Note 7. Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company leases office space and office equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. Leases with an initial term of one year or less are not recorded on the balance sheet, and the Company generally recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. As of June 30, 2025, the Company’s long term operating leases have remaining lease terms of between 11-37 months and includes options to renew the leases. The exercise of lease renewal options is generally at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company’s leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. As of June 30, 2025, the Company's long term financing land lease has a remaining lease term of 48 months and includes a purchase option.

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease ROU assets and current and long-term operating lease liabilities are separately stated on the consolidated balance sheet. “ROU” assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The present value of future lease payments is discounted using either the implicit rate in the lease, if known, or the Company’s incremental borrowing rate for the specific lease as of the lease commencement date. The ROU asset is also adjusted for any prepayments made or incentives received. The lease terms include options to extend or terminate the lease only to the extent it is reasonably certain any of those options will be exercised. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. For finance leases, amortization expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term and interest expense related to the lease is recognized using the interest method. The Company accounts for lease components (e.g., fixed payments) separate from the non-lease components (e.g., common-area maintenance costs).

The Company’s office lease is through July 31, 2028. Subsequent renewal options were not considered probable of being exercised as of June 30, 2025. This office space is in a building owned by a board member. The Company shares this space and the related costs associated with this operating lease with a related party (Refer to Note 9) that also performs legal services associated with the collection of delinquent assessments. The related party has a sub-lease for approximately $2.5 thousand per month plus operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

Lease expense recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $76 thousand and $147 thousand, respectively for 2025 and approximately $40 thousand and $79 thousand, respectively for 2024. Sublease income recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $7 thousand and $15 thousand, respectively for 2025 and approximately $7 thousand and $15 thousand, respectively for 2024.

Legal Proceedings

Except as described below, we are not currently a party to material pending or known threatened litigation proceedings. However, we frequently become party to litigation in the ordinary course of business, including either the prosecution or defense of claims arising from contracts by and between us and client Associations. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of prosecution, defense, and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

The Company accrues for contingent obligations, including estimated legal costs, when the obligation is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. As facts concerning contingencies become known, the Company reassesses its position and makes appropriate adjustments to the consolidated financial statements. Estimates that are particularly sensitive to future changes include those related to tax, legal, and other regulatory matters.

Uptime Purchase Agreement Matter

In October 2021, we entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the “Uptime Purchase Agreement”) with Uptime Armory LLC (“Uptime”) pursuant to which US Digital agreed to purchase, and Uptime agreed to supply to US Digital, an aggregate of 18 modified

40-foot cargo containers (“POD5ive containers”) that will be designed to hold and operate 280 S19 Pro Antminers manufactured by Bitmain. The purchase price of the POD5ive containers totals $3.15 million, of which $2.4 million or 75% was paid in 2021 as a non-refundable down payment and the remaining 25% was paid after Uptime delivered a “notice of completion” of the equipment in 2022. However, no containers have been delivered as of June 30, 2025.

On November 8, 2022, LMFA filed an action in Florida circuit court against Uptime and Bit5ive, LLC (the “Defendants”) in a case styled US Digital Mining and Hosting Co. LLC v. Uptime Armory, LLC and Bit5ive, LLC (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct., Nov. 8, 2022). In that action, we alleged breach of contract and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and are seeking, among other things, damages of $3.15 million for non-delivery of the 18 POD5ive containers. The Defendants in this action filed a motion to compel confidential arbitration action. The court has now stayed the action in the Florida Circuit Court, and ordered the parties to confidential arbitration governed by the American Arbitration Association and the case is proceeding to arbitration. We recorded an impairment charge of $3.15 million on our mining machine deposit in the fourth quarter of 2022. The arbitrator has ruled in favor of US Digital’s dispositive motions against Uptime Armory and Bit5ive. Uptime, Uptime Hosting, LLC, and Bit5ive, LLC have filed for Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors. US Digital’s Proof of Claim against Uptime and Uptime Hosting, LCC was filed in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida in the amount of the arbitrator’s award of $3.2 million (owed joint and several with Bit5ive, LLC). The likelihood and amount of recovery of the Company's outstanding claims cannot be estimated at this time.

Uptime Hosting Agreement Matter

In addition, in October 2021, US Digital also entered into a hosting agreement with Uptime Hosting LLC (the “Hosting Agreement”) to host the Company’s 18 POD5ive containers at a secure location and provide power, maintenance and other services specified in the contract for 6 cents per kilowatt with a term of one year. Under the Hosting Agreement we paid a deposit of $0.8 million in 2021 and were required to pay an additional deposit for each container three and nine months prior to delivery at the hosting site of $44 thousand and a final deposit for each container one month prior to arrival at the hosting site of $44 thousand. The deposits paid for hosting services under the Hosting Agreement are refundable. On June 29, 2022, the Company and Uptime Hosting LLC entered into a Release and Termination Agreement in which the Hosting Agreement was terminated and Uptime Hosting LLC agreed to pay the $0.8 million. We recorded an impairment charge of $0.8 million on our prepaid hosting deposit in the fourth quarter of 2022.

On September 2, 2022, LMFA filed in Florida circuit court a legal action against Uptime Hosting LLC in an action styled US Digital Mining and Hosting Co, LLC v. Uptime Hosting, LLC (Fla. 13th Cir. Ct. Sept. 2, 2022) for the return of the deposit and other damages, alleging breach of contract and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. LMFA has since amended its complaint, alleging (i) breach of contract against Uptime and Bit5ive, (ii) violation of Florida’s Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act against Uptime; (iii) violation of Florida’s Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act against Bit5ive; (iv) violation of Florida’s Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act against Block Consulting and Robert Collazo (v) violation of Florida Fraudulent Asset Conversion against Block Consulting Services, 6301 Southwest Ranches, LLC, Robert D Collazo, Jr. and Elyam Moral-Collazo; (vi) violation of Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act against all Defendants, (vii) equitable lien against Robert D Collazo, Jr., Elyam Moral-Collazo and 6301 Southwest Ranches, LLC., and (viii) equitable lien against Defendants Robert D Collazo, Jr., Elyam Moral-Collazo and 6301 Southwest Ranches, LLC.

CFTC enforcement action

On September 30, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) filed an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, styled Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Traders Domain FX LTD d/b/a The Traders Domain, et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-23745-RKA (the “CFTC Action”). Among the named defendants were Algo Capital LLC and certain insiders and affiliates of Algo Capital previously involved in state court Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors (“ABC”) proceedings. The Company’s claims against Robert D Collazo, Uptime Armory LLC, Uptime Hosting LLC, Bit5ive LLC, Block Consulting Services, LLC, 6301 Southwest Ranches LLC were under the jurisdiction of the ABC proceedings therefore such claims are now a part of the CFTC Action.

On October 3, 2024, the District Court entered an order granting the CFTC’s motion for the appointment of a receiver (the “Receivership Order”). All assets that are collected from the individuals and entities named in the CFTC action will be remitted to the Receiver for administration and potential distribution under the supervision of the federal court. The receiver is currently in the process of identifying and recovering assets. The likelihood and amount of recovery of the Company's outstanding claims cannot be estimated at this time.