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Bitcoin has lot of risks
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The Bitcoin markets have historically experienced significant volatility in price, limited liquidity and trading volumes, relative anonymity, potential susceptibility to market abuse and manipulation, compliance and internal control failures at exchanges and other risks inherent in its entirely electronic, virtual form and decentralized network.
Our Bitcoin holdings could significantly impact our financial results and the market price of our listed securities. Our Bitcoin strategy has not been tested over an extended period of time or under different market conditions.
We are continually examining the risks and rewards of our strategy to hold and acquire additional Bitcoin. By investing in Bitcoin, we may become subject to counterparty risk, such as with our Bitcoin custodians and those with whom we transact in Bitcoin or other crypto-currencies.
The broader digital assets industry may also be subject to counterparty risks, which could adversely impact the adoption rate, price, and use of Bitcoin. Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies are subject to regulatory and legal uncertainty, and governments and regulators may enact new laws and regulations, or pursue regulatory, legislative, enforcement or judicial actions that could impact the price of Bitcoin or our ability to acquire, hold or transfer Bitcoin, and may subject us to increased regulatory scrutiny.
If federal or state tax authorities change Bitcoin’s classification from property, which allows for capital gains treatment but also imposes certain tax reporting requirements, to another category, such as to currency or a financial asset, the resulting tax implications could negatively affect us and our stockholders. Additionally, changes in the accounting treatment of our Bitcoin holdings could have significant accounting impacts, including increasing the volatility of our results.
Bitcoin does not pay interest or other returns and we can only generate cash from our Bitcoin holdings if we sell our Bitcoin or implement strategies to create income streams or otherwise generate cash by using our Bitcoin holdings. Even if we pursue any such strategies, we may be unable to create income streams or otherwise generate cash from our Bitcoin holdings, and any such strategies may subject us to additional risks.
If we are unable to sell Bitcoin we hold or acquire, or otherwise generate funds using our Bitcoin holdings, or if we are forced to sell our Bitcoin at a significant loss, our business and financial condition could be negatively impacted.
In addition, Bitcoin and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies and the entities that provide services to participants in the Bitcoin ecosystem, as well as the Bitcoin and blockchain ledger, digital wallets, and other digital assets and blockchain technologies, have been, and may in the future be, subject to security breaches, cyberattacks or other malicious activities.
If we or our third-party service providers experience a security breach or cyberattack and unauthorized parties obtain access to our Bitcoin, or other similar circumstances or events occur, we may lose some or all of our Bitcoin and our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. Further, to the extent the private keys for a digital wallet are lost, destroyed, or otherwise compromised and no backup of the private keys is accessible, neither we nor our custodians would be able to access the Bitcoin held in the related digital wallet.
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