Related Party Transactions |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2026 | |
| Related Party Transactions [Abstract] | |
| Related Party Transactions | 22. Related Party Transactions
The Company’s related parties include directors, shareholders and key management.
The Company is party to a secondment arrangement under which certain members of key management personnel are assigned to perform services for a subsidiary. In connection with this arrangement, the Company paid payroll taxes of $128,670 and $131,638 on behalf of these key management personnel during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. In connection with this arrangement, the Company paid payroll taxes of $228,497 and $267,647 on behalf of these key management personnel during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. These amounts are recoverable from the individuals upon their receipt of a corresponding refund from the applicable tax authority. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, accounts receivable from key management personnel were $1,183,176 and $1,630,891, respectively.
The Company entered into an advertising and marketing services agreement with Tether, under which Tether has committed to provide advertising services of $50 million per year over a two-year period commencing February 16, 2026.
Revenue recognized from Tether and its subsidiaries mainly relates to advertising and marketing services provided under this agreement as well as other services provided to Tether and its subsidiaries. The Company recognized revenue of $5,540,632 and $987,500 for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The Company recognized revenue of $6,730,859 and $987,500 for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had accounts receivable from Tether of $5,569,593 and $, respectively, and contract assets from Tether of $1,599,518 and $, respectively.
On June 18, 2026, the Company issued a euro-denominated note payable to Tether, a related party. The note matures in years from issuance and bears interest at EURIBOR plus 3.0%. The note includes a holder-conversion option that may be settled in the Company’s Class A Common Stock or pre-funded warrants, which has been accounted for as a bifurcated embedded derivatives and is remeasured at fair value each reporting period. Refer to Note 14 for further details.
The Company is the licensee under a limited-use license agreement with a significant shareholder under which it is provided, for nil consideration, certain source code that is used in operations.
The Company has a vendor relationship with Cosmic Inc. and Kosmik Development Skopje doo (“Cosmic”) to provide content moderation and software development services. Cosmic is controlled by Mr. Pavlovski and Mr. Milnes, each of whom holds a significant number of shares of the Company’s capital stock. The Company incurred related party expenses for these services of $980,457 and $825,504 during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The Company incurred related party expenses for these services of $1,908,825 and $1,562,034 during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities for personnel services were $324,420 and $300,694 as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
There were no other related party transactions during these periods. |