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Our business may be heavily impacted by political, social, economic, and other events and circumstances in the United States, Canada, or elsewhere. These include natural disasters, pandemics (like the COVID-19 pandemic), political tensions, acts of terrorism, hostilities, or the perception that hostilities may be imminent, military conflicts, and acts of war and related responses, including sanctions or other restrictive actions. In addition, shifts in political leadership, policy priorities, broader public sentiment relating to political matters, and any actual or perceived associations of us or certain of our business partners or affiliates with prominent political figures may, from time to time, subject us to heightened scrutiny, reputational risk, or adverse reactions from investors, regulators, or other stakeholders. Further, interest rate fluctuations, inflationary issues and associated changes in monetary policy or potential economic recession, commodity prices, legislative and regulatory changes, foreign currency fluctuations, international tariffs, fluctuations in capital markets, and broad trends in industry and finance may also adversely affect our business. For example, equipment necessary for our operations is manufactured in large part outside of the United States. There is currently significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the United States and other regions, including Canada, Mexico, China, the European Union, and others, with respect to trade policies, treaties, tariffs, and taxes. These events and circumstances are largely outside of our influence and control and, while the impact of such events or circumstances is not presently known, any of them could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. See "—Risks Related to Certain Regulations and Laws, Including Tax Laws—Our operations are subject to various complex legal, regulatory, governmental, and technological uncertainties."

Read in the 10-K filed Mar 27, 2026 ↗

Any disruptions or failures of our systems or other services that we use, including as a result of a natural disaster, fire, cyberattack (including the potential increase in risk for such attacks due to cyberwarfare in connection with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts), act of terrorism, geopolitical conflict (including due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Hamas and U.S.-Venezuela conflicts and any potential conflict involving China and Taiwan), pandemic, the effects of climate change, or other catastrophic event, as well as power outages, telecommunications infrastructure outages, a decision by one of our third-party service providers to materially change the pricing or terms of their services, or other unanticipated problems with our third-party services that we use, such as a failure to meet service standards, could severely impact our ability to conduct our business operations, or result in a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, any of which could materially adversely affect our future operating results.

Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗

● epidemic or widespread product failure, or unanticipated safety issues, in one or more of our products;

Read in the 10-K filed Mar 25, 2026 ↗

Attacks upon systems across a variety of industries are increasing in frequency, persistence, and sophistication, and, in many cases, are being conducted by sophisticated, well-funded and organized groups and individuals, including state actors. The techniques used to obtain unauthorized, improper or illegal access to systems and information (including personal data and digital assets), disable or degrade services, or sabotage systems are constantly evolving, may be difficult to detect quickly, and often are not recognized or detected until after they have been launched against a target. These attacks may occur on our systems or those of our third-party service providers or partners. We may experience breaches of our security measures due to human error, malfeasance, insider threats, system errors or vulnerabilities or other irregularities. In particular, unauthorized parties have attempted, and we expect that they will continue to attempt, to gain access to our systems and facilities, as well as those of our partners and third-party service providers, through various means, such as hacking, social engineering, phishing and fraud. In the past, hackers have successfully employed a social engineering attack against one of our service providers and misappropriated our digital assets, although, to date, such events have not been material to our financial condition or operating results. Threats can come from a variety of sources, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored intrusions, industrial espionage, and insiders. In addition, certain types of attacks could harm us even if our systems are left undisturbed. For example, certain threats are designed to remain dormant or undetectable, sometimes for extended periods of time, or until launched against a target and we may not be able to implement adequate preventative measures. Further, there has been an increase in such activities due to the increase in work-from-home arrangements since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The risk of cyberattacks could also be increased by cyberwarfare in connection with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts, or other future conflicts, including potential proliferation of malware into systems unrelated to such conflicts. Any future breach of our operations or those of others in the digital asset industry, including third-party services on which we rely, could materially and adversely affect our business.

Read in the 10-K filed Mar 25, 2026 ↗