UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 3 18, 2026

THE OLB GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39435	12-4188568
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1120 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor New York, NY		10036
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 278-0900

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share		OLB		Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

~~Securities registered~~Item ~~pursuant~~1.01 toEntry ~~Section~~into ~~12(b)~~a ofMaterial ~~the~~Definitive ~~Act:~~Agreement

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value		OLB		Nasdaq Capital Market

On February 18, 2026, The OLB Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue, in a private placement offering, (i) pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 2,857,142 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”) and (ii) common warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase up to 3,571,428 shares of Common Stock (the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the “Warrant Shares”), at a combined purchase price per Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying Warrants of $1.05 (inclusive of the exercise price of $0.0001 to be paid upon exercise of each Pre-Funded Warrant) (the “Offering”).

~~Item~~The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately 7exercisable, will expire upon exercise in full of all Pre-Funded Warrants and have an exercise price of $0.010001. ~~Regulation~~The FDWarrants ~~Disclosure~~will be exercisable upon the Effective Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), will expire on the five-year anniversary of the Effective Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), and have an exercise price of $0.92 per share. The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering were approximately $3.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The Offering closed on February 19, 2026.

OnThe Purchase Agreement contains ~~February~~customary 3representations, ~~2026~~warranties, ~~The~~and ~~OLB~~agreements ~~Group~~by the Company and the Purchaser, ~~Inc~~customary conditions to closing, and customary indemnification obligations of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, until forty-five (~~“we”~~45) days after the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), ~~“us”~~subject to certain exceptions, the Company may not issue, enter into any agreement to issue or ~~“our”~~announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). The ~~issued~~Company, asubject ~~press~~to ~~release~~certain ~~announcing~~exceptions, also may not effect or enter into an agreement to effect an issuance by the Company or any ~~update~~of onits subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the ~~spin-off~~Purchase Agreement), or a combination of units thereof, involving a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined in the ~~Company’s~~Purchase ~~subsidiary~~Agreement) ~~DMint~~until six (6) months following the Effective Date; provided however, ~~Inc.~~that ~~The~~after ~~press~~forty-five ~~release~~(45) isdays ~~being~~after ~~furnished~~the asEffective ~~Exhibit~~Date, ~~99.1~~the toentry ~~this~~into ~~report~~and/or issuance of shares of Common Stock in an “at the market” offering shall not be deemed a Variable Rate Transaction.

~~Statements that~~In ~~are~~addition, ~~not~~pursuant ~~historical~~to ~~fact may be considered forward-looking statements within~~ the ~~meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform~~ ~~Act~~Purchase ~~of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical facts~~Agreement, ~~but~~the ~~rather~~Company ~~reflect~~agreed ~~our~~to ~~current~~reduce ~~expectations concerning future events and results. We generally use~~ the ~~words~~exercise ~~“believes,”~~price ~~“expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “likely,” “will” and similar expressions~~ to ~~identify forward-looking statements~~$0.92 ~~Such forward-looking statements, including those concerning our clinical trials, involve risks, uncertainties~~ and ~~other~~extend ~~factors,~~the ~~some~~term offor ~~which are~~three ~~beyond~~years ~~our~~until ~~control,~~February ~~which may cause our actual results~~19, ~~performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different~~2029 ~~from~~of ~~any~~certain ~~future~~outstanding ~~results,~~warrants ~~performance,~~issued ~~or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited~~ to, ~~those~~the ~~factors~~Purchaser ~~set forth in “Item 1A – Risk Factors” and other sections of our most recent Annual Report~~ on ~~Form~~August ~~10-K~~23, as2021 ~~well as in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q~~ and ~~Current~~November ~~Reports on Form~~ 8~~-K. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements~~, ~~whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law~~2021. ~~You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented in this Current Report.~~

~~Item~~In connection with the Purchase 9Agreement, on February 18, 2026, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Purchaser.01 ~~Financial~~Pursuant ~~Statements~~to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will be required to file a resale registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and ~~Exhibits~~Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to register the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares and Warrant Shares for resale. The Company agreed to file the Registration Statement within 15 calendar days following the Company’s filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to have such Registration Statement declared effective within 30 days following the filing date (or, in the event of a “full review” by the SEC, within 60 calendar days following the filing date. The Company will be obligated to pay liquidated damages to the Purchaser if the Company fails to file the Registration Statement when required or fails to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC when required.

~~Set~~The Pre-Funded Warrants, Warrants, ~~forth~~Pre-Funded ~~below~~Warrant isShares aand ~~list~~Warrant ofShares ~~Exhibits~~were ~~included~~not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as ~~part~~amended (the “Securities Act”), and were offered pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of ~~this~~the ~~Current~~Securities ~~Report:~~Act provided under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

D. Boral Capital LLC (“D. Boral”) acted as exclusive placement agent in connection with the Offering pursuant to that certain placement agency agreement, dated February 18, 2026 (the “Placement Agency Agreement”), by and between the Company and D. Boral. Pursuant to the Placement Agency Agreement, D. Boral received a cash fee of 6.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds paid to the Company for the securities sold in the Offering and reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket expenses of $50,000. The Placement Agency Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the parties, and customary indemnification obligations of the Company.

~~SIGNATURE~~The foregoing summary of the Warrant, Pre-Funded Warrant, Purchase Agreement, and Placement Agency Agreement, and Registration Rights Agreement, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the form of Warrant, form of Pre-Funded Warrant, form of Purchase Agreement, Placement Agency Agreement and form of Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

~~Pursuant~~The representations, warranties toand covenants contained in the ~~requirements~~Purchase ofAgreement and the ~~Securities~~Placement ~~Exchange~~Agency ~~Act~~Agreement were made solely for the benefit of ~~1934~~the parties to such agreements and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, such agreements are incorporated herein by reference only to provide investors with information regarding the ~~registrant~~terms ~~has~~of ~~duly~~such ~~caused~~agreements, ~~this~~and ~~report~~not to beprovide ~~signed~~investors onwith any other factual information regarding the Company or its ~~behalf~~business, by and should be read in conjunction with the ~~undersigned~~disclosures ~~hereunto~~in ~~duly~~the ~~authorized~~Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the SEC.

~~Dated: February~~Item 3,.02 ~~2026~~Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

~~THE~~The ~~OLB~~information ~~GROUP~~contained above ~~By:~~in ~~/s/~~Item ~~Ronny~~1.01 ~~Yakov~~related ~~Name:~~to ~~Title:~~the ~~Ronny~~Pre-Funded ~~Yakov~~Warrants ~~Chief~~and ~~Executive~~Warrants ~~Officer~~is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The Pre-Funded Warrants, Warrants, Pre-Funded Warrant Shares and Warrant Shares are being sold and issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as a transaction not involving a public offering and Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act as sales to an accredited investor, and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws.

2Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering on February 18, 2026. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

4.1		Form of Warrant.
4.2		Form of Pre-Funded Warrant.
10.1		Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated February 18, 2026.
10.2		Placement Agency Agreement, dated February 18, 2026, by and between The OLB Group, Inc. and D. Boral Capital LLC.
10.3		Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 18, 2026.
99.1		Press Release, dated February 18, 2026.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: February 23, 2026

	By:	/s/ Ronny Yakov
	Name:	Ronny Yakov
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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