Company: DDC
Filing Date: 2025-07-22
Form Type: F-3
Source: 0001213900-25-066338
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Company: DDC Enterprise Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-07-22
Form: F-3
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4, the SEC issued an order approving several applications for the listing and trading of shares of spot
bitcoin exchange-traded products (“ETPs”) on U.S. national securities exchanges. While the SEC had previously approved exchange-traded
funds where the underlying assets were bitcoin futures contracts, this order represented the first time the SEC approved the listing and
trading of ETPs that acquire, hold and sell bitcoin directly. ETPs can be bought and sold on a stock exchange like traditional stocks,
and provide investors with another means of gaining economic exposure to bitcoin through traditional brokerage accounts.

Digital Asset Exchanges. Digital asset exchanges
provide trading venues for purchases and sales of bitcoin in exchange for fiat or other digital assets. Bitcoin can be exchanged for fiat
currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, at rates of exchange determined by market forces on bitcoin trading platforms, which are not regulated
in the same manner as traditional securities exchanges. In addition to these platforms, over-the-counter markets and derivatives markets
for bitcoin also exist. The value of bitcoin within the market is determined, in part, by the supply of and demand for bitcoin in the
global bitcoin market, market expectations for the adoption of bitcoin as a store of value, the number of merchants that accept bitcoin
as a form of payment, and the volume of peer-to-peer transactions, among other factors. For a discussion of risks associated with digital
asset exchanges, see “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Bitcoin Strategy and Holdings—Due to the unregulated nature
and lack of transparency surrounding the operations of many bitcoin trading venues, bitcoin trading venues may experience greater fraud,
security failures or regulatory or operational problems than trading venues for more established asset classes, which may result in a
loss of confidence in bitcoin trading venues and adversely affect the value of our bitcoin.”

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Service providers. Service providers offer
a multitude of services to other participants in the Bitcoin industry, including custodial and trade execution services, commercial and
retail payment processing, loans secured by bitcoin collateral, and financial advisory services. If adoption of the Bitcoin network continues
to materially increase, we anticipate that service providers may expand the currently available range of services and that additional
parties will enter the service sector for the Bitcoin network.

As of the date of this prospectus,
bitcoin was the largest digital asset by market capitalization. However, numerous alternative digital assets exist, and many entities,
including consortia and financial institutions, are actively researching and investing resources