10-Q

UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY

REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For

the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022

☐ TRANSITION

REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For

the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission

File Number: 000-52994

THE OLB

GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	13-4188568

| (State or other jurisdiction of<br> incorporation or organization) | (IRS Employer<br> Identification No.) |

200 Park Avenue, Suite 1700, New York, NY	10166

| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

(212) 278-0900

| (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) | | (Former name, former address<br> and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) | | --- |

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered

| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value | OLB | The Nasdaq Capital Market |

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐

| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |

| | | Emerging growth company | ☒ |

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of May 13, 2022, there were 14,702,804 shares of the issuer’s common stock issued and outstanding.

THE

OLB GROUP, INC.

FORM

10-Q

For

the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2022

INDEX

PART I	Financial Information	1
Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)	1
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	17
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	21
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	21
PART II	Other Information	22
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	22
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	22
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	22
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	22
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	22
Item 5.	Other Information	22
Item 6.	Exhibits	22
Signatures		23

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PART

I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item1. Financial Statements

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INDEX

TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2022 (unaudited) and December 31, 2021	2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)	3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022, and 2021 (unaudited)	4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)	5
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	6

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The

OLB Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed

Consolidated Balance Sheets

			December 31,<br> 2021
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash	3,637,804		$	3,470,339
Accounts receivable, net	1,172,704			670,822
Prepaid expenses	337,592			15,064
Other current assets	1,075,964			729,351
Total Current Assets	6,224,064			4,885,576
Other Assets:
Property and equipment, net	8,066,637			8,967,096
Intangible assets, net	22,969,109			23,964,180
Goodwill	6,858,216			6,858,216
Operating lease right-of-use assets	369,986			402,538
Other long-term assets	461,896			451,885
Total Other Assets	38,725,844			40,643,915
TOTAL ASSETS	44,949,908		$	45,529,491
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	590,249		$	501,762
Accrued expenses	403,266			416,182
Merchant portfolio purchase installment obligation	2,000,000			2,000,000
Operating lease liability – current portion	135,603			133,180
Note payable – current portion	298,053			—
Total Current Liabilities	3,427,171			3,051,124
Long Term Liabilities:
Notes payable, net of current portion	464,109			—
Operating lease liability – net of current portion	238,190			273,166
Total Liabilities	4,129,470			3,324,290
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, 0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding	—			—
Series A Preferred stock, 0.01 par value, 10,000 shares authorized, 4,633 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021	46			46
Common stock, 0.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 14,702,804 and 11,984,396 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively	1,469			1,197
Additional paid-in capital	67,881,483			67,810,922
Accumulated deficit	(27,062,560	)		(25,606,964	)
Total Stockholders’ Equity	40,820,438			42,205,201
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	44,949,908		$	45,529,491

All values are in US Dollars.

The

accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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The

OLB Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

	For the Three<br> <br>Months Ended March 31,
	2022			2021
Revenue:
Transaction and processing fees	$	8,413,429		$	2,090,264
Merchant equipment rental and sales		17,168			18,507
Revenue, net - cryptocurrency mining		264,340			—
Other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions		91,522			117,633
Total revenue		8,786,459			2,226,404
Operating expenses:
Processing and servicing costs, excluding merchant portfolio amortization		6,258,137			1,547,274
Amortization and depreciation expense		998,590			215,904
Depreciation expense - cryptocurrency mining		891,756			—
Salaries and wages		533,859			820,091
Professional fees		324,407			226,944
General and administrative expenses		1,235,317			399,325
Total operating expenses		10,242,066			3,209,538
Loss from operations		(1,455,607	)		(983,134	)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		—			(116,736	)
Other income		11			13
Total other income (expense)		11			(116,723	)
Net Loss	$	(1,455,596	)	$	(1,099,857	)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.17	)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted		14,510,703			6,299,857

The

accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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The

OLB Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

For

the Three Months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

(Unaudited)

	Preferred<br> Stock				Common<br> Stock				Additional<br><br> Paid In			Accumulated
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Capital			Deficit			Total
Balance at January 1, 2022		4,633	$	46		11,984,396	$	1,197	$	67,810,922		$	(25,606,964	)	$	42,205,201
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		70,833			—			70,833
Common stock issued for common control acquisitions		—		—		1,318,408		132		(132	)		—			—
Common stock issued for exercise of warrants		—		—		1,400,000		140		(140	)		—			—
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			(1,455,596	)		(1,455,596	)
Balance at March 31, 2022		4,633	$	46		14,702,804	$	1,469	$	67,881,483		$	(27,062,560	)	$	40,820,438
	Preferred<br> Stock				Common<br> Stock				Additional<br><br> Paid In		Accumulated
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	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Capital		Deficit			Total
Balance at January 1, 2021		4,633	$	46		6,170,054	$	617	$	26,380,124	$	(20,628,606	)	$	5,752,181
Stock based compensation		-		-		-		-		74,011		-			74,011
Common stock issued for<br> the exercise of Warrants		-		-		944,720		94		7,160,846		-			7,160,940
Net<br> loss		-		-		-		-		-		(1,099,857	)		(1,099,857	)
Balance at March 31,<br> 2021		4,633	$	46		7,114,774	$	711	$	33,614,981	$	(21,728,463	)	$	11,887,275

The

accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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The

OLB Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

	For the Three<br> <br>Months Ended March 31,
	2022			2021
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss	$	(1,455,596	)	$	(1,099,857	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations:
Depreciation and amortization		1,895,530			154,425
Stock based compensation		70,833			74,011
Operating lease expense		32,430			56,986
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(501,882	)		12,021
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(669,141	)		(3,675	)
Other long-term assets		(10,011	)		(19,706	)
Accounts payable		88,487			(67,608	)
Accrued expenses – related party		—			-
Other accrued liabilities		(45,347	)		(46,361	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(594,697	)		(939,764	)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:		—			—
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from note payable		875,000			—
Payments on note payable		(112,838	)		(7,654,845	)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants		—			7,160,940
Net cash provided by financing activities		762,162			(493,905	)
Net change in cash		167,465			(1,433,669	)
Cash – beginning of period		3,470,339			3,824,491
Cash – end of period	$	3,637,804		$	2,390,822
Cash paid for:
Interest	$	—		$	116,736
Income taxes	$	—		$	—

The

accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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The

OLB Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes

to the Consolidated Financial Statements

March

31, 2022

NOTE

1 – BACKGROUND

Background

The OLB Group, Inc. (“OLB” the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on November 18, 2004 and provides services through its wholly-owned subsidiaries and business segments.

Fintech Services:

The Company provides integrated financial and transaction processing services (“Fintech Services”) to businesses throughout the United States. Through its eVance Capital, Inc. subsidiary (“eVance”), the Company provides an integrated suite of third-party merchant payment processing services and related proprietary software enabling products that deliver credit and debit card-based internet payment processing solutions primarily to small and mid-sized merchants operating in physical “brick and mortar” business environments, on the internet and in retail settings requiring both wired and wireless mobile payment solutions. eVance operates as an independent sales organization (“ISO”) generating individual merchant processing contracts in exchange for future residual payments. As a wholesale ISO, eVance has a direct contractual relationship with the merchants and takes greater responsibility in the approval and monitoring of merchants than do retail ISOs and as a result, receives additional consideration for this service and risk. The Company’s Securus365, Inc. (“Securus365”) subsidiary operates as a retail ISO and receives residual income as commission for merchants it places with third party processors.

CrowdPay.us, Inc. (“CrowdPay”) is a Crowdfunding platform used to facilitate a capital raise anywhere from $1,000,000 -$50,000,000 of various types of securities under Regulation D, Regulation Crowdfunding, Regulation A and the Securities Act of 1933. To date, the activities of this subsidiary have been nominal.

OmniSoft.io, Inc. (“OmniSoft”) operates a software platform for small merchants. The Omnicommerce applications work on an iPad, mobile device and the web and allows customers to sell a store’s products in a physical, retail setting. To date, the activities of this subsidiary have been nominal when compared to the overall business.

On May 14, 2021, the Company formed OLBit, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (“OLBit”). The purpose of OLBit is to hold the Company’s assets and operate its business related to its emerging cryptocurrency-related lending and transactional business.

Cryptocurrency Business:

On July 23, 2021, the Company formed DMINT, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (“DMINT”). The purpose of DMINT is to operate its business related to cryptocurrency mining (“Cryptocurrency Business”).

On July 28, 2021, the Company entered into an exclusive agreement with Cai Energy Blockchain, Inc. (“CAI”) whereby CAI provided the Company with an exclusive natural gas supply agreement (the “Services”). In exchange for the Services, the Company granted CAI options to purchase up to 767,918 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (with a fair value of approximately $4.5 million on the date of grant) at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. The natural gas is being used in connection with the Company’s, newly launched, cryptocurrency mining business.

The Company also provides ecommerce development and consulting services on a project-by-project basis.

The Company generates its revenue through two business segments its Fintech Services and Cryptocurrency Business segments.

COVID-19Impact

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” and on March 10, 2020, declared it to be a pandemic. The virus and actions taken to mitigate its spread have had and are expected to continue to have a broad adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the geographical areas in which the Company operates. In response to the pandemic, the Company has been working with merchants to address potential changes to the purchase patterns of consumers. In addition, it has been focusing on servicing merchants that sell products with an extended delivery time frame, that have products that are paid for in advance, and that work in the catering, ticketing, limo and travel related businesses which have been directly impacted by the social distancing requirement of the pandemic. Further, for those of the Company’s employees that are able to perform their job remotely, the Company implemented a “remote work” policy and provided employees with the technology necessary to continue to do their jobs from home and for those employees that are unable to perform their job from a remote location, the Company has taken steps to ensure appropriate distancing, continue to require wearing masks in the office and added sanitizing stations along with requiring frequent hand washing and work station cleaning. In addition, the Company has been encouraging its employees to get vaccinated, if possible. At March 31, 2022, most employees were no longer working remotely and had returned to the office. However, the Company continues to monitor and follow the advice of federal and state authorities. The Company has not seen a material impact on its business since states began to roll back restrictions on businesses in the United States.

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NOTE

2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basisof Presentation

The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which management believes are necessary to fairly present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of and for the three month period ending March 31, 2022 and not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2022. These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Useof Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s accounting estimates include the collectability of receivables, useful lives of long-lived assets and recoverability of those assets, impairment in fair value of goodwill, valuation allowances for income taxes, stock-based compensation.

Principlesof Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, eVance, Securus, CrowdPay, Omnisoft, OLBit, DMINT and Crowd Ignition, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial information to conform to the presentation used in the financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Concentrationof Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and accounts receivable. The Company’s cash is deposited with major financial institutions. At times, such deposits may be in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurable amount (“FDIC”). As of March 31, 2022, the Company had $2,831,494 of cash in excess of the FDIC’s $250,000 insurance limit.

OperatingSegments

Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which discrete financial information is available that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), or decision maker group, in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. Our chief operating decision–making group is composed of the chief executive officer and Vice President. The Company has two operating segments as of March 31, 2022. See Note 13, “Segment Information”.

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NetLoss per Share

Basic net loss per share of common stock is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and dilutive potentially outstanding shares of common stock during the period. The weighted average number of common shares for the year ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 does not include warrants to acquire 8,563,127 and 2,368,978 shares of common stock, respectively, because of their anti-dilutive effect. The weighted average number of common shares for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 does not include 779,029 and 11,112 options, respectively, to purchase common stock because of their anti-dilutive effect.

AccountsReceivable

Accounts receivable represent contractual residual payments due from the Company’s processing partners or other customers. Residual payments are determined based on transaction fees and revenues from the credit and debit card processing activity of merchants for which the Company’s processing partners pay the Company. Based on collection experience and periodic reviews of outstanding receivables, management considers all accounts receivable for our residual payments to be fully collectible and accordingly, no allowance for doubtful accounts is required; however, CrowdPay has a recorded an allowance of approximately $0 and $38,000 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Reservefor Chargeback Losses

Disputes between a cardholder and a merchant periodically arise as a result of, among other things, cardholder dissatisfaction with merchandise quality or merchant services. Such disputes may not be resolved in the merchant’s favor. In these cases, the transaction is “charged back” to the merchant, which means the purchase price is refunded to the customer through the merchant’s bank and charged to the merchant. If the merchant has inadequate funds, the Company must bear the credit risk for the full amount of the transaction. The Company evaluates the risk for such transactions and estimates the potential loss for chargebacks based primarily on historical experience and records a loss reserve accordingly.

RevenueRecognition and Cost of Revenues

The Company receives a percentage of recurring monthly transaction related fees comprised of credit and debit card fees charged to merchants, net of association fees, otherwise known as Interchange, as well as certain service charges and convenience fees, for payment processing services, including authorization, capture, clearing, settlement and information reporting of electronic transactions. Fees are calculated on either a percentage of the dollar volume of the transaction or a fixed fee or a hybrid of the two and are recognized at the time of the transaction. In the case of “wholesale” residual revenue in which the Company has a direct contractual relationship with the merchant, bears risk of chargebacks and performs underwriting on the merchants, the Company records the full discount charged to the merchant as revenue and the related interchange and other processing fees as expenses. In cases of residual revenue where the Company is not responsible for merchant underwriting and has no chargeback liability and has no or limited contractual relationship with the merchant, the Company records the amount it receives from the processor net of interchange and other processing fees as revenue.

Disaggregationof Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by revenue source:

	For<br> the Three Months Ended<br> March 31,
	2022		2021
Revenue from contracts with customers:
Wholesale contracts	$	7,706,208	$	1,445,857
Retail contracts	$	373,773	$	429,149
Other transaction and processing fees	$	442,138	$	351,398
Cryptocurrency mining<br> fees	$	264,340	$	—
Total fees	$	8,786,459	$	2,226,404

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The Company recognizes revenue under ASC 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:

●	Identification of a contract<br> with a customer;
●	Identification of the performance<br> obligations in the contract;
●	Determination of the transaction<br> price;
●	Allocation of the transaction<br> price to the performance obligations in the contract; and
●	Recognition of revenue<br> when or as the performance obligations are satisfied.

Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Shipping and handling activities associated with outbound freight after control over a product has transferred to a customer are accounted for as a fulfillment activity and recognized as revenue at the point in time at which control of the goods transfers to the customer. As a practical expedient, the Company does not adjust the transaction price for the effects of a significant financing component if, at contract inception, the period between customer payment and the transfer of goods or services is expected to be one year or less.

Transactionand processing fees

Fees for the Company’s transaction and processing arrangements are typically billed and paid on a monthly basis. The Company receives a percentage of recurring monthly transaction related fees comprised of credit and debit card fees charged to merchants, net of association fees, otherwise known as Interchange, as well as certain service charges and convenience fees, for payment processing services, including authorization, capture, clearing, settlement and information reporting of electronic transactions. Fees are calculated on either a percentage of the dollar, volume of the transaction or a fixed fee or a hybrid of the two and are recognized at the time of the transaction. These merchant services represent a single performance obligation satisfied over time and that the same measure of progress should be used to measure the Company’s progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation. The Company will recognize revenue on a monthly basis as the services are transferred to the customer in short daily increments that qualify for series guidance as the best measure of the transfer of control.

In wholesale contracts, the Company recognizes transaction and processing fees on a gross basis as the Company is the principal in the merchant services. The Company has concluded it is the principal because it has a direct contractual relationship with the merchant, is primarily responsible for the delivery of services to the merchants, including performing underwriting, has discretion in setting prices, and bears risk of chargebacks and other merchant losses. The Company also has the unilateral ability to accept or reject a transaction based on criteria established by the Company. As the principal, the Company records the full discount charged to the merchant as revenue and the related interchange and other processing fees within cost of revenues.

In retail contracts, the Company is not responsible for merchant underwriting, has no chargeback liability and has no or limited contractual relationship with the merchant. As such, the Company records the net amount it receives from the processor, after interchange and other interchange and other processing fees, as revenue.

Merchantequipment sales and other

The Company generates revenue through the sale and rental of merchant equipment. The Company satisfies its performance obligation upon delivery of equipment to merchants and recognizes revenue at a point in time. The Company allows for customer returns which are accounted for as variable consideration. The Company estimates these amounts based on historical experience and reduces revenue recognized. The Company invoices customers upon delivery of the equipment to merchants, and payments from such customers are due upon invoicing. The Company offers hardware installment sales to customers with terms ranging from three to forty-eight months. The Company allocates a portion of the consideration received from these arrangements to a financing component when it determines that a significant financing component exists. The financing component is subsequently recognized as financing revenue separate from hardware revenue, within subscription and services-based revenue, over the terms of the arrangement with the customer. Pursuant to practical expedients afforded under ASC 606, the Company does not recognize a financing component for hardware installment sales that have a term of one year or less.

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Cryptocurrencymining

The Company has entered into digital asset mining pools by executing contracts, as amended from time to time, with the mining pool operators to provide computing power to the mining pool. The contracts are terminable at any time by either party and the Company’s enforceable right to compensation only begins when the Company provides computing power to the mining pool operator. In exchange for providing computing power, the Company is entitled to a fractional share of the fixed cryptocurrency award the mining pool operator receives (less digital asset transaction fees to the mining pool operator which are immaterial and are recorded as a deduction from revenue), for successfully adding a block to the blockchain. The Company’s fractional share is based on the proportion of computing power the Company contributed to the mining pool operator to the total computing power contributed by all mining pool participants in solving the current algorithm.

Providing computing power to solve complex cryptographic algorithms in support of the Bitcoin blockchain (in a process known as “solving a block”) is an output of the Company’s ordinary activities. The provision of providing such computing power is the only performance obligation in the Company’s contracts with mining pool operators. The transaction consideration the Company receives, if any, is noncash consideration, which the Company measures at fair value on the date received, which is not materially different than the fair value at contract inception or the time the Company has earned the award from the pools. The consideration is all variable. Because it is not probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue will not occur, the consideration is constrained until the mining pool operator successfully places a block (by being the first to solve an algorithm) and the Company receives confirmation of the consideration it will receive, at which time revenue is recognized. There is no significant financing component in these transactions.

Fair value of the cryptocurrency award received is determined using the quoted price of the related cryptocurrency at the time of receipt. Each individual unit of cryptocurrency held by the Company is a separate unit of account. There is currently no specific definitive guidance under GAAP or alternative accounting framework for the accounting for cryptocurrencies recognized as revenue or held, and management has exercised significant judgment in determining the appropriate accounting treatment. In the event authoritative guidance is enacted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), the Company may be required to change its policies, which could have an effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results from operations.

NOTE

3 – LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

At March 31, 2022, the Company had cash of approximately $3.6 million and working capital of approximately $ 2.8 million. As such, the Company believes it has sufficient liquidity to fund its future operations and capital requirements for a period of at least twelve months from the date these consolidated financial statements are issued.

NOTE

4 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangible assets, net, consist of the following as of:

	March 31,<br><br> 2022			December 31,<br><br> 2021
Merchant Portfolios	$	2,405,000		$	2,405,000
Less accumulated amortization		(1,691,203	)		(1,562,798	)
Net residual portfolios	$	713,797		$	842,202
	March 31,<br><br> 2022			December 31,<br><br> 2021
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Trade name	$	2,500,000		$	2,500,000
Less accumulated amortization		(1,625,000	)		(1,500,000	)
Net trade name	$	875,000		$	1,000,000
	March 31,<br> 2022			December 31,<br> 2021
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CBD Merchant Portfolio	$	18,000,000		$	18,000,000
Less accumulated amortization		(857,143	)		(190,476	)
Net CBD merchant portfolio	$	17,142,857		$	17,809,524

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	March 31,<br><br> 2022			December 31,<br><br> 2021
Exclusive agreement to purchase<br> natural gas	$	4,499,952		$	4,499,952
Less accumulated amortization		(262,497	)		(187,498	)
Net mineral rights	$	4,237,455		$	4,312,454
Total intangible assets,<br> net	$	22,969,109		$	23,964,180

Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $995,069 and $215,904, respectively.

The Company’s merchant portfolios and tradename are being amortized over respective useful lives of 7 and 5 years.

The Company’s agreement to purchase natural gas is being amortized over the useful life of 10 years.

The following sets forth the estimated amortization expense related to amortizing intangible assets for the years ended December 31:

2022	$	2,863,019
2023		3,834,281
2024		3,320,234
2025		3,021,424
2026		3,021,424
Thereafter		6,908,727
Total	$	22,969,109

The weighted average remaining useful life of amortizing intangible assets was 5.95 years at March 31, 2022.

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5 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

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Long lived assets, including property and equipment assets to be held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. Impairment losses are recognized if expected future cash flows of the related assets are less than their carrying values. Measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of the asset. Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.

Property and equipment are first recorded at cost. Depreciation and is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the various classes of assets.

Maintenance and repair expenses, as incurred, are charged to expense. Betterments and renewals are capitalized in plant and equipment accounts. Cost and accumulated depreciation applicable to items replaced or retired are eliminated from the related accounts with any gain or loss on the disposition included as income.

Assets stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation consisted of the following:

	March 31,<br> 2022			December 31, <br> 2021
Furniture and Fixtures	$	36,471		$	36,471
Office Equipment		474,873			474,873
Computer Software		182,345			182,345
Leasehold Improvements		17,877			17,877
Cryptocurrency Mining Equipment		9,410,000			9,410,000
Total		10,121,565			10,121,566
Less accumulated depreciation		(2,054,929	)		(1,154,470	)
Property and Equipment, net	$	8,066,637		$	8,967,096

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Depreciationexpense

Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $895,277 and $3,521, respectively.

NOTE

6 – NOTE PAYABLE

On November 24, 2021, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of November 15, 2021 with FFS Data Corporation (“Seller”) whereby we acquired a portfolio of merchants in the Cannabidiol (or “CBD”) industry, along with other merchants utilizing financial transaction processing services (the “Purchased Assets”). The purchase price was $20 million, with $16 million paid at closing, $2 million payable within six months after closing, and a $2 million payment to be transferred to an escrow account, contingent upon an Attrition Adjustment, as described in the Agreement.  Company management has recognized a liability for the contingent payment amount.

On November 29, 2021, the Company entered into a Master Equipment Finance Agreement (the “MFA”) with VFS LLC (“VFS”) which would allow the Company to finance the purchase of certain equipment. The collateral and interest rate are determined at the time the Company borrows funds. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company received, as an initial draw on the MFA, $875,000 from VFS (the “Equipment Loan”). The Equipment Loan is secured by cryptocurrency mining computers being utilized by DMINT. The Equipment Loan requires monthly payments of $24,837.75 until the loan is repaid in full or it matures on November 29, 2024 requiring a full payment of all principal and accrued and unpaid interest.

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7 – STOCK OPTIONS

A summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding stock options and changes during the three months ended March 31, 2022 is presented below:

Stock Options	Options			Weighted<br><br> Average<br> Exercise<br> Price		Aggregate<br><br> Intrinsic<br> Value
Options outstanding December 31, 2020		285,173		$	0.0001	$	1,408,755
Granted		774,585		$	0.0001		-
Exercised		(159,103	)	$	-		-
Expired		(6,667	)	$	-		-
Options outstanding December 31, 2021		893,988		$	0.0001	$	2,369,065
Granted		-		$	-		-
Exercised		-		$	-		-
Expired		(112,736	)	$	-		-
Options outstanding March 31, 2022		781,252		$	0.0001
Shares exercisable at March 31, 2022		779,029		$	0.0001	$	1,363,301

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– WARRANTS

A summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding stock warrants and changes during the three months ended March 31, 2022 is presented below:

	Number<br> of<br> Warrants			Weighted<br><br> Average<br> Exercise<br> Price		Weighted<br><br> Average<br> Remaining<br> Contract<br> Term
Outstanding, December 31, 2020		3,353,698			4.61		4.81
Cancelled		(40,000	)	$	7.50		-
Underwriter Warrants		8,881,333		$	3.62		-
Warrant A Exercised		(742,220	)	$	9.00		-
Warrant B Exercised		(313,320	)	$	4.50		-
Underwriter Warrant<br> Exercised		(1,176,364	)	$	0.0001		-
Outstanding, December 31, 2021		9,963,127		$	5.02		4.55
Underwriter Warrant<br> Exercised		(1,400,000	)	$	0.0001		-
Outstanding, March 31, 2022		8,563,127		$	5.10		4.45

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NOTE

9 – OPERATING LEASES

On June 24, 2020, eVance, Inc. (“eVance”) entered into a Lease Agreement (the “Lease”) with Pergament Lodi, LLC (the “Lessor”) relating to approximately 4,277 square feet of property located at 960 Northpoint Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, Suite 400. The term of the Lease is for thirty-nine (39) months commencing September 1, 2020. The monthly base rent is $8,019 for the first twelve (12) months increasing thereafter to $8,768. The total rent for the entire lease term is $315,044 and $8,768 is payable as a security deposit. The first three months of rent will be abated so long as eVance is not in default of any portion of the Lease.

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January 11, 2022, DMINT entered into two leases (the “Leases”) in Bradford, Pennsylvania relating to a combined 10,000 square feet of property located at the Bradford Regional Airport Authority multi-tenant building in Lafayette Township. The facility is in the process of being converted into a cryptocurrency mining data center powered on the local power grid in tandem with natural gas power. The location will be used for DMINT’s mining operation with capacity for up to 2,000 Antminer S19j PRO machines. The Leases are each for a term of five years, ending on the later of the date of occupancy and November 10, 2026. The monthly base rent for “Cell 3”, comprising 4,000 square feet, is $1,667 per month. The monthly base rent for “Cell 4”, comprising 6,000 square feet, is $2,500 per month. The total rent for the entire lease term of the Leases is $250,00 and $8,768 is payable as a security deposit.

	Balance<br> Sheet Classification	March 31,<br><br> 2022
Asset
Operating<br> lease asset	Right of<br> use asset	$	369,986
Total lease asset		$	369,986
Liability
Operating lease liability – current portion	Current operating lease liability	$	135,603
Operating lease liability<br> – noncurrent portion	Long-term operating<br> lease liability		238,190
Total lease liability		$	373,793

Lease obligations at March 31, 2022 consisted of the following:

For<br> the year ended December 31:
2022	$	112,854
2023		144,393
2024		50,000
2025		50,000
2026		41,667
Total payments	$	398,914
Amount representing<br> interest	$	(25,121	)
Lease obligation, net		373,793
Less current portion		(135,603	)
Lease obligation –<br> long term	$	238,190

Rent expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, was $42,409 and $24,909, respectively.

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10 - COMMON STOCK

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In January 2022, Armistice Capital, received 1,400,000 shares of common stock upon the exercise of 1,400,000 warrants at $0.0001.

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11 – PREFERRED STOCK

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of 50,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by our board of directors. 4,633 shares of preferred stock are currently issued and outstanding.

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SeriesA Preferred Stock

On August 7, 2020, we filed a Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware. The Certificate of Designations will provide that the Company may issue up to 10,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a stated value (the “Stated Value”) of $1,000 per share. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to the following rights and preferences.

Dividends

The Series A Preferred Stockholders are entitled to receive cash dividends at a rate per share (as a percentage of the Stated Value per share) of 12% per annum. Dividends accrue quarterly. Dividends are to be paid to the holders from funds legally available for payment and as approved for payment by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Conversion

The Series A Preferred Stock holders may convert, at their option, on or after the date on which the Term Loan is repaid in full, each share of Series A Preferred Stock (along with accrued but unpaid dividends thereon) into such number of shares of common stock as determined by dividing the Stated Value by the conversion price. The conversion price for the Series A Preferred Stock will be equal to the offering price per Unit in this offering and will be subject to adjustment for splits and the like. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock will only be permitted to convert their shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of common stock at such time as the Term Loan has been repaid in full and there is no further outstanding obligations regarding such indebtedness.

Voting

Each holder of a share of Series A Preferred Stock will have the right to vote its shares of Series A Preferred Stock with the common stock on an as-converted basis, and with respect to such votes, such holder shall have full voting rights and powers equal to the voting rights and powers of the holders of common stock, and shall be entitled, to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Company’s bylaws, and shall be entitled to vote, together with holders of common stock, with respect to any question upon which holders of common stock have the right to vote. Fractional votes shall not be permitted, and such shares shall be rounded up.

LiquidationPreference

Each share of Series A Preferred Stock will have a liquidation preference equal to the Stated Value plus any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (which include,s any merger, reorganization, sale of assets in which control of the Company is transferred or event which results in all or substantially all of the Company’s assets being transferred), the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company, before any payment is made to the holders of the Company’s common stock and either in preference to or pari pasu with the holders of any other series of preferred stock that may be issued in the future, a per share amount equal to the liquidation preference.

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12 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

On January 3, 2022, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with all of the shareholders of Crowd Ignition, Inc. (“Crowd Ignition”) whereby the Company would purchase 100% of the equity of Crowd Ignition in exchange for 1,318,408 shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 of the Company (the “CI Issued Shares”). The value of the CI Issued Shares was, for purposes of the Agreement, based on the closing trading price of the Company on October 1, 2021 (the date on which a third-party fairness opinion was issued), resulting in an aggregate purchase price for Crowd Ignition of $5.3 million. The purchase price was used solely to establish the price between the parties and not for accounting purposes.

Crowd Ignition is a web-based crowdfunding software system. Ronny Yakov, Chairman and CEO of the Company and John Herzog, a significant shareholder of the Company, collectively owned 100% of the equity of Crowd Ignition. The acquisition of Crowd Ignition., was determined to be a common control transaction as each Company has the same two shareholders with a majority ownership. As a result, the assets and liabilities assumed were recorded on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements at their respective carry-over basis; however, as of January 3, 2022, Crowd Ignition has no assets, liabilities or other operations.

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13 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In the normal course of business, the Company may be involved in legal proceedings, claims and assessments arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company records legal costs associated with loss contingencies as incurred and accrues for all probable and estimable settlements.

On January 11, 2022, the Company entered into a new employment agreement with Mr. Yakov (the “Yakov Agreement”) and a new employment agreement with Mr. Smith (the “Smith Agreement”). The Yakov Agreement maintains Mr. Yakov’s role as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer through December 31, 2027 and extended for one-year terms thereafter. The Smith Agreement maintains Mr. Smith’s role as the Company’s Vice President, Finance unless terminated or upon his resignation.

The Yakov Agreement increases Mr. Yakov’s base salary to $750,000 and he will continue to be eligible for insurance coverages and benefits available to the Company’s employees pursuant to the terms of such plans. Mr. Yakov also received a $490,000 bonus for acquisitions closed by the Company in 2020 and 2021 and he will be eligible to receive an acquisition bonus equal to two percent (2%) of the gross purchase price paid in connection with a future acquisition. Mr. Yakov shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) based on performance criteria established by the Board. In addition, on an annual basis, Mr. Yakov shall receive options to purchase up to 200,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The Company’s existing option plan will need to be amended to increase the number of available shares before the options to Mr. Yakov can be granted.

The Yakov Agreement also states that, if Mr. Yakov’s employment is terminated without cause or he voluntarily terminates his employment for good reason, he will continue to receive his base salary for the remainder of the term along with all earned bonuses. In the event the termination is in connection with Mr. Yakov’s death, disability or bankruptcy of the Company, he will receive the pro rata amount of his base salary through the termination date and all bonuses earned through the termination date.

The Smith Agreement increases Mr. Smith’s base salary to $350,000.00 and he will continue to be eligible for insurance coverages and benefits available to the Company’s employees pursuant to the terms of such plans. Mr. Smith shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) based on performance criteria established by the Committee. In addition, Mr. Smith shall receive options (the “Options”) to purchase up to 275,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The Options vest equally over five years at the rate of one-fifth (1/5^th^) beginning on the anniversary of the Effective Date of the Agreement. The Company’s existing option plan will need to be amended to increase the number of available shares before the options to Mr. Smith can be granted.

The Smith Agreement also states that, if Mr. Smith’s employment is terminated without cause or he voluntarily terminates his employment for good reason, he will continue to receive his base salary for the remainder of the term along with all earned bonuses. In the event the termination is in connection with Mr. Smith’s death, disability or bankruptcy of the Company, he will receive the pro rata amount of his base salary through the termination date and all bonuses earned through the termination date.

The Company had an adverse litigation judgment against it during the fiscal year which included damages and attorney fees in favor of the Plaintiff. The Company has appealed the judgment of both the award of damages and attorney fees. The timeline for a ruling on the appeal is unknown. The Company believes that it has sufficient grounds to prevail on its appeal. As the amount of the judgement is known the Company has accounted for it as an accrued expense.

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14 - SEGMENTS

The Company applies ASC 280, Segment Reporting, in determining its reportable segments. The Company has two reportable segments during 2021: Cryptocurrency Mining and Fintech Services. The guidance requires that segment disclosures present the measure(s) used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) to decide how to allocate resources and for purposes of assessing such segments’ performance. The Company’s CODM is comprised of several members of its executive management team who use revenue and expenses of our two reporting segments to assess the performance of the business of our reportable operating segments.

The following tables details revenue, operating expenses, and assets for the Company’s reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

	For the Three<br> Months ended<br> March 31, <br> 2022		For the Three<br> Months ended<br> March 31, <br> 2021
Reportable segment revenue:
Revenue, net - cryptocurrency mining	$	264,340	$	2,226,404
Fintech services revenue		8,522,119		—
Total segment and consolidated revenue		8,786,459		2,226,404
	March 31,<br> <br>2022		December 31,<br> <br> 2021
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Total Assets:
Cryptocurrency<br> mining	$	9,826,363	$	9,749,652
Fintech<br> services		35,123,545		33,779,839
	$	44,949,908	$	43,529,491

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Item2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-LookingStatements

The information in this report contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact made in this report are forward looking. In particular, the statements herein regarding industry prospects and future results of operations or financial position are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “estimates,” “could,” “possibly,” “probably,” anticipates,” “projects,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” or “should” or other variations or similar words. No assurances can be given that the future results anticipated by the forward-looking statements will be achieved. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations. These risks and uncertainties include those factors described in greater detail in the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or, in the case of documents referred to or incorporated by reference, the date of those documents.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements, included herewith. This discussion should not be construed to imply that the results discussed herein will necessarily continue into the future, or that any conclusion reached herein will necessarily be indicative of actual operating results in the future. Such discussion represents only the best present assessment of our management.

CompanyOverview and Description of Business

Overview

We are a FinTech company and PayFac that focuses on a suite of products in the merchant services and payment facilitator verticals that seeks to provide integrated business solutions to merchants throughout the United States. We seek to accomplish this by providing merchants with a wide range of products and services through our various online platforms, including financial and transaction processing services. We also have products that provide support for crowdfunding and other capital raising initiatives. We supplement our online platforms with certain hardware solutions that are integrated with our online platforms. Our business functions primarily through three wholly-owned subsidiaries, eVance, OmniSoft, and CrowdPay, though substantially all of our revenue has been generated from our eVance business (we began generating revenue from our OmniSoft and CrowdPay businesses in the second half of 2019). We expect to build out our OmniSoft software business and to rely more on our PayFac model for revenue so that we are not dependent on our revenue from our eVance business but there is no guarantee that we will be able to do so.

With respect to our eVance business, our merchants are currently processing over $100,000,000 in gross transactions monthly and average approximately 1,400,000 transactions a month. These transactions come from a variety of sources including direct accounts and ISO channels. The accounts consist of businesses across the United States with no concentration of industries or merchants.

We have integrated all the applications for OmniSoft and the ShopFast Omnicommerce solution with the eVance mobile payment gateway, SecurePay.comTM. SecurePay.comTM, is currently used by approximately 3,000 merchants processing over 32,000 transactions and approximately $9,000,000 of monthly gross transactions (though our revenue from these transactions is limited). In July 2019, we launched a new merchant and ISO boarding system that will be able to onboard merchants instantly. This provides the merchant with an automated approval and ISOs will have the ability to see all their merchants and their residuals as they load to the system.

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On May 22, 2020, the Company purchased certain assets from POSaBIT Inc. (“POSaBIT”), including its contracts and arrangements with the Doublebeam merchant payment processing platform (the “POSaBIT Asset Acquisition”). The assets included, but were not limited to, software source codes, customer lists, customer contracts, hardware and website domains.

On May 14, 2021, the Company formed OLBit, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (“OLBit”). The purpose of OLBit is to hold the Company’s assets and operate its business related to its emerging cryptocurrency-related lending and transactional business.

On July 23, 2021, we formed DMINT, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (“DMINT”) to operate in the cryptocurrency mining industry. DMINT has initiated the first phase of the cryptocurrency mining operation by placing purchase orders for data centers and ASIC-based Antminer S19J Pro mining computers specifically configured to mine Bitcoin. The first lot of equipment is being used to establish a proof of concept before DMINT expands the number of computers in operation. As of March 31, 2022, DMint has purchased 1,000 computers, of which 650 computers have been delivered with 250 online and mining for Bitcoin, 400 computers are in process of being installed and 350 additional computers are scheduled for delivery in 2022. It has six data centers located in Pennsylvania where it has mined ten Bitcoin. It has entered into an exclusive agreement whereby it has rights to all of the natural gas produced by 15 mines in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The natural gas is taken directly from the well heads to generate electricity required to power the mining computers. As configured, it is expected that the computers purchased will have a combined computing power of approximately 100 petahash per second. If the initial mining operation results are as anticipated, DMINT plans to expand the number of mining computers every quarter, whereby it would aim to have the computing power of 500 petahash per second by the end of 2022.

On January 3, 2022, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with all of the shareholders of Crowd Ignition, Inc. (“Crowd Ignition”) whereby the Company purchased 100% of the equity of Crowd Ignition in exchange for 1,318,408 shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 of the Company (the “CI Issued Shares”). The value of the CI Issued Shares was, for purposes of the Agreement, based on the closing trading price of the Company on October 1, 2021 (the date on which a third-party fairness opinion was issued), resulting in an aggregate purchase price for Crowd Ignition of $5.3 million. The shares were recorded at the nominal book value of the net assets acquired.

Crowd Ignition is a web-based crowdfunding software system. Ronny Yakov, Chairman and CEO of the Company and John Herzog, a shareholder of the Company, owned 100% of the equity of Crowd Ignition. The software provides broker-dealer, merchant banks and law firms a platform to market crowdfunding offerings, collect payments and issue securities. The software has been developed in response to, and to comply with, recent changes in investment regulations including Regulation D 506(b) and 506(v), Regulation A+ and Title III of the Jobs Act (Regulation CF), including raising the crowdfunding limit from $1.07 million to $5.0 million. Crowd Ignition is one of only about 50 companies registered with the SEC to provide the services permitted under Regulation CF.

Resultsof Operations

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) includes a discussion of the consolidated results from operations of The OLB Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries for the three ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

ThreeMonths Ended March 31, 2022 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had total revenue of $8,786,459 compared to $2,226,404 of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $6,560,055 or 294.6%. We earned $8,413,429 in transaction and processing fees, $17,168 in merchant equipment rental and sales, $91,522 in other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions and $264,340 of other revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining segment during the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to $2,090,264 in transaction and processing fees, $18,507 in merchant equipment sales and $117,633 in other revenue during the three months March 31, 2021. The increase in revenue was a result of an increase in the amount of fees earned from merchant processing transactions primarily due to the revenue attributed to the merchant portfolio acquired in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021 and to revenue from cryptocurrency mining, which we did not have in the prior period. Processing and servicing costs increased by $4,710,863 or 304.4%

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Amortization and depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $998,590 compared to $215,904 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of $782,686 or 362.5%. We record amortization expense on our merchant portfolio, trademarks and natural gas purchase rights. Our amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022, increased in the current year period due to the agreement with Cai Energy to purchase natural gas to operate the cryptocurrency mining computers used in the Cryptocurrency Mining segment. Depreciation expense for our cryptocurrency mining segment was $891,756 in the current period due to the acquisition of Cryptocurrency Mining equipment.

Salary and wage expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $533,859 compared to $820,091 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 an decrease of $286,232 or 34.9%.

Professional fees for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were $324,407 compared to $226,944 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of $97,463 or 42.9%. Professional fees consist mainly of audit and legal fees. The increase in the current period is mainly due to an increase in legal expense.

General and administrative expenses (“G&A”) for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $1,235,317 compared to $399,325 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of $835,992 or 209.3%. Some of our larger G&A expenses included travel of $108,000, marketing and promotion of $125,000, contracted services of $259,000 and computer and internet expense of $145,000.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we incurred $0 of interest expense, compared to $116,736 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $116,736. The decrease in interest expense is due the conversion of all related party debt and the repayment of the Term Loan in March 2021.

Our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $1,455,596 compared to $1,099,857 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. We had an increase in our net loss of $355,739 for the reasons discussed above.

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Liquidityand Capital Resources

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Trendsand Uncertainties

TheCompany’s financial condition and results of operations for the next fiscal year 2022 may be adversely affectedby a further prolonging of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The New York and Atlanta areas, including the location of the Company’s corporate headquarters and its operations business, continued to experience impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. The Company is currently following the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for its employees and visitors. However, the scale and duration of this pandemic remains unknown. If there was another increase in cases requiring quarantines or closures of businesses, the duration of the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. While the Company is currently implementing specific business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-19 during 2022 and believe that its business being principally operated using digital platforms, in the long-term, will suffer minimal ongoing negative impact, there is no guarantee that the Company’s continuity plan will be successful, that the Company’s merchants will meet the number of forecasted transactions due to a change in consumer activity around point of sale purchasing resulting from the temporary closure of businesses in the future.

In 2021 and the first three months of 2022, as a result of the continued transmission of COVID-19 cases requiring quarantines and convalescence of so many people, the Company experienced some disruptions to its business and disruptions for the Company’s customers and merchants that had an impact on the number of transactions processed by the Company. The extent to which COVID-19 or any other health epidemic may impact the Company’s results for 2022 and beyond will depend on future developments and impacts of variants of the virus, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the continuing economic impact of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, COVID-19 could still have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects during 2022 and beyond.

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Changesin Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, $594,697 of cash was used by operating activities, which included our net loss, offset by $1,895,530 for amortization and depreciation expense, $70,833 for stock-based compensation $32,430 of operating lease expense and net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $1,137,894.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we received net cash of $762,162 in financing activities from a loan payable.

Liquidityand Capital Resources

At March 31, 2022, the Company had cash of $3,637,804 and working capital of $2,796,893. The Company has approximately $4.3 million of outstanding liabilities.

On March 2, 2021, the Company utilizing a portion of funds received upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, paid approximately $7.7 million to the pay off the entire outstanding amount of the Term Loan. In connection with the extinguishment of the obligations under the Term Loan, 40,000 warrants to purchase Common Stock were cancelled.

In addition, the Company has received a Paycheck Protection Program loan under the CARES Act for approximately $236,000 (the “PPP Loan”). On October 11, 2021, the Company obtained forgiveness of all amounts due under the PPP Loan.

On November 2, 2021, the Company entered into a series of securities purchase agreements with certain institutional accredited investors pursuant to which the Company issued and sold, in a private placement (i) 1,969,091 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock (ii) pre-funded warrants exercisable for a total of 2,576,364 shares of Common Stock (the “Prefunded Warrant Shares”) with an exercise price of $0.0001 per Prefunded Warrant Share, and (iii) warrants exercisable for a total of 4,545,455 shares of Common Stock (the “Common Warrant Shares” and together with the Prefunded Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”) with an exercise price of $6.50 per Common Warrant Share. The offering closed on November 5, 2021 and the Company received net proceeds of approximately $22.9 million, after deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to invest in or acquire companies or technologies that are synergistic with or complimentary to its business, to expand and market its current products and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The Company has reviewed its cash flow for 2022, projected operating cash flows for 2022 and 2023 and performed an overall analysis of market trends to determine whether or not it has sufficient liquidity to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of this Quarterly Report. As a result of (a) the improved transaction volume trends the Company experienced during 2021 and the first three months ended March 31, 2022, (b) the increase in the number of merchants after the acquisitions of several portfolios during 2021, and (c) the funds received from the capital raises and PPP Loan, as discussed above, the Company believes it has sufficient liquidity in order to sustain operations for at least the twelve months following the filing of this Quarterly Report.

CriticalAccounting Policies

Refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, for a full discussion of our critical accounting policies.

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ITEM

3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, as such, are not required to provide the information under this Item.

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4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

During the first quarter of the year ended March 31, 2022, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)). Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered in this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error or fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.

Changesin Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2022, that have materially or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM

1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

There are no claims, actions, suits, proceedings, or investigations that are currently pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by or against the Company or respecting its operations or assets, or by or against any of the Company’s officers, directors, or affiliates.

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1A. RISK FACTORS

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, as such, are not required to provide the information under this Item.

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2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

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3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

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4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as enacted by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as enacted by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
32	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 United States Code Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance<br> Document.
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy<br> Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy<br> Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy<br> Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy<br> Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy<br> Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104	Cover Page Interactive<br> Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 16,<br> 2022	By:	/s/ Ronny Yakov
	Name:	Ronny Yakov
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer<br><br> (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: May 16,<br> 2022	By:	/s/ Rachel Boulds
	Name:	Rachel Boulds
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer<br><br> (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Exhibit 31.1

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CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OFTHE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

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I, Ronny Yakov, Chief Executive Officer of The OLB Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter<br>ended March 31, 2022 of The OLB Group, Inc.
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue<br>statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under<br>which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial<br>information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash<br>flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible<br>for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal<br>control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:
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(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused<br>such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,<br>including its subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report<br>is being prepared;
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(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting,<br>or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding<br>the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally<br>accepted accounting principles;
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(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure<br>controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,<br>as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s<br>internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s<br>fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the<br>registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have<br>disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the<br>audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the<br>design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s<br>ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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(b)	Any fraud, whether material, that involves management or<br>other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Dated: May 16, 2022
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By:	/s/ Ronny Yakov
	Ronny Yakov
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

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Exhibit 31.2

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CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OFTHE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

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I, Rachel Boulds, Chief Financial Officer of The OLB Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter<br>ended March 31, 2022 of The OLB Group, Inc.
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue<br>statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under<br>which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial<br>information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash<br>flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible<br>for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal<br>control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:
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(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused<br>such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,<br>including its subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report<br>is being prepared;
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(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting,<br>or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding<br>the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally<br>accepted accounting principles;
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(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure<br>controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,<br>as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s<br>internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s<br>fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the<br>registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have<br>disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the<br>audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the<br>design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s<br>ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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(b)	Any fraud, whether material, that involves management or<br>other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Dated: May 16, 2022
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By:	/s/ Rachel Boulds
	Rachel Boulds
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Executive)

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Exhibit 32

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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES—OXLEY ACTOF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The OLB Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ronny Yakov, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec.1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that to my knowledge:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the<br>requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the<br>Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates and for<br>the periods indicated.
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Date: May 16, 2022
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By:	/s/ Ronny Yakov
	Ronny Yakov
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive)

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The OLB Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Rachel Boulds, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec.1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that to my knowledge:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)<br>or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all<br>material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods indicated.
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Date: May 16, 2022
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By:	/s/ Rachel Boulds
	Rachel Boulds
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Executive)

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to The OLB Group, Inc. and will be retained by The OLB Group, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.