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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-011269 to OpenLocker Holdings, Inc. (OLKR) (CIK 0000924396) (CRSF)

OpenLocker Holdings, Inc. (OLKR) (CIK 0000924396)
Date: Oct. 16, 2023 · CIK: 0000924396 · Accession: 0000000000-23-011269

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October 16, 2023
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OpenLocker Holdings, Inc. (OLKR) (CIK 0000924396)

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United States securities and exchange commission logo October 16, 2023 Howard Gostfrand Chief Executive Officer OpenLocker Holdings, Inc. 625 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Re:OpenLocker Holdings, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2022 Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended April 30, 2023 Response Dated July 17, 2023 File No. 000-24520 Dear Howard Gostfrand: We have reviewed your July 17, 2023 response to our comment letter and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our June 27, 2023 letter. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2022 General 1.We note your response to comment 1 and have the following comments: •With respect to the NFTs issued to date, please explain the benefits to which holders continue to be entitled. In this regard, clarify whether the outstanding NFTs have the characteristics of the “digital access pass” as referenced in your response. Please also explain whether the outstanding NFTs are transferable and, if so, how and through what means/platforms now that your trading platform has ceased operations. Further, please explain how the company’s right to commissions on secondary sales was removed from the outstanding NFTs. •Please explain in greater detail the benefits to which holders of the crypto assets sold with the platinum card (i.e., the “digital access passes”) are entitled, and whether the

FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand Comapany NameOpenLocker Holdings, Inc. October 16, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand OpenLocker Holdings, Inc. October 16, 2023 Page 2 digital access passes are transferable (whether alone or with the platinum card). •Please clarify whether the benefits to which holders of the outstanding NFTs and digital access passes are entitled are separable from the platinum card. Please also clarify the necessity of holding the NFT or digital access pass to receive such benefits. In this regard, are holders of the platinum card entitled to such benefits regardless of whether they elect to hold the NFT or digital access pass? •Please expand your legal analysis to address the bundle of rights to which holders of the outstanding NFTs and digital access passes are entitled and how the value of those benefits could impact the value of the NFTs and digital access passes. In responding to this comment, please address the benefits to which holders are entitled, the role of the company in providing those benefits, and the value associated with those benefits and how that may impact the value of the NFTs and digital access passes. 2.We note your response to comment 2 and we reissue our prior comment in part. Please expand your risk factor disclosure to highlight the risk that your trading platform may be operating as an unregistered exchange, unregistered broker-dealer or unregistered clearing agency, and discuss the potential consequences associated with those risks. Government Regulation - OpenLocker, page 11 3.We note your disclosure that “the SEC has not formally asserted regulatory authority over any certain Digital Asset.” Please update your disclosure under this heading and remove or revise this statement in light of the fact that the Commission has identified numerous crypto assets as securities, the legal tests are well-established by U.S. Supreme Court case law, and the Commission and staff have issued reports, orders and statements that provide guidance on when a crypto asset may be a security for purposes of the U.S. federal securities laws. Risks Related to Digital Assets, page 24 4.We note the statements on page 24 that the legal test for determining whether any given asset is a security is a highly complex, fact-driven analysis that "evolves over time, and the outcome is difficult to predict," that "[i]t is also possible that a change in the governing administration or the appointment of new SEC commissioners could substantially impact the views of the SEC and its staff" and “it is difficult to predict the direction or timing of any continuing evolution of the SEC’s views with regard to crypto.” Please remove these statements as the legal tests are well-established by U.S. Supreme Court case law and the Commission and staff have issued reports, orders, and statements that provide guidance on when a crypto asset may be a security for purposes of the U.S. federal securities laws. 5.We note the statements in this risk factor on page 24 of your Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 that: •"The SEC generally does not provide advance guidance or confirmation on the status of any particular crypto asset as a security;"

FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand Comapany NameOpenLocker Holdings, Inc. October 16, 2023 Page 3 FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand OpenLocker Holdings, Inc. October 16, 2023 Page 3 •"Bitcoin and Ethereum are the only crypto assets as to which senior officials at the SEC have publicly expressed such a view;" and •"With respect to all other crypto assets, there is currently no certainty under the applicable legal test that such assets are not securities."

Please remove or revise these statements in light of the fact that the Commission has identified numerous crypto assets as securities, the legal tests are well-established by U.S. Supreme Court case law, and the Commission and staff have issued reports, orders and statements that provide guidance on when a crypto asset may be a security for purposes of the U.S. federal securities laws. 6.Your statement under this heading that "[p]ublic statements by senior officials at the SEC indicate that the SEC does not intend to take the position that Bitcoin or Ethereum are securities (in their current form)” is incorrect regarding Ethereum. Please revise or remove. Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Revenue Recognition, page F-16 7.Refer to your response to our comment 4. You state that your revenues from the sale of NFT's has been deminimis, that you have not received any commissions from sales on the secondary marketplace, and that the majority of your revenues are derived from sales of collectibles and event fees. On your Consolidated Statements of Operations and in your disclosure of the disaggregation of revenues on page 17 of your Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2023, you attribute the majority of your revenues to "NFT's and Commissions". Please tell us your consideration of whether the title of this revenue source may be misleading and revise future filings to include captions and terminology that reflects the character of the underlying transactions. Refer to ASC 205-10-S99-1(a) and Regulation S-X Rule 4-01(a). Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 6 - Acquisition and Pro Forma Financial Information for Open Locker, Inc., page F-24 8.We acknowledge your response to our prior comment 8. You stated that at the time of the transaction, both companies were generally inactive operationally. We also note your disclosure on page F-26 that the identifiable assets acquired consisted primarily of the intellectual property intangible asset, and goodwill. Based on your disclosures and the information provided in your response, it is unclear how you determined that the acquisition of OpenLocker met the conditions to qualify as a business combination, including how the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of OpenLocker constitute a business based on the guidance in ASC 805-10-25-1. Please address the following:

•Provide us with your analysis supporting your accounting for the acquisition of OpenLocker as a business combination. Specifically, discuss your determination that OpenLocker met the definition of a business under ASC 805-10-55-3A through 55-9.

FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand Comapany NameOpenLocker Holdings, Inc. October 16, 2023 Page 4 FirstName LastName Howard Gostfrand OpenLocker Holdings, Inc. October 16, 2023 Page 4 •Tell us your consideration of whether the transaction with OpenLocker was in substance, a capital transaction rather than a business combination. Please contact Rolf Sundwall at 202-551-3105 or Michelle Miller at 202-551-3368 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Eric Envall at 202-551-3234 or Sandra Hunter Berkheimer at 202-551-3758 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Crypto Assets

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
October 16, 2023
Howard Gostfrand
Chief Executive Officer
OpenLocker Holdings, Inc.
625 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 600
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Re:OpenLocker Holdings, Inc.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2022
Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended April 30, 2023
Response Dated July 17, 2023
File No. 000-24520
Dear Howard Gostfrand:
            We have reviewed your July 17, 2023 response to our comment letter and have the
following comments.
            Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless
we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our June 27,
2023 letter.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2022
General
1.We note your response to comment 1 and have the following comments:
•With respect to the NFTs issued to date, please explain the benefits to which holders
continue to be entitled.  In this regard, clarify whether the outstanding NFTs have the
characteristics of the “digital access pass” as referenced in your response.  Please also
explain whether the outstanding NFTs are transferable and, if so, how and through
what means/platforms now that your trading platform has ceased operations.  Further,
please explain how the company’s right to commissions on secondary sales was
removed from the outstanding NFTs.
•Please explain in greater detail the benefits to which holders of the crypto assets sold
with the platinum card (i.e., the “digital access passes”) are entitled, and whether the

 FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand
 Comapany NameOpenLocker Holdings, Inc.
 October 16, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand
OpenLocker Holdings, Inc.
October 16, 2023
Page 2
digital access passes are transferable (whether alone or with the platinum card).
•Please clarify whether the benefits to which holders of the outstanding NFTs and
digital access passes are entitled are separable from the platinum card.  Please also
clarify the necessity of holding the NFT or digital access pass to receive such
benefits.  In this regard, are holders of the platinum card entitled to such benefits
regardless of whether they elect to hold the NFT or digital access pass?
•Please expand your legal analysis to address the bundle of rights to which holders of
the outstanding NFTs and digital access passes are entitled and how the value of
those benefits could impact the value of the NFTs and digital access passes.  In
responding to this comment, please address the benefits to which holders are entitled,
the role of the company in providing those benefits, and the value associated with
those benefits and how that may impact the value of the NFTs and digital access
passes.
2.We note your response to comment 2 and we reissue our prior comment in part.  Please
expand your risk factor disclosure to highlight the risk that your trading platform may be
operating as an unregistered exchange, unregistered broker-dealer or unregistered clearing
agency, and discuss the potential consequences associated with those risks.
Government Regulation - OpenLocker, page 11
3.We note your disclosure that “the SEC has not formally asserted regulatory authority over
any certain Digital Asset.”  Please update your disclosure under this heading and remove
or revise this statement in light of the fact that the Commission has identified numerous
crypto assets as securities, the legal tests are well-established by U.S. Supreme Court case
law, and the Commission and staff have issued reports, orders and statements that provide
guidance on when a crypto asset may be a security for purposes of the U.S. federal
securities laws.
Risks Related to Digital Assets, page 24
4.We note the statements on page 24 that the legal test for determining whether any given
asset is a security is a highly complex, fact-driven analysis that "evolves over time, and
the outcome is difficult to predict," that "[i]t is also possible that a change in the governing
administration or the appointment of new SEC commissioners could substantially impact
the views of the SEC and its staff" and “it is difficult to predict the direction or timing of
any continuing evolution of the SEC’s views with regard to crypto.” Please remove these
statements as the legal tests are well-established by U.S. Supreme Court case law and the
Commission and staff have issued reports, orders, and statements that provide guidance on
when a crypto asset may be a security for purposes of the U.S. federal securities laws.
5.We note the statements in this risk factor on page 24 of your Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2022 that:
•"The SEC generally does not provide advance guidance or confirmation on the status
of any particular crypto asset as a security;"

 FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand
 Comapany NameOpenLocker Holdings, Inc.
 October 16, 2023 Page 3
 FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand
OpenLocker Holdings, Inc.
October 16, 2023
Page 3
•"Bitcoin and Ethereum are the only crypto assets as to which senior officials at the
SEC have publicly expressed such a view;" and
•"With respect to all other crypto assets, there is currently no certainty under the
applicable legal test that such assets are not securities."

Please remove or revise these statements in light of the fact that the Commission has
identified numerous crypto assets as securities, the legal tests are well-established by U.S.
Supreme Court case law, and the Commission and staff have issued reports, orders and
statements that provide guidance on when a crypto asset may be a security for purposes of
the U.S. federal securities laws.
6.Your statement under this heading that "[p]ublic statements by senior officials at the SEC
indicate that the SEC does not intend to take the position that Bitcoin or Ethereum are
securities (in their current form)” is incorrect regarding Ethereum.  Please revise or
remove.
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Revenue Recognition, page F-16
7.Refer to your response to our comment 4.  You state that your revenues from the sale of
NFT's has been deminimis, that you have not received any commissions from sales on the
secondary marketplace, and that the majority of your revenues are derived from sales of
collectibles and event fees.  On your Consolidated Statements of Operations and in your
disclosure of the disaggregation of revenues on page 17 of your Form 10-Q for the period
ended April 30, 2023, you attribute the majority of your revenues to "NFT's and
Commissions".  Please tell us your consideration of whether the title of this revenue
source may be misleading and revise future filings to include captions and terminology
that reflects the character of the underlying transactions. Refer to ASC 205-10-S99-1(a)
and Regulation S-X Rule 4-01(a).
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 6 - Acquisition and Pro Forma Financial Information for Open Locker, Inc., page F-24
8.We acknowledge your response to our prior comment 8.  You stated that at the time of the
transaction, both companies were generally inactive operationally.  We also note your
disclosure on page F-26 that the identifiable assets acquired consisted primarily of the
intellectual property intangible asset, and goodwill.  Based on your disclosures and the
information provided in your response, it is unclear how you determined that the
acquisition of OpenLocker met the conditions to qualify as a business combination,
including how the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of OpenLocker constitute a
business based on the guidance in ASC 805-10-25-1. Please address the following:

•Provide us with your analysis supporting your accounting for the acquisition of
OpenLocker as a business combination. Specifically, discuss your determination that
OpenLocker met the definition of a business under ASC 805-10-55-3A through 55-9.

 FirstName LastNameHoward Gostfrand
 Comapany NameOpenLocker Holdings, Inc.
 October 16, 2023 Page 4
 FirstName LastName
Howard Gostfrand
OpenLocker Holdings, Inc.
October 16, 2023
Page 4
•Tell us your consideration of whether the transaction with OpenLocker was in
substance, a capital transaction rather than a business combination.
            Please contact Rolf Sundwall at 202-551-3105 or Michelle Miller at 202-551-3368 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Eric Envall at 202-551-3234 or Sandra Hunter Berkheimer at 202-551-3758 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Crypto Assets