Bitcoin News
By Maheen Hernandez
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How Capital B Finances Its Bitcoin Buys. The company funds its Bitcoin acquisitions through a mix of operating cash, share sales, and…
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The BTC Yield Metric and What It Actually Means. Capital B tracks something it calls "BTC Yield." It measures the percentage change in Bitcoin per…
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Capital B added 376 Bitcoin between August 17 and September 7. That's a 12% jump, from 3,145 BTC to 3,521 BTC. And yet, shareholders didn't really feel it.
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The reason comes down to how the company counts its shares. Capital B, listed on Euronext Growth Paris and formerly known as The Blockchain Group before November 2024, factors in…
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The company funds its Bitcoin acquisitions through a mix of operating cash, share sales, and borrowing. Each of those routes carries a cost.
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Selling new shares brings in cash but dilutes existing holders. Borrowing adds repayment obligations.
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Convertible debt adds another layer. Capital B uses Bitcoin-denominated convertible instruments, which it mentioned in its annual results presentation.
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The company also uses zero-coupon financing in some structures, meaning it avoids periodic interest payments.
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Capital B tracks something it calls "BTC Yield." It measures the percentage change in Bitcoin per diluted share over time. Sounds promising.
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BTC Yield is more of a scoreboard than a paycheck. It shows whether the company is accumulating Bitcoin faster than it's diluting its share count.
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Then came the reverse stock split on September 8. Capital B consolidated shares on a ten-for-one basis.
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Shareholders' actual returns depend on trading prices and what the company owes. The gross Bitcoin-per-share figure looks one way.
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Capital B is running a strategy that's become more common among smaller European listed companies: accumulate Bitcoin as a treasury asset, fund it through equity and debt, and…
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