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INCOME TAXES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
INCOME TAXES | NOTE 16 – INCOME TAXES Deferred taxes are determined by applying the provisions of enacted tax laws and rates for the jurisdictions in which the Company operates to the estimated future tax effects of the differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the Company’s financial statements. A valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the related tax benefits will not be realized. Due to losses since inception through December 31, 2024, no income tax benefit or expense has been recognized as a full valuation allowance was established for any tax benefit that would have been recognized for the loss in the year ended December 31, 2024. The provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2025 consists of the following:
Schedule of provision for income taxes |  |  |  |
|  | 2025 |
Current |  |  |  |
Federal taxes |  | $ | – |
State taxes |  |  | – |
Total current |  |  | – |
Deferred |  |  |  |
Federal tax benefit |  |  | (5,060,603 | )
State tax benefit, net of federal benefit |  |  | (323,370 | )
Total income tax benefit |  | $ | (5,383,973 | )
The income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2025 is a result of the Company receiving BTC of $28.0 million for the purchase of common stock and pre-funded warrants in the Private Placement from two investors. The Company’s basis in the BTC is carried over from the investors’ basis which resulted in the Company having a tax basis of $3,578,522. The Company recorded a deferred tax liability for the tax effect of the difference in the tax basis and the $28.0 million as a reduction to additional paid in capital. As a result, the Company released the same amount of its previously recorded valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets as a tax benefit. The components of income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
Schedule of components of income tax expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2025 |  |  | % |  |  | 2024 |  |  | % |
Expected federal income tax benefit at statutory rate |  | $ | (32,641,656 | ) |  |  | 21.0 |  |  | $ | (9,557,165 | ) |  |  | 21.0 |
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |  |  | (1,618,882 | ) |  |  | 1.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-taxable or non-deductible items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock compensation |  |  | 105,000 |  |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | 65,301 |  |  |  | (0.1 | )
(Gain) loss on warrants classified as liabilities |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,101,361 |  |  |  | (6.8 | )
Loss on extinguishment of Convertible Notes |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 345,998 |  |  |  | (0.8 | )
Interest expense on Convertible Notes |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 66,116 |  |  |  | (0.1 | )
Other |  |  | 25,788 |  |  |  | –* |  |  |  | 15,517 |  |  |  | –* |
Other reconciling items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax rate change |  |  | (119,516 | ) |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |
Return to provision and true ups |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 345,266 |  |  |  | (0.8 | )
Write off of deferred tax asset for stock-based compensation |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,235,732 |  |  |  | (7.1 | )
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | 28,865,293 |  |  |  | (18.6 | ) |  |  | 2,381,874 |  |  |  | (5.2 | )
Income tax benefit |  | $ | (5,383,973 | ) |  |  | 3.5 |  |  | $ | – |  |  |  | 0.0 |
* | less than 0.1%
Due to the impact of the reverse stock split in June 2024 on the adjusted number of outstanding options and exercise prices, the Company concluded that it was a remote possibility that any options prior to this reverse split will be exercised and therefore wrote off the deferred tax asset and related valuation allowance for stock-based compensation related to these options. The components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:
Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | December 31, 2025 |  |  | December 31, 2024 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating losses |  | $ | 25,562,308 |  |  | $ | 20,932,619 |
Unrealized loss on digital assets |  |  | 21,657,531 |  |  |  | – |
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 3,819,466 |  |  |  | – |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 776,599 |  |  |  | 1,562,438 |
Research & development credit |  |  | 1,099,535 |  |  |  | 1,099,535 |
Lease liability |  |  | 174,998 |  |  |  | 162,786 |
Accrued expenses |  |  | 47,898 |  |  |  | 94,561 |
Capital loss carryover |  |  | 187,549 |  |  |  | 178,442 |
Vendor settlements and reserves |  |  | 262,168 |  |  |  | 689,253 |
Other |  |  | 26,066 |  |  |  | 41,554 |
Total |  |  | 53,614,118 |  |  |  | 24,761,188 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (53,296,785 | ) |  |  | (24,431,492 | )
Net deferred tax asset |  |  | 317,333 |  |  |  | 329,696 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prepaid expenses |  |  | (145,763 | ) |  |  | (174,457 | )
Right-of-use assets |  |  | (171,570 | ) |  |  | (155,239 | )
Total net deferred taxes deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |
Management currently believes that since the Company has a history of losses it is more likely than not that the deferred tax regarding the loss carry forwards and other temporary differences will not be realized in the foreseeable future. The utilization of the Company’s net operating losses and credit carryovers may be subject to limitation due to the “change in ownership provisions” under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company’s cumulative net operating loss carry forward of $120.7 million as of December 31, 2025, may be limited in future years depending on future taxable income in any given fiscal year. The net operating losses can be carried forward indefinitely. The Company has recorded no liability for income taxes associated with unrecognized tax benefits at the date of adoption and has not recorded any liability associated with unrecognized tax benefits. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any interest or penalty in regard to any unrecognized benefit.

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