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Re: TenKay post# 139399

Friday, 03/28/2025 4:41:31 PM

Friday, March 28, 2025 4:41:31 PM

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Your analysis makes some bold accusations, but it lacks a fundamental understanding of both the capital structure and the operational realities HUMBL faced post-reverse merger (RM). Let’s address these points with facts rather than speculation.

You claim that the issuance of B-Shares resulted in no capital infusion to the company. That is true in the sense that the issuance itself did not directly raise capital, but it’s misleading to present it as if the B-Share holders contributed nothing. As you acknowledged, the B-Share holders brought in over $1 million in capital at the time of the RM, capital that was used for early operations and product development. The idea that this capital contribution is irrelevant because it was part of the RM is an intentional distortion of the facts.

You mention warrant exercises, including the $2 million from Sharp that was repaid. If you’ve read the filings, as you suggest others should, you’d know that this repayment was disclosed. Framing it as some sort of cover-up ignores the transparency of SEC filings and their intent.

As for the promissory notes sold in 2021 and converted in early 2022 at a fraction of the exercise price, this is standard in distressed financing. Markets shift, valuations adjust, and investors often restructure debt into equity as a mechanism for maintaining confidence and avoiding toxic overhang. Presenting this as something suspicious without evidence is just speculation.

Startups, particularly in fintech and blockchain, require aggressive capital deployment to build platforms, establish partnerships, and scale operations. The suggestion that burning through capital quickly is inherently nefarious ignores the reality of early-stage growth. Could certain expenditures have been optimized? Possibly. But there’s a vast difference between mismanagement and fraud.

If the entire plan was a pump-and-dump, as you insinuate, where is the mass insider liquidation? Where are the unregistered stock sales that typically accompany such schemes? You’re proposing a theory without substantive proof. Deals were pursued, and some did not materialize as planned, that’s business, not a predetermined scam. The blockchain and digital payments space is volatile, and the business environment changed rapidly.

Now to the most speculative part of your argument, the suggestion that George Sharp’s warrant exercise was a scheme to "keep him whole" while hiding it from investors. Again, if this were truly the case, why would it be disclosed in filings? SEC reports are not cryptic riddles; they document transactions clearly. There’s no evidence of an illicit cover-up, just a legal, court-approved settlement that critics like yourself choose to mischaracterize.

What’s really happening here is a narrative-driven attempt to paint every challenge HUMBL has faced as a grand conspiracy rather than a company navigating a complex and evolving market. Constructive criticism is valid. Unfounded allegations are not.

Instead of insinuations and loaded questions, let’s focus on verifiable facts and actual financial disclosures rather than cherry-picked theories designed to fit a predetermined conclusion. Now I am sure you will simplify this as a word salad or goggle guck to impress your 3 loyal followers here, but that is a straight forward, direct, and factual layout of what happened. And this that, IH has let me know this is my last post for the day. Its been a blast!