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Investments and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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Investments and Fair Value of Financial Instruments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Investments and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

5. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the Company often utilizes certain assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and/or the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or developed by the Company. The fair value hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

 

Level 1 - Valued based on quoted prices at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities trading in active markets. Financial instruments in this category generally include actively traded equity securities.

 

Level 2 - Valued based on (a) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; (b) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; (c) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or (d) from market corroborated inputs. Financial instruments in this category include certain corporate equities that are not actively traded or are otherwise restricted.

 

Level 3 - Valued based on valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs is not readily observable. Included in this category are certain corporate debt instruments, certain private equity investments, and certain commitments and guarantees.

 

Investments at Fair Value:

 

As of September 30, 2020   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
                         
Warrants - Affiliates   $ -     $ -     $ 1,731     $ 1,731  
Government Bond     58,568       -       -       58,568  

 

As of December 31, 2019   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
                         
Warrants - Affiliates   $ -     $ -     $ 3,470     $ 3,470  
Government Bond     74,485       -       -       74,485  

 

A reconciliation of Level 3 assets is as follows:

 

    Warrants - Affiliates  
       
Balance - January 1, 2020   $ 3,470  
Unrealized gain     (1,739 )
Balance - September 30, 2020   $ 1,731  

 

Investment at September 30, 2020, consisted of the Company’s investment in an Argentine government bond, purchased by the Company on December 3, 2019. The bond had an effective interest rate of 48% per annum and matures on December 31, 2020. The decrease in the government bond value was a result from the effects of fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rate during the period.

 

Investment – related parties at September 30, 2020, consisted of retained certain affiliate warrants which are marked to market at each reporting date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Company recorded unrealized losses on the affiliate warrants of $2,187 and $1,739 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $1,029 and $2,802 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, which are included in revenues on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

The fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities as of September 30, 2020 was de minimis (see Note 9 – Convertible Debt Obligations).