Form S-3
We note your disclosure that you currently hold 365,096,845 TRX tokens. We also note your disclosure on page 31 that the TRX tokens in the Treasury Wallet are currently “staked” on JustLend, a DeFi protocol, in exchange for sTRX, a derivative token that represents the “staked” TRX tokens. Please revise your disclosure to specify the amount of TRX and sTRX you currently hold.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company revised the relevant disclosures on page 6 of the Revised S-3. Read in the reply ↗
Please revise your disclosure to include a description of the current status of SEC litigation involving TRX and, to the extent material, disclose the risks attendant thereto. In addition, we note your disclosure on page 32 that “neither the SEC nor any other U.S.Rest of the question
federal or state regulator has publicly stated whether they agree that the TRX token is a ‘security.’” Please revise this statement to disclose the pending SEC litigation regarding the unregistered offer and sale of TRX.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company revised the relevant disclosures on page 28 of the Revised S-3. Read in the reply ↗
We note that you plan to file the Form of Senior Debt Indenture and the Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture as a post-effective amendment or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Securities Exchange Act. In order to qualify your indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 you must have a form of indenture on file at time of effectiveness of the registration statement.Rest of the question
Please file by pre-effective amendment a form of indenture as an exhibit to your registration statement. See Trust Indenture Act Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 201.02. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has filed a form of indenture as Exhibit 4.3 of the Revised S-3.
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Please reach Ted Paraskevas, the Company’s outside counsel at +1 212-407-4971 if you would like additional information with respect to any of the foregoing. Thank you. Read in the reply ↗
We note that Justin Sun posted on X on July 25, 2025, "The Nasdaq [listing] is just the starting point for our listing. The Nasdaq 100 Index, including Nvidia, Apple, and Google, is our target. We aim to become part of the Nasdaq 100 Index within three years—that’s the goal we’re pursuing!" We also note that Justin Sun rang the opening bell for Nasdaq on behalf of the company on July 24, 2025.Rest of the question
Please tell us, with a view toward disclosure, whether Justin Sun is an executive officer of the company. Please refer to Rule 3b-7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company respectfully advises the Staff that Mr. Justin Sun does not serve as an executive officer of the Company within the meaning of Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act. More specifically, Mr. Justin Sun does not hold any officer position for the Company or any subsidiary thereof, he is not in charge of any business unit, and he does not perform any policy making functions. He acts solely in an advisory role as an independent contractor. The Company’s advisory agreement with
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Justin Sun provides that he will advise the Company in the capacity of an independent contractor, and will provide such services to the Company as may be directed by the Company’s board of directors, and that his performance of such services shall be subject to the Company’s final approval.
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Company further respectfully advises the Staff that Mr. Justin Sun’s X post referred to in the Staff’s comment was published on his personal X account, and does not represent the views or opinions of the Company. The Company did not comment on or repost the post. We believe that the post was only intended to be a personal message from Mr. Justin Sun as an advisor wishing the Company to continue to grow.
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July 24, 2025, the Company rang the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell. To mark the occasion, the Company invited Mr. Justin Sun to ring the Opening Bell alongside the Company’s management team. Given Mr. Justin Sun’s role as the Company’s advisor and the founder of TRON, the Board believes that his presence can demonstrate the support from the TRON blockchain community for the Company’s strategic transformation into a TRON treasury strategy company. It can also demonstrate the Company’s commitment to aligning closely with the TRON blockchain ecosystem and its dedication to outreach with the TRON blockchain community.
We note your response to prior comment 1. Please include disclosure on the cover page briefly describing the company's business and clarifying the incidental relationship between the company and the TRON DAO and TRON blockchain ecosystem. Please refer to Instruction to paragraph 501(b)(1) of Regulation S-K.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on the cover page and on page 7 of the Amended
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Where you disclose that TRON was founded in 2017, please also disclose that it was founded by Justin Sun and describe his continued involvement in the TRON network.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 6 and 7 of the Amended S-3. Read in the reply ↗
We note your disclosure on page 5 that the company holds the treasury tokens in a self-managed wallet set up by BiT Global. Please expand your disclosure to address the following: • We note your disclosure that the "wallet is safely kept in a secure location controlled by BiT Global." Please disclose the geographic location where the private keys are located.Rest of the question
• Discuss any insurance coverage you have for your treasury tokens, including whether BiT Global provides insurance coverage, the amount of coverage, any coverage limitations, and any risks attendant thereto. • We note your disclosure that "[t]he Company retains sole control of the wallet and private keys." Please identify the person(s) that have access to the treasury tokens and have the authority to release the tokens from your wallet and whether any persons (e.g., auditors, etc.) are responsible for verifying the existence thereof. Also clarify whether any insurance providers have inspection rights associated with the crypto assets held in storage. Please expand your disclosure regarding the company's staking program to address the following: • We note your disclosure that "[t]he Company has currently staked nearly 100% of TRX tokens in its treasury into sTRX tokens." Please revise to clarify what "nearly 100%" means and tell us whether you have any policies or procedures in place that govern the percentage of TRX tokens that will be turned into sTRX tokens. • We note your disclosure that "365,096,800 TRX tokens of the Consideration Tokens held by the Company have been 'staked' on JustLend, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, on June 28, 2025 in exchange for approximately 297,543,246 Staked TRX (sTRX) tokens." Please clarify whether the remaining 67,533,554 TRX tokens were not converted into sTRX. Please also disclose the unbonding period for TRX tokens to the extent applicable. • We note your disclosure that the company has staked and plans to continue to stake TRX tokens to "earn enhanced staking yield from both standard TRX staking and energy rental." Please explain the difference between standard TRX staking and energy rental and how each operates. Please disclose what the company intends to do with the sTRX tokens it receives from JustLend. To the extent these activities present additional risks, please • 5. consider updating your risk factor disclosures. • Please disclose the characteristics of the sTRX tokens and how they differ from TRX tokens. • Please discuss how staking rewards are distributed, including the amounts or percentages distributed to the company, BiT Global, JustLend, and any other party that receives a fee or distributions in connection with staking, as applicable. • Please disclose with more specificity the role of JustLend in the company's staking program. • We note that the company holds the treasury tokens in a self-managed cold wallet. Please clarify whether the company engages in offline staking. 6. Please revise to disclose whether you have any material agreements with counterparties related to purchase and sales of TRX tokens, and, if so, please identify the counterparties and disclose the material terms of your agreements with your counterparties. 7. We note your disclosure on page 7 that the company has entered into a Financial Advisory Agreement under which the Advisor will "explore opportunities involving holding tokens, primarily TRX Tokens,... identifying additional revenue-generating verticals within that ecosystem." Please revise to clarify whether the primary focus of the business will be to accumulate TRX tokens and benefit from its appreciation and staking rewards, or whether the TRX token reserve will be used to support or finance other operating activities. In addition, please revise to clarify whether there are plans to hold any other crypto assets. 8. Please expand your disclosure to describe the policies and procedures you have in place or intend to adopt that govern when you exchange cash for TRX tokens and when you monetize your TRX tokens. In addition, please disclose whether you intend to hedge your TRX token exposure, and, if so, please describe your hedging strategy. 9. Please expand your discussion of the TRON network and describe any material updates that have occurred or are planned to occur. Risk Factors We may regularly encounter potential conflicts of interest, page 26 10. We note your disclosure that potential conflicts of interest may arise from relationships that you identify under this heading. Please expand this disclosure to address whether any conflicts of interests may arise from Justin Sun's relationship to the company and the TRON network, BiT Global, and JustLend, to the extent applicable. In this regard, we also note news reports indicating that Justin Sun owns the majority of the supply of TRX tokens. If true, please disclose this fact, and any risks or conflicts of interests attendant thereto. Risks Related to Our TRX Token Strategy and Holdings, page 27 11. We note that on August 29, 2025, the TRON blockchain determined to lower transaction fees by 60%. Please disclose this fact and the risks and impacts of such a change. The TRX token is a highly volatile asset, page 27 12. Please revise to include quantitative examples of TRX token’s historic price volatilities. Our TRX token holdings are less liquid than our existing cash and cash equivalents, page 32 13. We note your disclosure regarding the inherent risks of staking. Please identify the super representative nodes with which the company will stake its TRX if possible. We face risks relating to the security of the wallets holding our TRX tokens, page 32 14. We note your disclosure that "TRON blockchain and TRX token, as well as other digital assets and blockchain technologies, have been, and may in the future be, subject to security breaches, cyberattacks, or other malicious activities." Please expand your disclosure to discuss any material security breaches or cyberattacks that have occurred relating to TRON blockchain or TRX tokens. Absent federal regulations, there is a possibility that TRX token may be classified as a "security.", page 33 15. Please revise your disclosure in this section and throughout the prospectus where you indicate that TRX may be classified as or could be determined to be a "security" to state that TRX "may be offered and sold as part of or subject to an investment contract." In this regard, please clarify your disclosure on page 28 that "there is no claim in the SEC Action that TRX token is itself a security." Exhibits 16. We note your revision in response to prior comment 4. Please also file a Form T-1 or, if you are relying on Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act, annotate the exhibit index to indicate such intention and include the undertaking contained in Item 512(j) of Regulation S-K. For further guidance, refer to Trust Indenture Act of 1939 Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations Questions 206.01 and 220.01. 17. We note that you marked Exhibit 10.1 as having portions omitted in compliance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(10)(iv). Please revise to include a prominent statement on the first page of the redacted exhibit that certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both not material and is the type that the registrant treats as private or confidential.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 5 of the Amended S-3.
● Discuss any insurance coverage you have for your treasury tokens, including whether BiT Global provides insurance coverage, the amount of coverage, any coverage limitations, and any risks attendant thereto.
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There is currently no insurance coverage on the treasury tokens. The Company has accordingly revised page 5 of the Amended
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The Company also has revised pages 13 and 34 of the Amended S-3 in connection with the risk factors attendant to this issue.
note your disclosure that “[t]he Company retains sole control of the wallet and private keys.” Please identify the person(s) that have access to the treasury tokens and have the authority to release the tokens from your wallet and whether any persons (e.g., auditors, etc.) are responsible for verifying the existence thereof. Also clarify whether any insurance providers have inspection rights associated with the crypto assets held in storage.
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In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company respectfully submits that the identity of the controller(s) of the wallet and private keys is a highly confidential matter. The Company has revised the disclosure on page 5 of the Amended S-3 in response to the Staff’s comment.
We note your response to prior comment 1 that Mr. Justin Sun does not hold any officer position for the Company or any subsidiary thereof, is not in charge of any business unit, and does not perform any policy making functions. Please provide such disclosure in your prospectus where appropriate. We note your disclosure that SRM Ltd.Rest of the question
is a limited company incorporated in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and was formerly owned by Safety Shot, Inc. Please clarify whether you continue to have a subsidiary in Hong Kong and, if so, the operations conducted through that subsidiary. In addition, it appears your TRX treasury operations may be conducted in Hong 2. Kong. To the extent you have operations in Hong Kong, please revise your filing, as applicable, to provide more specific and prominent disclosures about the legal and operational risks associated with China-based companies. For additional guidance, please see the Division of Corporation Finance's Sample Letter to China- Based Companies issued by the Staff in December 2021. 3. We note your disclosure that the Company retains sole control of the wallet and private keys in Hong Kong and that Mr. Weike Sun and Mr. Zi Yang are authorized by the Board to make the arrangement for safeguarding and operating the private keys of the wallet. Please clarify whether Mr. Weike Sun and Mr. Zi Yang are located in Hong Kong. To the extent one or more of your officers and/or directors are located in China or Hong Kong, please provide a discussion of the enforcement risks related to civil liabilities due to your officers and/or directors being located in China or Hong Kong. Please identify each officer and/or director located in China or Hong Kong and disclose that it will be more difficult to enforce liabilities and enforce judgments on those individuals. For example, revise to discuss the limitations on investors being able to effect service of process and enforce civil liabilities in China, lack of reciprocity and treaties, and cost and time constraints. Prospectus Summary Our Business, page 3 4. We note your disclosure on page 13 and 27 that after the August Warrant Exercise, Bravemorning held approximately 86.6% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock, and also Preferred Stock Shares which vote together with the Common Stock and increased Bravemorning's aggregate voting power to 92.5%. Please include disclosure about Bravemorning's aggregate voting power here and elsewhere that you discuss Bravemorning's ownership percentage of the Company's outstanding Common Stock. Recent Developments, page 7 5. We note your disclosure that the Company entered into the Sun Advisory Agreement with Mr. Justin Sun on June 16, 2025 along with the issuance of the Preferred Stock Shares and the June PIPE Warrants. Please expand your disclosure to clarify the consideration that Mr. Justin Sun received or will receive in exchange for his services. Risk Factors Risks Related to Our TRX Token Strategy and Holdings, page 28 6. Please revise to include risk factor disclosure addressing the risk that due to Justin Sun’s role as the founder of TRON and his continued association with the TRON blockchain system, his actions and statements have in the past and may in the future impact the price of TRX, which could in turn impact the company and the effectiveness of its treasury strategy. Exhibits To the extent that you have an agreement with JustLend DAO, please revise to disclose the material terms of the agreement, including term and termination 7. provisions. In addition, and to the extent material, please file it as an exhibit to the registration statement.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 6 of the Amended S-3. Read in the reply ↗
Please disclose the location of your auditor's headquarters. Disclose that trading in your securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, and related regulations if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or investigate completely your auditor for a period of two consecutive years, and that as a result an exchange mayRest of the question
determine to delist your securities.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 30 of the Amended S-3. Read in the reply ↗
We note your disclosure in the risk factor heading that "[i]n the future, [you] may be subject to PRC laws and regulations related to [your] current business operations." Please revise to clarify that the legal and operational risks associated with operating in the PRC also apply to any current or future operations in Hong Kong. We may become subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding M&A Rules,
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 41 of the Amended S-3. Read in the reply ↗
We note your disclosure here and throughout regarding your belief or your management's understanding that you are not subject to certain PRC laws and regulations. To the extent your disclosure is based on an opinion of Hong Kong or PRC counsel, please identify counsel and file the consent of counsel as an exhibit to the registration statement.Rest of the question
If you did not consult counsel, please disclose that an opinion was not obtained.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 42 of the Amended S-3. The Company has not obtained an opinion from PRC or Hong Kong counsel. Read in the reply ↗
We note your disclosure in response to prior comment 3 regarding the difficulty of enforcing civil liabilities in Hong Kong and China. Please clarify whether you have any directors or officers located in China. In addition, to the extent your disclosure is based on an opinion of Hong Kong or PRC counsel, please identify counsel and file the consent of counsel as an exhibit to the registration statement.Rest of the question
If you did not consult counsel, please disclose that an opinion was not obtained.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 44 of the Amended S-3. The Company has not obtained an opinion from PRC or Hong Kong counsel.
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