Form of Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

FORM OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”), dated as of [        ], 2024, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) is made by and between Global Blockchain Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (“Trustee”). All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into the Trust Agreement on May 9, 2022;

WHEREAS, Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement sets forth the terms that govern the liquidation of the Trust Account under the circumstances described therein;

WHEREAS, at an special meeting of the Company held on [         ], 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved (i) a proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “A&R COI”) to authorize the Company to extend the date of November 12, 2024, up to nine times for an additional one (1) month each time (ultimately until as late as August 12, 2025) by which the Company must (a) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination, which we refer to as our initial business combination, or (b) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such initial business combination, and redeem all of the shares of common stock of the Company included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering that was consummated on May 12, 2022, and (ii) a proposal to amend the Trust Agreement to authorize the Extension and its implementation by the Company; and

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1. Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account only after and promptly after (x) receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter (“Termination Letter”), in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary or Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or other authorized officer of the Company, and, in the case of Exhibit A, acknowledged and agreed to by the Representative, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein, or (y) upon the date which is the later of (i) November 12, 2024, or as late as August 12, 2025, if the Company’s Board of Directors extends the time to complete the Business Combination up to nine times for an additional one (1) month each time (for a maximum of nine one-month extensions), upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $0.05 for each outstanding public share by the Sponsor or its designees on or prior to August 12, 2023 or such other date as may be extended, and (ii) such later date as may be approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the latest of the foregoing, the “Last Date”), the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B hereto and distributed to the Public Stockholders as of the Last Date, if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date, in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, shall be distributed to the Public Stockholders of record as of such date. It is acknowledged and agreed that there should be no reduction in the principal amount per share initially deposited in the Trust Account;”

2. Exhibit B of the Trust Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

[Letterhead of Company]

[Date]

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30^th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez
Re: Trust Account — Termination Letter

Ladies & Gentlemen:

Pursuant to paragraph 1(i) of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Global Blockchain Acquisition Corp. (“Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Trustee”), dated as of May 18, 2022 (the “Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Company has been unable to effect a Business Combination with a Target Company within the time frame specified in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to liquidate all of the assets in the Trust Account and to transfer the total proceeds into a segregated account held by you on behalf of the Beneficiaries to await distribution to the Public Stockholders. The Company has selected [          ]¹ as the record date for the purpose of determining when the Public Stockholders will be entitled to receive their share of the liquidation proceeds. You agree to be the Paying Agent of record and, in your separate capacity as Paying Agent, agree to distribute said funds directly to the Company’s Public Stockholders in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company. Upon the distribution of all the funds, net of any payments necessary for reasonable unreimbursed expenses related to liquidating the Trust Account, your obligations under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 1(i) of the Trust Agreement.

cc: I-Bankers Securities, Inc. & Dawson James Securities, Inc.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to the Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.

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