Yep, I listened and at the most you can say is that F. Holmes mis-spoke. Hardly grounds for claiming that he lied, unless of course one has a narrative that must be pushed at every opportunity.
Did you mis-speak here:
Or do you actually believe NASDAQ is running publicly listed Companies. I believe you mis-spoke.
My take from the web-cast is they had no choice but to reverse split, because bitcoin is in a bear market. It's called crypto-winter and you obviously haven't been through one before. HIVE has made the correct move to sustain the Company through this Bear Market. They will be fine in the long term. When the Market bottoms I will be loading the boat.