto asset platforms. Similar replay attacks occurred in connection with the bitcoin cash and bitcoin cash SV network split in November 2018. Another possible result of a hard fork is an inherent decrease in the level of security due to the splitting of some mining power across networks, making it easier for a malicious actor to exceed 50% of the mining power of that network, thereby making crypto assets that rely on proof-of-work more susceptible to attack, as has occurred with Ethereum Classic.

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time. A fork can lead to a disruption of networks and our information technology systems, cybersecurity attacks, replay attacks, or security weaknesses, any of which can further lead to temporary or even permanent loss of our and our assets.

The due diligence procedures conducted by us and our liquidity provider to mitigate transaction risk may fail to prevent transactions with a sanctioned entity.

We execute trades through our U.S.-based liquidity providers, and rely on these third parties to implement controls and procedures to mitigate the risk of transacting with sanctioned entities. While we expect our third party service providers to conduct their business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with our contractual arrangements, there is no guarantee that they will do so. Accordingly, we are exposed to risk that our due diligence procedures may fail. If we are found to have transacted in bitcoin with bad actors that have used bitcoin to launder money or with persons subject to sanctions, we may be subject to regulatory proceedings and any further transactions or dealings in bitcoin by us may be restricted or prohibited.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

Our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders, if they choose to act together, have the ability to substantially influence the outcome of all matters submitted to stockholders for approval.

Our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders beneficially own in the aggregate shares representing approximately 30.2% of our common stock as of September 30, 2024. If these stockholders choose to act together, they are able to substantially influence the outcome of all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, as well as our management and affairs. For example, these persons, if they choose to act together, can impact the election of directors and approval of any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. This concentration of ownership control may:

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delay, defer or prevent a change in control;

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entrench our management and the board of directors; or

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impede a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving us that other stockholders may desire.

Provisions in our corporate charter and our bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control of our company that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock, thereby depressing the market price of our common stock. In addition, because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors. Among other things, these provisions:

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allow the authorized number of our directors to be changed only by resolution of our board of directors;

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allow for a classified board of directors;

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establish advance notice requirements for stockholders proposal that can be acted on at stockholder meeting and nominations to our board of directors; and

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limit who may call stockholder meetings.

Moreover, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner.

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Our amended and restated bylaws designate exclusive forums for the adjudication of certain disputes, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to bring claims in a judicial forum it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.

Our amended and restated bylaws provide that a state or federal court located within the State of Delaware is the sole and exclusive forum for:

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any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf;

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any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee or stockholder of our company to us or our stockholders;

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any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, our charter or our bylaws, as to which the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; and

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any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

Our amended and restated bylaws further provide that a federal district court of the United States is the sole and exclusive forum for any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These provisions further provide that any person or entity that acquires any interest in shares of our capital stock will be deemed to have notice of and consented to these provisions.

These provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees. If a court were to find any of these provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, which could seriously harm our business.

The price of our common stock may be volatile and fluctuate substantially, which could result in substantial losses for purchasers of our common stock.

Our stock price has been and is likely to continue to be volatile. The stock market in general and the market for smaller medical device companies in particular have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. With the adoption of our new bitcoin strategy, we expect to see additional volatility. As a result of this volatility, you may not be able to sell your common stock. The market price for our common stock may be influenced by many factors, including:

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our bitcoin treasury strategy;

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regulatory or legal developments in the United States and other countries;

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developments or disputes concerning patent applications, issued patents or other proprietary rights;

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the recruitment or departure of key personnel;

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actual or anticipated changes in estimates as to financial results, development timelines or recommendations by securities analysts;

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the other factors described in this “Risk Factors” section.

In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against these companies. Due to the potential volatility of our stock price, we may be the target of securities litigation in the future. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources from our business.

Because we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future, capital appreciation, if any, will be your sole source of gain.

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We anticipate that we will retain our earnings, if any, for future growth and therefore do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the future. As a result, only appreciation of the price of our common stock will provide a return to stockholders.

General Risk Factors

Because we operate in an industry with significant product liability risk, and we may not be sufficiently insured against this risk, we may be subject to substantial claims against our product or services that we may provide.

The development, manufacture and sale, lease or use of products or provision of services in a medical setting entails significant risks of product liability or other negligence or malpractice claims. Although we maintain insurance to cover us in the event of liability claims, and as of the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, no such claims have been asserted or threatened against us, our insurance may not be sufficient to cover all possible future liabilities regarding our product, or from performing tests with our product or other non-proprietary products. Accordingly, we may not be adequately protected from any liabilities, including any adverse judgments or settlements, we might incur in connection with the development, clinical testing, manufacture and sale, lease or use of our products or the provision of services. A successful product liability or negligence or medical malpractice claim or series of claims brought against us that result in an adverse judgment against or settlement by us in excess of any insurance coverage could seriously harm our financial condition or reputation. Moreover, even if no judgments, fines, damages or liabilities are imposed on us, our reputation could suffer, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, product liability and other malpractice insurance is expensive and may not always be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all.

The manufacturing and marketing of QuantaFlo and any future products that we may develop involves an inherent risk that our products may prove to be defective. In that event, we may voluntarily implement a recall or market withdrawal or stop shipment or may be required to do so by a regulatory authority. A recall of QuantaFlo or one of our future products, or a similar product manufactured by another manufacturer, could impair sales of the products we market as a result of confusion concerning the scope of the recall or as a result of the damage to our reputation for quality and safety. Further any product recall, voluntary market withdrawal or shipment stoppage of our product could significantly increase our costs and have a material adverse effect on our business.

If we fail to properly manage our operations, our business could suffer.

Our operations have placed, and will continue to place, a significant strain on our management and on our operational and financial resources and systems. Failure to manage our operations effectively could cause us to over-invest or under-invest and result in losses or weaknesses. Additionally, our anticipated operations will increase the demands placed on our suppliers, resulting in an increased need for us to carefully monitor for quality assurance. Any failure by us to manage our operations effectively could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our development and commercialization goals.

An information security incident, including a cybersecurity breach, could have a negative impact on our business or reputation.

To meet business objectives, we rely on both internal information technology systems and networks, and those of third parties and their vendors, to process and store sensitive data, including confidential research and patient data that may be subject to legal protection. The extensive information security and cybersecurity threats, which affect companies globally, pose a risk to the

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security and availability of these information technology systems and networks, and the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our sensitive data. We continually assess these threats and make investments to increase internal protection, detection, and response capabilities, as well as ensure our third-party providers have required capabilities and controls, to address this risk. To date, we have not experienced any material impact to our business or operations resulting from information or cybersecurity attacks; however, because of the frequently changing attack techniques, along with the increased volume and sophistication of the attacks, there is the potential for us to be adversely impacted. This impact could result in reputational, competitive, operational or other business harm as well as financial costs and regulatory action.

Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, such as actual events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults, or non-performance by financial institutions or transactional counterparties, could adversely affect our current and projected business operations and our financial condition and results of operations.

Actual events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. For example, on March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB, was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, as receiver. Similarly, on March 12, 2023, Signature Bank and Silvergate Capital Corp. were each swept into receivership. Although we took steps to diversify our banking relationships and are not a borrower or party to any such instruments with SVB, Signature or any other financial institution currently in receivership, if any of our lenders or counterparties to any financial instruments (such as letters of credit) were to be placed into receivership, we may be unable to access such funds. In addition, if any of our customers, suppliers or other parties with whom we conduct business are unable to access funds pursuant to such instruments or lending arrangements with such a financial institution, such parties’ ability to pay their obligations to us or to enter into new commercial arrangements requiring additional payments to us could be adversely affected.

Although the U.S. Department of Treasury, FDIC and Federal Reserve Board have announced a program to provide up to $25 billion of loans to financial institutions secured by certain of such government securities held by financial institutions to mitigate the risk of potential losses on the sale of government securities with interest rates below current market interest rates, widespread demands for customer withdrawals or other liquidity needs of financial institutions for immediately liquidity may exceed the capacity of such program. Additionally, there is no guarantee that the U.S. Department of Treasury, FDIC and Federal Reserve Board will provide access to uninsured funds in the future in the event of the closure of other banks or financial institutions, or that they would do so in a timely fashion.

Although we assess our banking and customer relationships as we believe necessary or appropriate, our access to funding sources and other credit arrangements in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our current and projected future business operations could be significantly impaired by factors that affect our company, the financial institutions with which we have credit agreements or arrangements directly, or the financial services industry or economy in general.

Fluctuations in insurance cost and availability could adversely affect our profitability or our risk management profile.

We hold a number of insurance policies, including product liability insurance, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance. If the costs of maintaining adequate insurance coverage increase significantly in the future, our operating results could be materially adversely affected. Likewise, if any of our current insurance coverage should become unavailable to us or become economically impractical, we would be required to operate our business without indemnity from commercial insurance providers. If we operate our business without insurance, we could be responsible for paying claims or judgments against us that would have otherwise been covered by insurance, which could adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.

We operate in an intensely competitive and rapidly changing business environment, and there is a substantial risk our products or service offerings could become obsolete or uncompetitive.

The market for medical systems, equipment and other devices and services is highly competitive. We compete with many medical service companies in the United States and internationally in connection with our vascular testing product and products under development. We face competition from numerous companies in the diagnostic area, as well as competition from academic institutions, government agencies and research institutions. Most of our current and potential competitors have, and will continue to have, substantially greater financial, technological, research and development, regulatory and clinical, manufacturing, marketing and sales, distribution and personnel resources than we do. There can be no assurance that we will have sufficient resources to successfully

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commercialize QuantaFlo or any other future products, if and when they are approved for sale or license, or service offerings that we may develop. Our future success will depend largely upon our ability to anticipate and keep pace with developments and advances. Current or future competitors could develop alternative technologies or products or service offerings that are more effective, easier to use or more economical than what we or any potential licensee develop. If our technologies or products or service offerings become obsolete or uncompetitive, our related revenues would decrease. This would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Changes in, or interpretations of, tax rules and regulations may adversely affect our effective tax rates.

We are subject to income and other taxes in the United States. Significant judgment is required in evaluating our provision for income taxes or in claiming tax credits or taking other tax positions. During the ordinary course of business, there are many transactions for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain or if we were to be audited, the Internal Revenue Service may not agree with our tax positions. For example, there could be changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities or changes in the relevant tax, accounting, and other laws, regulations, principles and interpretations. Although we believe our tax estimates and practices are reasonable, the final determination of tax audits and any related litigation could be materially different from our historical income tax provisions and accruals. The results of an audit or litigation, or the effects of a change in tax policy in the United States, could have a material effect on our operating results in the period or periods for which that determination is made. In addition, new income, sales, use or other tax laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances could be enacted at any time, which could affect the tax treatment of our earnings. Any new taxes could adversely affect our business operations, and our business and financial performance. Further, existing tax laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances could be interpreted, changed, modified or applied adversely to us.

We are currently a “smaller reporting company,” and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to such companies may make our common stock less attractive to investors.

We are a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and will remain a smaller reporting company for so long as either our annual revenues are less than $100.0 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700.0 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, or our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250.0 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter. For so long as we remain a smaller reporting company, we are permitted and intend to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not smaller reporting companies. These exemptions include:

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being permitted to provide only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements, with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure; and

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reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.

We have taken advantage of reduced reporting burdens in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. We cannot predict whether investors will find our common stock less attractive if we rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

We have incurred and will continue to incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management has been and will continue to be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives and corporate governance practices.

As a public company, we have incurred and will continue to incur increased costs, and our management has been and will continue to be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives and corporate governance practices. Moreover, after we are no longer a smaller reporting company, we will incur additional significant legal, accounting and other expenses to address compliance and corporate governance. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and other applicable securities rules and regulations impose various requirements on public companies, including establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and corporate governance practices. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, the currently applicable rules and regulations have already increased our legal and financial compliance costs and made some activities more time-consuming and costly. We will need to continue to dedicate internal resources, potentially engage outside consultants and continue

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steps to improve control processes as appropriate, validate through testing that controls are functioning as documented and implement a continuous reporting and improvement process for internal control over financial reporting.

You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.

In order to raise additional capital or pursue strategic acquisition opportunities, we may in the future offer additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock, including, for example, under our “at-the-market” program pursuant to our registration statement on Form S-3 (333-280013), which was declared effective on August 13, 2024. We cannot assure you that we will be able to sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a price per share that is equal to or greater than the price per share paid by investors in such an offering, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders.

The price per share at which we sell or issue additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price at which you purchased your shares.

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

(a) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

(b) Use of Proceeds

Not Applicable.

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

None

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

Ex. No.		Exhibit Name
3.1		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2015).
3.2		Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 2023).
3.3		Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2023)
10.1		Controlled Equity Offering℠ Sales Agreement, dated June 6, 2024, by and between Semler Scientific, Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.2 of our Form S-3 (333-280013) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2024).
10.2#		Semler Scientific, Inc. 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2024).
10.3#		Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2024).
10.4#		Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Company Employees and Consultants under the 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2024).
10.5#		Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2024).
10.6#		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Company Employees and Consultants under the 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2024).
10.7#		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of our Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2024).
31.1		Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
31.2		Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
32.1*		Section 1350 Certification
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104		The cover page from Semler Scientific's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2024 is formatted in Inline XBRL and it is contained in Exhibit 101

# Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

* These certifications are furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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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.

November 5, 2024	SEMLER SCIENTIFIC, INC.

	By:	/s/ Douglas Murphy-Chutorian
		Douglas Murphy-Chutorian
		Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

	By:	/s/ Renae Cormier
		Renae Cormier
		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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