Lafayette Digital Acquisition I ^{Filed Terms, Nasdaq: ZKPU}

We are a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. While we may pursue an initial business combination with any business, in any industry or geographic location (subject to the limitations described in this prospectus), we intend to focus our search within the financial services and technology industries. Areas of emphasis include blockchain-enabled financial infrastructure and the broader digital-asset ecosystem, financial technology and payments, artificial-intelligence-enabled financial software, encryption and cybersecurity, and enabling compute and hardware. We expect to evaluate public-network and enterprise use cases alike. Across opportunities, we prioritize lawful, standards-aligned operations while preserving the benefits of open, permissionless architectures. While we remain open to all opportunities, we expect to prioritize opportunities aligned with Ethereum and its broader ecosystem. We are not limited to these sectors and may evaluate opportunities outside them where we believe our capabilities can catalyze durable value creation.