Revenue: $7.1 million, 44% YoY increase
Bitcoin Treasury Holdings: 1,490 BTC, ~50% increase from Q4 2024
Launched Bitcoin Gift Card with access to network of thousands of retailers
New accounts up over 300% YoY and platform volumes up 67% YoY
PHOENIX, May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fold Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLD) (“Fold”), the first publicly traded bitcoin financial services company, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
Financial Highlights
- Revenue: $7.1 million; 44% YoY increase
- GAAP Net Loss: ($48.9) million
- Adjusted EBITDA (Loss) (non-GAAP): ($4.2) million
- GAAP Loss Per Share: ($1.92) per share
- Adjusted EBITDA (Loss) Per Share (non-GAAP): ($0.17) per share
- Bitcoin Treasury Holdings: 1,490 bitcoin; +$150 million value as of 5/13/2025
Key Operating Metrics
- Total Transaction Volume: +$250 million; 67% YoY increase
- Total Active Accounts: +600,000, added +17,000 new accounts in the quarter
- Total Verified Accounts: +76,000, added +5,000 new verified accounts in the quarter
CEO Commentary
“We are pleased to report a strong first quarter, with revenues for the period increasing by 44% versus a year ago, while core KPIs such as Active Accounts and Transaction Volumes were also up”, said Fold Chairman and CEO, Will Reeves. “From Fold’s public listing in February to our recent new product announcements, we have already made meaningful progress in 2025.”
Mr. Reeves continued, “In particular, we made significant progress on new initiatives that we believe improve the growth prospects for Fold. First, in February, we announced the launch of the Fold Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card, which currently has a waitlist of 75,000 people. We are working towards launching the card later this year and believe it can be an important growth driver of Fold’s business. Second, we are prioritizing the expansion of our Custody and Trading business by adding enhanced functionality to the platform. Our initiatives include increasing access to the platform beyond Fold cardholders to all users, supporting larger bitcoin orders through acceptance of wire deposits, and expanding the geographic reach of Fold’s suite of services. We believe these developments will allow us to open our platform to a meaningfully larger market. Our most recent announcement, the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card, is designed to allow consumers to acquire bitcoin by purchasing the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card online and at participating retail locations throughout the United States. Americans spend billions of dollars annually on gift cards and we believe the Fold Bitcoin Gift Card will allow us to capitalize on this large and meaningful market.”
Reeves concluded, “Finally, our bitcoin treasury holdings increased by 50% during the first quarter and currently stands at 1,490 bitcoin, which represents more than $150 million of value based on recent bitcoin prices. At Fold, we remain committed believers in Bitcoin and see it as central to everything we do. Building on our first quarter of 2025, we will continue to seek opportunities to add to our bitcoin holdings and believe in the long-term value proposition of a robust bitcoin treasury strategy.”
Strategic & Business Updates:
- Fold Credit Card (announced in February 2025)
- Over 75,000 applicants on the waitlist
- 215 million credit cards users in the US
- Expected to launch later this year
- Fold Bitcoin Gift Card (announced May 15, 2025)
- Partnered with Totus for a target nationwide launch later this year
- Rollout will be in phases with initial accessibility through Fold’s website
- Full rollout expected to include deployment to thousands of online and physical locations throughout the US
- Partnered with Totus for a target nationwide launch later this year
- Custody and Trading Expansion
- Expanding accessibility to our bitcoin exchange platform to a larger user base
- Expanding features and making the platform accessible in additional states
- Bitcoin Treasury
- Expanded our bitcoin investment treasury by approximately 50% in Q1 2025
- Currently hold 1,490 Bitcoin with a value of over $150 million
2025 Full Year Outlook:
- Revenue: Prior guidance of $61.6 million in 2025 remains unchanged
- Marketing Expenses: $3 million, an approximately 10x increase from 2024
Earnings Call and Webcast Information:
Fold Inc. will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time today, which will include a brief discussion of results followed by a question and answer period. To participate in this event, please log on or dial in approximately 5 minutes before the beginning of the call.
Date: May 15, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
Participant Call Links:
A replay of the call will be archived at https://investor.foldapp.com
About Fold Inc.:
Fold (NASDAQ: FLD) is the first publicly traded Bitcoin financial services company, making it easy for individuals and businesses to earn, save, and use Bitcoin. With 1,490 BTC in its treasury, Fold is at the forefront of integrating Bitcoin into everyday financial experiences. Through innovative products like the Fold App, Fold Card, Fold Credit Card, and Fold Bitcoin Gift Card, the company is building the bridge between traditional finance and the Bitcoin-powered future.
Forward-Looking Statements:
The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the anticipated benefits of the business combination. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “predict,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include the potential benefits of the new convertible note, Fold’s treasury strategy and the potential success of Fold’s market and growth strategies. These statements are based on assumptions and on the current expectations of Fold’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Fold. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including: (i) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; (ii) the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the business combination; (iii) the effect of the consummation of the business combination on Fold’s business relationships, performance, and business generally; (iv) the ability to implement business plans and other expectations after the completion of the business combination, and identify and realize additional opportunities; (v) the risk of downturns, new entrants and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive industry in which Fold operates; and (vi) those factors discussed in Fold’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If any of these risks materialize or Fold’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. While Fold may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, each specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, except as required by law.
| Fold Holdings, Inc. Condensed Balance Sheets (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 11,699,552 | $ | 18,330,359 | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 942,888 | 451,455 | ||||||
| Inventories | 403,595 | 262,813 | ||||||
| Digital assets - rewards treasury | 7,365,544 | 8,569,651 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 4,003,918 | 687,100 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 24,415,497 | 28,301,378 | ||||||
| Digital assets - investment treasury | 122,957,753 | 93,568,700 | ||||||
| Capitalized software development costs, net | 1,175,215 | 1,000,065 | ||||||
| Deferred transaction costs | - | 2,784,893 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 148,548,465 | $ | 125,655,036 | ||||
| Liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 1,486,978 | $ | 1,113,552 | ||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 1,898,812 | 71,858 | ||||||
| December 2024 convertible note, net | - | 11,752,905 | ||||||
| Customer rewards liability | 7,365,544 | 8,569,651 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 358,716 | 387,776 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 11,110,050 | 21,895,742 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue, long-term | 470,176 | 487,690 | ||||||
| December 2024 convertible note, net | 12,278,826 | - | ||||||
| March 2025 convertible note - related party | 52,813,643 | - | ||||||
| Simple Agreements for Future Equity (“SAFEs”) | - | 171,080,533 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 76,672,695 | 193,463,965 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 13) | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2025 and 10,204,880 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 | - | 1,020 | ||||||
| Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 600,000,000 shares authorized, 46,888,876 shares issued and 46,250,665 shares outstanding at March 31, 2025 and 5,836,882 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 | 4,625 | 584 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in-capital | 222,098,867 | 33,537,989 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (150,227,722 | ) | (101,348,522 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) | 71,875,770 | (67,808,929 | ) | |||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 148,548,465 | $ | 125,655,036 | ||||
| Fold Holdings, Inc. Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Revenues, net | $ | 7,087,837 | $ | 4,931,211 | ||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||
| Banking and payment costs | 6,758,924 | 4,626,748 | ||||||
| Custody and trading costs | 45,785 | 21,288 | ||||||
| Compensation and benefits | 6,457,940 | 757,365 | ||||||
| Marketing expenses | 399,798 | 42,467 | ||||||
| Professional fees | 1,788,505 | 36,668 | ||||||
| Amortization expense | 91,071 | 57,353 | ||||||
| (Gain) loss on customer rewards liability | (1,100,857 | ) | 3,423,045 | |||||
| Loss (gain) on digital assets - rewards treasury | 1,010,586 | (3,491,889 | ) | |||||
| Other selling, general and administrative expenses | 1,136,455 | 312,894 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 16,588,207 | 5,785,939 | ||||||
| Operating loss | (9,500,370 | ) | (854,728 | ) | ||||
| Other income (expense) | ||||||||
| Loss on digital assets - investment treasury | (15,617,152 | ) | - | |||||
| Change in fair value of SAFEs | (6,503,113 | ) | (95,064 | ) | ||||
| Change in fair value of convertible note | (6,534,143 | ) | - | |||||
| Convertible note issuance costs and fees | (9,569,109 | ) | - | |||||
| Interest expense | (1,271,638 | ) | - | |||||
| Other income | 120,303 | 12,855 | ||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (39,374,852 | ) | (82,209 | ) | ||||
| Net loss before income taxes | (48,875,222 | ) | (936,937 | ) | ||||
| Income tax expense | 3,978 | 8,109 | ||||||
| Net loss | $ | (48,879,200 | ) | $ | (945,046 | ) | ||
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | (1.92 | ) | $ | (0.16 | ) | ||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | 25,436,398 | 5,836,882 | ||||||
| Fold Holdings, Inc. Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (48,879,200 | ) | $ | (945,046 | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Amortization expense | 91,071 | 57,353 | ||||||
| Loss (gain) on digital assets - rewards treasury | 1,010,586 | (3,491,889 | ) | |||||
| Loss on digital assets - investment treasury | 15,617,152 | - | ||||||
| (Gain) loss on customer rewards liability | (1,100,857 | ) | 3,423,045 | |||||
| Change in fair value of convertible note | 6,534,143 | - | ||||||
| Convertible note issuance costs and fees | 9,569,109 | - | ||||||
| Amortization of debt discount | 525,921 | - | ||||||
| Change in fair value of SAFEs | 6,503,113 | 95,064 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 5,170,275 | - | ||||||
| Increase (decrease) in cash resulting from changes in: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | (491,433 | ) | (38,400 | ) | ||||
| Inventories | (140,782 | ) | (11,860 | ) | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (962,423 | ) | 9,756 | |||||
| Accounts payable | 373,426 | 168,239 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 660,721 | 10,908 | ||||||
| Customer reward liability | 611,552 | 487,032 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | (46,574 | ) | (118,433 | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | (4,954,200 | ) | (354,231 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||
| Purchases of digital assets | (1,562,973 | ) | (441,467 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from sales of digital assets | - | - | ||||||
| Payments for capitalized software development costs | (266,221 | ) | (171,134 | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (1,829,194 | ) | (612,601 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||
| Proceeds from recapitalization | 804,600 | - | ||||||
| Payments of deferred IPO costs | (652,013 | ) | - | |||||
| Proceeds received from SAFE financings | - | 500,000 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 152,587 | 500,000 | ||||||
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (6,630,807 | ) | (466,832 | ) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 18,330,359 | 1,491,544 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 11,699,552 | $ | 1,024,712 | ||||
| Non-cash investing and financing activities | ||||||||
| Distributions of digital assets to fulfill customer reward redemptions | 714,802 | 1,317,262 | ||||||
| Distributions of digital assets to satisfy other current liabilities | 1,012 | 8,940 | ||||||
| Recapitalization | 173,019,904 | - | ||||||
| Proceeds from convertible debt received in digital assets - related party | 43,965,525 | - | ||||||
| Distributions of digital assets for prepaid interest - related party | 2,313,975 | - | ||||||
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDA
In addition to net loss and other results under GAAP, we utilize non-GAAP calculations of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”) to monitor the financial health of our business. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss, excluding (i) interest expense, (ii) provision for (benefit from) income taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) share-based compensation, (v) remeasurement gains and losses such as fair value remeasurements on our digital assets, convertible notes, and SAFE notes, and (vi) impairments, restructuring charges, and business acquisition- or disposition-related expenses that we believe are not indicative of our core operating results. This non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies.
The above items are excluded from our Adjusted EBITDA measure because these items are non-cash in nature, or because the amount and timing of these items are unpredictable, are not driven by core results of operations, and/or render comparisons with prior periods and competitors less meaningful. We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our results of core operations, as well as providing a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business performance. Moreover, Adjusted EBITDA is a key measurement used by our management internally to make operating decisions, including those related to operating expenses, evaluate performance, and perform strategic planning and annual budgeting.
The following table presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net loss:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Net loss | $ | (48,879,200 | ) | $ | (945,046 | ) | ||
| Add: | ||||||||
| Interest expense | 1,271,638 | - | ||||||
| Income tax expense | 3,978 | 8,109 | ||||||
| Amortization expense | 91,071 | 57,353 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 5,170,275 | - | ||||||
| (Gain) loss on customer rewards liability | (1,100,857 | ) | 3,423,045 | |||||
| Loss (gain) on digital assets - rewards treasury | 1,010,586 | (3,491,889 | ) | |||||
| Loss on digital assets - investment treasury | 15,617,152 | - | ||||||
| Change in fair value of SAFEs | 6,503,113 | 95,064 | ||||||
| Change in fair value of convertible note | 6,534,143 | - | ||||||
| Convertible note issuance costs and fees | 9,569,109 | - | ||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) | $ | (4,208,992 | ) | $ | (853,364 | ) | ||
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA (Loss) | $ | (4,208,992 | ) | $ | (853,364 | ) | ||
| Weighted-average shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share | 25,436,398 | 5,836,882 | ||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA (Loss) per share attributable to common stockholders: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | (0.17 | ) | $ | (0.15 | ) | ||
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
Investor Relations:
Orange Group
Samir Jain, CFA
FoldIR@orangegroupadvisors.com
Media:
Elev8 New Media
Jessica Starman, MBA
Media@foldapp.com
