---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-023738"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABTC"
cik: "0001755953"
company_name: "American Bitcoin Corp."
filed_at: "2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T13:08:00.181064+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Akerna receives Nasdaq bid price and equity deficiency notices; faces potential delisting

## Summary
- Bid price of common stock below $1.00 for 30 consecutive days; 180-day cure period until Sept 18, 2023.
- Stockholders' equity of ($4,825,528) as of Dec 31, 2022, below Nasdaq's $2.5M minimum.
- Must submit a plan to regain equity compliance by May 8, 2023; Nasdaq may grant up to 180 days.
- Company does not meet alternative listing standards (market value or net income).
- Failure to cure could lead to delisting and appeal to Nasdaq hearings panel.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-023738
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABTC
- cik: 0001755953
- company_name: American Bitcoin Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390023023738/0001213900-23-023738-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390023023738/ea175936-8k_akernacorp.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-023738.txt

## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  American Bitcoin Corp. received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding minimum bid price (rules 5550(a)(2), 5810(c)(3)(A)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: minimum bid price
  - Rules: 5550(a)(2), 5810(c)(3)(A)
  source text: March 22, 2023, Akerna Corp. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), for the last 30 consecutive business days, the Company is not currently in compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price Notice”). The Bid Price Notice has no immediate effect on
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390023023738/0001213900-23-023738-index.htm

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