Correspondence 0001493152-23-006318 from Robot Cache US Inc. (CIK 0001832460)
Robot Cache US Inc. (CIK 0001832460)
Date: Feb. 28, 2023 · CIK: 0001832460 · Accession: 0001493152-23-006318
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File numbers found in text: 024-11954
Referenced dates: February 14, 2023
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Ross
Law Group, pllc
1430
Broadway, Suite 1804
New
York, NY 10018
United
States
+1
212 884 9333
www.RossLawGroup.co
February
28, 2023
Ms.
Charli Gibbs-Tabler
Staff
Attorney
Division
of Corporation Finance
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re:
Robot
Cache US Inc.
Post-Qualification
Amendment No. 2 to the Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Filed
January 20, 2023
File
No. 024-11954
Dear
Ms. Gibbs-Tabler:
The
undersigned, on behalf of Robot Cache US Inc. (the “Company”),
respectfully submits this correspondence to the staff (the “Staff,” and such
correspondence, this “Response”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) in response to its letter dated February 14, 2023 (the
“Comment Letter”), relating to the Company’s second post-qualification
amendment to the offering statement on Form 1-A (the “Post-Qualification Amendment”)
filed on January 20, 2023. On behalf of the Company, we are concurrently filing an amendment to the Post-Qualification Amendment (“Amendment
No. 3”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the definitions assigned
to them in Amendment No. 3.
To
facilitate your review, the undersigned, on the Company’s behalf, has reproduced below the Staff’s comments in bold italics,
followed by the Company’s responses.
Description
of Business, page 24
1.
We
note your response to prior comment 7, and reissue in part. Please expand your risk factors to describe the specific potential consequences
to you and to investors if it is subsequently determined that you have participated in the unregistered issuance or distribution
of securities, including the specific risks inherent in your business model that may necessitate corrective measures as a result
of judicial or regulatory actions. Prominently disclose this risk in the Summary.
Please
see the risk factor under the heading “If judicial or regulatory authorities subsequently determine that the Company
has participated in an unregistered issuance or distribution of securities, the Company’s financial performance may be negatively
impacted” on page 8, which has been included to reflect this comment. Please also see the first paragraph under Item 3,
“Summary of Offering” (page 5) which now refers to such risk factor and the potential risk of the determination of
the Company’s participation in an unregistered issuance of securities, in bold, italicized text.
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2.
Please
refer to prior comment 7 and affirmatively identify all of the crypto assets that you mine, hold, or transact in. Identify all the
types of crypto assets that users have the ability to mine.
As
of June 30, 2022, the Company held bitcoin valued at $2,929 and CSPR valued at $282,202.31. The Company “mines” CSPR by validating
transactions on the CASPER Blockchain Network.
Through
the Company’s NiceHash account, Users have the ability to “opt in” to validate transactions on various blockchains
(e.g. RavenCoin, Monero Research Lab, and Ethereum) for which the Company receives bitcoin. However, as mentioned throughout Amendment
No. 3, such bitcoin is credited to the Company’s NiceHash wallet, not to Users directly. Rather, Users receive 85% of the equivalent
value of blockchain transactions they have ‘mined’ in the form of IRON. IRON, which is not a utility or security token, an
ERC20 token, or a cryptocurrency, is not mined. IRON is the Company’s form of store credit and awarded to Users for opting in to
validate transactions on the various blockchain networks offered via the Company’s NiceHash account. NiceHash offers the mining
technology that allows Users to earn IRON, not the Company.
Mining
-- Earning IRON, page 24
3.
Please
describe the material terms of the Company’s agreement with the mining marketplace NiceHash, including the financial terms
of the relationship. Discuss how this impacts the ultimate payment to the user. Please revise to disclose if the Company or users
will be responsible for any fees associated with Users “opting-in” to the NiceHash platform.
The
Company is able to allow Users to opt in to NiceHash’s mining marketplace through the Company’s account with NiceHash. In
opening a NiceHash account, the Company agreed to NiceHash’s terms of service (“Terms of Service”) and
privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). The Privacy Policy contains terms customarily set forth in a privacy
policy governing the Company and NiceHash’s agreements with respect to how NiceHash will use, gather, disclose, and manage Company
data received via the Company’s NiceHash account.
As
part of the Terms of Service, NiceHash agreed to allow the Company to use NiceHash’s platform and mining services and, through
NiceHash’s open API which the Company has integrated, have access to its mining platform. The Company agreed to pay
NiceHash a 0.5% to 2% service fee (“Service Fee”) and to comply with other terms customarily set forth in a
terms-of-service agreement.
The
Service Fee varies with User mining volume (higher User mining volume corresponds to a lower Service Fee, and vice versa) and
is deducted from the amount of bitcoin the Company receives from its Users who have opted in, and the balance (the “Net Amount”)
is credited to the Company’s account. The Company then retains 15% of the Net Amount. Therefore, Users ultimately receive, in IRON,
the bitcoin equivalent of 85% of the Net Amount. The amount of IRON that Users receive already reflects the Service Fees which NiceHash
deducted from the Company’s NiceHash account (lower Service Fees resulting in more IRON earned, and vice versa). The Service Fees
associated with Users “opting in” are therefore borne by both the Company and the Users, as Service Fees are excluded from
total payments to the Company and the Users (to the Company in the form of bitcoin and the Users in the form of IRON). From time
to time, on a case-by-case basis, the Company offers certain Users incentives or bonuses, called “Boosts.” Boosts
reduce the percentage of bitcoin that the Company retains, resulting in Users earning two to three percent more IRON.
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The
above discussion is now included in the third paragraph under the “Mining –Earning IRON” subsection on page 24.
4.
It
appears that NiceHash only operates based on a “proof-of-work” framework, and you disclose on page 24 of the filing that
your blockchain-based DRM is presently moving from “proof of work” to “proof of stake”. Please explain if
or how the partnership with NiceHash will impact this transition.
The
Company’s ownership of a NiceHash account will not impact the Company’s DRM transition from a “proof of work”
to “proof of stake” model (transition from the Ethereum blockchain to the CASPER Blockchain Network). As is now disclosed
in the “Proprietary Digital Rights Management Using the Blockchain” subsection on page 24, and the “Business Overview”
subsection on page 26 (in both instances in bold, italicized text), the DRM transition is not related to User mining or IRON payments.
Rather, the DRM utilizes blockchain solely to validate Users’ game licenses. Such validation is necessary for, and takes place
at the time of, game sales or User initiation of game play on the Robot Cache Platform.
5.
Please
discuss in detail your role as compared to the role of NiceHash with respect to all aspects of the program allowing users to use
their PCs to validate blockchain transactions.
The
Company has an account with NiceHash, which the Company uses as a third-party technology solution that enables Users to opt in to earn
IRON through their mining activities. NiceHash gives Users access to a mining pool that validates blockchain transactions. As a result
of Users validating such transactions, the Company’s NiceHash account is credited with bitcoin, and the Company credits 85% of
the Net Amount, in equivalent IRON value, to Users. NiceHash provides the User-mining technology, and the Robot Cache Platform does no
more than direct Users to the NiceHash marketplace and award Users for their mining on NiceHash in the form of IRON.
The
above disclosure is included in the first and second paragraphs under the “Mining –Earning IRON” subsection on page
24.
Description
of Business
Proprietary
Digital Rights Management Using the Blockchain, page 24
6.
Please
provide a more detailed explanation of your blockchain-based digital rights management system. Clarify what is being memorialized
or put into the blockchain, or what rewards users are able to receive and/or earn.
The
Company’s blockchain-based digital management system is used only for validating User game licenses. Smart contracts within the
blockchain enable the Company to determine ownership of video game licensing rights with the Company’s input, into the blockchain,
of User-identifying information and User ownership of licenses. Such smart contracts are verified each time a User initiates game play
or lists games for sales on the Robot Cache Platform, the verification being necessary to determine whether the User has the licensing
rights required for the User to proceed with game initiation or game sales activities.
The
above disclosure is now included in the “Proprietary Digital Rights Management Using the Blockchain” subsection on page 24.
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Should
subsequent events following the date of this Response materially change the Company’s statements herein, the Company will promptly
notify the Staff and further amend the Form 1-A accordingly.
If
the Staff has any questions or comments concerning the foregoing, or if it requires any further information, please contact me at the
number or email above.
Very
truly yours,
ROSS
LAW GROUP, PLLC
/s/
Gary J. Ross
Gary
J. Ross
cc:
Lee Jacobson (via email)