Company: FLDDW
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001213900-25-006107
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Company: Fold Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form: 425
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Filed by FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp.

Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 and

Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File No. 001-41168

Subject Company: FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp.

<div align='center'>Fold, Inc. and FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp. Announce Effectiveness of
Registration Statement and Special Meeting to Approve Business Combination</div>

January 23 - NEW YORK - Fold, Inc. (“Fold”), a pioneering
bitcoin financial services company, announced that on January 23, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
declared effective the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (“Registration Statement”) filed in connection with its proposed
business combination (the “Business Combination”) with FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp. (OTC: FLDD) (“FTAC”). The
Registration Statement provides important information about Fold, FTAC, and the Business Combination.

FTAC also announced it has scheduled a special meeting in lieu of the
2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on February 12, 2025 to vote on proposals relating to the Business
Combination. Accordingly, FTAC has commenced mailing to its stockholders a definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the Business
Combination and Special Meeting. The Business Combination is expected to close shortly after the Special Meeting, subject to stockholder
approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. Upon closing, the combined company will be renamed “Fold Holdings,
Inc.” and is expected to re-list on Nasdaq under the ticker “FLD”.

Meeting Details

More information about voting and attending the Special Meeting is
included in the definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed by FTAC with the SEC, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
FTAC encourages stockholders to read the Proxy Statement/Prospectus carefully. The deadline for FTAC's public stockholders to exercise
their redemption rights in connection with the Business Combination is February 10, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. ET. If you have any questions or
need assistance voting your shares, please contact FTAC’s proxy solicitor, Sodali & Co, at (800) 662-5200; banks and brokers
can call collect at (203) 658-9400.

The FTAC board of directors recommends all stockholders vote “FOR”
ALL