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On August 10, UMX (The Unified Market Exchange), incubated by Avenir Group under Li Lin, announced the launch of an invitation-only public beta. UMX is positioned as a crypto-friendly securities platform for global professional investors, supporting spot, leverage, contract, and options trading of crypto assets, while also supporting real US stocks, ETFs, and US stock options trading. The aim is to connect crypto assets and real securities trading on the same platform, enhancing the capital efficiency of cross-asset trading.The public beta focuses on opening the capital link between crypto assets and securities accounts, supporting functions such as stablecoin exchange transfers, non-stablecoin collateralized lending, fiat account withdrawals and deposits, and the mutual conversion of securities holdings and stock tokens. To enhance cross-asset capital efficiency, the platform introduces a cross-asset margin mechanism, allowing financial assets to be used as margin. During the public beta, BTC and USDT financial products will also be launched, with the highest annualized returns reaching 2.5% and 5.5%, respectively. This public beta is invitation-only, and users who have not yet obtained a public beta code can reserve the official version and participate in the early bird benefits program.

The global stablecoin payment infrastructure platform WasabiCard today announced the completion of its Pre-A round of financing. Including previous funding, the total amount raised by the company has approached 10 million USD, with participation from four well-known institutions: Vernal Capital, Avenir Group, Vision Plus Capital, and 01VC.This round of financing will be used to build and improve the global payment infrastructure, compliance system, and key market business layout, enhancing cross-border payment service capabilities and global operational capabilities, further promoting the company's construction of a compliant, efficient, next-generation financial infrastructure aimed at the internet era.As stablecoins gradually move from trading scenarios to real commercial applications, the demand from enterprises for global payment, global card issuance, fund management, and cross-border settlement infrastructure continues to grow. WasabiCard currently serves over 500 enterprise clients globally, with a cumulative card issuance exceeding 500,000 cards and a total transaction scale surpassing 1 billion USD.In the future, WasabiCard will continue to expand its global payment network and multi-chain payment ecosystem, promoting the further implementation of stablecoin payments in global commercial scenarios.

The latest disclosed SEC documents show that as of March 31, 2026, Avenir Group holds 18,276,100 shares of BlackRock's IBIT Bitcoin Spot ETF, with a position market value of approximately $702 million based on the quarter-end closing price, a slight decrease of about 0.061% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. Since the second quarter of 2024, Avenir Group has maintained its position as the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin ETFs in Asia for eight consecutive quarters.Since 2026, Avenir Group has been continuously promoting the integration of TradFi and Crypto, including strategic investments in CoinRoutes, leading a $20 million seed round for Inference Research, and signing a cooperation MOU with Tiger Brokers, AMINA Bank, and CoinRoutes during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 to advance the construction of next-generation institutional trading infrastructure.

New Fire Technology (1611.HK) announced that it will acquire the investment team and trading system of the Li Lin family office Avenir Group for $1.6 million.After the acquisition is completed, New Fire Technology plans to launch a Bitcoin-denominated asset management service called Alpha BTC, aiming to attract investments of over 10,000 Bitcoins within a year, valued at approximately $760 million. This strategy will generate returns through trading derivatives such as options, with Bitcoin or IBIT ETF as the underlying assets, targeting clients including crypto-native investors and local businesses in Hong Kong. Avenir Group holds 18.3 million shares of BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust, valued at $908 million, as of the end of 2025.

Avenir Group announced its latest portfolio and dynamic updates, including the multi-asset institutional trading platform CoinRoutes and the blockchain and trading technology solutions provider Metalpha.On February 23, Avenir Group announced a strategic investment in CoinRoutes and established a deep partnership. This strategic investment and collaboration closely align with Avenir Group's integrated framework of "investment - incubation - operation," further consolidating its position as an institutional bridge connecting TradFi and the digital asset ecosystem. By combining Avenir Group's strong capital strength, global network resources, and long-term strategic vision with CoinRoutes' mature technological leadership, both parties aim to provide global institutional investors with top-notch execution capabilities, superior liquidity access, and higher capital efficiency.Metalpha (NASDAQ: MATH) signed an MOU with Exos Financial and BlockchainK2 on February 25 to establish a joint venture focused on the U.S. institutional digital asset market. The core focus is on compliant OTC derivatives, hedging solutions, relative value strategies, and security-linked products. This move significantly strengthens Avenir Group's ecosystem in institutional services, global expansion, and compliance bridging.

Avenir Group, founded by Li Lin, disclosed its latest Bitcoin ETF holdings. As of the fourth quarter of 2025, Avenir Group's position in BlackRock IBIT remains unchanged: by the end of 2025, the number of shares held in BlackRock IBIT is 18,287,323, with only minor changes due to trading friction compared to the third quarter (a slight adjustment of approximately -0.053%).Since the second quarter of 2024, Avenir Group has maintained its position as the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin ETFs in Asia for seven consecutive quarters, and has consistently led the region for the past 21 months. This move reflects Avenir Group's long-term allocation strategy and its firm commitment to Bitcoin as a core component of future finance.

AI quantitative trading company Inference Research announced the completion of a $20 million seed round financing, led by Avenir Group. The funds will be used to expand the company's self-developed infrastructure to integrate traditional finance and digital assets, while accelerating talent recruitment. It is reported that the company is forming a team of quantitative analysts, engineers, and researchers.

According to the SEC 13F filing, Avenir Group, the family office of Li Lin, held 18.297 million shares of BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the third quarter of 2025, with a position value of $1.189 billion, an increase of about 18% from the previous quarter, and has remained the largest institutional holder in Asia for five consecutive quarters.Over the past 15 months, the group has continuously increased its positions during multiple rounds of market adjustments, while also expanding its investment in crypto financial infrastructure, including participating in OSL Group's approximately HKD 2.355 billion financing, investing in Tiger Brokers, and leading the Metalpha PIPE. In addition, Avenir is advancing the expansion of the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ecosystems, launching a $500 million collaborative fund, and participating in Sharps Technology's over $400 million financing.

ChainCatcher news reports that Pantera Capital plans to raise $1.25 billion to acquire a publicly listed company to transform into a Solana investment and rename it "Solana Co." According to sources, Summer Capital and Avenir Group (the family office of Li Lin, chairman of Avenir Group) will participate in this initiative, partnering with Pantera Capital to launch Solana Company.It is reported that Summer Capital, established in 2017, is one of the earliest licensed financial institutions in Asia to engage in digital asset investment. Its portfolio includes Hashkey, Immutable, Upbit, Animoca, and others. Summer Capital is also one of the founding shareholders and the largest shareholder of AMINA (formerly SEBA Bank), the first licensed crypto bank in Switzerland.Avenir Group is a new investment group founded by Li Lin, focusing on investments in financial innovation and cutting-edge technology, with operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

ChainCatcher news, according to the 13F filing submitted by the Hong Kong-based Li Lin family office Avenir Group, it currently holds a BlackRock Bitcoin ETF worth $1.01 billion, approximately 16.55 million shares. This is an increase from the 14.7 million shares reported in May.

ChainCatcher news, OSL Group (863.HK) announced the completion of HKD 2.355 billion (approximately USD 300 million) in equity financing on July 25, 2025. According to informed sources, investors include Avenir Group, founded by Li Lin, as well as several investment institutions and asset management companies.Avenir Group was founded by Li Lin, who also serves as CEO, and is committed to promoting the deep integration of traditional finance and digital assets, actively building a future-oriented investment ecosystem. Previously, OSL Group had already received strategic support from long-term investors such as Fidelity and GIC.

According to ChainCatcher news, as disclosed in SEC filings, former Huobi founder Li Lin indirectly holds 5.9% of the shares of Tiger Brokers (UP Fintech Holding Limited) through his wholly-owned Avenir Tech Limited, totaling 10,667,580 American Depositary Shares (ADS).The announcement shows that Avenir Tech is wholly owned by Avenir View, which is wholly owned by Avenir Investment, and Li Lin is the sole shareholder of Avenir Investment.

ChainCatcher news, according to the 13F filing submitted by the Hong Kong-based Li Lin family office Avenir Group, it currently holds a BlackRock Bitcoin ETF valued at $691 million, approximately 14.7 million shares. This is an increase from the 11.3 million shares reported previously on December 31, 2024.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine, the Hong Kong-based family office Avenir Group reports that it holds a BlackRock Bitcoin ETF valued at $599 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to Deep Tide TechFlow, Huobi founder Li Lin's family office Avenir Capital has established a crypto quantitative fund of funds, Avenir Crypto, with an initial fund size of 500 million USD.The fund will invest 200 million USDT, 3,000 bitcoins, and 50,000 ETH, with Binance as the trading venue, using API keys and SDKs for trading.There are three types of funding methods: 100% funding, co-funding by both parties at the same level, and manager's subordination.