Company: ARTL
Filing Date: 2025-08-13
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001640334-25-001429
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Company: ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-13
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 205
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, and with the adoption of our new cryptocurrency treasury strategy, we expect to see additional volatility in our stock price. In addition, if investors view the value of our listed securities as dependent upon or linked to the value or change in the value of our SOL holdings or the availability of SOL to be readily purchased in the United States or elsewhere, the price and/or availability of SOL may significantly influence the market price of our listed securities. The price of SOL has historically been, and is likely to continue to be, volatile.

SOL and other digital assets are novel assets and are subject to significant legal and regulatory uncertainty.

SOL and other digital assets are relatively novel and are subject to significant legal and regulatory uncertainty, which could adversely impact their price. The application of state and federal securities laws and other laws and regulations to digital assets is evolving and 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 may adversely effect the price of SOL or the ability of individuals or institutions such as us to own or transfer SOL.

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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 SOL or the ability of individuals or institutions such as us to own or transfer SOL. For example, within the past several years:

●President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order instructing a working group comprised of representatives from key federal agencies to evaluate measures that can be taken to provide regulatory clarity and certainty built on technology-neutral regulations for individuals and firms involved in digital assets, including through well-defined jurisdictional regulatory boundaries, and this working group is required to submit a report with regulatory and legislative proposals on or before July 22, 2025;  ●in January 2025, the SEC announced the formation of a “Crypto Task Force,” which was created to provide clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to the crypto asset market and to recommend policy measures with respect to digital asset security status, registration and listing of digital asset-based investment vehicles, and digital asset custody, lending and staking;  ●in May 2025, the SEC issued a statement providing its view that certain staking activities on blockchain networks that use protocol staking activities do not involve the offer or sale of securities under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act;  ●in April and August 2024, Un