Company: FLDDW
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001213900-25-031004
Chunk: 85

Company: Fold Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 424B3
Chunk 85
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 Furthermore, individuals and groups can purchase patents and other intellectual property assets for the
purpose of making claims of infringement to extract settlements from companies like ours. Our use of third-party intellectual property
rights also may be subject to claims of infringement. We cannot guarantee that our internally developed or acquired technologies and content
do not or will not infringe or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others. From time to time, our competitors or other
third parties may claim that we are infringing or have misappropriated their intellectual property rights, and we may be found liable
as a result. Any claims or litigation, whether having merit or not, could cause us to incur significant expenses and may be time consuming
to defend. And if any such claims are successfully asserted against us, we could be required to pay substantial damages or ongoing royalty
payments, we could be prevented from offering our products or services or using certain technologies, or we could be forced to implement
expensive work-arounds. We expect that the occurrence of infringement claims related to our Bitcoin related products and services is likely
to grow as the Bitcoin market grows and matures. Accordingly, our exposure to damages resulting from infringement claims could increase
and potentially exhaust our financial and management resources. Further, during the course of any litigation, we may make announcements
regarding the results of hearings and motions, and other interim developments. If securities analysts and investors regard these announcements
as negative, the market price of our Common Stock may decline. Even if intellectual property claims are meritless, do not result in litigation
or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert the resources of our management
and require significant expenditures. Any of the foregoing could prevent us from competing effectively and could have an adverse effect
on our business, operating results, and financial condition.

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Our platform contains
third-party open source software components, and failure to comply with the terms of the underlying open source software licenses could
harm our business.

Our technology platform includes
software licensed to us by third-party authors under “open source” licenses. Use and distribution of open source software
may entail greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide support, warranties,
indemnification or other contractual protections regarding infringement claims or the quality of the code. In addition, the public availability
of such software may make it easier for others to compromise our technology or services.

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