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Cosmos Group Holdings Inc.

CIK: 17065092 Annual ReportsLatest: 2025-04-15

10-K / April 15, 2025

Revenue:$6,408
Income:$4,692,389

10-K / April 16, 2024

Revenue:$618,197
Income:-$77,340,993

10-K / April 15, 2025

Company Summary - Cosmos Group Holdings Inc.

Business Focus

  • Primary Business Area:
    • Engaged in physical arts and collectibles business, leveraging blockchain and NFT technologies.
    • Uses blockchain to create Digital Ownership Tokens (DOTs) to address provenance, authenticity, and ownership challenges in art and collectibles markets.
    • Provides services including authentication, valuation, certification (AVC), sale and purchase, hire purchase, custody, security, and exhibition of artworks and collectibles.

Operations and Structure

  • Corporate Structure:
    • Nevada holding company, conducts operations through wholly owned subsidiaries based in Hong Kong and other jurisdictions.
    • The subsidiaries store, authenticate, and digitize physical artworks and collectibles, and sell ownership titles as DOTs.
  • Asset Management:
    • Stores physical artworks in warehouses; insures stored art pieces.
    • No long-term custody of DOTs or crypto assets; generally adopts a “sell then mint” process.
    • DOTs are minted on Binance Smart Chain and Polygon Chain; subsequent to December 15, 2022, DOTs are obtained from third parties.

Revenue and Financials

  • Revenue (2024):
    • $6,408 from arts and collectibles technology (ACT) segment (mainly from consultancy services).
    • No revenue from 2023 for ACT segment.
    • Discontinued operations revenue was approximately $51,266 in 2024 and $3,720,298 in 2023.
  • Net Income:
    • 2024: $4,692,389 (net income from continuing operations and discontinued operations combined).
    • 2023: -$77,330,993 (net loss).

Employees

  • Total Employees: 35 in Hong Kong (0 executive directors, 35 operational management and staff).
  • Management and Directors: 3 executive directors and additional consultants.

Customers

  • Number of Customers:
    • As of December 31, 2024, approximately 262 shareholders of record, but no specific number of end customers provided.
    • No long-term contracts; revenue depends on individual transactions.
    • In 2024, there was one major customer; 2023 had no customer accounting for more than 10% revenue.

Income

  • 2024:
    • Large net income driven by other income (interest income, gains).
  • 2023:
    • Largest reported net loss ($77.3 million).

Business Model Highlights

  • NFT/Blockchain Technology:
    • Creates DOTs as ownership records for physical artwork/collectibles.
    • Addresses provenance, authenticity, and ownership transfer issues.
  • Distribution Channels:
    • Traditional sales (institutions, wealthy individuals).
    • Auction houses (exploring partnerships with Christie’s, Sotheby’s, etc.).
    • E-commerce via MetaMall platform for buying/selling DOTs.
    • Participation in art exhibitions and events.
  • Services Include:
    • Authentication, valuation, certification.
    • Sale, purchase, hire purchase, custody, exhibition services.
  • Assets:
    • Physical artworks stored in warehouses; insured.
    • DOTs represent ownership titles, not custody of crypto assets.

Current Status

  • Recently shifted from a focus on NFT/DOT product development to operational sales.
  • Business impacted by shifts in regulatory landscape, with reliance on third-party DOT sources post-December 2022.
  • Revenue generation is minimal but large net income in 2024 suggests gains from other income sources.
  • Significant net loss in 2023 reflects discontinued operations and expenses.

Note: The company primarily operates in Hong Kong, with legal and regulatory risks related to its structure and technology.