UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

Commission File Number: 001-38105

Forum Markets, Incorporated (formerly ETHZilla Corporation)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 507-0669

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of June 30, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $2,672,601. This computation assumes that all executive officers and directors are affiliates of the registrant. Such assumption should not be deemed conclusive for any other purpose.

As of March 31, 2026, there were 20,313,111 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TRADEMARKS AND MARKET DATA

Our logo and some of our trademarks and tradenames are used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Report”). This Report also includes trademarks, tradenames and service marks that are the property of others. Solely for convenience, trademarks, tradenames and service marks referred to in this Report may appear without the ®, ™ and SM symbols. References to our trademarks, tradenames and service marks are not intended to indicate in any way that we will not assert to the fullest extent under applicable law our rights or the rights of the applicable licensors if any, nor that respective owners to other intellectual property rights will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto. We do not intend the use or display of other companies’ trademarks and trade names to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

The market data and certain other statistical information used throughout this Report are based on independent industry publications, reports by market research firms or other independent sources that we believe to be reliable sources, as well as industry data prepared by our management on the basis of its knowledge of and experience in the industries in which we operate (including our management’s estimates and assumptions relating to such industries based on that knowledge). Management has developed its knowledge of such industries through its experience and participation in these industries. While our management believes the third-party sources referred to in this Report are reliable, neither we nor our management have independently verified any of the data from such sources referred to in this Report or ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon by such sources. We have not commissioned any of the market or survey data that is presented in this Report. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding any third-party information presented in this Report, their estimates, in particular, as they relate to projections, involve numerous assumptions, are subject to risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the section entitled “Risk Factors” contained in Item 1A. of this Report. These and other factors could cause our future performance to differ materially from our assumptions and estimates. Some market and other data included herein, as well as the data of competitors as they relate to us, is also based on our good faith estimates.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in this Report, references to “FRMM,” “Forum Markets,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Forum Markets, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, any references to “ETHZilla Corporation,” “ETHZ,” or “ETHZilla,” mean the Company prior to our name change effected on February 25, 2026 and after our name change effected on August 18, 2025, and any references to “180 Life Sciences Corp.” means the Company prior to our name change effected on August 18, 2025.

This Report contains forward-looking statements under federal securities laws, including within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: include the words “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “targets,” “scheduled,” “anticipates,” “soon,” “goal,” “intends,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time the statements are made and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this Report, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in Item 1A. of this Report.

In particular, forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, any statements that are not statements of current or historical facts, such as statements relating to the Company’s ability to execute its plans, undertake tokenization activities and achieve future performance.

Factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, among others:

Any forward-looking statement in this Report reflects our current views with respect to future events or to our future financial performance and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements included herein speak only as of the date of the filing of this Report. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, or persons acting on its behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future.

PART I

Item 1. Business.

Overview

Forum Markets, Incorporated (formerly ETHZilla Corporation) (the “Company,” “Forum,” “we,” “our” or “us”) is a financial technology company focused on developing infrastructure that supports the origination, financing, and distribution of RWAs through blockchain-enabled capital markets.

During 2025 and early 2026, the Company further focused its business model toward building and operating platforms designed to originate and finance real-world financial assets that could ultimately be distributed through tokenized capital markets. This evolution reflects management’s view that long-term value creation in blockchain-enabled financial markets will be driven primarily by operating businesses that originate and structure income-generating assets, rather than by passive digital asset holdings.

In early 2026, the Company adopted the name Forum Markets, Incorporated to reflect its evolving strategy of building infrastructure intended to modernize capital markets through the tokenization of real-world assets.

The Company’s business strategy is centered on integrating traditional financial asset markets with blockchain-based infrastructure to enable the tokenization of income-generating real-world assets such as consumer credit, equipment finance assets, and other contractual cash-flow streams. Tokenization refers to the process of representing ownership interests or economic rights in real-world assets through digital tokens issued and managed on blockchain networks.

The Company utilizes blockchain infrastructure, including Ethereum and related Layer-2 scaling protocols, to support the issuance, management, and potential secondary trading of tokenized financial instruments. These systems may allow improved transparency, programmability of asset cash flows, and more efficient settlement relative to traditional financial market infrastructure.

The Company’s strategy is to build an integrated platform that connects:

Through this approach, the Company seeks to enable financial assets to be originated, financed, and distributed through both conventional financial channels and emerging blockchain-based capital markets.

Moving forward we also plan to leverage our relationships with Satschel, Inc. (“Satschel”), Karus, Inc. (“Karus”), and Zippy, Inc. (“Zippy”). These relationships are expected to support our efforts to tokenize RWAs and convert such tokenized RWAs into compliant, tradable instruments with both primary and secondary market liquidity.

Company Developments

Forum Markets, Incorporated was originally formed in 2016 as a clinical stage biotechnology company under the name 180 Life Sciences Corp., focused on the development of therapeutics for unmet medical needs in chronic pain, inflammation and fibrosis through innovative research and, where appropriate, combination therapy. We also pursued software-enabled gaming initiatives, including the September 2024 acquisition of certain source code and intellectual property relating to the back-end technology platform for an online blockchain casino.

By the first half of 2025, our operating plan was focused on commercializing this blockchain-enabled iGaming technology platform, including initially targeting business-to-consumer online casinos and exploring a potential business-to-business platform model. During that same period, we substantially slowed our remaining biotechnology research and development efforts and evaluated strategic alternatives for those assets, including a potential sale or disposition.

Beginning in the third calendar quarter of 2025, our management team made a strategic shift in our business strategy and operations to prioritize (i) developing capabilities to acquire, structure and tokenize RWAs, (ii) deploying ETH in DeFi protocols to generate yield, and (iii) owning cash flowing assets on the balance sheet that could assist in tokenizing RWAs while producing revenue and cash flow for the Company. Concurrently, we streamlined our legacy portfolio by determining to no longer pursue the commercialization of the blockchain-enabled iGaming technology platform and by divesting our legacy pharmaceutical research business.

To implement this strategic transition, in late July 2025 we entered into definitive arrangements to finance and operationalize the new strategy, including a $300 million private placement of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “common stock”), and pre-funded warrants (which closed on August 4, 2025), and a Strategic Advisor Agreement with each of Pink Sands Group, LLC, Cyber, Moode LLC, Moon Cat, LLC, Zorba Investments LLC, Purple Poseidon LLC, Tentacle Holdings LLC, PCAO LLC, Johnny Foxtrot LLC and New Island Advisors LLC (collectively, the “Strategic Advisors”), pursuant to which the Strategic Advisors received warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,557,223 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $27.75 per warrant (the “Initial Strategic Advisor Warrants”). In August 2025, we conducted a $156.25 million senior secured convertible note offering (the “August 2025 Convertible Notes”), and in September 2025, we amended and expanded the convertible note arrangements, including by issuing an additional series of senior secured convertible notes (the “September 2025 Convertible Notes,” and together with the August 2025 Convertible Notes, the “Convertible Notes”) for an aggregate principal amount of $360 million. In connection with the offering of the September 2025 Convertible Notes, we granted additional warrants to purchase an aggregate of 907,111 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $34.45 per warrant (the “Subsequent Strategic Advisor Warrants”). We also engaged an external asset manager to manage a substantial portion of the ETH held on our balance sheet.

On August 18, 2025, we implemented a corporate rebrand and changed our corporate name from 180 Life Sciences Corp. to ETHZilla Corporation, and our common stock and public warrants (which have since expired) began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbols “ETHZ” and “ETHZW,” respectively, replacing “ATNF” and “ATNFW,” respectively.

During the remainder of 2025, we continued to execute investments required to have access to the required financial infrastructure for issuing regulated tokenized securities and to develop the pipelines necessary to access selected points of debt origination. We also increased our financial flexibility by establishing the ATM Program in August 2025, authorizing a $250 million stock repurchase program and a related transaction expected to provide up to $80 million of ETH-collateralized proceeds to fund repurchases, increasing our authorized common stock and effecting a 1-for-10 reverse stock split in October 2025 (the “Reverse Stock Split”), and repurchasing and redeeming all of our outstanding Convertible Notes in December 2025.

In connection with this strategic transition, we adopted a strategy to acquire, structure and tokenize RWAs, as further described under “—Our RWA Tokenization Strategy.” To support this strategy, we entered into acquisition and investment agreements, as described under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Recent Events” below.

On February 25, 2026, we implemented a corporate rebrand and changed our corporate name to Forum Markets, Incorporated, and our common stock began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “FRMM.”

WE ARE NOT REGISTERED AS AN INVESTMENT COMPANY UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE “INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT”), AND STOCKHOLDERS DO NOT HAVE THE PROTECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OWNERSHIP OF SHARES IN A REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY NOR THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE COMMODITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1936, AS AMENDED.

How We Purchase or Sell Digital Assets

Our management team reviews the Company’s short-term obligations and excess cash available to dedicate to the investment in tokens and other related digital assets. If it is determined that the Company has excess cash available to dedicate to digital assets, we can deploy that capital into one of our custodians and through acquisition strategies with the custodians and our asset manager. If it is determined that the Company needs to liquidate part of its digital assets, the same process of selling the ETH into the market it is used.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, we sold approximately 33,629 ETH and 23 million USDC and other incentive tokens for an aggregate of $134.3 million, at an average price of $3,308.5 per ETH. As of December 31, 2025, the Company held approximately 69,800 ETH or ETH equivalent in liquid staking protocols on its balance sheet.

Between January 1, 2026 and March 31, 2026, the Company sold approximately 57,359 ETH for an aggregate of $114.5 million, at an average price of $1,997 per ETH. As of March 31, 2026, the Company held approximately 12,441 ETH on its balance sheet which is collateral on crypto collateralized loan.

ETH Deployment Strategy

We deployed our ETH across staking, lending and advanced DeFi protocols to generate yields. Through our proprietary protocol implementations, we facilitated DeFi transactions and asset digitization across multiple Layer 2 Ethereum networks. We have partnered with Electric Capital and liquid restaking leaders like Puffer and etherFi, which enabled us to generate returns on our ETH reserves while providing security and capital efficiency to stakeholders.

Our staking revenues were derived from the rewards we earn by actively participating in the Ethereum network’s PoS consensus mechanism. Specifically, Forum delegates its ETH holdings to validators that process and verify transactions on the blockchain. In return, the Company receives protocol-level rewards in ETH, typically proportional to the amount staked and the network’s overall activity and performance.

Our ETH staking activities included native staking, as well as liquid staking. In native staking, the Company, through its agreements with custodians and asset managers, staked assets with third-party validators. Participants stake ETH through these validator nodes and, when chosen as validators by the network, earn staking rewards and transaction fees proportional to their staked amount. Liquid staking is similar to native staking, however, one key difference and intended benefit of this method is the ability to provide the Company with tokens representing digital assets in exchange for its ETH. Additionally, as part of the “activating” and “exiting” processes of ETH staking, any staked ETH may be inaccessible for a period of time determined by a range of factors, resulting in certain liquidity risks that we must attempt to manage.

To reduce the amount of the ETH deployed or to change the allocation of ETH, we initiate an unstaking process, which effectively reverses the delegation or deployment of the ETH from the applicable validator, protocol or network.

Liquidity Management

The Company’s native staking program involved the temporary loss of the ability to transfer, assign a new validator or otherwise dispose of the ETH. We maintain a certain amount of liquid ETH on the balance sheet and a certain amount of cash to ensure that the Company is able to satisfy its current obligations.

Our Holdings

As of December 31, 2025, the fair value of our combined digital asset holdings totaled approximately $242.6 million, consisting of ETH, along with liquid staking incentive tokens and liquid staked ETH.

As of March 31, 2026, the fair value of our combined digital asset holdings totaled approximately $25.1 million, consisting of 12,144 ETH.

Human Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2025, we employed four individuals and engaged four dedicated contractors. We strive to attract and retain professionals with expertise in digital assets, engineering, compliance and finance. We emphasize integrity, transparency and risk discipline, support equal-opportunity employment, and maintain a safe and inclusive workplace. None of our employees are represented by a labor union, and we have experienced no work stoppages. We believe our employee relations are good.

Our RWA Tokenization Strategy

In the third quarter of 2025, we began building an RWA tokenization business. As part of our RWA tokenization strategy, we intend to acquire or source real-world, cash-flowing assets and structure them into tokenized income products for issuance on Ethereum Layer 2 networks and blockchain. Distribution of these tokenized income products and facilitation of related secondary trading are expected to occur primarily through Liquidity.io, an SEC registered alternative trading system operated by a regulated broker-dealer in whose parent company we own a 15% fully-diluted stake.

We intend to generate revenue from this strategy through a combination of (i) net yield while we hold such assets prior to tokenization, (ii) origination or issuance fees when tokenized income products are created and sold, (iii) ongoing asset management fees while investors hold tokenized income products, and (iv) transaction-based fees associated with secondary trading.

Since the total addressable market for the tokenization of RWAs is projected to be $2 to $5 trillion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2026, we have chosen to initially focus our efforts in specific areas:

We believe strategic partnerships are attractive and necessary to rapidly scale our tokenization business, as further described under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Recent Events.” In late 2025, we entered into strategic partnerships with and took equity stakes in Karus and Zippy. These partnerships have expanded our access to high-quality, scalable credit assets — auto loans and manufactured home loans — establishing a foothold in our first two focus areas. Both markets are well suited for tokenization and have historically been dominated by a handful of large private and institutional investors. This creates an opportunity to tokenize assets that most investors cannot readily access today, opening up an entirely new investment category. Our strategic investments in Karus and Zippy were established through competitive processes and extensive rounds of due diligence, and we were the partner of choice due to our capabilities and infrastructure on Ethereum Layer 2s as well as strong alignment on our joint vision of the market opportunity.  

As we expand into additional asset classes, we are evaluating options to fund the acquisition of new assets for tokenization, which may require more US dollars and substantially less Ethereum on our balance sheet. 

Competitive Landscape

The markets in which the Company operates are evolving and highly competitive. The Company competes with a range of participants across traditional financial services, financial technology platforms, and digital asset infrastructure providers.

In the asset origination and financing markets, the Company competes with traditional financial institutions, specialty finance companies, and financial technology platforms that originate or finance consumer credit and other income-generating financial assets. Many of these competitors have significantly greater financial resources, longer operating histories, and established customer relationships.

In the emerging market for tokenized RWAs, the Company competes with digital asset infrastructure providers and financial technology firms developing tokenization platforms and digital securities infrastructure. These may include regulated digital asset platforms, blockchain infrastructure providers, and financial institutions exploring the issuance of tokenized financial products.

Certain large financial institutions and asset managers have also begun to explore blockchain-based financial infrastructure initiatives. For example, asset managers such as BlackRock and investment firms such as KKR, Apollo and Hamilton Lane have participated in initiatives involving tokenized funds or private market assets.

The Company believes competition in this market will be influenced by several factors, including:

Management believes the Company’s strategy of integrating asset origination, financing, and tokenization infrastructure may provide differentiation relative to firms focused solely on digital asset technology or financial asset origination.

Revenue Model

The Company’s revenue model is evolving as it continues to develop its RWA tokenization platform and related financial infrastructure. The Company may generate revenue from several sources, including:

Asset Yield and Financing Income

The Company may acquire or finance RWAs, including consumer loan portfolios or heavy equipment assets, which generate income through borrower capital and interest payments or lease revenue. These assets may be financed through balance sheet capital, warehouse facilities, or other financing arrangements.

Tokenization and Structuring Fees

The Company may generate revenue from structuring, issuing, or managing tokenized financial products backed by RWAs. These activities may include asset structuring, digital issuance services, and ongoing administration of tokenized asset programs.

Asset Distribution and Capital Markets Activities

The Company may also generate revenue from the placement, distribution, or management of tokenized RWA offerings through institutional or digital capital markets.

Because the Company’s tokenization platform is still in development, the relative contribution of these revenue sources may change over time as the Company expands its operations and capital markets activities.

Government Regulation

The laws and regulations applicable to ETH and other digital assets are evolving and subject to interpretation and change.

Governments around the world have reacted differently to digital assets. Certain governments have deemed them illegal, and others have allowed their use and trade without restriction, while in some jurisdictions, such as the United States, digital assets are subject to overlapping, uncertain and evolving regulatory requirements.

As digital assets have grown in both popularity and market size, the U.S. Executive Branch, Congress and a number of U.S. federal and state agencies, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), and state financial regulators, have been examining the operations of digital asset networks, digital asset users and digital asset exchanges, with particular focus on the extent to which digital assets can be used to violate state or federal laws, including to facilitate the laundering of proceeds of illegal activities or the funding of criminal or terrorist enterprises, and the safety and soundness and consumer-protective safeguards of exchanges or other service-providers that hold, transfer, trade or exchange digital assets for users. Many of these state and federal agencies have issued consumer advisories regarding the risks posed by digital assets to investors. In addition, federal and state agencies and other countries have issued rules or guidance regarding the treatment of digital asset transactions and requirements for businesses engaged in activities related to digital assets.

Depending on the regulatory characterization of ETH, the markets for ETH and cryptocurrency in general, and our activities in particular, our business and our digital assets strategy may be subject to regulation by one or more regulators in the United States and globally. Ongoing and future regulatory actions may alter, to a materially adverse extent, the nature of digital assets markets, the participation of industry participants, including service providers and financial institutions in these markets, and our ability to pursue our digital assets strategy. Additionally, U.S. state and federal and foreign regulators and legislatures have taken action against industry participants, including digital assets businesses, and enacted restrictive regimes in response to adverse publicity arising from hacks, consumer harm or criminal activity stemming from digital assets activity.

On March 17, 2026, the SEC issued an interpretation — not a binding regulation — addressing how the federal securities laws apply to certain types of crypto assets and transactions involving crypto assets (the “Digital Asset Interpretation”). The Digital Asset Interpretation represents a shift in the SEC’s regulatory posture toward the crypto asset industry, moving from reliance primarily on enforcement actions to affirmative guidance establishing a classification framework and clarifying when crypto-related activities do or do not implicate the federal securities laws.

A central feature of the Digital Asset Interpretation is the establishment of a taxonomy that classifies crypto assets into distinct categories based on their characteristics, uses, and functions, and then analyzes each category under the statutory definition of “security” under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The categories are as follows:

While the Digital Asset Interpretation conveys the SEC’s views on how the definition of “security” applies to crypto assets, it does not have the binding force of a regulation adopted through notice-and-comment rulemaking. Accordingly, courts are not bound by it and may reach different conclusions, and a future SEC could revise or withdraw it.

The CFTC did not co-issue the Digital Asset Interpretation, but separately provided guidance indicating that it intends to administer the Commodities Exchange Act of 1936, as amended (the “CEA”), consistent with the SEC’s interpretation. Accordingly, by following the Digital Asset Interpretation, the CFTC will continue to regulate Ethereum as a digital commodity. Under the CEA, the CFTC has broad enforcement authority to police market manipulation and fraud in spot digital asset markets in which we may transact. Beyond instances of fraud or manipulation, the CFTC generally does not oversee cash or spot market exchanges or transactions involving digital asset commodities that do not utilize margin, leverage or financing. In addition, CFTC regulations and CFTC oversight and enforcement authority apply with respect to futures, swaps, other derivative products and certain retail leveraged commodity transactions involving digital asset commodities, including the markets on which these products trade and the Digital Asset Interpretation does not include in its taxonomy digital derivatives or digital swaps or address regulation regarding these products.

The Digital Asset Interpretation clarifies the SEC’s position that ETH in its present state is not treated as a security. By contrast, under the Digital Asset Interpretation our tokenized RWA products are Tokenized Securities, and in the Digital Asset Interpretation, the SEC staff stated that tokenizing a security, including using “on-chain” recordkeeping, does not change the application of federal securities laws, including that each offer and sale of a security must be registered or exempt. Accordingly, our tokenization and related arrangements, including our arrangement with Liquidity.io (a registered broker-dealer in whose parent company we hold a 15% fully-diluted stake), may trigger additional requirements under the Securities Act and Exchange Act and could require us to modify, limit, or cease certain offerings or activities.

In addition, because transactions in ETH provide a degree of anonymity, they are susceptible to misuse for criminal activities, such as money laundering. This misuse, or the perception of such misuse, could lead to greater regulatory oversight of ETH and Ethereum platforms, and there is the possibility that law enforcement agencies could close or blacklist such Ethereum platforms or other Ethereum-related infrastructure with little or no notice and prevent users from accessing or retrieving ETH held via such platforms or infrastructure. For example, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued updated advisories regarding the use of virtual currencies, added a number of digital asset exchanges and service providers to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list, and engaged in several enforcement actions, including a series of enforcement actions that have either shut down or significantly curtailed the operations of several smaller digital asset exchanges associated with Russian and/or North Korean nationals. Additionally, in January 2025, the CFPB announced that it is seeking public input on privacy protections and surveillance in digital payments, particularly those offered through large technology platforms.

As noted above, activities involving ETH and other digital assets may fall within the jurisdiction of more than one financial regulator and various courts and such laws and regulations are rapidly evolving and increasing in scope. In the United States, regulation on stablecoins was recently signed into U.S. federal law through the GENIUS Act, which established the first comprehensive regulatory framework specifically for “payment stablecoins” — digital assets designed to maintain a stable value pegged to a fiat currency (typically the U.S. dollar) and intended for use in payments or transfers. The GENIUS Act aims to foster innovation in the stablecoin sector while ensuring financial stability, consumer protection, and compliance with AML standards.

The regulatory landscape for digital assets continues to evolve rapidly across different jurisdictions, and we may become subject to new laws and regulations that could materially affect our business operations, compliance obligations, and financial performance. For a comprehensive discussion of the risks that existing and future regulations pose to our business, including specific regulatory developments that may materially impact our operations, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this Report.

Available Information

We file annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and are available for download, free of charge, when such reports are filed with or furnished to the SEC, on the “Investors”– “Financials”– “SEC Filings” page of our website at https://forum-markets.com. Copies of documents filed by us with the SEC are also available from us without charge, upon oral or written request to our General Counsel, who can be contacted at the address and telephone number set forth on the cover page of this Report. The information on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this Report and should not be considered a part of this Report.

We use, and will continue to use, our website (https://forum-markets.com), press releases and various social media channels, including our X account (x.com/forummarkets) and our LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/company/forummarkets/), as additional means of disclosing public information to investors, the media and others interested in the Company. It is possible that certain information that we post on our website, disseminated in press releases and on social media could be deemed to be material information, and we encourage investors, the media and others interested in the Company to review the business and financial information that we post on our website and disseminate in press releases and on the social media channels identified above, as such information could be deemed to be material information. The contents on our website and our social media channels are not incorporated by reference into this Report and should not be considered a part of this Report.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Ownership of our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this Report, including our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The following discussion highlights material risks that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, prospects and the trading price of our common stock. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. If any of the risks actually occur, our business could be materially harmed and the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. 

Risks Related to Holding Digital Assets and Our Tokenization Strategies

Our business strategy has a limited operating history and volatility in the price of our tokenized securities could materially and adversely affect our financial results and the market price of our common stock.

Our business strategy has a limited operating history and may not perform as we expect across different market conditions. If we are unable to execute our RWA tokenization due to limitations of availability of capital, our financial condition, results of operations, and the market price of our common stock could be materially adversely affected. Our ability to pursue this strategy also depends, in significant part, on our ability to raise capital on acceptable terms.

In addition, our tokenized securities may experience significant price volatility and limited liquidity, particularly because our tokenization activities are at an early stage and secondary-market infrastructure for tokenized securities has limited operating history. We have limited experience developing and commercializing tokenized products, and we may not be able to launch, scale, or generate material revenues from tokenization activities on a timely basis or at all. The trading price of our tokenized securities may be affected by, among other things, market acceptance, liquidity and price discovery, the availability and reliability of relevant market infrastructure and intermediaries, and regulatory developments, and may fluctuate for reasons unrelated to our operating performance. If we are unable to successfully execute our tokenization strategy, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects could be materially adversely affected.

We face risks relating to the custody of our Digital Assets, including concentration with one or more custodians, limits on insurance coverage, and adverse outcomes in insolvency proceedings.

We hold our digital assets with regulated custodians that have contractual duties to safeguard our private keys. Our custodial services contracts do not restrict our ability to reallocate our digital assets among our custodians, and our digital asset holdings may be concentrated with a single custodian from time to time. In light of the significant amount of digital assets we hold, we may seek to engage additional custodians to achieve a greater degree of diversification in the custody of our digital assets as the extent of potential risk of loss is dependent, in part, on the degree of diversification. If there is a decrease in the availability of digital asset custodians that we believe can safely custody our digital assets, for example, due to regulatory developments or enforcement actions that cause custodians to discontinue or limit their services in the United States, we may need to enter into agreements that are less favorable than our current agreements or take other measures to custody our digital assets, and our ability to seek a greater degree of diversification in the use of custodial services would be materially adversely affected.

Any insurance that we may have or may obtain covering losses of our digital asset holdings may cover none or only a small fraction of the value of the entirety of our digital asset holdings, and there can be no guarantee that such insurance will be maintained as part of the custodial services we have or that such coverage will cover losses with respect to our digital assets. Moreover, our use of custodians exposes us to the risk that the digital assets our custodians hold on our behalf could be subject to insolvency proceedings and we could be treated as a general unsecured creditor of the custodian, inhibiting our ability to exercise ownership rights with respect to such digital assets. Any loss associated with such insolvency proceedings is unlikely to be covered by any insurance coverage we maintain related to our digital assets. The legal framework governing digital asset ownership and rights in custodial or insolvency contexts remains uncertain and continues to evolve, which could result in unexpected losses, protracted recovery processes or adverse treatment in insolvency proceedings.

If we were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, applicable restrictions likely would make it impractical for us to continue our business as currently conducted.

Under the Investment Company Act, a company generally will be considered an investment company if it primarily invests in securities or if it owns more than 40% of its total assets in securities. Although we do not believe we meet these tests, a substantial portion of our assets are digital assets, including ETH, which currently represent more than 40% of our total assets. In addition, we plan to tokenize RWAs and have acquired minority interests in several other companies. While we do not currently consider these assets to be “investment securities” under the Investment Company Act, there is a risk that the SEC or another regulatory authority could treat some or all of these assets as securities for these purposes.

If any of these assets were deemed to be investment securities, our ownership could exceed the thresholds for investment company status, which could require us to take actions to dispose of assets, restrict our operations, or otherwise alter our business strategy. Reliance on available exemptions or safe harbors under the Investment Company Act, may not be available when needed and could require us to limit certain business activities, including tokenization projects or holding minority interests.

Because the rules governing digital assets, tokenized assets, and minority investments are uncertain and evolving, there can be no assurance that we will not be deemed to be an investment company in the future. Being classified as an investment company could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

Volatility in the price of our tokenized securities could materially adversely affect our financial results and the market price of our common stock.

Our business strategy has a limited operating history and may not perform as we expect across different market conditions. If we are unable to execute our RWA tokenization strategy due to limitations of availability of capital, our financial condition, results of operations, and prospects and the market price of our common stock could be materially adversely affected. Our ability to pursue this strategy also depends, in significant part, on our ability to raise capital on acceptable terms.

In addition, our tokenized securities may experience significant price volatility and limited liquidity, particularly because our tokenization activities are at an early stage and secondary-market infrastructure for tokenized securities has limited operating history. We have limited experience developing and commercializing tokenized products, and we may not be able to launch, scale, or generate material revenues from tokenization activities on a timely basis or at all. The trading price of our tokenized securities may be affected by, among other things, market acceptance, liquidity and price discovery, the availability and reliability of relevant market infrastructure and intermediaries, and regulatory developments, and may fluctuate for reasons unrelated to our operating performance. If we are unable to successfully execute our tokenization strategy, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects and the market price of our common stock could be materially adversely affected.

Regulatory uncertainty regarding ETH, our digital assets treasury strategy and our tokenization activities could subject us to additional regulation, enforcement actions and significant compliance costs, require us to materially change or cease certain operations, and adversely affect the market price of ETH and our securities.

The regulatory treatment of digital assets generally, ETH specifically, and tokenized instruments representing interests in RWAs is evolving and remains uncertain in the United States and abroad. Regulatory authorities, including the SEC, the CFTC, FINRA and state regulators, have taken differing, and at times inconsistent, positions regarding the classification and regulation of digital assets, digital asset transactions, and tokenized securities. As a result, we cannot predict whether, when, or how new laws, regulations, interpretive guidance, enforcement priorities or judicial decisions will impact ETH, our ETH-related activities, or our tokenization strategy. Any such developments could increase our compliance costs, restrict our operations, limit the availability of service providers and trading venues, reduce liquidity, or otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, as well as the market price of ETH and the market price of our securities.

The Digital Asset Interpretation represents a shift in the SEC’s regulatory posture toward the crypto asset industry, moving from reliance primarily on enforcement actions to affirmative guidance establishing a classification framework and clarifying when crypto-related activities do or do not implicate the federal securities laws. While the Digital Asset Interpretation conveys the SEC’s views on how the definition of “security” applies to crypto assets, it does not have the binding force of a regulation adopted through notice-and-comment rulemaking. Accordingly, courts are not bound by it and may reach different conclusions, and a future SEC could revise or withdraw it.

Notwithstanding the Digital Asset Interpretation, if ETH were determined to be a digital security, we could become subject to additional regulatory requirements and potential enforcement proceedings, including injunctions, cease-and-desist orders, fines and penalties, and we could be required to alter, suspend or restrict aspects of our digital assets treasury strategy, including our ability to acquire, hold, stake, lend, collateralize or otherwise transact in ETH. In addition, a determination that ETH, or other digital assets or interests we hold, constitutes “investment securities” for purposes of the Investment Company Act could increase the risk that we would be deemed an investment company, which could require us to dispose of assets, restrict our operations, or otherwise materially change our business strategy, and could make it impractical for us to continue our business as currently conducted.

Even if ETH is not treated as a tokenized security under the Digital Asset Interpretation or otherwise, ETH is treated as a digital commodity under the Digital Asset Interpretation and the CFTC has stated that it intends to administer the CEA consistent with the SEC’s interpretation. The CFTC has in the past asserted regulatory authority over certain ETH-related markets and activities. Legislative or regulatory developments, including new or revised CFTC interpretations or rules, could expand or otherwise change the regulatory obligations applicable to ETH, ETH derivatives, or other ETH-related transactions. To the extent our current or future activities are deemed to require CFTC registration or enhanced compliance, including, depending on the structure of our activities, as a commodity pool operator and or commodity trading advisor and registration of the Company as a commodity pool through the National Futures Association, we could incur substantial, non-recurring and ongoing expenses, face operational constraints, and be required to limit, restructure or cease certain activities, any of which could materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Our tokenization activities also involve significant securities law and related regulatory considerations. Our business model involves the securitization of RWAs and the issuance of digital, tokenized instruments representing interests in such assets that may be offered and sold in primary transactions and traded in secondary markets. Because our tokenized RWA products are digital securities under the Digital Asset Interpretation, our offers and sales are subject to the Securities Act, including the requirement to register each offer and sale or rely on an available exemption, and regulators have stated that tokenization, including on-chain recordkeeping, does not change the application of the federal securities laws. Accordingly, regulators could determine that aspects of our tokenization, distribution, transfer and trading arrangements, including arrangements involving Liquidity.io or other intermediaries or trading venues, require additional registrations or compliance under the Exchange Act, including as an exchange or alternative trading system, broker-dealer, dealer, clearing agency or otherwise, or under the Investment Company Act or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). Any such determination could require us to modify, limit, delay or cease certain token offerings or tokenization-related operations, could result in significant legal and compliance costs, and could expose us to investigations, enforcement actions, civil litigation, rescission claims, reputational harm, and restrictions on our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions.

These risks may be compounded by regulatory changes or enforcement actions affecting the broader digital asset ecosystem and the service providers on which we rely, including custodians, trading venues, staking providers, broker-dealers, identity verification and AML providers, and other counterparties. In addition, evolving requirements under AML, sanctions, money services and money transmission regimes, as well as foreign regulatory frameworks, could further increase our costs, impose new operational constraints, limit market access, or reduce liquidity.

Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, and could cause the market price of ETH and the market price of our securities to decline.

We are dependent on third parties and third-party platforms to execute and support the trading and transfer of our tokenized securities

Secondary trading of our Aero Token occurs on Liquidity.io and we expect that any secondary trading of our tokenized securities would occur on one or more registered alternative trading systems, including Liquidity.io. These platforms and the related technology and market infrastructure for secondary trading of tokenized securities are relatively new and have limited operating history with respect to securities such as ours. As a result, the initial distribution, listing, or secondary trading of our tokenized securities may experience technical difficulties, limited liquidity, limited price transparency, market fragmentation, operational disruptions, or other challenges that could impair trading activity, hinder price discovery, or adversely affect the perceived value of our tokenized securities.

If we are unable to obtain or maintain access to one or more suitable staking providers, custodians, or trading venues, or if staking or trading on such platforms is delayed, limited, disrupted, or terminated, our ability to execute our tokenization strategy, attract participants, and generate revenues from tokenization-related activities could be materially and adversely affected.

We rely on third-party service providers to support “know-your-customer” and AML investor verification for our tokenized securities, and any failure or interruption of those services could disrupt our tokenization activities.

We expect to rely on one or more third-party compliance and identity verification providers to perform “know-your-customer,” AML, sanctions screening and related investor verification processes in connection with the offer, sale, issuance and transfer of our tokenized securities, including to support gating functionality and maintaining records of verified participants.

If any such provider experiences service interruptions, cybersecurity incidents, data integrity issues, regulatory actions, technology failures, or ceases operations, we may be unable to onboard new participants, process subscriptions, complete issuances, or permit transfers of our tokenized securities. Any failure or compromise of these systems could also impair the accuracy or integrity of our verification and compliance records, expose us to regulatory scrutiny or enforcement risk, and lead to customer disputes, reputational harm, and additional legal and compliance costs. In addition, migrating to an alternative provider may be time-consuming, costly, and operationally complex, and could require changes to our processes, technology integrations, or contractual arrangements. Any of the foregoing could reduce liquidity, delay or limit our tokenization initiatives, and materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and prospects.

We may rely on smart contracts that are upgradeable, which could introduce operational, security, and governance risks and could adversely affect our tokenization activities.

Our tokenization activities may rely on smart contracts and related blockchain-based infrastructure that are implemented using upgradeable proxy patterns or other mechanisms that permit changes to contract logic after deployment. While upgradeability can allow us or our service providers to address bugs, add features, respond to regulatory developments, or modify functionality, it also introduces risks.

Contract upgrades may be implemented incorrectly, may introduce new vulnerabilities, may create unexpected interactions with other protocols or infrastructure, or may otherwise impair the functionality, security, or reliability of the smart contracts. In addition, upgrade authority may create governance and control risks, including the risk of misuse, key compromise, or actions that are perceived as unfavorable by users, counterparties, regulators, or other market participants.

Any failure, exploit, or disruption relating to our smart contracts, or any perception that our tokenized instruments are subject to uncertain or changeable rules, could lead to financial losses, trading or transfer disruptions, customer disputes, regulatory scrutiny, reputational harm, and could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, and prospects.

If the Company fails to commercialize its plans to securitize RWAs and allow such RWAs to be monetized through tokenized tradable instruments with both primary and secondary market liquidity, in the future, the Company could once again be deemed to be a “shell company.”

Prior to the completion of our November 2020 initial business combination, we were a “shell company,” which is a company that (i) has no or nominal operations; and (ii) either: (A) no or nominal assets; (B) assets consisting solely of cash and cash equivalents; or (C) assets consisting of any amount of cash and cash equivalents and nominal other assets. In the future we could again be deemed a “shell company,” including if we fail to take significant steps to expand and commercialize our plans to securitize RWAs, and allow such RWAs to be monetized through tokenized tradable instruments with both primary and secondary market liquidity, in the future, or if we fail to undertake alternative business operations and/or if our expected ETH holdings are deemed cash equivalents. Rule 144 as promulgated under the Securities Act is not available for the resale of securities initially issued by a shell company (reporting or non-reporting) or a former shell company, unless certain conditions are satisfied. Because we are a former shell company, our securities cannot be resold under Rule 144 unless certain conditions are met. If in the future we become a “shell company” again, Rule 144 will not be available for the sale of our common stock or other securities until we cease to be “shell company” and at least one year has elapsed since we file Form 10 information with the SEC, subject to the other requirements of Rule 144.

We are not subject to legal and regulatory obligations that apply to investment companies such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, or to obligations applicable to investment advisers.

Mutual funds, ETFs and their directors and management are subject to extensive regulation as “investment companies” and “investment advisers” under U.S. federal and state law; this regulation is intended for the benefit and protection of investors. We are not subject to, and do not otherwise voluntarily comply with, these laws and regulations. This means, among other things, that the execution of, or changes to, our ETH holdings, the manner in which our ETH is custodied, our ability to engage in transactions with affiliated parties, and our operating and investment activities generally, are not subject to the extensive legal and regulatory requirements and prohibitions that apply to investment companies and investment advisers. The board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) has broad discretion over the investment, leverage and cash management policies it authorizes, whether in respect of our ETH holdings or other activities we may pursue, and has the power to change our current policies, including our strategy of acquiring, holding and selling ETH.

Our ETH holdings are concentrated and less liquid than our existing cash and cash equivalents and may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents.

As of December 31, 2025, approximately 79% of our assets were concentrated in our ETH holdings or resulted from funds received from the liquid staking of ETH. The concentration of our assets in ETH limits our ability to mitigate risk that could otherwise be achieved by holding a more diversified portfolio of balance sheet assets. If there is a significant decrease in the price of ETH, we may experience a more pronounced impact on our financial condition than if we invested our cash in a more diverse portfolio of balance sheet assets. 

Historically, the ETH market has been characterized by significant price volatility, limited liquidity and trading volumes compared to sovereign currencies markets, relative anonymity, a developing regulatory landscape, potential susceptibility to market abuse and manipulation, compliance and internal control failures at exchanges, and various other risks inherent in its entirely electronic, virtual form and decentralized network. During times of market instability, we may not be able to sell our ETH at favorable prices or at all. In addition, trading venues may impose transaction or withdrawal limits or suspend withdrawals entirely, which could make it difficult or impossible for us to convert ETH to fiat currency when needed. For example, a number of ETH trading venues temporarily halted deposits and withdrawals in 2022. As a result, our ETH holdings may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent as cash and cash equivalents. Further, ETH we hold with our custodians and transact with our trade execution partners does not enjoy the same protections as are available to cash or securities deposited with or transacted by institutions subject to regulation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Additionally, we may be unable to enter into term loans or other capital raising transactions collateralized by our unencumbered ETH or otherwise generate funds using our ETH holdings, including in particular during times of market instability or when the price of ETH has declined significantly. If we are unable to sell our ETH, enter into additional capital raising transactions, including capital raising transactions, using ETH as collateral, or otherwise generate funds using our ETH holdings, or if we are forced to sell our ETH at a significant loss, in order to meet our working capital requirements, our business and financial condition could be negatively impacted.

Our digital asset holdings expose us to risk of non-performance by providers and counterparties.

Our digital asset holdings expose us to the risk of non-performance by providers and counterparties, whether contractual or otherwise. Risk of non-performance includes inability or refusal of a provider or counterparty to perform because of a deterioration in the counterparty’s financial condition and liquidity or for any other reason. For example, our execution partners, custodians, or other counterparties might fail to perform in accordance with the terms of our agreements with them, which could result in a loss of our digital assets, a loss of the opportunity to generate funds, or other losses. Because many digital asset trading venues are relatively new and may provide limited transparency regarding their operations, controls and regulatory compliance, we may face heightened risk of fraud, security failures or operational disruptions at such venues and counterparties.

Our primary provider risk with respect to our ETH is custodian performance obligations under the various custody arrangements we have entered into, which are reliant on our custodial relationships and agreements with Coinbase Inc. (“Coinbase”) and its affiliates. Any failures of our custodians to perform could have an impact on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results. In addition, in the event of a termination of one or more of our custody agreements, we would be required to contract with an alternative custodian at terms and conditions that may not be as favorable as our current custody agreements.

A series of recent high-profile bankruptcies, closures, liquidations, regulatory enforcement actions and other events relating to companies operating in the digital asset industry have highlighted the perceived and actual counterparty and provider risk applicable to digital asset ownership and trading. Although these bankruptcies, closures and liquidations have not resulted in any loss or misappropriation of our digital assets, nor have such events adversely impacted our access to our digital assets, legal precedent created in these bankruptcy and other proceedings may increase the risk of future rulings adverse to our interests in the event one or more of our custodians becomes a debtor in a bankruptcy case or is the subject of other liquidation, insolvency or similar proceedings.

While all of our custodians are subject to regulatory regimes intended to protect customers in the event of a custodial bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceeding, no assurance can be provided that our custodially-held digital assets will not become part of the custodian’s insolvency estate if one or more of our custodians enters bankruptcy, receivership or similar insolvency proceedings. Additionally, if we pursue any strategies to create income streams or otherwise generate funds using our digital asset holdings, we would become subject to additional counterparty risks. Any significant non-performance by providers and counterparties, including, in particular, the custodians with which we custody substantially all of our digital asset holdings, may adversely affect our prospects, financial condition and operating results.

Our common stock may be more volatile and may trade at a substantial premium or discount to the value of the digital assets we hold.

The market price of our common stock reflects many factors that do not affect the spot price of our digital asset holdings and may therefore diverge materially—positively or negatively—from the value of such holdings. These factors include, among others: our corporate-level expenses; taxes; the timing, size and pricing of equity or debt financings (including at-the-market offerings or convertible securities), equity awards and other sources of dilution; expectations about our future purchases or sales of ETH, staking activity or special distributions; our liquidity, public float, short interest and securities lending/borrow dynamics; the availability and pricing of exchange-listed alternatives (such as exchange-traded products holding ETH) and differences between those vehicles and a corporate issuer (including the absence in our case of an in-kind creation/redemption mechanism that can reduce premiums/discounts); differences in trading hours and market microstructure between our common stock and spot markets for ETH; changes in index inclusion, analyst coverage or investor sentiment toward us as an operating company; our corporate governance, financial reporting and any actual or perceived operational, custody, technology or regulatory risks specific to us; and broader equity-market conditions independent of crypto-asset markets. As a result, our stock may be more volatile and may trade at a premium or discount to the value of our digital asset holdings for extended periods.

The availability of spot exchange-traded products (“ETPs”) for ETH and other digital assets may adversely affect the market price of ETH or other digital assets and, consequently, the trading price of our common stock.

Although ETH and other digital assets have experienced a surge of investor attention since ETH was invented in 2015, until recently investors in the United States had limited means to gain direct exposure to ETH through traditional investment channels, and instead generally were only able to hold ETH through “hosted” wallets provided by digital asset service providers or through “unhosted” wallets that expose the investor to risks associated with loss or hacking of their private keys. Given the relative novelty of digital assets, general lack of familiarity with the processes needed to hold ETH directly, as well as the potential reluctance of financial planners and advisers to recommend direct ETH holdings to their retail customers because of the manner in which such holdings are custodied, some investors have sought exposure to ETH through investment vehicles that hold ETH and issue shares representing fractional undivided interests in their underlying ETH holdings. These vehicles, which were previously offered only to “accredited investors” on a private placement basis, have in the past traded at substantial premiums to net asset value, possibly due to the relative scarcity of traditional investment vehicles providing investment exposure to ETH.

Although we are an operating company, and we believe we offer a different value proposition than an ETH investment vehicle such as a spot ETH ETP, investors may nevertheless view our common stock as an alternative to an investment in an ETP and choose to purchase shares of a spot ETP instead of our common stock. They may do so for a variety of reasons, including if they believe that ETPs offer a “pure play” exposure to ETH that is generally not subject to federal income tax at the entity level as we are, or the other risk factors applicable to an operating business, such as ours.

As a result of the foregoing factors, availability of spot ETPs for ETH and other digital assets could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

Changes in the accounting treatment of our ETH holdings and the application of fair value accounting could materially increase the volatility of our results and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

We have adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-08 (“ASU 2023-08”) as of January 1, 2025, which requires us to measure our ETH holdings at fair value in our statement of financial position, and to recognize gains and losses from changes in the fair value of our ETH in net income each reporting period beginning January 1, 2025. ASU 2023-08 also requires us to provide certain interim and annual disclosures with respect to our ETH holdings. Due in particular to the volatility in the price of ETH, we expect the measurement at fair value to have a material impact on our financial results in future periods, increase the volatility of our financial results, and affect the carrying value of our ETH on our balance sheet. ASU 2023-08 could also have adverse tax consequences. These impacts could in turn have a material adverse effect on our financial results and listed securities.

Our historical financial statements do not reflect the potential variability in earnings that we may experience in the future from holding or selling significant amounts of ETH, particularly because we only began our RWA tokenization and digital asset strategy in the third quarter of 2025. The price of ETH has historically been subject to dramatic price fluctuations and is highly volatile. We determine the fair value of our ETH based on quoted (unadjusted) prices on the Coinbase exchange, and, as a result of ASU 2023-08, we recognize gains and losses from changes in such fair value in net income each reporting period. This accounting treatment may create significant volatility in our reported earnings and could decrease the carrying value of our digital assets, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock. Conversely, any sale of ETH at prices above our carrying value for such assets would create a gain for financial reporting purposes, even if we would otherwise incur an economic or tax loss with respect to such transaction, which could also contribute to volatility in our reported earnings.

Because we intend to purchase additional ETH in future periods and increase our overall holdings of ETH, we expect that the proportion of our total assets represented by our ETH holdings will increase in the future. As a result, and in particular due to our adoption of ASU 2023-08, volatility in our earnings may be significantly greater than what we experienced in prior periods.

Transactions using ETH require the payment of “gas fees,” which are subject to fluctuations that may result in high transaction fees.

Transactions using ETH, including purchases, sales and staking, require the payment of “gas fees” in ETH. Gas fees are payments made by the user to compensate for the computational energy required to process and validate transactions, such as purchases, sales and staking, on the ETH network. These fees can fluctuate and can be very expensive relative to the cost of the transaction depending upon congestion and demand on the network. If fees are high, the cost of a transaction will potentially decrease the return of the investment, which could be negative. High gas fees may also cause delays in the execution of a transaction, which could affect the preferred timing of execution and may lead to execution of a transaction during inopportune times. In addition, gas fees are paid in ETH itself, which would require that sufficient ETH balances are maintained. Future upgrades to the Ethereum protocol, regulatory changes, or technical issues could also adversely impact the cost of gas fees and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.

Liquid staking applications pose risks associated with concentration of control.

Validators must deposit 32 ETH to activate a unique validator key pair that is used to sign block proposals and attestations on behalf of its stake (i.e., vote on its view of the chain). For every 32 ETH deposit that is staked, a unique validator key pair is generated. An application built on the Ethereum network, or a single node operator, can manage many validator key pairs. For example, Lido, an application that provides a so-called “liquid staking” solution which permits holders of ETH to deposit them with Lido, which stakes the ETH while issuing the holder a transferrable token, is reported by some sources to have or have had up to 275,000 validator key pairs (each representing 32 staked ETH) divided across over 30 node operators. At times, Lido has reportedly controlled around or in excess of 33% of the total staked ETH on the Ethereum network. While it is widely believed that Lido has little incentive to attempt to interfere with transaction finality or block confirmations using its reported 33% stake, since doing so would likely cause its entire stake to be slashed and thus lost (assuming good actors unaffiliated with Lido controlled the remainder), and also because Lido is believed to not control most of the third party node operators where its ETH is staked, and finally since the occurrence of such manipulation of the Ethereum network’s consensus processed by Lido or any other actor would likely cause ETH to lose substantial value (which would obviously hurt Lido economically), it nevertheless poses risks associated with such a concentration of control (including centralization concerns). If Lido, or a bad actor with a similar sized stake, were to attempt to interfere with transaction finality or block confirmations, it could negatively affect the use and adoption of the Ethereum network, the value of ETH, and thus the value of our assets.

Lending arrangements may expose us to risks of borrower default and operational failures.

From time to time, we may generate income through lending our ETH to third party borrowers, which carries significant risks. The volatility of the market price of ETH increases the likelihood that borrowers may default due to market downturns, liquidity crises, fraud or other financial distress. These lending transactions may be unsecured, and so may be subordinated to secured debt of the borrower. If a borrower becomes insolvent, we may be unable to recover the loaned ETH, leading to substantial financial losses.

In addition, ETH lending arrangements typically require us to rely on borrowers and intermediaries to perform key operational functions, including custody, settlement, margining, collateral management and recordkeeping. Any failure, interruption, or inability of a borrower, agent, platform or other counterparty to perform these functions, including delays in returning loaned ETH or enforcing our rights to collateral, could result in losses, disputes, or reduced liquidity and could materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Security breaches or cyberattacks could result in loss of our digital assets and disrupt our tokenization activities.

Security breaches and cyberattacks are of particular concern with respect to our ETH and our tokenization activities, including the third-party platforms and service providers we rely on to issue, record, service, transfer, settle and support the trading of our tokenized securities. Purchasers’ ability to access, transfer or trade our tokenized securities may be impaired by outages, security incidents or compromised credentials affecting those third parties, including broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, custodians, account interfaces, wallet integrations and investor onboarding and verification providers. A successful security breach or cyberattack could result in:

In addition, the Ethereum network and the digital asset service providers we rely on depend on Internet connectivity and the integrity of Internet routing. Denial-of-service attacks can cause temporary delays in block creation and transfers. Border gateway protocol hijacking, or BGP hijacking, may allow an attacker to intercept or reroute traffic, isolate portions of the network, and increase the risk of double-spending or other security failures. Any such disruption could impair our ability to transfer ETH, disrupt staking activities, reduce confidence in digital assets, and adversely affect the price of ETH and the market price of our common stock and could also prevent or delay purchasers from accessing, transferring, settling, or trading our tokenized securities for a period of time. Because ETH transactions rely on the Ethereum network, disruptions affecting the network could prevent or delay our ability to transfer, deposit, or withdraw ETH and could also delay or disrupt tokenization-related processes that depend on Ethereum-based infrastructure or service providers.

Cyberattacks are increasing in frequency, persistence, and sophistication, including by well-funded and organized groups and state actors. The methods used to obtain unauthorized access to systems and information, disrupt services, or sabotage operations evolve rapidly and may be difficult to detect, and the growing use of artificial intelligence has enabled threat actors to develop more advanced techniques. Attacks may target our systems or those of our third-party service providers and partners. We may experience breaches due to human error, malfeasance, insider threats, or system vulnerabilities, including through hacking, social engineering, phishing, and fraud. Certain threats may remain dormant or undetected for extended periods, and remote-work arrangements and ongoing geopolitical conflicts may increase cybersecurity risks. In addition, because our tokenization activities depend on third-party platforms and service providers, a breach, outage, or compromise affecting any such party could impair their ability to perform essential functions, including investor onboarding, account access, transfer restrictions, recordkeeping, transaction processing, settlement, or reporting.

Digital asset transactions generally are not reversible without the consent and active participation of the recipient (or, in theory, control or consent of a majority of the network’s processing power). As a result, if unauthorized parties obtain access to our ETH, compromise private keys or other credentials, or effect an unauthorized or erroneous transfer, whether through compromise of our systems or those of our custodians, staking providers, execution partners, tokenization partners, or other third parties, we may be unable to recover the affected ETH or tokenized securities, or otherwise unwind or remediate unauthorized or erroneous transactions in a timely manner. Any such loss could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risks Related to our Common Stock

The price of our common stock has and may continue to fluctuate significantly.

The trading price of our common stock has fluctuated widely and may continue to fluctuate widely as a result of a number of factors, many of which are outside our control. During the year ended December 31, 2025, our common stock traded at prices as low as $4.86 per share and as high as $174.60 per share (when taking into account the Reverse Stock Split). This volatility may affect the price at which you could sell the shares of our common stock, and the sale of substantial amounts of our common stock could adversely affect the price of our common stock. Our stock price is likely to continue to be volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in response to market and other factors.

As a result, you may not be able to sell your shares of common stock at or above the price at which you purchase them. In addition, the stock market in general, and Nasdaq and the stock of digital asset and ETH companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. Broad market and industry factors may negatively affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance.

Resales of our common stock in the public market by our stockholders, or the perception that such sales may occur, may cause the market price of our shares of common stock to fall.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock could occur at any time. We have previously registered the resale of a significant number of shares of our common stock, and if sold in the market all at once or at about the same time, or if there is a perception that such sales could occur, it could significantly depress the market price of our common stock and could also affect our ability to raise equity capital in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate. The issuance of new shares of common stock could result in resales of our shares of common stock by our current stockholders concerned about the potential ownership dilution of their holdings. In turn, these resales could have the effect of depressing the market price for shares of our common stock.

Our stock repurchases are discretionary and even if effected, they may not achieve the desired objectives.

On August 22, 2025, the Board of Directors authorized and approved a stock repurchase program for up to $250.0 million of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. Subject to any future extension in the discretion of the Board of Directors, the repurchase program is scheduled to expire upon the earliest of (i) June 30, 2026, (ii) when a maximum of $250.0 million of the Company’s common stock has been repurchased or (iii) when such program is discontinued by the Board of Directors. Repurchases are made at management’s discretion at prices management considers to be attractive and in the best interests of both the Company and its stockholders, subject to the availability of stock, general market conditions, the trading price of the stock, alternative uses for capital, and the Company’s financial performance. The program does not obligate the Company to acquire a minimum amount of shares. Since August 22, 2025, the Company has purchased an aggregate of 2,099,471 shares of common stock for an average purchase price of $22.79. 

The repurchase program may be suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason, including market conditions, the cost of repurchasing shares, the availability of alternative investment opportunities, liquidity, and other factors deemed appropriate. These factors may also affect the timing and amount of share repurchases. The repurchase program does not obligate the Company to purchase a particular number of, or any, shares. There is no guarantee as to the exact number or value of shares that will be repurchased by the Company, if any.

There can be no assurance that any repurchases pursuant to our stock repurchase program will enhance stockholder value because the market price of our common stock may decline below the levels at which we repurchase such shares. The amounts and timing of the repurchases may also be influenced by general market conditions, regulatory developments (including recent legislative actions which, subject to certain conditions, may impose an excise tax of 1% on our stock repurchases) and the prevailing price and trading volumes of our common stock. If our financial condition deteriorates or we decide to use our cash for other purposes, we may suspend repurchase activity at any time.

Sales of our common stock through our ATM Program, or the perception that such sales may occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to fall.

Pursuant to an amended and restated sales agreement dated November 14, 2025, between Clear Street LLC and TCBI Securities, Inc., doing business as Texas Capital Securities, we may offer and sell shares of our common stock from time to time, or the agents acting as our sales agents may offer our common stock, in at-the-market transactions. Continued sales of our common stock, if any, under the ATM Program will depend upon market conditions and other factors to be determined by us and may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market offerings” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Future sales of our common stock are not guaranteed, and there are no firm commitments to receive funding under the ATM Program. The issuance from time to time of these new shares of common stock, or the perception that such sales may occur, could have the effect of depressing the market price of our common stock.

You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity or debt offerings.

In order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer, through our ATM Program or other means, additional shares of common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our shares of common stock that could result in further dilution to our current stockholders or result in downward pressure on the price of our common stock. We may sell through our ATM Program or other means, additional shares of common stock or other securities in any offering at prices that are higher or lower than the prices paid by prior investors, and the investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders. Moreover, to the extent that we issue options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, our shares of common stock in the future and those options, warrants or other securities are exercised, converted or exchanged, stockholders may experience further dilution.

Wherever possible, our Board of Directors will attempt to use non-cash consideration to satisfy obligations. In many instances, we believe that the non-cash consideration will consist of restricted shares of our common stock or where shares are to be issued to our officers, directors and applicable consultants. Our Board of Directors has authority, without action or vote of the stockholders, but subject to Nasdaq rules and regulations (which generally require stockholder approval for any transaction that would result in the issuance of more than 20% of our then outstanding shares of common stock or voting rights representing over 20% of our then outstanding shares of stock, subject to certain exceptions), to issue all or part of the authorized but unissued shares of common stock. These actions will result in dilution of the ownership interests of existing stockholders, which may further dilute common stock book value, and that dilution may be material. Such issuances may also serve to enhance existing management’s ability to maintain control of the Company because the shares may be issued to parties or entities committed to supporting existing management.

We have never paid dividends on our common stock, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

The continued operation and expansion of our business will require substantial funding. We have paid no cash dividends on our common stock to date, and we currently intend to retain our available cash to fund the development and growth of our business. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our Board of Directors deems relevant. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Any return to stockholders will therefore be limited to the appreciation of their stock, which may never occur. 

General Risks

If we make acquisitions, they may disrupt or have a negative impact on our business.

If we make acquisitions in the future, funding permitting, which may not be available on favorable terms, if at all, we could have difficulty integrating the acquired company’s assets, personnel and operations with our own. We do not anticipate that any acquisitions or mergers we may enter into in the future would result in a change of control of the Company. In addition, the key personnel of the acquired business may not be willing to work for us. We cannot predict the effect expansion may have on our core business. Regardless of whether we are successful in making an acquisition, the negotiations could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees and increase our expenses. In addition to the risks described above, acquisitions are accompanied by a number of inherent risks, including, without limitation, the following:

Our business could be severely impaired if and to the extent that we are unable to succeed in addressing any of these risks or other problems encountered in connection with an acquisition, many of which cannot be presently identified. These risks and problems could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees, increase our expenses and adversely affect our results of operations.

Our limited number of employees subjects us to significant resource constraints, which may hinder our ability to comply with public company regulations and manage our operations effectively.

We operate with a very small number of employees, and our success depends on the continued service and performance of this lean team. As a public company, we are subject to complex reporting, legal, and accounting requirements that demand significant time and attention. Because of our limited headcount, our executive officers must personally devote a substantial portion of their time to compliance and SEC reporting tasks. This diverts their attention away from our primary business objectives. Our small staff makes it difficult to maintain an ideal “segregation of duties” within our internal control over financial reporting. This increases the risk that errors or fraud could occur and not be detected in a timely manner.  The loss of even one or two employees could disproportionately disrupt our operations, as we lack the “bench strength” or redundancy found in larger organizations to easily redistribute specialized tasks.  To meet our public obligations, we rely on outside consultants, auditors, and legal counsel. This increases our operating costs and makes our compliance dependent on the availability and performance of these third-party providers. 

If we are unable to effectively manage our limited human resources or if we fail to scale our staff as our strategy progresses, we may experience delays in our filings, weaknesses in our internal controls, or a failure to execute our business plan, any of which could materially and adversely affect our stock price.

We have in the past, and may in the future, identify material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. If not remediated, our failure to establish and maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting could result in material misstatements in our financial statements and a failure to meet our reporting and financial obligations, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and the trading price of our common stock.

The Company’s management evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act, as of the end of December 31, 2025. Based on their evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide assurance at a reasonable level that the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions.

The material weakness in internal control over financial reporting identified was related to controls over the classification and technical accounting review of significant, one-time accounting transactions.

A material weakness is a control deficiency or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As a company with limited accounting resources, a significant amount of management’s time and attention has been and will be diverted from our business to ensure compliance with these regulatory requirements.

Management continues to take steps to remediate the material weakness described above and has implemented the following control enhancements:

Maintaining effective disclosure controls and procedures and effective internal control over financial reporting are necessary for us to produce reliable financial statements and we are committed to remediating our material weakness in such controls as promptly as possible. However, there can be no assurance as to when this material weakness will be remediated or that additional material weaknesses will not arise in the future. Any failure to remediate the currently identified material weakness, or the development of new material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, could result in material misstatements in our financial statements and cause us to fail to meet our reporting and financial obligations on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations or may lose confidence in our reported financial information. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis as required by the SEC and Nasdaq, we could face severe consequences from those authorities. Any of these cases could result in a material adverse effect on our business, on our financial condition or have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock. Further, if we fail to remedy any future deficiencies or maintain the adequacy of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal controls, we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny, civil or criminal penalties or stockholder litigation against us or our management.

We can give no assurance that the measures we take in the future will remediate any additional material weaknesses which could be identified, or that restatements of our financial statements will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of those controls.

Further, in the future, if we cannot conclude that we have effective internal control over our financial reporting, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to provide an unqualified opinion regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting (to the extent we may be required in the future), investors could lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could lead to a decline in our stock price. Failure to comply with reporting requirements could also subject us to sanctions and/or investigations by the SEC or Nasdaq, as applicable, or other regulatory authorities.

In addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements or our periodic reports filed with the SEC. This may require us to restate prior financial statements.

Our classified Board of Directors structure may delay or complicate changes in control of our Board of Directors, but a hostile takeover or activist campaign could nevertheless result in changes to our Board of Directors and management that adversely affect our business and the market price of our common stock.

Our Board of Directors is divided into two classes, with approximately half of our directors standing for election in alternating years. This classified Board of Directors structure may have the effect of delaying or discouraging certain takeover attempts or changes in control of our Board of Directors. However, it does not eliminate the possibility that we may become the target of unsolicited or hostile takeover proposals, activist campaigns, proxy contests or other efforts by third parties seeking to influence or gain control of our Board of Directors, management, strategic direction or significant corporate decisions.

The pursuit or threat of such actions, even if ultimately unsuccessful or delayed due to our classified Board of Directors structure, could result in substantial costs, divert the attention of our directors and management, create uncertainty for employees, partners and customers, disrupt our operations and harm our reputation or business relationships. In addition, the extended time frame associated with a contested effort to change our Board of Directors composition may prolong uncertainty and instability.

If a hostile party succeeds over time in replacing some or all of our directors or influencing our management, our strategic direction, business plans, risk tolerance, capital allocation policies or approach to our ETH or digital asset holdings and related activities could change in ways that differ materially from the expectations of our stockholders. New directors or officers may lack familiarity with our business or industry, pursue strategies or transactions that stockholders do not favor, or implement changes that disrupt our operations. Changes in leadership, whether occurring incrementally as a result of staggered elections or through negotiated or contested processes, may also result in the loss of institutional knowledge or reduced operational effectiveness.

Any actual or perceived instability in our leadership, uncertainty regarding the outcome or duration of a hostile takeover or activist campaign, or delays in strategic decision-making resulting from such uncertainty could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results and could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

Changes in applicable tax laws and regulations could adversely affect our business.

We are currently subject to income and other taxes in the United States, UK and Canada. Thus, the tax treatment of the Company is subject to changes in tax laws or regulations, tax treaties, or positions by the relevant authority regarding the application, administration, or interpretation of these tax laws and regulations. These factors, together with the ambiguity of tax laws and regulations, the subjectivity of factual interpretations, and uncertainties regarding the geographic mix of earnings in any period, can affect our estimates of our effective tax rate and income tax assets and liabilities, result in changes in our estimates and accruals, and have a material adverse effect on our business results, cash flows, or financial condition. We are unable to predict what tax reforms may be proposed or enacted in the future or what effect such changes would have on our business, but such changes could potentially result in higher tax expense and payments, along with increasing the complexity, burden, and cost of compliance.

Our tax burden could increase as a result of ongoing or future tax audits.

We may be subject to periodic tax audits by tax authorities. Tax authorities may not agree with our interpretation of applicable tax laws and regulations. As a result, such tax authorities may assess additional tax, interest, and penalties. We regularly assess the likely outcomes of these audits and other tax disputes to determine the appropriateness of our tax provision and establish reserves for material, known tax exposures. However, the calculation of such tax exposures involves the application of complex tax laws and regulations in many jurisdictions. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will accurately predict the outcomes of any tax audit or other tax dispute or that issues raised by tax authorities will be resolved at a financial cost that does not exceed our related reserves. As such, the actual outcomes of these disputes and other tax audits could have a material adverse effect on our business results or financial position.

Taxation of digital assets is complex and evolving.

The tax treatment of digital assets and other crypto assets is complex, evolving, and may be uncertain or subject to differing interpretations by taxing authorities globally and in the United States. The IRS and other tax authorities have issued limited guidance specifically addressing the classification, reporting, and taxation of transactions involving tokens, including their acquisition, holding, use, and disposition.

As a result, we may be subject to adverse tax consequences, including but not limited to, unexpected tax liabilities, additional tax reporting obligations, withholding taxes, penalties and interest for noncompliance, and the risk of audits or disputes with tax authorities regarding the timing, amount, or character of income, gain, loss, or deduction related to our digital asset holdings.

Furthermore, changes in tax laws, regulations, or enforcement policies could increase our tax burden or affect the tax efficiency of our investment strategy. Such changes could also require us to modify our investment, accounting, or operational practices, potentially resulting in increased costs or reduced returns.

There can be no assurance that tax authorities will not challenge the tax treatment of our digital asset holdings or that such challenges would not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY.

Item 2. Properties.

Our principal executive office is located at 2875 South Ocean Boulevard, Suite 200, Palm Beach, Florida 33480. We believe our existing leased office space is in good operating condition and is suitable for the conduct of our business.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

From time to time, we may be a party to litigation that arises in the ordinary course of our business.

Such current litigation or other legal proceedings are described in, and incorporated by reference in this “Item 3. Legal Proceedings,” from Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies–Litigation and Other Loss Contingencies to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report. The Company believes that the resolution of currently pending matters will not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. However, assessment of the current litigation or other legal claims could change in light of the discovery of facts not presently known to the Company or by judges, juries or other finders of fact, which are not in accord with management’s evaluation of the possible liability or outcome of such litigation or claims.

Additionally, the outcome of litigation is inherently uncertain. If one or more legal matters were resolved against the Company in a reporting period for amounts in excess of management’s expectations, the Company’s financial condition and operating results for that reporting period could be materially adversely affected.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

Our common stock is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “FRMM.”

Holders

As of March 31, 2026, there were 20,313,111 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding held by approximately 68 holders of record.

Dividend Policy

We have never paid or declared any cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that we will retain all of our future earnings for use in the operation of our business and for general corporate purposes. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investments.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

The Company has not sold any unregistered equity securities during the year ended December 31, 2025, except as disclosed herein or as previously included in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

The following table presents information regarding our repurchases of shares of our common stock on a monthly basis during the three months ended December 31, 2025:

Item 6. [Reserved]

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition of Forum Markets, Incorporated (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes to those consolidated financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Report. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains statements that are forward-looking. See “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information” above. Actual results could differ materially because of the factors discussed in “Item 1. Risk Factors” of this Report, and other factors that we may not know.

Business Overview

The Company underwent a significant strategic shift in 2025, including a rebranding and transition away from its legacy biotechnology and gaming operations toward a digital asset-focused business model centered on treasury, investment, and tokenization activities. As a result, the Company’s current operations, financial profile, and key performance drivers differ materially from prior periods, and several areas of this MD&A represent first-year disclosures under the new strategy.

The Company operates as a single reportable operating segment under ASC 280. Its operations are focused on digital asset operations, which represent the Company’s primary revenue-generating activities, and all assets of the Company’s continuing operations are related to this single operating segment.

Our Company

Forum Markets, Incorporated is a digital asset–focused company whose operations are primarily related to holding, deploying, and managing digital assets and tokenization activities.

The Company has undergone several significant transformations over its operating history. Originally formed in 2016 as a clinical-stage biotechnology company operating under the name 180 Life Sciences Corp., the Company previously focused on the development of therapeutics for unmet medical needs. In subsequent periods, the Company expanded into software-enabled gaming initiatives, including the acquisition of certain blockchain-based gaming technology.

In August 2025, the Company rebranded as ETHZilla Corporation, reflecting an initial shift away from its legacy operations during which the Company completed a broader strategic transition, exiting its legacy biotechnology and gaming activities and refocusing its business on digital asset treasury management, investment activities, and tokenization-related strategies. The Company’s treasury activities are primarily centered on acquiring, holding, and deploying Ethereum to generate returns through staking and other yield-generating arrangements.

In early 2026, the Company completed a further rebrand to Forum Markets, Incorporated, aligning its name with its evolving strategy and business model. Under its current strategy, the Company focuses on digital asset activities and the development of tokenization-related investments. The Company is pursuing tokenization initiatives involving income-generating assets, which are expected to generate returns through asset yields, fees, and investment income over time. Revenues, expenses, and cash flows are influenced by digital asset market conditions, capital allocation decisions, and the timing of investment and tokenization activities.

As a result of this strategic transformation, the Company’s current operations, revenue drivers, expense profile, and risk exposures differ materially from prior periods, and financial results for historical periods may not be comparable to those of the current period.

Key Factors Affecting Performance

The Company’s operating results, financial condition, and cash flows are influenced by a number of trends and uncertainties related to its digital asset–focused business model, several of which are expected to continue to affect performance in future periods.

Digital Asset Price Volatility

The Company’s results are sensitive to fluctuations in the market price of ETH and other digital assets held or deployed in its operations. Changes in digital asset prices may materially affect reported earnings, the fair value of assets, and the timing and availability of liquidity, and may contribute to increased volatility in results of operations.

Staking Yield Variability

Revenue generated from staking activities is subject to variability based on network conditions, protocol economics, validator performance, and other factors outside the Company’s control. Changes in staking reward rates, protocol rules, or the performance of third-party service providers may affect revenue levels and operating results.

Growth of Tokenization Initiatives

The Company is in the early stages of developing and scaling its RWA tokenization strategy. The timing, magnitude, and sustainability of revenues from tokenization activities may affect future results of operations and cash flows and will depend on factors such as market adoption, regulatory considerations, and the availability of distribution and secondary trading infrastructure.

Evolving Regulatory Environment

The regulatory framework applicable to digital assets, staking activities, and tokenized securities continues to evolve in the United States and other jurisdictions. Changes in laws, regulations, enforcement priorities, or regulatory interpretations could increase compliance costs, restrict certain activities, or require modifications to the Company’s treasury or tokenization strategies. Regulatory developments may also affect market participation and investor demand, which could impact future operating results and cash flows.

Recent Events

Notes Offering Increase; Mandatory Redemption

On December 9, 2025, the Company entered into a Note Mandatory Redemption Agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to redeem all outstanding Convertible Notes for an amount equal to 117% of the outstanding principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts due under the governing documents. On December 30, 2025, the Company redeemed all outstanding Convertible Notes, and the related agreements were terminated. See “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Related Party Agreements—Promissory Notes” for additional information regarding the Convertible Notes.

Reverse Stock Split

On October 14, 2025, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock. The Reverse Stock Split became effective October 20, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time. No fractional shares were issued, and stockholders otherwise entitled to a fractional share received cash in lieu thereof. Outstanding equity awards, warrants and other securities convertible into, or exercisable for, common stock were proportionately adjusted in accordance with their terms. All share and per share data in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effect of the Reverse Stock Splits.

Satschel Purchase and Subscription Agreement

On October 22, 2025, the Company entered into a Purchase and Subscription Agreement (the “Satschel Purchase Agreement”) with Satschel. Satschel owns Liquidity.io, a regulated broker-dealer and one of only a handful of SEC-registered digital alternative trading system platform.

Pursuant to the Satschel Purchase Agreement, Satschel sold us shares of its Class A Common Stock representing 15% of its fully-diluted capitalization in consideration for (i) $5.0 million in cash; and (ii) 556,174 shares of our common stock with an agreed value of $10.0 million, which are subject to a six month lock-up (the “Satschel Shares”).

Karus Purchase and Subscription Agreement

On December 2, 2025, the Company entered into (i) a Purchase and Subscription Agreement (the “Karus Purchase Agreement”) with Karus, (ii) separate Stock Purchase Agreements (collectively, the “Karus Stock Purchase Agreements”) with certain stockholders of Karus (the “Karus Stockholders”); and (iii) a Series A Preferred Stock Rights Agreement with Karus and certain significant stockholders of Karus. Karus operates a proprietary AI-powered data analytics platform for use by underwriters and lenders in the consumer auto finance industry.

Pursuant to the Karus Purchase Agreement, Karus sold us 1,421,464 shares of its Class A Preferred Stock representing 16% of Karus’ fully-diluted capitalization in consideration for (i) $3.0 million in cash; and (ii) 453,721 shares of our common stock with an agreed value of $5.0 million, of which half are subject to a three month lock-up and half are freely transferrable, subject to applicable federal and state securities laws (the “Karus Shares”).

Pursuant to the Karus Stock Purchase Agreements, the Karus Stockholders sold us 310,945 shares of Karus common stock and 44,420 shares of Karus Series Seed-3 Preferred Stock representing an aggregate of 4% of Karus’ fully-diluted capitalization in consideration for 181,488 shares of our common stock with an agreed value of $2.0 million, which are subject to a six month lock-up (the “Karus Stockholder Shares” and together with the Karus Shares, the “Karus Registrable Securities”).

As a result of the Karus Purchase Agreement and the Karus Stock Purchase Agreements (collectively, the “Karus Purchase Agreements”), which closed on December 2, 2025, on December 31, 2025, the Company held an aggregate of approximately 20% of the fully-diluted capitalization of Karus (collectively, the “Karus Securities”).

The Karus Purchase Agreements also granted registration rights to Karus and the Karus Stockholders, pursuant to which the Company was required to use its reasonable best efforts to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the Karus Registrable Securities. On December 18, 2025, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “December 2025 Registration Statement”) relating to the possible resale or other disposition of, among other securities, the Satschel Shares, the Karus Registrable Securities and the Zippy Registrable Securities (as defined below). The December 2025 Registration Statement was declared effective December 30, 2025 (the “Registration Statement Effectiveness Date”).

Zippy Purchase Agreement

On December 9, 2025, the Company entered into (i) a Series B-3 Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Zippy Purchase Agreement”) with Zippy; (ii) separate Stock Purchase Agreements (the “Zippy Stock Purchase Agreements”) with certain stockholders of Zippy (the “Zippy Stockholders”); (iii) a Registration Rights Agreement with Zippy and the Zippy Stockholders (the “Zippy Registration Rights Agreement”); (iv) a Third Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement with Zippy and certain significant investors and stockholders of Zippy (collectively, the “Major Holders” and such agreement, the “Zippy Rights Agreement”); (v) a Third Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement with Zippy and the Major Holders (the “Zippy ROFR Agreement”); and (vi) a Third Amended and Restated Voting Agreement with Zippy and the Major Holders (the “Zippy Voting Agreement”). Zippy, through its subsidiaries Zippy Loans, LLC, Zippy Insurance Services, LLC and Zippy Technology, LLC, provides mortgage loans, loan servicing, homeowner insurance services and related software services for manufactured home buyers.

Pursuant to the Zippy Purchase Agreement, Zippy sold us 2,905,064 shares of its Series B-3 Preferred Stock representing 13.492% of Zippy’s fully-diluted capitalization as of December 9, 2025 in consideration for (i) $5.0 million in cash; and (ii) 1,333,332 shares of our common stock (the “Zippy Shares”) with an agreed value of approximately $14.0 million, based on a price per share of $10.50 (the “Per-Share Price”).

The Zippy Shares are subject to lock-up restrictions, from which 25% of the Zippy Shares have been or will be released on each of the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, and the 1-month (the “Second Lock-Up Release Date”), 2-month and 3-month anniversaries of the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, provided that all Zippy Shares will be released from the lock-up on the earlier of (i) the 3-month anniversary of the Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, (ii) the date on which the Company’s common stock trades at or above two times the Per-Share Price on Nasdaq or (iii) upon a change of control of the Company.

With respect to any Zippy Shares continuously held by Zippy between the closing of the Zippy Purchase Agreement and June 30, 2026 (the “Retained Shares” and the “True-Up Determination Date”, respectively), Zippy will be entitled to receive a true-up payment in cash, equal to the difference, if any, between the value of the Retained Shares based on the Per-Share Price and the value of the Retained Shares based on the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s common stock for the 10 trading days prior to the True-Up Determination Date (the “Final Make Whole Amount”). Additionally, the Company will owe Zippy a true-up in cash equal to the positive difference, if any, between the aggregate gross proceeds received by Zippy from the sale of up to 476,191 Zippy Shares during the thirty day period following February 28, 2026 (the “Midpoint True-Up Window”), and the value of such shares based on the Per-Share Price, and if Zippy is unable to sell any or all Zippy Shares during the 30 days following the Second Lock-Up Release Date, we are required to repurchase such number of Zippy Shares that are eligible to be sold, out of the number eligible to be sold, for cash at the Per-Share Price.

Pursuant to the Zippy Stock Purchase Agreements, the Zippy Stockholders sold us 324,728 shares of Zippy common stock, representing an aggregate of 1.508% of Zippy’s fully-diluted capitalization as of December 9, 2025 in consideration for 202,268 shares of our common stock with an agreed value of $10.50 per share, which are subject to certain lock-up restrictions as described in greater detail in the Zippy Stock Purchase Agreements (the “Zippy Stockholder Shares” and together with the Zippy Shares, the “Zippy Registrable Securities”). As a result of the Zippy Purchase Agreement and the Zippy Stock Purchase Agreements (collectively, the “Zippy Purchase Agreements”), the Company held an aggregate of 15% of Zippy’s fully-diluted capitalization as of December 31, 2025.

In accordance with its obligations under the Zippy Registration Rights Agreement, the Company filed the December 2025 Registration Statement (defined below) covering, among other things, the resale of the Zippy Registrable Securities.

Pursuant to the Zippy Purchase Agreement, if the Company fails to (i) comply with its obligation to maintain the registration of and deliver the Zippy Registrable Securities in accordance with the Zippy Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) pay Zippy the Final Make Whole Amount as and to the extent required by the Zippy Purchase Agreement, or (iii) pay Zippy any liquidated damages as and to the extent required by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will be deemed to have forfeited its rights under Zippy’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Zippy Rights Agreement, the Zippy ROFR Agreement and the Zippy Voting Agreement (as described above) and will be required to pay Zippy an amount equal to approximately $14.0 million (representing the agreed value of the Zippy Shares purchased by Zippy) less (A) the amount of any gross proceeds received by Zippy from the sale of the Zippy Shares and (B) the amount of any liquidated damages received by Zippy pursuant to the Zippy Registration Rights Agreement (the “Forfeiture Make Whole Amount”). At the Company’s option, the Forfeiture Make Whole Amount may be paid either in cash or by surrendering that number of Zippy Series B-3 Shares having an equivalent value, based on an agreed value of $6.5403 per Zippy Series B-3 Share. If the Company pays Zippy the Forfeiture Make Whole Amount, Zippy will surrender any remaining Zippy Shares then held by Zippy for cancellation and Zippy will have no further right to the Zippy Shares or any associated payment obligations, other than accrued but unpaid amounts then due and owing.

The acquisition contemplated by the Purchase Agreements closed on December 9, 2025.

Aircraft Engine Purchase Agreement

On January 17, 2026, the Company, through a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired two CFM56-7B24 aircraft engines (together with related records and equipment) from an unaffiliated seller pursuant to an Engine Sale and Purchase Agreement. The engines were acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $12.2 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. The engines are subject to lease arrangements that were assigned to the Company as part of the acquisition, and the Company entered into a servicing agreement with an affiliate of the seller to manage the engines during the lease term, in exchange for a monthly fee.

Zippy Manufactured Home Loan Portfolio Acquisition

On January 30, 2026, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ETHZilla Modular Mortgage LLC, (“EMM”) acquired 95 manufactured and modular home loans (together with the related first-lien mortgages) from Zippy Manufactured Home Credit Fund I L.P. pursuant to a Loan Purchase Agreement, for an aggregate purchase price of $4.7 million in cash (equal to 104% of the outstanding principal balance as of January 29, 2026). The loans are serviced by Zippy Loans, LLC (“Zippy Loans”), an affiliate of the seller, and the Company currently intends to tokenize the loans into a manufactured home loan token and make it available on Liquidity.io.

Eurus Aero Token I Offering

On February 12, 2026, ETHZilla Aerospace LLC, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, launched a private offering of up to approximately $11.7 million in profit participation interests issued as cryptographic digital tokens on the Arbitrum Ethereum Layer 2 network. The Aero Tokens provide holders with contractual rights to pro rata distributions from the net cash flows generated by two CFM56-7B24 aircraft engines. Payments are derived from monthly lease collections and, upon a liquidity event, proceeds from the sale of the engines. The obligations are secured by collateral that includes the engines, related lease receivables, reserves, and insurance proceeds.

Change in Company Name

On February 24, 2026, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a change of its name from “ETHZilla Corporation” to “Forum Markets, Incorporated.” Effective March 2, 2026, the Company’s common stock began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “FRMM,” replacing the ticker symbol “ETHZ.”

Warehouse Facility Agreement

On March 5, 2026, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ETHZilla Auto Loans LLC, entered into a Warehouse Facility Agreement with Anchored Finance, LLC for a revolving warehouse credit facility of up to $10.0 million to finance eligible auto loan receivables originated through Automatic USA. The facility has an initial 12-month term and will automatically renew for successive six-month periods unless either party provides written notice of non-renewal.

Zippy Master Loan Purchasing Agreement, Master Loan Servicing Agreement and Initial Purchase Commitment

On March 23, 2026, the Company, through EMM, entered into a Master Loan Purchase Agreement (the “MLPA”) and a Master Loan Servicing Agreement (the “MLSA”) with Zippy Loans. Zippy, in which the Company holds approximately 15% of the fully-diluted ownership, is the parent company and sole owner of Zippy Loans.

Pursuant to the MLPA, EMM has, subject to conditions precedent, committed to purchase on an ongoing revolving basis as those loans are originated, manufactured home chattel loan receivables originated by Zippy Loans (the “Loans”), together with the related security interests in the manufactured homes securing such Loans, up to an aggregate commitment amount of $150.0 million over a five-year term. Loans will be purchased at a price equal to a fixed percentage of the outstanding principal balance of each Loan as of the applicable purchase cut-off date, as set forth in the MLPA. Each Loan purchased under the MLPA must satisfy minimum eligibility criteria relating to, among other things, FICO score, loan-to-value ratio, loan size, loan term and geographic concentration.

The MLPA includes, among other things, representations and warranties of Zippy Loans with respect to each Loan sold thereunder, repurchase obligations of Zippy Loans upon the occurrence of certain repurchase events, eligibility criteria governing Loans eligible for purchase, and customary indemnification and confidentiality provisions. The MLPA has an initial term of five years from March 23, 2026, subject to earlier termination in accordance with its terms.

Concurrently with the execution of the MLPA, EMM and Zippy Loans entered into the first Purchase Commitment under the MLPA, covering the period from March 23, 2026 through June 30, 2026, with a commitment amount of up to $15.0 million. On March 23, 2026, FRMM acquired 31 manufactured home chattel loans (the “Initial Loans”), together with the related security interests in the manufactured homes securing the Initial Loans, for a total purchase price of approximately $1.4 million. The acquisition was funded with cash on hand.

Pursuant to the MLSA, Zippy Loans will service the Loans purchased by EMM under the MLPA in accordance with accepted servicing practices for manufactured home chattel loans as set forth in the MLSA. The servicing fee payable to Zippy Loans is calculated on a per annum basis as a percentage of the aggregate outstanding loan balance of the serviced Loans, tiered by FICO score, and is subject to a minimum monthly servicing fee. Zippy Loans is required to deposit all collections into a segregated servicing account and remit such collections (net of servicing fees and reimbursable expenses) to EMM on each monthly payment date. The MLSA provides for customary servicer events of default and, upon the occurrence of a servicer event of default, EMM has the right to terminate the servicing arrangement and transfer servicing to a successor servicer. The MLSA remains in effect until all Loans have been paid in full, discharged or otherwise liquidated, subject to earlier termination in accordance with its terms.

Zippy Side Letter

On March 25, 2026, the Company and Zippy entered into a Side Letter Amendment (the “Zippy Side Letter Amendment”) to the Zippy Purchase Agreement. The Zippy Side Letter Amendment extends the Midpoint True-Up Window, originally scheduled to expire on March 30, 2026, to the earlier of (i) April 30, 2026, or (ii) 30 days following the termination of the Company’s year-end insider trading blackout period. The extension was effectuated to ensure regulatory compliance, account for the overlap between the Midpoint True-Up Period and the Company’s mandatory blackout period associated with the filing of this Report.

Jagdeep Nanchahal Settlement

On March 30, 2026, the Company, CannBioRex Pharma Limited (a subsidiary of the Company) (“CannBioRex”), and Jagdeep Nanchahal (a former consultant of the Company) entered into a Confidential Settlement and Release Agreement. The parties disputed compensation due and the status of certain consultancy agreements dating back to February 2021. Under the terms of the settlement, CannBioRex agreed to pay Mr. Nanchahal a total of £120,000 (inclusive of VAT) in exchange for a full release of all claims and the mutual termination of all prior consultancy agreements. The settlement does not constitute an admission of liability by any party. At the time of the settlement, the Company had accrued liabilities of $1.5 million related to these consultancy agreements. Therefore, this settlement is expected to result in a gain of approximately $1.34 million, which will be recorded in the first quarter of 2026.

March 2026 Aircraft Engine Purchase Agreement

On March 27, 2026, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eurus Aerospace Token 1 LLC (“Eurus Aerospace”), acquired one CFM International model CFM56-5B5/P aircraft engine, together with all parts, engine records and engine stands associated therewith (the “Engine”), from Aero Engine Solutions, Inc. (“Servicer”), pursuant to the terms of an Engine Sale and Purchase Agreement dated March 27, 2026. The Engine was acquired for $6.35 million, which was payable in cash.

Eurus Aerospace entered into certain Lease Agreements with a major airline, as lessee, following the acquisition of the Engine, to evidence the lease of such Engine to that airline.

The Company also entered into a Service Agreement Supplement with the Servicer in connection with the purchase, whereby the Servicer agreed to manage the Engine on behalf of the Company during the duration of the above referenced leases, in exchange for a monthly servicing fee, and also provided for the right of the Company (but not the obligation) to require the Servicer (or the Servicer’s designated affiliate) to purchase the Engine from the Company for a $3.0 million option price, following the expiration or earlier termination of the leases with respect to such Engine; and the right of the Servicer (but not the obligation) to require the Company to sell the Engine to the Servicer (or the Servicer’s designated affiliate) for $3.0 million, following the expiration or earlier termination of the leases with respect to such Engine, in each case provided that such Engine is in the condition required by the terms of the agreement.

Components of Results of Operations

Revenue

Staking revenue consists of our share of rewards earned from native and liquid ETH staking arrangements through third-party validator operators and staking protocols. Incentive revenue consists of incentive tokens earned from participation in certain liquid staking protocols based on deposited ETH and program-specific incentive structures.

Revenue for prior periods, if any, reflects the Company’s legacy pharmaceutical research operations and does not reflect the Company’s current digital asset-focused revenue-generating activities.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation, which represent the most significant component of general and administrative expenses.

Other general and administrative expenses include professional fees (such as legal, accounting, and consulting services), office-related and overhead expenses (including rent, utilities, software, insurance, and dues and subscriptions), marketing and investor relations costs, bank charges, travel and entertainment expenses, and public company costs such as audit fees and SEC filing fees.

Dividend Income

Dividend income consists of cash distributions received from marketable securities that the Company holds as part of its strategic investment portfolio.

Interest Income

Interest income consists of interest earned on cash balances and short-term investments held by the Company, including interest earned on U.S. Treasury securities and interest-bearing accounts.

Interest income also reflects interest earned on cash and restricted cash equivalents held in interest-bearing accounts, including restricted cash securing the Company’s senior secured convertible debt arrangements.

Other Income

Other income relates to the legacy pharmaceutical business and primarily reflects non-recurring, non-operating gains arising from settlements and recoveries associated with discontinued R&D activities.

Interest Expense

Interest expense consists of interest incurred on outstanding debt obligations, including the interest incurred on the Convertible Notes entered into during the year.

Change in Fair Value of Convertible Debt

Change in fair value of convertible debt consists of non-cash fair value adjustments recognized on the Convertible Notes. These changes reflect remeasurement of the notes arising from issuances, amendments, redemptions, and settlements, as well as changes in valuation assumptions applicable to the instruments.

Change in Fair Value of Available for Sale Securities

Change in fair value of available-for-sale securities reflects unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in market prices of investment securities held by the Company.

Digital Asset Gains and Losses

Digital asset gains and losses consist of realized and unrealized gains and losses on ETH and liquid staking incentive tokens held by the Company. Gains and losses arise from changes in market prices, and the sale, transfer, or redeployment of ETH.

Change in Fair Value of Long-Term Receivable Derivative

Change in fair value of long-term receivable derivative represents the change in fair value of the cryptocurrency holdings under liquid staking protocols.

Loss on Make Whole Provision

Loss on make whole provision represents the estimated make whole amount pursuant to the Zippy Shares in accordance with the Agreement.

Gain (Loss) on Settlement of Liabilities

Gain or loss on settlement of liabilities consists of gains or losses recognized upon the extinguishment or modification of debt and other obligations. These amounts include gains and losses recognized upon the redemption of the Convertible Notes and the settlement of collateralized loan arrangements.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income tax expense consists primarily of state income taxes and deferred income tax effects. The Company maintains valuation allowances against certain deferred tax assets where realization is not considered more likely than not.

Net Loss from Discontinued Operations

Net loss from discontinued operations reflects the results of operations of business components that have been disposed of or otherwise exited and are no longer part of the Company’s continuing operations. The results of discontinued operations are presented separately from continuing operations to provide comparability across periods. Discontinued operations include all revenues, expenses, gains, and losses directly attributable to those exited activities.

Deemed Dividend

Deemed dividend represents amounts recognized from an October 2024 warrant inducement related to the legacy pharmaceutical business.

Consolidated Results of Operations

The following table presents the results of our operations (in thousands) for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

Revenue

Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $6.5 million, reflecting staking and related incentive activity generated following the Company’s strategic transition in the second half of 2025. The increase compared to the prior year was driven by the Company’s shift to a digital asset focused business model, as the Company did not generate revenue under its legacy operations. Going forward, revenues are expected to be driven primarily by the continued development of the Company’s tokenization strategies.

Staking revenue totaled $2.6 million, representing rewards earned from native and liquid staking activities, and incentive revenue totaled $3.9 million, representing additional tokens earned through participation in certain liquid staking protocols.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025 were $240.0 million, compared to $4.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The increase in general and administrative expenses compared to the prior year was driven primarily by an approximately $209.0 million increase in stock-based compensation recognized during the period, which reflects equity awards including options and warrants granted to executive officers, directors, employees, and consultants in connection with the Company’s strategic transition, leadership changes, strategic advisor arrangements, and financing activities. Stock-based compensation was elevated in 2025 due to the timing of large equity grants and Board of Directors-approved accelerated vesting events, resulting in the immediate recognition of expense that otherwise would have been recognized over future service periods. A significant portion of the stock-based compensation recognized in 2025 was non-recurring or front-loaded in nature.

Additionally, general and administrative expenses included approximately $9 million due to the adjustment in fair value of the Convertible Notes, $1.7 million in bonus payments to prior management, $1.8 million of increase in director fees, $2.0 million in legal fees, and a $0.9 million increase in rent and lease expense.

Dividend Income

Dividend income for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $1.2 million, reflecting returns earned on marketable securities acquired during 2025 as part of the Company’s strategic investment activities. There was no comparable dividend income in the prior year, as the Company did not have a significant USD balance to invest in securities.

Interest Income

Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $4.5 million, reflecting interest earned on cash and interest-bearing accounts following the Company’s capital-raising activities during 2025. There was no comparable interest income in the prior year, as these balances were generated during the current period.

Other Income

Other income for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $1.8 million. The was attributable to proceeds received in 2024 from AmTrust International Underwriters DAC (“AmTrust”) related to the Company’s pre-merger directors’ and officers’ insurance policy. There were no comparable items recognized in 2025.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $3.1 million, primarily reflecting interest incurred on the Convertible Notes entered into during the year. There was no comparable, meaningful interest expense in the prior year.

Change in Fair Value of Convertible Debt

Change in fair value of convertible debt totaled $103.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily reflecting non-cash fair value adjustments associated with convertible debt instruments issued and settled during the year. There were no convertible debt instruments outstanding in the prior year.

Change in Fair Value of Available for Sale Securities

Change in fair value of available-for-sale securities for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $0.1 million, reflecting unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in market prices of equity investment securities acquired during the year. There was no comparable, meaningful change in the prior year, as these investments were not held previously.

Digital Asset Gains and Losses

Digital asset losses for the year ended December 31, 2025 were $21.1 million, primarily reflecting approximately $4.6 million of unrealized losses resulting from changes in market prices of ETH and liquid staking incentive tokens held during the period, partially offset by approximately $16.5 million of realized losses recognized upon the sale, transfer, or redeployment of ETH. Unrealized gains and losses were driven primarily by fluctuations in the market price of ETH and changes in the quantity of digital assets held during the period. There were no digital assets held in the prior year.

Change in Fair Value of Long-Term Receivable Derivative

The change in fair value of the long-term receivable derivative for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $81.3 million, primarily driven by changes in the market price of ETH, the accrual of staking rewards under liquid staking arrangements, and changes in the quantity of assets deployed in such protocols during the period.

Loss on Make Whole Provision

Loss on make whole provision represents changes in the estimated make-whole obligation associated with the Company’s cost-method investment in Zippy, resulting in a $6.3 million loss for the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily driven by changes in the Company’s stock price relative to the agreed valuation terms during the period.

Net Loss from Discontinued Operations

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company made a strategic decision to discontinue its pharmaceutical research operations and iGaming technology platform. Accordingly, the results of these operations are presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

Net loss from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $7.0 million, primarily reflecting operating losses of approximately $1.2 million related to the Company’s former pharmaceutical research operations and an impairment charge of approximately $7.6 million related to the iGaming technology platform, which were classified as discontinued operations during the year.

The exits were part of management’s strategic decision to discontinue legacy operations and focus on digital asset and tokenization activities. The Company does not expect discontinued operations to have a material impact on future results of operations or cash flows.

Deemed Dividend

Deemed dividend was $0 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $8.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The prior-year amount related to an October 2024 warrant inducement associated with the Company’s legacy pharmaceutical business, with no comparable activity in 2025.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Although we believe that net income or loss, as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, is the most appropriate earnings measure, we use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as key profitability measures to assess the performance of our business. We believe these measures help illustrate underlying trends in our business and we use these measures to establish budgets and operational goals, and communicate internally and externally, in managing our business and evaluating its performance. We also believe these measures help investors compare our operating performance with its results in prior periods in a way that is consistent with how management evaluates such performance. EBITDA is a non-GAAP profitability measure that represents net income or loss for the period before the impact of the interest expense, income tax expense (benefit) and depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. EBITDA eliminates potential differences in performance caused by variations in capital structures (affecting financing expenses), the cost and age of tangible assets (affecting relative depreciation expense) and the extent to which intangible assets are identifiable (affecting relative amortization expense).

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP profitability measure that represents EBITDA before certain items that are considered to hinder comparison of the performance of our businesses on a period-over-period basis or with other businesses. During the periods presented, we exclude from Adjusted EBITDA certain costs that are required to be expensed in accordance with GAAP, including non-cash stock-based compensation, business development and integration expenses, offering costs, non-cash adjustments to the fair value of earnout consideration, and non-cash adjustments to the fair value of outstanding warrants. Our management believes that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to EBITDA applied in presenting Adjusted EBITDA are appropriate to provide additional information to investors about certain material non-cash items and about unusual items that we do not expect to continue at the same level in the future.

Each of the profitability measures described below are not recognized under GAAP and do not purport to be an alternative to net income or loss determined in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance. Such measures have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA exclude items that can have a significant effect on our profit or loss and should, therefore, be used only in conjunction with our GAAP profit or loss for the period. Our management compensates for the limitations of using non-GAAP financial measures by using them to supplement GAAP results to provide a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting the business than GAAP results alone. Because not all companies use identical calculations, these measures may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are unaudited, and have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our operating results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are: EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect cash expenditures, or future or contractual commitments; EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, capital expenditures or working capital needs; EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on debt or cash income tax payments; although depreciation and amortization are noncash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements. In addition, other companies in this industry may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than the Company does, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure. The Company’s presentation of these measures should not be construed as an inference that future results will be unaffected by unusual or nonrecurring items. We compensate for these limitations by providing a reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measure. We encourage investors and others to review our business, results of operations, and financial information in their entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure, and to view these non-GAAP measures in conjunction with the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the below reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their GAAP counterparts.

The reconciliation of Net loss from continuing operations, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands) is as follows:

Liquidity and Capital Resources

In prior interim periods during 2025, management identified conditions and events that raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the issuance of the interim financial statements. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company completed significant equity and debt financing transactions, generating proceeds of approximately $860.0 million, that materially improved its liquidity position and extended the maturity profile of its obligations. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $8.0 million of cash and cash equivalents on hand.

Based on existing cash balances, the proceeds from these financings, and the Company’s current cash resources and operating plans, management has concluded that the Company has sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations as they become due for at least the next twelve months, and as such the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern has been alleviated as of December 31, 2025.

Principal and Potential Sources of Liquidity

Our principal and potential sources of liquidity consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operating activities, and proceeds from financing activities. We believe that our existing sources of liquidity are, and will continue to be, sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements in both the short and long term.

We also hold ETH which is accounted for as a digital asset. While ETH is not considered a cash equivalent and is subject to market volatility, these holdings may be converted into cash and used as a source of liquidity if needed, subject to market conditions and strategic considerations.

Cash Flows

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, we had cash balances of $8.0 million and $4.6 million, respectively, and a working capital deficit of $52.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively.

Operating Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2025, cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations totaled $25.3 million compared to cash used in operating activities from continuing operations of $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Cash used in operating activities was $26.1 million and cash used in operating activities was $1.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Our cash used in operations for the year ended December 31, 2025 was primarily attributable to our net loss from continuing operations of $443.5 million, adjusted for non-cash expenses in the aggregate amount of $419.7 million (mainly due to $213.4 million of stock based compensation, $21.1 million for the change in fair value of cryptocurrency and $104.0 million for non-cash settlement expense), as well as $1.5 million of net cash used to fund changes in the levels of operating assets and liabilities. Our cash provided by operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily attributable to our net loss from continuing operation of $2.6 million, adjusted for non-cash expenses in the aggregate amount of $0.2 million as well as $1.2 million of net cash used to fund changes in the levels of operating assets and liabilities.

Investing Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2025, cash used in investing activities from continuing operations totaled $127.6 million compared to cash used in investing activities from continuing operations of $0 for the year ended December 31, 2024. Cash used in investing activities related to the purchase of marketable securities of $4.6 million, purchase of investment of $13.0 million and $244.3 million for the purchase of cryptocurrency which were offset by $134.3 million from the sale of cryptocurrency.

Financing Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2025, cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations totaled $158.3 million compared to cash used in financing activities from continuing operations of $4.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Cash used in financing activities from discontinued operations was $0.2 million, compared to cash used in financing activities of $0.03 million from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2024. Cash provided by financing activities was $158.3 million and $4.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Cash provided by financing activities primarily related to cash proceeds from shares issued for cash and warrants, net of $303.8 million (mainly due to the Private Placement), proceeds from convertible debt, net of $500.0 million (in connection with the sale of the Convertible Notes), proceeds from collateralized loan of $50.0 million and cash proceeds from the exercise of warrants of $5.6 million, which were offset by treasury stock purchases of $46.3 million, repayment of loan payable – related party of $1.0 million, repayment of collateralized loan of $50.0 million and the repayment of convertible debt of $603.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. Cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2024, was primarily comprised of proceeds from sale of stock and warrants in December 2024 of $2.6 million and proceeds from the exercise of warrants of $2.8 million, partially offset by the repayment of loans payable of $1.3 million.

Liquidity Management Strategy

Our liquidity management strategy includes maintaining the ability to convert digital assets into cash through established trading venues and counterparties, subject to market conditions, liquidity availability, and applicable controls. The timing and extent of any such conversions will depend on operational needs, market conditions, and risk management considerations.

In assessing liquidity needs, management evaluates expected operating cash requirements, capital commitments, and near-term obligations relative to available cash balances and the portion of digital asset holdings that is readily convertible to cash. In doing so, management considers practical constraints on liquidity, including staking-related lock-up periods, protocol-level withdrawal queues, market depth and trading venue limits, and internal risk management controls.

Management also considers known uncertainties, including fluctuations in digital asset prices and potential delays in accessing staked assets, and how such factors could reduce the amount or timing of liquidity available from digital assets. Prolonged access restrictions or adverse market conditions could require the Company to rely more heavily on cash balances or external financing to meet its obligations.

The Company may also pursue additional offering transactions as needed to fund operations and financing obligations. Future offering transactions may include common stock, warrant coverage or other convertible securities, subject to Board of Directors approval and applicable Nasdaq stockholder approval requirements. As of the date of this Report, the Company has not agreed to any definitive funding terms or finalized any offering structures. Future capital requirements will depend on operating performance, market conditions, and the execution of our treasury strategy, including potential periods of digital asset price volatility.

Capital Requirements and Contractual Obligation

Our capital requirements primarily relate to supporting ongoing operations, funding working capital needs, servicing existing obligations, and executing our tokenization and investment strategy. We expect to continue to incur operating losses in the near term as we execute our strategy.

Our contractual obligations are limited in nature and consist primarily of operating lease commitments and professional services agreements incurred in the ordinary course of business. As of December 31, 2025, operating lease commitments totaled approximately $0.9 million, primarily related to office facilities. In addition, the Company incurs ongoing professional services costs and custody, servicing, and asset management fees related to its digital asset activities and owned assets, which are generally short-term in nature and variable based on activity levels.

In connection with certain investment and financing arrangements, the Company may be subject to contingent or conditional obligations, including potential true-up or repurchase mechanisms, such as those related to the Zippy investment. As of December 31, 2025, management does not believe that any such contingent obligations are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity or capital resources.

The Company does not have any material long-term debt maturities, other than a collateralized loan totaling $26.0 million which is secured by 8,700 ETH, material purchase obligations, or other significant contractual commitments that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on its liquidity or capital resources. In addition, the Company does not have any material off-balance-sheet arrangements that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on liquidity, capital resources, or results of operations.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates, and assumptions that involve a high degree of uncertainty and that could have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. These estimates are considered “critical” because they require significant management judgment, are inherently subjective, and could change based on future events or market conditions. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

The Company’s most significant critical accounting estimates are described below. These estimates relate primarily to the valuation digital assets and financial instruments, revenue recognition judgments, and fair value measurements. While the underlying accounting policies are described in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the discussion below focuses on the judgments, assumptions, and uncertainties associated with these estimates.

Fair Value Measurements of Digital Assets and Financial Instruments

The Company holds certain digital assets and financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The determination of fair value requires management to make assumptions regarding market inputs, valuation techniques, and liquidity conditions at the measurement date.

For assets measured using observable market prices (Level 1), fair value is based on quoted prices in active markets. For assets measured using valuation techniques that incorporate significant unobservable inputs (Level 2 or Level 3), management applies judgment in selecting appropriate valuation methodologies and assumptions, including but not limited to:

Changes in these assumptions, including changes in market volatility or liquidity, could materially affect the reported fair values and related earnings.

Revenue Recognition Judgments

The Company applies judgment in evaluating whether it acts as a principal or an agent in certain transactions, which affects the timing and presentation of revenue. These judgments require an assessment of control, pricing discretion, and the nature of the Company’s performance obligations.

Changes in contractual arrangements, transaction structures, or business practices could impact these conclusions and result in changes to revenue recognition and presentation.

Sensitivity to Changes in Key Assumptions

The estimates described above are sensitive to changes in market conditions and key assumptions. For example, adverse movements in digital asset prices, changes in liquidity or volatility, or changes in the Company’s role in transaction flows could materially impact reported earnings, financial position, and cash flows. Management evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis as facts and circumstances change.

Significant Accounting Policies

See Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for a discussion about significant accounting policies relevant to the Company.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements of our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for a discussion about new accounting pronouncements issued and adopted as of the date of this Report.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Pursuant to Item 305 of Regulation S-K (§229.305(e)), the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item as it is a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K.

Item 8. Financial Statements and supplementary Data.

The information required by this Item is included in this Report as set forth in the “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” which appear on page F-1 of this Report, after the signature page of this Report, and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9a. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Our management, with the participation of our CEO and CFO, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2025. Based on the evaluation, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide assurance at a reasonable level that the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures as of December 31, 2025.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our CEO and CFO, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by our Board of Directors to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A material weakness is a control deficiency or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As a company with limited accounting resources, a significant amount of management’s time and attention has been and will be diverted from our business to ensure compliance with these regulatory requirements.

We are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. For as long as we continue to be a smaller reporting company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not smaller reporting companies.

Management, including our CEO and CFO, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” (2013). Management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2025, based on those criteria.

The material weakness in internal control over financial reporting identified was related to controls over the classification and technical accounting review of significant, one-time accounting transactions.

Management continues to take steps to remediate the material weakness described above and has implemented the following control enhancement:

Management will consider the material weakness to be fully remediated once the controls have been operating effectively for sufficient contiguous reporting periods, and after management has validated the effective operation of the controls through testing.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended December 31, 2025, management evaluated the Company’s internal control over financial reporting in connection with the Company’s strategic transition and concluded that there were several changes in internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, which are each described below.

Management implemented a new ERP system, NetSuite, in the fourth quarter of 2025. Management also integrated a number of automated systems into the ERP system to improve internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information.

(a) Form 8-K Information. Because this Report is being filed within 4 business days from the date of the reportable event discussed below, we have elected to make the following disclosures in this Report instead of in a Current Report on Form 8-K under Items 1.01, Item 2.01 and Item 8.01:

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 25, 2026, the Company and Zippy entered into the Side Letter Amendment to the Zippy Purchase Agreement. The Zippy Side Letter Amendment extends the Midpoint True-Up Window, originally scheduled to expire on March 30, 2026, to the earlier of (i) April 30, 2026, or (ii) 30 days following the date on which Forum’s 10-K Blackout Period is formally terminated. The extension was effectuated to ensure regulatory compliance, account for the overlap between Midpoint True-Up Period and Forum’s mandatory blackout period associated with the filing of its Form 10-K, and the Parties desire to extend the Midpoint True-Up Period to align the true-up mechanics with the conclusion of the blackout period. The Zippy Side Letter Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.66 to this Report.

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On March 27, 2026, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eurus Aerospace, acquired one CFM International model CFM56-5B5/P aircraft engine, together with all parts, engine records and engine stands associated therewith, from Aero Engine Solutions, Inc., pursuant to the terms of an Engine Sale and Purchase Agreement dated March 27, 2026. The Engine was acquired for $6.35 million, which was payable in cash.

Eurus Aerospace entered into certain Lease Agreements with a major airline, as lessee, following the acquisition of the Engine, to evidence the lease of such Engine to that airline.

The Company also entered into a Service Agreement Supplement with the Servicer in connection with the purchase, whereby the Servicer agreed to manage the Engine on behalf of the Company during the duration of the above referenced leases, in exchange for a monthly servicing fee, and also provided for the right of the Company (but not the obligation) to require the Servicer (or the Servicer’s designated affiliate) to purchase the Engine from the Company for a $3.0 million option price, following the expiration or earlier termination of the leases with respect to such Engine; and the right of the Servicer (but not the obligation) to require the Company to sell the Engine to the Servicer (or the Servicer’s designated affiliate) for $3.0 million, following the expiration or earlier termination of the leases with respect to such Engine, in each case provided that such Engine is in the condition required by the terms of the agreement.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 30, 2026, the Company, CannBioRex, and Jagdeep Nanchahal (a former consultant of the Company) entered into a Confidential Settlement and Release Agreement. The parties disputed compensation due and the status of certain consultancy agreements dating back to February 2021. Under the terms of the settlement, CannBioRex agreed to pay Mr. Nanchahal a total of £120,000 (inclusive of VAT) in exchange for a full release of all claims and the mutual termination of all prior consultancy agreements. The settlement does not constitute an admission of liability by any party. At the time of the settlement, the Company had accrued liabilities of $1.5 million related to these consultancy agreements. Therefore, this settlement is expected to result in a gain of approximately $1.34 million, which will be recorded in the first quarter of 2026.

(b) Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans. During the quarter ended December 31, 2025, none of the Company’s directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f)) adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.”

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections.

None.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Executive Officers

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our executive officers as of the date of this Report:

Below is information regarding each executive officer’s biographical information, including their principal occupations or employment for at least the past five years, and the names of other public companies in which such persons hold or have held directorships during the past five years.

McAndrew Rudisill — CEO and Executive Chairman — Information regarding Mr. Rudisill is set forth below under “—Classified Board of Directors.”

John Saunders — CFO, Vice President of Finance and Secretary

Prior to joining the Company in August 2025 as Vice President of Finance, Mr. Saunders served as Senior Vice President Finance, Capital Markets of Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAER), an aerial firefighting and aerospace services company, from May 2024 to June 2025. From October 2021 to May 2024, Mr. Saunders served as Chief Financial Officer of ElementCompany, LLC, a family office with investments in technology and agriculture. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer from June 2019 to September 2021, and Controller from September 2018 to June 2019 of Ascent Vision Technology, LLC, a defense company. Prior to that, Mr. Saunders worked as a CPA for Rudd & Company, PLLC from January 2016 to September 2019. Mr. Saunders received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bates College and his Masters of Professional Accountancy from Montana State University.

Classified Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is divided into two classes. At each annual general meeting of stockholders, the successors to directors whose terms then expire will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the second annual meeting following the election. The directors are divided among the two classes as follows:

Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the two classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-half of the directors. The division of the Board of Directors into two classes with staggered two-year terms may delay or prevent a change of our management or a change in control.

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our directors as of the date of this Report:

There is no arrangement or understanding between our directors and executive officers and any other person pursuant to which any director or officer was or is to be selected as a director or officer, and there is no arrangement, plan or understanding as to whether non-management stockholders will exercise their voting rights to continue to elect the current Board of Directors. There are also no arrangements, agreements or understandings to our knowledge between non-management stockholders that may directly or indirectly participate in or influence the management of our affairs.

Information regarding our current directors is provided below:

McAndrew Rudisill, CEO and Executive Chairman

Since July 2025, Mr. Rudisill has a served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and since September 2025, as CEO of the Company. Since April 2025, Mr. Rudisill has served as the founding and Managing Partner of Harbour Island, LLC, a private investment firm that invests in digital assets. From 2016 to May 2024, Mr. Rudisill served as the Chief Investment Officer and director of Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, LLC, later Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc., a wildfire suppression company. From 2016 to October 2020, Mr. Rudisill was the Chief Investment Officer of Capital Vacations LLC, a fractional resort management company. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Rudisill was the Chief Executive Officer and President, and member of the board of directors, of Emerald Oil, Inc. (“Emerald Oil”), a US oil and gas producer. In 2007, Mr. Rudisill founded Pelagic Capital Advisors LLC, a private investment fund focused on public and private equity investments, where he has served as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer since 2007. Mr. Rudisill earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Middlebury College, in Middlebury, Vermont.

We believe that Mr. Rudisill is well qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his strategic investment experience and management experience in both the public and private sectors, including his position as managing partner of a private equity company specializing in digital assets.

Ryan L. Smith, Lead Independent Director

Since December 2019, Mr. Smith has served as Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Energy Corp. (“U.S. Energy”) (NASDAQ: USEG), an energy company engaged in the development and operation of high-quality energy and industrial gas assets in the United States. Mr. Smith served as Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Energy from May 2017 to June 2023, and has served as a member of the board of directors of U.S. Energy since January 2021. Mr. Smith consulted for U.S. Energy from January 2017 to May 2017. Prior to holding that position, Mr. Smith served as Emerald Oil’s Chief Financial Officer from September 2014 to January 2017 and Vice President of Capital Markets and Strategy from July 2013 to September 2014. Prior to joining Emerald, Mr. Smith was a Vice President in Canaccord Genuity’s Investment Banking Group focused solely on the energy sector. Mr. Smith joined Canaccord Genuity in 2008 and was responsible for the execution of public and private financing engagements along with mergers and acquisitions advisory services. Prior to joining Canaccord Genuity, Mr. Smith was an Analyst in the Wells Fargo Energy Group, working solely with upstream and midstream oil and gas companies. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Texas A&M University.

We have concluded that Mr. Smith is well qualified to serve on the Board of Directors based upon his significant business experience, including his public company background, and capital markets fund raising.

Andrew Suckling, Director

Mr. Suckling has more than 30 years of experience in the finance industry, primarily working in commodity trading and investment. Since January 2009, Mr. Suckling has served as a Partner and Founder of Verulam LLC, a hedge fund and consultancy. Since August 2022, Mr. Suckling has served as a member of the board of directors of American Battery Materials, Inc. and is currently the non-executive chairman of Cadence Minerals and Chair of remuneration committee, a position he has held since December 2015. Mr. Suckling also previously served as the non-executive director and member of the audit committee of Macarthur Minerals from December 2017 to September 2024. From March 2000 to December 2008, Mr. Suckling served as a Partner at multibillion fund management group, Ospraie Management LLC. From July 1994 to March 2000, Mr. Suckling was a commodities trader on the London Metal Exchange with MG Ltd. Mr. Suckling is a graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree (with honors) in Modern History and a Master of Arts degree in Modern History.

We believe that Mr. Suckling is well qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his significant experience in the finance industry, including his positions as a partner of several significant hedge funds along with various public board representations in various jurisdictions.

Crystal Heter, Director

Since July 2020, Ms. Heter has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Tallgrass Energy, LP (“Tallgrass”), an energy infrastructure company where she performs operations, engineering, safety, land, environmental, procurement, IT and HR services. From April 2018 to July 2020, Ms. Heter served as Segment President, Natural Gas Transportation, for Tallgrass and from February 2016 to April 2018, Ms. Heter served as Vice President and General Manager of the Rockies Express Pipeline, for Tallgrass. Ms. Heter served in various roles with Tallgrass since 2012, and prior to that, with Kinder Morgan, including as a director of account services, account director and as a project manager and risk engineer. Ms. Heter obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

We believe that Ms. Heter is well qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to her significant experience in management and operations.

Jason New, Director

Since January 2024, Mr. New has served as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Lazard, a global financial advisory and asset management firm. Mr. New is also a Senior Advisor to Harbour Island, LLC, a position he has held since May 2025. Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. New was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of NovaWulf Digital Management, LP, an investment fund, from January 2022 to December 2023. Previously, Mr. New served as CEO of Onex Credit, the credit investing arm of Onex Corporation from April 2020 to December 2021. Prior to joining Onex Corporation, Mr. New was a Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group L.P., a global investment and advisory firm, and the Head of Special Situation Investing for GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”), a credit-oriented alternative asset manager, having served in such positions from 2005 until December 2019. Before joining GSO in 2005, Mr. New was a senior member of Credit Suisse’s distressed finance group. Mr. New joined Credit Suisse in 2000 when it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”), where he was a member of DLJ’s restructuring group. Prior to joining DLJ in 1999, he was an associate with the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, where he practiced in the firm’s corporate reorganization group. Mr. New holds a B.A. from Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from Duke University, where he is a member of the Board of Visitors.

Mr. New has served on the board of directors of several private and public companies, including Eastman Kodak (NYSE: KODK), where he has served since September 2013 and currently serves on the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee, and TeraWulf Inc. (Nasdaq: WULF), a digital asset technology company with a core business of sustainable bitcoin mining, where he served from November 2021 to December 2023.

Mr. New brings extensive experience in investment strategies and digital assets, along with a strong background in complex financial transactions to the Board of Directors. We expect that his legal expertise and ability to develop innovative financial solutions will help enhance the Board of Directors’ effectiveness in governance and risk management.

Angela Dalton, Director

Since December 2018, Ms. Dalton has served as the CEO and Founder of Signum Growth Capital LLC, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer.  Ms. Dalton also has served as CEO and CIO of AD8 LLC, a next-generation video game publisher, since May 2024. From June 2015 to August 2018, she served as Managing Director and Sector Head (Technology, Media, Telecom) in Equities at Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners. From October 2014 to June 2015, Ms. Dalton served as Managing Director at International Strategy & Investment Group LLC, investment research services company which was acquired by Evercore Inc. From February 2010 to October 2014, Ms. Dalton co-founded and served as Managing Director of Evercore Group LLC, an operating subsidiary of Evercore Inc. (NYSE: EVR).  Since July 2020, Ms. Dalton has served as an advisor to ARK Investment Management LLC and has previously served as an advisor to the Web3 Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the development of a decentralized internet.  Since February 2023, Ms. Dalton has served as a director of Sortium Inc., which offers an AI-powered platform for creating and tokenizing 3D assets. From March 2022 through February 2023, she served as an independent board member of FaZe Clan Inc through its sale to Gamesquare (Nasdaq: GAME). Ms. Dalton obtained an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago, a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in French from the University of Kansas, Phi Beta Kappa.

We believe that Ms. Dalton is well qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to her experience in innovative technologies across digital assets, media, gaming and finance, and we expect her Board of Directors membership to be of significant advantage to the Company as it develops its digital asset treasury strategy, pursuant to which the Company continues to implement a number of strategic initiatives to acquire Ether and leverage a combination of staking, lending, liquidity provisioning and bespoke private agreements.

Michael Edwards, Director

Since March 2024, Mr. Edwards has been the Managing Principal and sole owner of Old Post Company, Inc., a strategic advisory firm through which he has advised clients in the investment management, technology, and digital asset spaces, including Guild, Frontier Foundry, Signum Growth / AD8, CORBU, and others.  From May 2019 to March 2024, Mr. Edwards served as Deputy CIO at Weiss MS Advisors LLC, a New York and Connecticut-based asset management firm.  From June 2010 to May 2019, he was a Managing Partner at Arrowgrass Capital Partners LLP, a hedge fund based in New York and London.  Mr. Edwards was a principal and portfolio manager with Nusa Capital Management LP, an asset management firm, from February 2009 to June 2010, and an analyst and portfolio manager at D.E. Shaw & Co. LP, a quantitative investment management firm, from May 2004 to February 2009.  Mr. Edwards began his career as an analyst at Credit Suisse in San Francisco after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy and International Affairs, summa cum laude, from Princeton University.  Mr. Edwards serves on the boards of Third Way, a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C.; Buzzy AI, which offers A.I.-powered application tools; Manifest Ed, which operates an A.I.-driven learning platform; and Velocity Worldwide, a shopper engagement and marketing technology firm. 

We believe that Mr. Edwards is well qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his significant experience in the finance industry, including his positions with several asset management firms, along with various board representations in various jurisdictions.

Director Qualifications

The Board of Directors believes that each of our directors is highly qualified to serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Each of the directors has contributed to the mix of skills, core competencies and qualifications of the Board of Directors. When evaluating candidates for election to the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors seeks candidates with certain qualities that it believes are important, including integrity, an objective perspective, good judgment, and leadership skills. Our directors are highly educated and have diverse backgrounds and talents and extensive track records of success in what we believe are highly relevant positions.

Corporate Governance

We promote accountability for adherence to honest and ethical conduct; endeavor to provide full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that we file with the SEC and in other public communications made by us; and strive to be compliant with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations.

Board of Directors Leadership Structure

Our Board of Directors has the responsibility for selecting the appropriate leadership structure for the Company. In making leadership structure determinations, the Board of Directors considers many factors, including the specific needs of the business and what is in the best interests of the Company’s stockholders.

Our current leadership structure is comprised of a combined Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, Mr. Rudisill. The Board of Directors believes that this leadership structure is the most effective and efficient for the Company at this time. Mr. Rudisill possesses detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities, and challenges facing the Company, and is thus best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that the Board of Directors’ time and attention are focused on the most critical matters. Combining the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO roles promotes decisive leadership, fosters clear accountability and enhances the Company’s ability to communicate its message and strategy clearly and consistently to our stockholders, particularly during periods of turbulent economic and industry conditions.

The Board of Directors believes that this leadership structure, including having a Lead Independent Director, best serves the Company and its stockholders at this time by leveraging executive leadership experience while providing effective independent oversight. Independent leadership remains an important pillar of the Board of Directors leadership structure and, as such, the Company continues to have a Lead Independent Director with robust, well-defined responsibilities as set forth below under “Lead Independent Director.”

The Board of Directors evaluates its structure periodically, as well as when warranted by specific circumstances in order to assess which structure is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders based on the evolving needs of the Company. This approach provides the Board of Directors appropriate flexibility to determine the leadership structure best suited to support the dynamic demands of our business.

Risk Oversight

Effective risk oversight is an important priority of the Board of Directors. Because risks are considered in virtually every business decision, the Board of Directors discusses risks throughout the year generally or in connection with specific proposed actions. The Board of Directors’ approach to risk oversight includes understanding the critical risks in the Company’s business and strategy, evaluating the Company’s risk management processes, allocating responsibilities for risk oversight among the full Board of Directors, and fostering an appropriate culture of integrity and compliance with legal responsibilities.

The Board of Directors exercises direct oversight of strategic risks to the Company. The Audit Committee reviews and assesses the Company’s processes to manage business and financial risk and financial reporting risk. It also reviews the Company’s policies for risk assessment and assesses steps management has taken to control significant risks. The Compensation Committee oversees risks relating to compensation programs and policies. In each case management periodically reports to our Board of Directors or relevant committee, which provides guidance on risk assessment and mitigation. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommends the slate of director nominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors, identifies and recommends candidates to fill vacancies occurring between annual stockholder meetings, reviews, evaluates and recommends changes to the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, and establishes the process for conducting the review of the CEO’s performance. The committees of the Board of Directors are described in greater detail below.

While the Board of Directors and its committees oversee the Company’s strategy, management is charged with its day-to-day execution. To monitor performance against the Company’s strategy, the Board of Directors receives regular updates and actively engages in dialogue with management.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among executive officers and directors.

Other Directorships

None of the directors of our Company are also directors of issuers with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (or which otherwise are required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act), other than:

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

To the best of our knowledge, except as disclosed in the biographies of such persons above, during the past 10 years, none of our directors or executive officers were involved in any of the following: (1) any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time; (2) any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being a named subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses); (3) being subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; (4) being found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law; (5) being the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of (i) any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; (ii) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order; or (iii) any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or (6) being the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

Board of Directors Meetings

During the fiscal year that ended on December 31, 2025, the Board of Directors held 18 meetings and took various other actions via the unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors and the various committees described below. Each director attended at least 75% of all of the Board of Directors meetings and committee meetings of the committees on which they served, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. Four of the five then-serving directors attended the Company’s 2025 annual meeting. Each director of the Company is expected to be present at annual meetings of stockholders, absent exigent circumstances that prevent their attendance. Where a director is unable to attend an annual meeting in person but is able to do so by electronic conferencing, the Company will arrange for the director’s participation by means where the director can hear, and be heard, by those present at the meeting.

Board of Directors Committee Membership

Our Board of Directors has three standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are composed solely of independent directors. You can review the charters for our standing Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee on our website at https://ir.forum-markets.com/governance.

The current members of the committees of our Board of Directors are as follows:

C = Chairperson of the Committee.

M = Member of the Committee.

Each of these committees has the duties described below and operates under a charter that has been approved by our Board of Directors.

Audit Committee

Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules require that the Audit Committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. We have established an Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which currently consists of Mr. Ryan Smith (Chairperson), Ms. Crystal Heter, and Ms. Angela Dalton.  Each member of the Audit Committee meets the independent director standard under Nasdaq’s listing standards and under Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act. Each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate and our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Smith qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.

Responsibilities of the Audit Committee include:

Compensation Committee

We have established a Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which currently consists of Ms. Angela Dalton (Chairperson), Ms. Crystal Heter, Mr. Andrew Suckling and Mr. Ryan Smith.  We have adopted a Compensation Committee charter, which details the principal functions of the Compensation Committee, including:

The Compensation Committee charter also provides that the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the Compensation Committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.

Nominating and Governance Committee

We have established a Nominating and Governance Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which currently consists of Mr. Ryan Smith (Chairperson), Ms. Crystal Heter and Mr. Michael Edwards.  Our Board of Directors has determined that each member is independent under applicable Nasdaq listing standards. We have adopted a Nomination and Corporate Governance charter, which details the principal functions of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Specific responsibilities of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee include:

Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors

Our stockholders and other interested parties may communicate with members of the Board of Directors by submitting such communications in writing to our Corporate Secretary, 2875 South Ocean Blvd, Suite 200, Palm Beach, Florida 33480, who, upon receipt of any communication other than one that is clearly marked “Confidential,” will note the date the communication was received, open the communication, make a copy of it for our files and promptly forward the communication to the director(s) to whom it is addressed. Upon receipt of any communication that is clearly marked “Confidential,” our Corporate Secretary will not open the communication, but will note the date the communication was received and promptly forward the communication to the director(s) to whom it is addressed. If the correspondence is not addressed to any particular board member or members, the communication will be forwarded to a board member to bring to the attention of the Board of Directors.

Lead Independent Director

On February 4, 2025, the Board of Directors appointed independent director Ryan Smith, as Lead Independent Director of the Company.

As Lead Independent Director, Mr. Smith: will preside at any meetings of the independent directors, including executive sessions, and as appropriate; will (a) assist in the recruitment of Board of Directors candidates; (b) have active involvement in Board of Directors evaluations; (c) have active involvement in establishing committee membership and committee chairs; and (d) have active involvement in the evaluation of the CEO; will work with committee chairs as necessary to ensure committee work is conducted at the committee level and appropriately reported to the Board of Directors; will communicate with the independent directors between meetings when appropriate; and will recommend consultants and outside advisors to the Board of Directors as necessary or appropriate. The Lead Independent Director may also attend meetings of committees on which the Lead Independent Director is not a member.

Executive Sessions of the Board of Directors

The independent members of our Board of Directors meet in executive session (with no management directors or management present) from time to time. The executive sessions include whatever topics the independent directors deem appropriate.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. You can review our Code of Ethics on our corporate website at https://ir.forum-markets.com/governancehttps://ir.forum-markets.com/governance. In addition, a copy of our Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics on our website or in filings under the Exchange Act. There have been no waivers granted with respect to our Code of Ethics to any such officers or employees to date.

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

Our executive officers and directors are encouraged to conduct purchase or sale transactions under a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. Through a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, the executive officer or director contracts with a broker to buy or sell shares of our common stock on a periodic basis. The broker then executes trades pursuant to parameters established by the executive officer or director when entering into the plan, without further direction from them. The executive officer or director may amend or terminate the plan in specified circumstances.

Insider Trading/Anti-Hedging Policies

The Company has an insider trading policy governing the purchase, sale and other dispositions of the Company’s securities that applies to all Company personnel, including directors, officers, employees, and other covered persons. The Company also follows procedures for the repurchase of its own securities. The Company believes that its insider trading policy and repurchase procedures are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and listing standards applicable to the Company.

To ensure compliance with the policy and applicable federal and state securities laws, all individuals subject to the policy must refrain from the purchase or sale of our securities except in designated trading windows or pursuant to preapproved 10b5-1 trading plans. The policy also prohibits the unauthorized disclosure of any nonpublic information acquired in the workplace and the misuse of material nonpublic information in securities trading and includes specific anti-hedging provisions.

Pursuant to the anti-hedging provisions, the Company prohibits executive officers, directors, and employees from engaging in transactions involving derivative securities, such as put and call options, and short sales, that could generate profit from a decline in the Company’s stock price. While other hedging transactions are not outright banned, they are strongly discouraged as they may misalign the interests of Company insiders with shareholders and encourage excessive risk-taking.

The above anti-hedging restriction does not however apply to stock options granted by the Company, nor does it apply to using Company securities for option exercises or tax payments in transactions directly with the Company.

The Company also prohibits holding Company securities in a margin account or pledging Company securities as collateral for a loan unless the pledgor has the clear financial capability to repay the loan without resort to the pledged securities.

A copy of the Company’s insider trading policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Report.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and officers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of the Registrant’s equity securities, to file reports of beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of our securities with the SEC on Forms 3, 4 and 5. Officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

Based solely upon our review of the Section 16(a) filings that have been furnished to us and filed publicly, we believe that during the year ended December 31, 2025, that no director, executive officer, or beneficial owner of more than 10% of our common stock failed to file a report on a timely basis, except that John Saunders, our CFO, failed to timely file his Form 3 statement of initial beneficial ownership of securities due to delays in obtaining EDGAR codes, and inadvertently failed to timely report two transactions and as a result one Form 4 was not timely filed; McAndrew Rudisill, our Executive Chairman and CEO, inadvertently failed to timely report four transactions and as a result one Form 4 was not timely filed; Jason New, our director, failed to timely file his Form 3 statement of initial beneficial ownership of securities due to delays in obtaining EDGAR codes; Elray Resources, Inc., a former greater than 10% stockholder, inadvertently failed to timely report eight transactions and as a result two Form 4s were not timely filed; Stephen Shoemaker, a former director, inadvertently failed to timely report one transaction and as a result one Form 4 was not timely filed; Ryan Smith, our Lead Independent Director, inadvertently failed to timely report one transaction and as a result one Form 4 was not timely filed; Angela Dalton, our director, inadvertently failed to file her Form 3 statement of initial beneficial ownership due to delays in obtaining EDGAR codes; and Blair Jordan, our former CEO and director, inadvertently failed to timely report five transactions and as a result three Form 4s were not timely filed.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth certain information concerning compensation earned by or paid to certain persons who we refer to as our “Named Executive Officers” for services provided for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Our Named Executive Officers include persons who (i) served as our principal executive officer or acted in a similar capacity during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, (ii) were serving at fiscal year-end as our two most highly compensated executive officers, other than the principal executive officer, whose total compensation exceeded $100,000, and (iii) if applicable, up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided as a most highly compensated executive officer, but for the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer at fiscal year-end.

Does not include perquisites and other personal benefits or property, unless the aggregate amount of such compensation is more than $10,000. No executive officer earned non-equity incentive plan compensation or nonqualified deferred compensation during the periods reported above. Option Awards and Stock Awards represent the aggregate grant date fair value of awards computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the restricted stock grants and option awards, refer to Note 16 – Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report. No executive officer serving as a director received any compensation for services on the Board of Directors separate from the compensation paid as an executive for the periods above.

Current Executive Compensation Agreements

Executive Employment Agreement with McAndrew Rudisill

On September 15, 2025, the Company entered into an Executive Employment Agreement with Mr. McAndrew Rudisill, the Company’s CEO and Executive Chairman (the “Rudisill Employment Agreement”).

Pursuant to the Rudisill Employment Agreement, the Company agreed to continue to engage Mr. Rudisill as Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Company, during the term of the agreement, which continues until the earlier of (i) Mr. Rudisill provides the Company 30 days’ written notice of his termination of the Rudisill Employment Agreement or (ii) December 31, 2028; subject to up to two additional years of automatic renewals, if neither party provides the other notice of non-renewal prior to December 31, 2028 or if automatically renewed, December 31, 2029.

In consideration for agreeing to provide services under the Rudisill Employment Agreement, we agreed: (a) to pay Mr. Rudisill a base salary of $450,000 per year, with such amount to be reviewed by the Board of Directors with the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, at least annually, and may be increased if the Board of Directors deems appropriate; (b) that Mr. Rudisill would be eligible to earn an annual discretionary bonus as established by the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee, which may consist of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and/or cash payments; and (c) that Mr. Rudisill would be entitled to a change of control payment, equal to 2% of the greater of (i) the market capitalization of the Company on the closing date of a Change in Control (as defined below) or (ii) the total enterprise value (defined by the Company’s market capitalization on the closing date of a Change of Control, plus all outstanding debt, less cash). This Change in Control payment may consist of both RSUs and/or cash, as determined by the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee. For the purposes of the Rudisill Employment Agreement, a “Change in Control” means either (i) a merger or consolidation involving the Company (or one of its subsidiaries where the Company issues shares), unless the transaction is solely for changing the Company’s domicile or results in the Company’s stockholders retaining more than 50% of the voting power in the surviving or parent corporation immediately after the transaction, or (ii) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ assets or equity, including through the sale or disposition of subsidiaries holding substantially all such assets, except where the transfer is to a wholly-owned subsidiary, provided that transactions carried out principally for bona fide equity financing purposes, where the Company receives cash or debt is cancelled or converted (or a combination thereof), will not constitute a Change in Control.

Separately, upon termination of the Rudisill Employment Agreement for any reason, the Company must promptly, and no later than 30 days after termination (or sooner if required by law), pay Mr. Rudisill (or his surviving spouse or estate) a lump sum covering any portion of his then current salary due through the termination date and reimbursement of eligible expenses incurred. Additionally, if Mr. Rudisill has been employed for more than 12 months, he will also receive a severance payment equal to two times his base salary at the time of termination. In addition, if his employment ends within 36 months of the start date (September 15, 2025), he will receive a payment, payable in stock and/or cash as determined by the Board of Directors, equal to the greater of (a) 1% of the Company’s market capitalization; or (b) 1% of the total enterprise value (market capitalization plus debt, less cash) of the Company, at the time of termination. Payment of these severance benefits is conditioned on Mr. Rudisill executing a general release of claims against the Board of Directors relating to his employment or service with the Company.

The Rudisill Employment Agreement also contains customary confidentiality obligations and work made for hire language. In addition, Mr. Rudisill is eligible to receive certain employee benefits, including profit sharing, medical, disability and life insurance plans and programs, that are established and made generally available by the Company from time to time to its employees, subject, however, to the applicable eligibility requirements and other provisions of such plans and programs (including, without limitation, requirements as to position, tenure, location, salary, age and health).

Notwithstanding the terms of the Rudisill Employment Agreement, as discussed above, the Board of Directors and/or Compensation Committee may from time to time, in their discretion, increase Mr. Rudisill’s base salary or award discretionary bonuses to Mr. Rudisill, which may take the form of cash consideration or equity.

The Rudisill Employment Agreement superseded an offer letter in the Company’s standard form previously provided to Mr. Rudisill to serve on the Board of Directors. The offer letter provided for Mr. Rudisill to be paid $350,000 per year as an annual retainer fee for serving on the Board of Directors, and originally became effective the date of Mr. Rudisill’s appointment to the Board of Directors, on August 4, 2025.

On November 12, 2025, the Board of Directors, after recommendation by the Compensation Committee, approved an increase in the annual salary of McAndrew Rudisill, the Company’s CEO, from $450,000 to $650,000, effective as of the same date.

John Saunders Offer Letter

Effective August 1, 2025, the Company entered into an offer letter with Mr. John Saunders pursuant to which Mr. Saunders agreed to serve as Vice President of Finance of the Company in consideration for cash compensation of $350,000 per year and $1.0 million in RSUs vesting over two years. Cash compensation was increased to $450,000 per year on November 12, 2025. Mr. Saunders is also entitled to indemnification for his services as an officer of the Company in accordance with the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement.

Prior Compensation Agreements

Jordan Consulting Agreement (Terminated)

On May 7, 2024, the Company entered into an Executive Consulting Agreement (the “Original Jordan Consulting Agreement”) with Mr. Blair Jordan and Blair Jordan Strategy and Finance Consulting Inc. (an entity owned by Mr. Jordan) (“Jordan Consulting”). Pursuant to the Original Jordan Consulting Agreement, the Company agreed to engage Jordan Consulting to provide the services of Mr. Jordan to the Company as Interim CEO of the Company. The Original Jordan Consulting Agreement had a term through April 30, 2025, and provided for Mr. Jordan to act as Interim CEO of the Company, and to be paid $216,000 per year in consideration for services rendered to the Company, plus a $250,000 bonus in the event that the Company completed a Corporate Transaction. A “Corporate Transaction” included any corporate transaction by the Company, which occurred during the term, including but not limited to any merger, reverse merger, acquisition, disposal, joint-venture and/or investment involving the Company, which resulted in a Change of Control of the Company. For the purpose of the Original Jordan Consulting Agreement “Change of Control” included any corporate transaction pursuant to which the ownership of an aggregate of 50.1% or more of the outstanding shares of the Company was held by one or more parties after completing the Corporate Transaction.

On February 4, 2025, the Board of Directors approved the appointment of Mr. Jordan as CEO of the Company and an increase in Mr. Jordan’s compensation to $240,000 per year, effective January 1, 2025.

On February 20, 2025, the Company entered into an Executive Consulting Agreement with Mr. Blair Jordan dated February 21, 2025, and Jordan Consulting (the “Jordan Consulting Agreement”). The Jordan Consulting Agreement replaced and superseded the Original Consulting Agreement with Mr. Jordan.

Pursuant to the Jordan Consulting Agreement, the Company agreed to continue to engage Jordan Consulting to provide the services of Mr. Jordan to the Company as CEO of the Company. The Jordan Consulting Agreement had a term beginning effective January 1, 2025, and continuing through December 31, 2026, unless otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms of the agreement, provided that in the event that the parties had not agreed to an extension or termination of the Jordan Consulting Agreement with at least 30 days’ written notice at the end of the term, the agreement automatically renewed for successive terms of one year upon the expiration of the primary term or any renewal.

The Jordan Consulting Agreement provided for Mr. Jordan to act as CEO of the Company, and to be paid $240,000 per year in consideration for services rendered to the Company (the “Fee”), which Fee was to increase to $350,000 per year in the event the Company completed any material transaction (a “Material Transaction Increase”).

The agreement also allowed the Company to pay Mr. Jordan or Jordan Consulting an incentive bonus of up to 100% of the Fee per year, in the form of cash or equity, in the discretion of the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors.

Effective July 29, 2025, the Company, with the approval of the Board of Directors, with the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, entered into a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Executive Consulting Agreement (the “Jordan Consulting Agreement Amendment”) with Mr. Jordan and Jordan Consulting, which amended the Jordan Consulting Agreement to increase the Fee to $450,000 in the event the closing of a pending private placement occurred within 10 days of the adoption of the Jordan Consulting Agreement Amendment, which closing occurred within such timeframe, and to remove any language about a Material Transaction Increase. The Jordan Consulting Agreement Amendment provided that, if after closing of the August 2025 private placement, the Company and Mr. Jordan mutually decided that he should step down from the role of CEO of the Company, and this departure was not considered a termination for just cause by the Company or a resignation for good reason by Mr. Jordan under the Jordan Consulting Agreement, as amended, Mr. Jordan (or Jordan Consulting) would nonetheless receive the full compensation outlined in the agreement as if the Jordan Consulting Agreement had been terminated without just cause. This mutual termination would be documented in writing and the agreed payments would be made on the effective date of the termination, subject to Mr. Jordan and Jordan Consulting signing a standard release agreement in favor of the Company.

On September 4, 2025, Mr. Jordan and Jordan Consulting entered into a Separation and Release Agreement with the Company (the “Jordan Separation Agreement”). Pursuant to the Jordan Separation Agreement, the Company agreed to (a) pay Jordan Consulting $1,350,000 in cash, which would be the amount payable to Jordan Consulting pursuant to the terms of the Jordan Consulting Agreement, in the event the Board of Directors decided that Mr. Jordan should step down from the role of CEO of the Company, and such departure was not considered a termination for just cause by the Company or a resignation for good reason by Mr. Jordan under the Jordan Consulting Agreement (the “Cash Payment”); (b) execute an assignment in order to transfer any and all rights and ownership to the design or domain of “Volaro” to Jordan Consulting (the “Volaro Ownership”); and (c) confirm that certain of Jordan Consulting’s options that had been granted were fully vested subject to stockholder approval.

Under the Jordan Separation Agreement, Mr. Jordan, Jordan Consulting and the Company, provided each other general releases; the Company agreed to continue to indemnify and hold Mr. Jordan and Jordan Consulting harmless against any claims relating to the performance of the Jordan Consulting Agreement; and Mr. Jordan and Jordan Consulting agreed to certain confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-solicitation, non-disparagement (which were mutual), and cooperation covenants.

EVL Consulting Agreement (Terminated)

Effective February 15, 2025, the Company entered into an Executive Consulting Agreement (the “EVL Consulting Agreement”) dated January 30, 2025 with Mr. Eric R. Van Lent and EVL Consulting, LLC (an entity owned by Mr. Van Lent) (“EVL Consulting”). Pursuant to the EVL Consulting Agreement, the Company agreed to engage EVL Consulting to provide the services of Mr. Van Lent to the Company as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. The EVL Consulting Agreement had a term through July 30, 2025, unless otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms of the agreement (discussed below) and provided for Mr. Van Lent to be paid $8,000 per month for an average of 10 hours of work per week, with any hours in excess of that amount being compensated at the rate of $200 per hour, only if preapproved in writing by the Company. The EVL Consulting Agreement included customary confidentiality, non-disclosure and proprietary right requirements of EVL Consulting and Mr. Van Lent, and a prohibition on EVL Consulting and Mr. Van Lent competing against us during the term of the agreement.

We had the right to terminate the EVL Consulting Agreement at any time, provided that we paid EVL Consulting $10,000 upon such termination, payable within 60 days of such termination date (the “Termination Fee”).

On July 12, 2025, and effective July 31, 2025, the Company, Mr. Van Lent and EVL Consulting entered into a First Amendment to Consulting Agreement, which amended the EVL Consulting Agreement to (a) extend the term of such agreement through December 31, 2025; and (b) increase the Termination Fee to $25,000.

On September 2, 2025, the Company entered into a Statement of Work with EVL Consulting. Pursuant to the agreement, EVL Consulting agreed to deploy a cloud based accounting and financial software system for the Company’s eight operating subsidiaries, and undertake certain other services, in consideration for $60,000, payable $12,000 at the time of project kickoff, $36,000 upon completion of configuration and data migration, and $12,000 when the project goes live.

Effective January 30, 2026, Mr. Van Lent resigned as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. Following Mr. John Saunders being named CFO of the Company in November 2025, the Company determined it no longer required the services from EVL Consulting or Mr. Van Lent and therefore did not renew the contract.

Prior Material Consulting Agreements

Service Agreement with Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann (former Co-Executive Chairman) (Terminated)

On June 1, 2018, CannBioRex Pharma Limited (“CannBioRex”), our wholly-owned subsidiary, and Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann Ph.D., our then Executive Co-Chairman, entered into a Service Agreement (the “Feldmann Employment Agreement”). Pursuant to the Feldmann Employment Agreement, Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann served as the Chairman, CEO and Executive Director of CannBioRex or in such other capacity consistent with his status. Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann’s responsibilities included those customary for the roles in which he serves. Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann received compensation of £115,000 per year, with annual compensation reviewed by the Board of Directors and eligibility for discretionary bonuses, as determined by the Board of Directors. CannBioRex also reimbursed Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann’s travel and other business expenses.

Pursuant to the Feldmann Employment Agreement, all intellectual property rights created by Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann or related to his employment belonged to and vested in CannBioRex.

The Feldmann Employment Agreement contained customary non-compete clause prohibiting Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann from working for any competing businesses during the term of his employment, or holding equity in other businesses, except he could hold or beneficially own securities of publicly-traded companies if the aggregate beneficial interests of him and his family did not exceed 5% of that class of securities.

Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann was also prohibited for 12 months following termination (the “Post-Termination Period”) to be involved in any capacity with a competing business or potential joint venture in the United Kingdom or in any other country. During the Post-Termination Period, he could not solicit business from CannBioRex and its affiliates’ customers; or any company with whom he was actively involved in the course of his employment; or about which he held confidential information. Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann further covenanted to not interfere with CannBioRex’s business relationships by inducing or attempting to induce suppliers to take adverse actions during the Post-Termination Period. He also agreed not to induce or attempt to induce any CannBioRex employee to leave the company during the Post-Termination Period. The Feldmann Employment Agreement contained customary non-disclosure and confidentiality obligations, sick leave and vacation time.

On November 17, 2021, the Board of Directors, as recommended by the Compensation Committee, increased the salary of Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann to $225,000 per annum.

Effective April 27, 2022, CannBioRex and Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann entered into an amendment to the consulting agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed effective March 1, 2022, that Sir Marc Feldmann’s salary would be reduced by $225,000 (100%), and that such reduced amounts would be accrued and paid on the date the Board of Directors determined that the Company had sufficient cash on hand to pay such accrued amounts, which the Company expected would not be until it had raised a minimum of $15,000,000 (the “Funding Determination Date”).

On January 10, 2024, and effective January 1, 2024, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to Consulting Agreement with Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann. Pursuant to the amendment, Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann, effective as of January 1, 2024, agreed to a reduction of his base salary set forth in his consulting agreement by 100%, to £0 per year, with the amount of such salary reduction £14,167 per month (or £170,000 per year), accruing monthly in arrears, to be paid on the Funding Date, provided that in the event the Funding Date did not occur prior to March 15, 2025, the amounts accrued would be forgiven in their entirety.

On March 7, 2024, Sir Marc Feldmann, Ph.D. provided notice to the Board of Directors of his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors, effective on the same date.

Effective September 5, 2024, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Cannbiorex and the Company entered into a Separation and Release Agreement with Sir Marc Feldmann (as amended, the “Feldmann Separation Agreement”).

Under the Feldmann Separation Agreement, the Company agreed to issue Sir Marc Feldmann 5,732 shares of common stock and options to purchase 2,000 shares of common stock with a term of two years and an exercise price of $19.50 per share, the closing sales price of the Company’s common stock on September 5, 2024, under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan to satisfy amounts owed to Sir Marc Feldmann in consideration for services previously rendered to Cannbiorex. Under the Feldmann Separation Agreement, Sir Marc Feldmann provided a customary general release to Cannbiorex and the Company, the Company and Cannbiorex provided a release to Sir Marc Feldmann, subject to certain exceptions, and Sir Marc Feldmann also agreed to certain confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, and cooperation covenants in favor of the Company and Cannbiorex. The shares have been issued.

Also effective September 5, 2024, the Company entered into an Indemnification Agreement with Sir Marc Feldmann to provide for indemnification to Sir Marc Feldmann under Delaware law. Among other things, consistent with the Company’s Bylaws, the Indemnification Agreement generally requires that the Company (i) indemnify Sir Marc Feldmann from and against all expenses and liabilities with respect to proceedings to which Sir Marc Feldmann may be subject by reason of Sir Marc Feldmann’s service to the Company and its subsidiaries to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by Delaware law and (ii) advance all expenses incurred by Sir Marc Feldmann in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of any proceeding, and in connection with any proceeding to enforce Sir Marc Feldmann’s rights under the Indemnification Agreement.

Consultancy Agreement and Consulting Agreement with Prof. Lawrence Steinman (Terminated)

On November 17, 2021, and effective November 1, 2021, we entered into a Consulting Agreement with Lawrence Steinman, M.D., our then Executive Chairman (the “Steinman Consulting Agreement”). Pursuant to the Steinman Consulting Agreement, Dr. Steinman agreed to provide certain consulting services to us, including, but not limited to, participating in defining and setting strategic objectives of the Company; actively seeking out acquisition and merger candidates; and having primary scientific responsibility for our α7nAChR platform (collectively, the “Steinman Services”). The initial term of the agreement was for one year (the “Initial Term”); provided that the agreement automatically extends for additional one year periods after the Initial Term (each an “Automatic Renewal Term” and the Initial Term together with all Automatic Renewal Terms, if any, the “Term”), subject to the Renewal Requirements (described below), in the event that neither party provided the other written notice of such party’s intent not to automatically extend the term of the agreement at least 30 days prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Automatic Renewal Term. The Term can only be extended for an Automatic Renewal Term, provided that (i) Dr. Steinman is re-elected to the Board of Directors at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders immediately preceding the date that such Automatic Renewal Term begins; (ii) the Board of Directors affirms his appointment as Co-Chairman for the applicable Automatic Renewal Term (or fails to appoint someone else as Co-Chairman prior to such applicable Automatic Renewal Term) and (iii) Dr. Steinman is continuing in his role of having the responsibility for the scientific development for the Company’s α7nAChR platform (the “Renewal Requirements”). The Steinman Consulting Agreement also expires immediately upon the earlier of: (i) the date upon which Dr. Steinman no longer serves as Co-Chairman and no longer has primary scientific responsibility for our α7nAChR platform; and (ii) any earlier date requested by either (1) us (as evidenced by a vote of a majority of the Board of Directors (excluding Dr. Steinman) at a meeting of the Board of Directors), or (2) Dr. Steinman (as evidenced by written notice from Dr. Steinman to the Board of Directors). Additionally, we may terminate the Steinman Consulting Agreement immediately and without prior notice if Dr. Steinman is unable or refuses to perform the Steinman Services, and either party may terminate the Steinman Consulting Agreement immediately and without prior notice if the other party is in breach of any material provision of the Steinman Consulting Agreement.

We agreed to pay Dr. Steinman $225,000 per year during the Term of the agreement, along with a one-time payment of $43,750, representing the difference between his old compensation and new compensation, dating back to April 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Steinman Consulting Agreement, Dr. Steinman agreed to not compete against us, unless approved in writing by the Board of Directors, during the Term of the agreement, and also agreed to certain customary confidentiality provisions and assignment of inventions requirements. The Steinman Consulting Agreement also has a 12-month non-solicitation prohibition following its termination.

Effective April 27, 2022, the Company and Dr. Steinman entered into an amendment to the Steinman Consulting Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed effective March 1, 2022, that Dr. Steinman’s salary would be reduced by $56,250 (25%), and that such reduced amount would be accrued and paid on the Funding Determination Date.

On January 10, 2024, and effective January 1, 2024, the Company entered into a Third Amendment to Consulting Agreement with Lawrence Steinman. Pursuant to the amendment, Dr. Steinman, effective as of January 1, 2024, agreed to a reduction of his base salary set forth in his consulting agreement by 100%, to $0 per year, with the amount of such salary reduction ($18,750 per month or $225,000 per year), accruing monthly in arrears, to be paid on the Funding Date, provided that in the event the Funding Date did not occur prior to March 15, 2025, the amounts accrued would be forgiven in their entirety.

On May 7, 2024, the Company entered into a Fourth Amendment to the Steinman Consulting Agreement with Dr. Steinman, the then Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Fourth Amendment”). Pursuant to the Fourth Amendment, Dr. Steinman waived and forgave all amounts accrued and owed to him under the Steinman Consulting Agreement through such date, and agreed that compensation payable to him under the Steinman Consulting Agreement moving forward would be $0, provided that as long as Dr. Steinman remained a member of the Board of Directors, he was to receive the same compensation payable to other non-executive members of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Steinman resigned from the Board of Directors effective August 4, 2025, and the Steinman Consulting Agreement terminated on the same date.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

The following table shows, for each of our Named Executive Officers, all equity awards that were outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

Potential Payments Upon Termination

Pursuant to the Rudisill Employment Agreement, upon termination of the Rudisill Employment Agreement for any reason, the Company must promptly, and no later than 30 days after termination (or sooner if required by law), pay Mr. Rudisill (or his surviving spouse or estate) a lump sum covering any portion of his then current salary due through the termination date and reimbursement of eligible expenses incurred. Additionally, if Mr. Rudisill has been employed for more than 12 months, he will also receive severance payment equal to two times his base salary at the time of termination. In addition, if his employment ends within 36 months of the start date (September 15, 2025), he will receive a payment, payable in stock and/or cash as determined by the Board of Directors, equal to the greater of (a) 1% of the Company’s market capitalization; or (b) 1% of the total enterprise value (market capitalization plus debt, less cash) of the Company, at the time of termination. Payment of these severance benefits is conditioned on Mr. Rudisill executing a general release of claims against the Board of Directors relating to his employment or service with the Company.

The Rudisill Employment Agreement also provides that Mr. Rudisill is entitled to a change of control payment, equal to 2% of the greater of (i) the market capitalization of the Company on the closing date of a Change in Control (as defined above) or (ii) the total enterprise value (defined by the Company’s market capitalization on the closing date of a Change of Control, plus all outstanding debt, less cash). This Change in Control payment may consist of RSUs and/or cash, as determined by the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee.

Director Compensation

The following table sets forth compensation information with respect to our non-employee directors during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (director compensation paid to our employee directors, if any, is included in the Summary Compensation Table, above):

In connection with the appointment of each of the members of the Board of Directors discussed above, the Company entered into an offer letter with such director, which provides for compensation for services as a non-employee director consistent with the compensation generally provided to our other non-employee directors.

Board of Directors Fees

Effective May 7, 2024, the Board of Directors set the compensation payable to non-executive members of the Board of Directors for services on the Board of Directors, at (a) $50,000 per year for service on the Board of Directors and (b) $15,000 for each Chairperson of a committee of the Board of Directors (provided that only one additional $15,000 payment shall be made even if the director serves as Chairperson for multiple committees).

On February 4, 2025, the Board of Directors appointed independent director Ryan Smith, as Lead Independent Director of the Company, and agreed to pay Mr. Smith an additional $20,000 per year for his services in such role.

On November 12, 2025, the Board of Directors, after recommendation by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, approved an increase in the yearly compensation payable to non-employee members of the Board of Directors from $350,000 to $450,000 per year.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

As described above, the current members of the Compensation Committee are independent members of our Board of Directors. No member of the Compensation Committee is an employee or a former employee of the Company. During fiscal 2025, none of our executive officers served on the Compensation Committee (or its equivalent) or Board of Directors of another entity whose executive officer served on our Compensation Committee. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee members have no interlocking relationships required to be disclosed under SEC rules and regulations.

A copy of the Company’s Clawback Policy is filed as Exhibit 97.1 to this Report.

Policy on Timing of Certain Award Grants

The following table sets forth information regarding stock option grants made to the named executive officers during fiscal year 2025 within the period commencing four business days prior to or the one business day following the filing by the Company of a Form 10-K, 10-Q or a Form 8-K that discloses material non-public information as required under Item 402(x) of Regulation S-K.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table contains information regarding the beneficial ownership of our voting stock as of March 2, 2026 (the “Date of Determination”), held by (i) each stockholder known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of voting stock; (ii) our directors; (iii) our Named Executive Officers; and (iv) all current directors and executive officers as a group. Except where noted, all holders listed below have sole voting power and investment power over the shares beneficially owned by them. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each person listed below is c/o Forum Markets, Incorporated, 2875 South Ocean Blvd, Suite 200, Palm Beach, Florida 33480.

Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. Under this rule, certain shares may be deemed to be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example, persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the shares). In addition, shares are deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the person has the right to acquire shares (for example, upon exercise of an option or warrant or upon conversion of a convertible security) within 60 days of the date as of which the information is provided. In computing the percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares is deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially owned by such person by reason of such acquisition rights. As a result, the percentage of outstanding shares of any person as shown in the following table does not necessarily reflect the person’s actual voting power at any particular date.

Beneficial ownership as set forth below is based on our review of our record stockholders list and public ownership reports filed by certain of our stockholders, and may not include certain securities held in brokerage accounts or beneficially owned by the stockholders described below.