RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Note 13 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Adam Dublin, the Company’s Chief Strategy Officer, was previously a consultant for a current vendor of the Company. Mr. Dublin’s consultancy with the vendor ended on December 11, 2020 and the parties have agreed not to renew the consulting agreement. Pursuant to Mr. Dublin’s consulting agreement with the vendor, Mr. Dublin received payments from the vendor for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 of $127,050, $176,082, $142,266 and $234,635, respectively.

On September 1, 2021, the Company issued at 100% of par value $24,000,000 in aggregate principal balance of 3.5% Convertible Promissory Notes due 2025 convertible into (i) shares of Company common stock and (ii) warrants to purchase shares of Company common stock equal to 20% of the principal amount of the Notes divided by the conversion price to a select group of institutional and accredited investors, which included a director of the Company who holds $6,000,000 of the Notes. See Note 10 for additional information.