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Capital B raised nearly 20 million euros to increase its holdings by 270 BTC, Evernorth is advancing its shell company listing on Nasdaq

According to BBX data, last weekend, global US and European listed companies disclosed the latest official accounts regarding digital asset treasury financing, SPAC mergers, and mining reserve strategies. The core updates are as follows:Capital B raised nearly 20 million euros in a private placement, planning to purchase an additional 270 bitcoins: French listed company Capital B (Euronext: $ALCAP) announced that it has conducted a targeted private placement of approximately 36.22 million shares with warrants (ABSA) to global institutional investors, with an issue price of 0.58 euros per share, raising a total of approximately 21 million euros (net approximately 19.9 million euros). This round of strategic investors includes Adam Back and the well-known asset management firm TOBAM, with Maxim Group serving as the exclusive placement agent. The company stated that the funds raised are intended for the purchase of approximately 270 bitcoins, which would increase its potential total bitcoin holdings to 3,415 BTC.XRP treasury company Evernorth's S-4 declaration takes effect, planning to list on Nasdaq under the code "XPN": XRP treasury company Evernorth Holdings announced that its S-4 registration statement related to the business merger with SPAC company Armada Acquisition Corp. II submitted to the US SEC has officially taken effect. Armada shareholders are scheduled to hold a special meeting on September 30 to vote. If the transaction is approved and meets the closing conditions, the merged company is expected to complete the closing by the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year and will be listed on Nasdaq under the stock code "XPN."Bitdeer disclosed weekly mining data, maintaining a zero-holding strategy with full liquidation: Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining company Bitdeer (NASDAQ: $BTDR) announced the latest holding data. As of the week ending August 28, its self-mining output totaled 273.5 BTC, and during the same period, it fully sold 273.5 BTC in the secondary market, resulting in a net addition of 0 BTC. The company's balance sheet continues to maintain a zero retention strategy, selling mined bitcoins immediately.

The UK's first cryptocurrency tax report shows that 240 people declared £717 million in capital gains

The UK government has released the first official statistics on taxable crypto asset gains, revealing that in the 2024-25 tax year, 240 individuals reported capital gains exceeding £1 million, totaling £717 million, which accounts for more than half of the total £1.38 billion reported by 17,600 individuals. The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) stated that 17,600 individuals reported crypto asset disposal gains of £13.8 billion, with taxable gains of £1.38 billion, averaging about £78,000 per person; of these, approximately 87% were male and 13% were female.Selling, exchanging, consuming tokens, or gifting assets to others may trigger tax obligations. HMRC has sent out 81,000 crypto tax letters in the past 12 months, an increase of 25% from about 65,000 letters, approaching the 27,714 letters sent in the 2023-24 tax year. James Murray, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Director of Payments, stated that crypto asset gains are subject to tax just like other gains. The UK plans to adjust the tax treatment of certain DeFi transactions starting from April 6, 2027, with related lending and liquidity pool transactions typically deferring capital gains tax until an economic disposal occurs, expected to affect about 700,000 individuals. HMRC estimates that its crypto tax compliance and education activities have generated an additional £168 million in capital gains tax for the 2024-25 fiscal year.

DWF Ventures: The rapid rise of social trading, platform competition is shifting from trade execution to social networks and information advantages

DWF Ventures released a report stating that as trading fees continue to approach zero, social trading is becoming a new direction for financial trading platforms to compete for users and build moats.The rise of social trading stems from users seeking validation from others and references for investment decisions. From early brokerage copy trading to investment communities like Reddit and Stocktwits, and now to platforms that combine real position verification, trading signals, and social relationships, social trading is evolving from a simple copy trading tool into a product form that integrates trading, content, and social interaction. As trade execution becomes increasingly homogenized, the future competitive advantage of platforms may come more from network effects, resources of well-known traders, and exclusive information and distribution capabilities.Analysis suggests that social trading platforms are forming a clear growth flywheel: platforms attract well-known traders and their fans, traders build reputations through public trading, fans amplify market influence by following trades, which in turn increases the visibility of traders and the user base of the platform. Public calls for trades may even generate a certain "self-fulfilling" effect in this process.Platforms also lower the entry barriers for users through one-click trading, low-threshold acceptance, trading competitions, and fee incentives, and leverage the social influence of top traders to facilitate user migration. In the future, the social trading ecosystem in the cryptocurrency and traditional stock sectors may further integrate, and platforms that master trader, user attention, and information flow are expected to form stronger network effects.However, social trading also faces significant structural risks. Data shows that among approximately 292,000 wallets analyzed by the Fomo platform over the past three months, only 6.16% achieved profitability based on realized gains. Followers lack independent investment logic and are easily influenced by herd behavior, while there may also be conflicts of interest between traders and followers.Furthermore, even if platforms can verify public positions, traders may still establish undisclosed positions through other wallets, making information asymmetry difficult to eliminate completely. Analysis suggests that as the boundaries between trading and entertainment continue to blur, platforms that can establish unique information layers, gather quality traders, and form network effects may gain an advantage in the competitive social trading market.

240 cryptocurrency asset taxpayers in the UK reported £717 million in capital gains, accounting for more than half of the total

The UK's HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) stated that for the 2024 to 2025 tax year, 240 individuals each reported capital gains from crypto assets exceeding £1 million, totaling £717 million, accounting for more than half of the total. The capital gains of all 17,600 filers amounted to £1.38 billion, with disposals totaling £13.8 billion. Taxpayers reporting capital gains below £25,000 accounted for 65%, contributing only 7% of the capital gains and 8% of the disposals.Among crypto asset taxpayers, 54% are aged between 25 and 44, and 81% are under 54; males account for 87%, contributing 93% of the capital gains. The UK is advancing regulation based on the OECD crypto asset reporting framework, requiring trading service providers to provide customer information to tax authorities, with HMRC set to start receiving relevant data in 2027; service providers failing to comply will face fines of up to £300 per user. James Murray, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, stated that capital gains from crypto assets are subject to tax just like other capital gains. The UK Treasury plans to defer capital gains tax on DeFi lending and assets deposited into liquidity pools until the actual disposal of the assets. For the 2025 to 2026 tax year, capital gains exceeding the tax-free allowance must be reported by January 31, 2027.

first_img Epoch AI: OpenAI and Anthropic's revenue is growing rapidly, reaching an annualized total of 105 billion dollars

Epoch AI updates that the revenue growth rates of OpenAI and Anthropic have reached or exceeded the rare levels seen in historically comparable tech companies. Over the past year, OpenAI increased its annualized revenue run rate from $13 billion to over $40 billion, achieving approximately threefold growth; Anthropic's revenue is projected to grow from $1 billion in 2025 to $9 billion, with a further acceleration in the first quarter of 2026, reaching an annualized run rate of over three times, reportedly hitting $65 billion by the end of July.The combined revenue of the two companies is expected to grow approximately threefold in 2024, over fourfold in 2025, and from $30 billion to $105 billion by August 2026, achieving about 3.5 times growth. The article notes that maintaining over 100% annual growth at a scale exceeding $1 billion is extremely rare, with the growth rate for 2025 already being record-breaking, and further acceleration in 2026 on a higher base.Epoch AI analysis states that the overall annualized revenue of the generative AI market is close to $200 billion, with the two companies accounting for about half. The continued hypergrowth may stem from the combination of capability advancements and diffusion, with future trends depending on whether growth comes more from sustained technological advancements or application diffusion; if the growth rate is maintained, it will significantly impact economic scale, but it may also slow down with maturity.

RQD Clearing, a U.S. clearing and custody institution, has completed a $74 million financing round, led by Bain Capital

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. clearing and custody institution RQD Clearing announced the completion of a $74 million financing round, led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, a technology investment division of Bain Capital, with participation from ABN AMRO Clearing Bank and Nyca Partners. This round of financing will be used to expand operations in North America, Asia, and the Middle East, and to enhance infrastructure development for digital asset custody and asset tokenization.RQD primarily provides post-trade clearing and custody services for broker-dealers, investment advisors, and overseas financial institutions in the U.S. market, responsible for key processes such as securities and funds settlement, and risk management. This year, the company has processed approximately 515 million stock trades, involving nearly $2 trillion, accounting for about 2.4% of the National Market System (NMS) stock trading volume in the U.S.As Wall Street institutions accelerate their exploration of on-chain finance, traditional market infrastructure is becoming an important direction for the competition of tokenized assets. RQD has previously collaborated with Blue Ocean Technologies to advance the clearing and settlement infrastructure for tokenized U.S. stocks and has aligned with the tokenized securities framework of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).

Genius Group announces a $1.2 billion capital plan to fund AI Treasury and Bitcoin Treasury

According to Globenewswire, Singapore-based Genius Group announced a capital plan aimed at funding its board-approved dual treasury. The goal is to achieve a total asset of $2 billion by fiscal year 2031, with the target size of the AI Treasury being $800 million and the target size of the Bitcoin Treasury being $827 million.The capital plan aims to maximize the net asset value per share (NAVPS) of common stock by utilizing perpetual preferred stock and minimizing dilution of common stock shareholders' equity. Genius Group plans to utilize its $1.2 billion shelf registration (which was declared effective by the SEC on July 18, 2025) to issue publicly registered perpetual preferred securities (PPS) to fund its dual treasury in an accretive manner, maximizing the net asset value per share (NAVPS) of common stock, and the issuance of PPS will not dilute the equity of common stock shareholders.The company plans to raise an initial $12.5 million through the issuance of preferred stock (PPS), which is expected to be non-convertible, with a floating interest rate paid monthly. The raised funds will be used to invest in the company's AI Treasury, Bitcoin Treasury, and a dollar reserve equivalent to approximately 18 months of preferred stock dividends. The company has begun discussions with investment banks experienced in preferred securities and digital asset financing, with final details and timing yet to be confirmed.

Analysis: The Bitcoin "Realized Market Value Momentum Indicator" has turned positive after 93 days, signaling a recovery in on-chain capital flow

The "Realized Cap Impulse" indicator for Bitcoin has recently ended a continuous 93-day negative state and has turned positive for the first time, marking the longest reversal signal after a capital contraction cycle since the bear market of 2022.This indicator measures the momentum of changes in the realized market capitalization by tracking the changes in realized cap, combined with factors of Bitcoin supply and price, to assess whether the flow of tokens with actual economic significance in the market is driving capital base expansion. The positive shift in the indicator does not merely reflect a price increase but indicates that the flow of funds within the Bitcoin network is changing.Data shows that the indicator broke above the zero axis on August 20 when the BTC price was around $73,000 and has maintained positive values for 8 consecutive days. Currently, the BTC price has risen to about $78,900, an increase of approximately 8% during this period.As of the latest, the indicator reading is 0.198, below the peak of 0.226 reached on August 26. Historical data indicates that similar signals at the end of bear markets have been accompanied by significant rebounds in Bitcoin: after the indicator turned positive in September 2015, Bitcoin rose about 160% within a year; after March 2019, it increased about 173% in 90 days; and after January 2023, it rose about 45% in 90 days, with a yearly increase of 104%.However, the realized cap momentum indicator is not an absolute signal of a cycle bottom. Similar positive shifts occurred in early 2018 and 2022, but the market did not immediately enter a sustained upward phase afterward. Analysts believe that the indicator's continued positive value, confirmed by price trends, is more valuable than a single-day breakthrough above the zero axis.
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