Taiwan’s first publicly traded company Bitcoin treasury, Prime Win Worldwide, raised $10 million to kickstart its BTC accumulation efforts.
The luxurious watchmaker-turned-Bitcoin treasury introduced Friday it raised $10 million from a bunch of buyers led by zipper producer and software program firm WiseLink. The elevate was accompanied by personal investments from Chad Koehn, founder and CEO of United Capital Administration of Kansas, alongside 4 different buyers.
WiseLink bought three-year convertible notes issued by Prime Win. The funding adopted a memorandum of understanding between the 2 corporations outlining a yet-to-be-disclosed collaboration.
“TopWin intends to make use of the proceeds primarily to buy BTC.”
The announcement added that Prime Win may additionally put money into listed Bitcoin (BTC) treasury corporations alongside shopping for Bitcoin. Nonetheless, the corporate mentioned it “has no plans to function as an funding firm or to interact primarily within the enterprise of investing, reinvesting, or buying and selling in securities.”
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Evolution of a watchmaker
Prime Win Worldwide is a Taiwan-based luxurious watchmaker that determined to pivot to a Bitcoin treasury technique in mid-Might. The change in technique adopted a partnership with Sora Ventures, the identical firm that partnered with Metaplanet in 2024 to create Japan’s first company Bitcoin treasury.
Prime Win additionally introduced that it could change its title to AsiaStrategy, in a nod to the world’s first Bitcoin treasury firm, Technique, beforehand referred to as MicroStrategy. Nonetheless, the most recent announcement references the outdated firm title, Prime Win Worldwide.
Sora Ventures founder and managing associate Jason Fang joined the corporate board and took the place of co-CEO alongside the agency’s present CEO. Prime Win Worldwide’s inventory took quick discover, leaping to $12.12 in premarket buying and selling on the day of the Might announcement.
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Inventory response to BTC technique
The information of the capital elevate was seemingly well-received by market members on Friday. On the time of writing, Prime Win Worldwide’s inventory had seen a pre-market worth improve of virtually 13%, buying and selling at $5.82.
The worth was a 51% drop from the $12.12 reported in premarket buying and selling on the day that the corporate introduced its pivot to Bitcoin accumulation. Nonetheless, the inventory is up nearly 52% year-to-date.
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