Company: FLDDW
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001213900-25-006075
Chunk: 101

Company: Fold Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form: 424B3
Chunk 101
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 reimburse our customers for their losses, which could subject us to significant financial losses in addition to losing customer trust in us and our products. As such, any loss of private keys due to a hack, employee or service provider misconduct or error, or other compromise by third parties could hurt our brand and reputation, result in significant losses, and adversely impact our business. We believe this risk is remote because the majority of the Bitcoin held on behalf of our customers is retained in multi -signature“cold storage” wallets, which means that the related private keys are not held on a computer system that is connected to the internet. Multi -signaturecold storage wallets are intended to keep the Bitcoin as secure as possible by requiring multiple keys to authorize a transaction while also providing redundancy in the event that one of the private keys is lost. In the event that a private key is lost, the remaining keys in the multi -signaturewallet can be used to regenerate a new key. With regards to Bitcoin held on behalf of our customers, approximately 90% is retained in multi -signaturecold storage wallets at any given time, while the remaining assets are held in hot wallets used to facilitate customer withdrawals and other real -timeoperational needs. Our digital asset custody partners’ security technology is designed to prevent, detect, and mitigate inappropriate access to their systems, by internal or external threats. We believe our digital asset custody partners have developed and maintained administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to comply with applicable legal requirements and industry standards. However, it is nevertheless possible that hackers, employees or service providers acting contrary to those policies, or others could circumvent these safeguards to improperly access the systems or documents of our business partners, agents, or service providers, and improperly access, obtain, or misuse customer crypto assets and funds. The methods used to obtain unauthorized access, disable, or degrade service or sabotage systems are also constantly changing and evolving and may be difficult to anticipate or detect for long periods of time. Additionally, transactions undertaken through our websites or other electronic channels may create risks of fraud, hacking, unauthorized access or acquisition, and other deceptive practices. Any security incident resulting in a compromise of customer assets could result in substantial costs to us and require us to notify impacted individuals, and in some cases regulators, of a possible or actual incident, expose us to regulatory enforcement actions, including substantial fines, limit our ability to provide services, subject us to litigation, significant financial losses, damage our reputation, and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows. BitGo has