---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-027396"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABTC"
cik: "0001755953"
company_name: "American Bitcoin Corp."
filed_at: "2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T12:19:15.734231+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Akerna engages JMP Securities for strategic review; CFO departs, interim CFO appointed

## Summary
- Engaged JMP Securities to evaluate strategic alternatives to maximize stakeholder value.
- CFO John Fowle leaves effective May 17; Dean Ditto appointed interim CFO.
- President & COO Ray Thompson transitions to Special Advisor to CEO, effective immediately.
- No specific timetable for strategic review; no assurance of transaction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-027396
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABTC
- cik: 0001755953
- company_name: American Bitcoin Corp.
- filed_at: 2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390022027396/0001213900-22-027396-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390022027396/ea159971-8k_akernacorp.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-22-027396.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Fowle resigned as Chief Financial Officer at American Bitcoin Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 11, 2022, Akerna Corp. (the “Company”) and John Fowle the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Secretary agreed to a mutual separation effective as of May 17, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390022027396/0001213900-22-027396-index.htm
- Executive change
  Larry Dean Ditto, Jr. was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at American Bitcoin Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 11, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Larry Dean Ditto, Jr. as Interim Chief Financial Officer (“Interim CFO”) of the Company effective May 17, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390022027396/0001213900-22-027396-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ray Thompson changed role as Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer at American Bitcoin Corp..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 16, 2022, the Company and Ray Thompson, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, agreed to a transition, effective immediately, by which Mr. Thompson will move from his current role as President and Chief Operating Officer to Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390022027396/0001213900-22-027396-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.