As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2026
Registration No. 333-299685
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
| ABITS GROUP INC |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| British Virgin Islands | Not Applicable | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Level 24 Lee Garden One, 33 Hysan Avenue
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong SAR
People’s Republic of China
+852 3959-8605 — telephone
+852 3959 8800 — facsimile
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Abit USA Inc.
4458 White Oak Rd
Duff, TN 37729
+1-917-592-1177 — telephone
(Name, address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Anthony W. Basch, Esq.
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
Two James Center, 14th Floor
1021 East Cary Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
+1-804-771-5700 — telephone
+1-888-360-9092 — facsimile
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as determined by the registrant.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
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If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised accounting standards provided to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Abits Group Inc is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-299685) (the “Registration Statement”) as an exhibits-only filing to re-file Exhibit 5.3, which was previously filed with the Registration Statement, to correct the date of the opinion, and to amend and restate the exhibit index set forth in Part II of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, the Exhibit Index of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibit. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
EXHIBIT INDEX
| + | Filed herewith. | |
| ^ | Previously filed. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement or Amendment thereto on Form F-1 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Kentucky, United States on October 29, 2026.
| ABITS GROUP INC | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen Faucetta | |
| Name: | Stephen Faucetta | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| By: | /s/ Kai Zhang | |
| Name: | Kai Zhang | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| SIGNATURE | TITLE | DATE | ||
| /s/ Stephen Faucetta | Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of Board of Directors | October 29, 2026 | ||
| Stephen Faucetta | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
| /s/ Kai Zhang | Chief Financial Officer | October 29, 2026 | ||
| Kai Zhang | (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) | |||
| /s/ Glenn Josephs | Director | October 29, 2026 | ||
| Glenn Josephs | ||||
| /s/ Mohsen (Michael) Khorassani | Director | October 29, 2026 | ||
| Mohsen (Michael) Khorassani | ||||
| /s/ Phillip Balatsos | Director | October 29, 2026 | ||
| Phillip Balatsos | ||||
| /s/ Andrew Hancox | Director | October 29, 2026 | ||
| Andrew Hancox | ||||
| /s/ Stephen Faucetta | October 29, 2026 | |||
| Stephen Faucetta, Attorney-in-Fact |
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Abits Group Inc, has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in Kentucky, United States on October 29, 2026.
| By: | /s/ Stephen Faucetta | |
| Name: | Stephen Faucetta | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer, Authorized Representative in the United States |