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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company.

Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. These condensed financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and accompanying notes for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The interim results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ended December 31, 2026, or for any future periods.

Use of estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and expenses, as well as related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The

Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable; however, actual results could significantly differ from those estimates. The Company evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis.

 

Estimates, judgments, and assumptions in these financial statements include, but are not limited to, those related to the determination of the recognition, measurement, and valuation of current and deferred income taxes; the useful lives and impairment assessment of long-lived assets; the fair value of convertible notes; allowance for credit losses; the fair value of customer reward liability derivative instruments; and loss contingency identification and valuation, including assessing the likelihood of adverse outcomes from positions, claims, and disputes, recoveries of losses recorded, and associated timing.

Segment information

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), who is our Chief Executive Officer, in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance. During the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, all operations were within the United States. The CODM allocates resources and assesses performance based upon financial information at the entity-wide level. Since the CODM makes operating decisions and allocates resources on an entity-wide basis, Fold operates as one operating segment and one reportable segment.

The primary financial measure used by the CODM to evaluate performance is operating income (loss) as shown on the statements of operations. Segment expenses and other segment items are provided to the CODM on the same basis as disclosed in the statements of operations.

The CODM does not evaluate performance or allocate resources based on segment assets, and therefore such information is not presented in the notes to the financial statements.

Capitalized software development costs, net

The Company capitalizes significant costs incurred in the acquisition or development of the internal software for use in the Company's various service offerings. The Company incurs costs in developing software inclusive of direct external costs and internal payroll costs. Internal payroll costs typically include salaries and wages. Capitalized software costs are stated at cost net of accumulated amortization. Amortization is provided utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the software, which is three years. Costs incurred in the preliminary and post-implementation phases of the Company's internal use software are expensed as incurred. The Company also capitalizes intangible assets acquired in connection with asset acquisitions where the nature and useful life of the acquired assets are consistent with internally developed software costs.

Capitalized software development costs consisted of the following:

 

 

 

June 30, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Capitalized software, gross

 

$

3,038,489

 

 

$

2,314,121

 

Less: accumulated amortization

 

 

(1,052,238

)

 

 

(920,369

)

Capitalized software, net

 

$

1,986,251

 

 

$

1,393,752

 

 

The gross carrying amount of internally developed software costs that had been capitalized but not placed into service is as follows:

 

 

 

June 30, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Capitalized software not placed into service

 

$

544,770

 

 

$

594,096

 

 

The Company recorded amortization expense on capitalized software development costs placed into service in the amount of $0.2 million and $0.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recorded a nominal amount of amortization expense related to the write-off and abandonment of projects, which is included within the six-month amortization expense noted above. There were no comparable write-offs during the six months ended June 30, 2025.

 

Customer rewards liability

The Company offers certain rewards to its users through the Fold Rewards Program. This program allows the Company's users to earn promotional credits denominated in bitcoin by engaging in various actions, either by engaging in qualifying spend transactions (the “Revenue Rewards”) or performing certain actions designated by the Company as primarily for marketing, growth, and retention purposes (the “Marketing Rewards”). Revenue Rewards are defined as those that are earned in direct relation to a qualifying spend transaction such as spending on the Fold Debit Card or the Fold Credit Card, purchasing bitcoin, purchasing merchant offers, etc. Marketing Rewards are defined as those that are earned for behaviors unrelated to qualifying spend transactions such as sign-up bonuses, referral bonuses, spinning the daily spin wheel, etc. For accounting purposes, any reward that derives from a transaction where Fold receives revenue constitutes a Revenue Reward, whereas all other rewards constitute Marketing Rewards.

Revenue Rewards are considered earned at the time of the qualifying spend transaction. Revenue Rewards are immediately available for redemption by the user, except for those related to Fold Debit Card and Fold Credit Card transactions which cannot be redeemed until after a 30-day settlement period. Marketing Rewards are earned and available immediately upon the performance of a qualifying action by the user. To redeem available rewards, a user may request a withdrawal to a personal bitcoin wallet.

The Company accrues both Revenue Rewards and Marketing Rewards (collectively, the "Rewards") within ‘Customer rewards liability’ in our accompanying balance sheets at the time the Reward is earned, with the corresponding impact on our statements of operations dependent on the type of Reward. Revenue Rewards are recorded as a reduction in the transaction price of the related revenue earned. Marketing Rewards are recorded as a marketing expense within operating expenses. The liability is initially recorded at the fair value of the bitcoin earned upon the action by the user and subsequently marked to fair value until redeemed or reversed, with gains and losses on this liability recorded within gain (loss) on customer rewards liability in our accompanying statements of operations. The liability is derecognized when the Reward is redeemed by the user and delivered to the user's bitcoin wallet.

Per the terms and conditions of the Fold Rewards Program, Rewards are subject to adjustment for chargebacks, returns, refunds, or other circumstances. In addition, Rewards are subject to expiry if users fail to maintain an active account for more than twelve consecutive months. The Company estimates the amount of Rewards that will expire based on historical data, current user trends, and other factors and records those estimated amounts in the period those Rewards were earned. These accruals are accounted for as an adjustment to the transaction price of the original revenue transaction if the expiration relates to Revenue Rewards, or as contra-expense within marketing expense if the expiration relates to Marketing Rewards.

Derivatives

As our customer rewards liability results in an obligation to deliver a fixed amount of digital assets in the future, the Company has determined that it meets the definition of a derivative and marked it to fair value as discussed above. The Company has not designated this derivative instrument as a hedging instrument. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the notional amount of the customer rewards liability outstanding was 77 and 79 bitcoin, respectively, and the derivative instrument was valued at $4.5 million and $6.9 million, respectively, within 'Customer rewards liability' on our accompanying balance sheets. The Company recorded a gain of $0.7 million and a loss of $2.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and a gain of $2.3 million and a loss of $1.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. For more detail on the fair value measurement of this derivative instrument, refer to Note 14.


Exchange or Modification of Debt

 

We consider modifications or exchanges of debt as extinguishments in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") No. 470, Debt, with gains or losses recognized in current earnings if the terms of the new debt and original instrument are substantially different. If the original and new debt instruments are substantially different, the original debt is derecognized and the new debt is initially recorded at fair value. When freestanding instruments, such as equity-classified shares or bifurcated derivative liabilities, are issued in connection with the new debt, the total proceeds are allocated among the instruments using a combination of the with-and-without method and the relative fair value method. Under this approach, proceeds equal to the fair value of any instruments required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis, such as bifurcated derivative liabilities accounted for under ASC 815, are first allocated to those instruments using the with-and-without method. The remaining proceeds are then allocated among any remaining freestanding instruments, such as equity-classified shares, using the relative fair value method, with the debt host recorded at its allocated amount.

 

The difference between the carrying amount of the extinguished debt and the consideration transferred is recognized as an

extinguishment gain or loss. Under an exchange or modification accounted for as a debt extinguishment, fees paid to the lender are included in the gain or loss on extinguishment of debt. Costs incurred with third parties, such as legal fees, directly related to the exchange or modification are capitalized as deferred financing costs and amortized over the initial term of the new debt. Previously deferred fees and costs for existing debt are included in the calculation of gain or loss on extinguishment.

 

Under an exchange or modification not accounted for as a debt extinguishment, fees paid to the lenders are reflected as additional debt discount and amortized as non-cash interest expense over the remaining initial term of the exchanged or modified debt. Costs incurred with third parties, such as legal fees, directly related to the exchange or modification, are expensed as incurred, and previously deferred fees and costs are amortized as non-cash interest expense over the remaining initial term of the exchanged or modified debt.

 

Certain debt instruments may be designated at fair value under the fair value option election in accordance with ASC 825-10, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings each period. Upon extinguishment of a debt instrument carried at fair value, the carrying value equals its fair value on the reacquisition date. Any cumulative changes in fair value attributable to instrument-specific credit risk previously recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income are reclassified to earnings upon extinguishment, while changes attributable to other factors are recognized directly in net income as they occur.

 

Fold Credit Card Program

 

In partnership with a credit card issuing bank (the “Issuing Bank”), the Company offers the Fold Credit Card to cardholders. Credit card receivables represent amounts due from cardholders for purchases, fees, and other charges incurred through the use of the Fold Credit Card. Pursuant to the program agreements, the Company is obligated to purchase all receivables arising under the program, and accordingly, bears the risk of loss associated with cardholder nonpayment following purchase of the receivables. This commitment has been evaluated in accordance with ASC 860 and Fold has determined they are the owner of all purchased receivables from the Issuing Bank. The Company has an ongoing commitment to fund future receivable purchases as cardholder activity occurs. The amount of future receivable purchases will fluctuate based on cardholder spending volumes, credit utilization, and repayment behavior. As the owner of the receivables, the Company records credit card receivables, net of an allowance for expected credit losses in credit card receivables, net on the condensed balance sheets.


The allowance for expected credit losses is estimated in accordance with ASC 326 and reflects management’s estimate of lifetime expected losses based on historical loss experience, delinquency, market trends, charge off trends by FICO cohort and aging trends, and other relevant portfolio-level factors. The Company uses a roll-rate methodology, which applies historical delinquency migration and loss patterns to the outstanding receivable balance, to estimate expected losses. The provision for expected credit losses related to credit card receivables is recorded within other selling, general and administrative expenses in the condensed statement of operations and is nominal for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2026
.

 

Debt and related instruments

 

In February 2026, the Company extinguished all previously outstanding convertible notes and separately entered into the February 2026 Investor Note (as defined below). The Company accounts for the February 2026 Investor Note at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

The Company evaluates its debt instruments for embedded features requiring bifurcation in accordance with ASC 815. Embedded features that are not clearly and closely related to the debt host, are not remeasured at fair value under otherwise applicable GAAP, and that would qualify as derivatives on a standalone basis, are bifurcated and recorded as derivative liabilities at fair value, with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings. The bifurcated derivative liability is remeasured at each reporting date, with changes in fair value recognized in the condensed statements of operations. Refer to Note 9 for further information.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Topic 220), which requires entities to include more detailed information about the types of expenses, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization, in commonly presented expense captions such as cost of sales, research and development, and selling, general and administrative expenses. In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01 “Income Statement Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date” (“ASU 2025-01”) which clarifies the effective date of Accounting Standards Update 2024-03 “Income Statement Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” (“ASU 2024-03”) to stipulate that ASU 2024-03 is

effective for public business entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. ASU 2024-03 will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2027 for the Company’s annual financial statements on Form 10-K and January 1, 2028 for the Company’s quarterly financial statements on Form 10-Q. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its financial statement presentation and disclosures, but it is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40), Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software" ("ASU 2025-06"). ASU 2025-06 clarifies and modernizes the accounting for costs related to internal-use software. The amendments in ASU 2025-06 remove all references to project stages throughout Subtopic 350-40 and clarify the threshold entities apply to begin capitalizing costs. ASU 2025-06 is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of ASU 2025-06 on its financial statements.

We do not believe that any other recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

In July 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2025-05, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets" ("ASU 2025-05"). ASU 2025-05 provides the option to elect a practical expedient to assume that the current conditions as of the balance sheet date will remain unchanged for the remaining life of the asset when developing a reasonable and supportable forecast as part of estimating expected credit losses on these assets. ASU 2025-05 is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2025-05 effective January 1, 2026. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed financial statements.