Company: FLDDW
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001213900-25-034628
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Company: Fold Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: S-8
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<div align='center'>EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Fold Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” and the “Registrant”)
for the purpose of registering (i) 2,152,678 shares of common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”),
issuable under the Fold, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”), (ii) 6,423,932 shares of Common Stock issuable
under the Fold Holdings, Inc. 2025 Incentive Award Plan (the “2025 Plan”) and (iii) 1,216,254 shares of Common Stock issuable
under the Fold Holdings, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2025 ESPP” and together with the 2019 Plan and 2025
Plan, the “Plans”).

On February 14, 2025, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 24, 2024 (the “Merger Agreement”),
by and among the Company (formerly known as FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp. or “Emerald”), EMLD Merger Sub, Inc., a direct,
wholly owned subsidiary of Emerald (“Merger Sub”), and Fold, Inc. (“Legacy Fold”), Merger Sub merged with and
into Legacy Fold (the “Merger”), the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub ceased and Legacy Fold survived as a wholly
owned subsidiary of Emerald (collectively, the “Business Combination”). Following the closing of the Business Combination,
Emerald changed its name from FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp. to Fold Holdings, Inc. The outstanding Common Stock of the Company is listed
on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbol “FLD.”

<div align='center'>PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>

The information called for by Part I of Form S-8
is omitted from this Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the instructions to Form S-8. In accordance with the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being
file