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By Maheen Hernandez
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What happened. Fortitude, a Zcash mining company, just landed a Nasdaq listing — and it didn't go the traditional…
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The historical context. It's not a new playbook. Crypto and blockchain companies have been borrowing legitimacy from…
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Why it matters. For Fortitude, the Nasdaq listing is a real win on visibility alone.
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What to watch. Fortitude's revenue trajectory after listing will be the first real signal.
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The deal is structured so Fortitude gets the thing it probably wanted most: access to institutional and retail investors who'd never touch a private crypto miner.
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It's not a new playbook. Crypto and blockchain companies have been borrowing legitimacy from traditional markets for years, with mixed results.
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Riot Blockchain did something similar back in 2017 — pivoted hard into blockchain, made acquisitions, and watched its stock surge.
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So Fortitude's path isn't unprecedented. And that's kind of the point — it's a known route with known risks.
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The reverse merger structure, or something close to it, has been used by mining companies, DeFi-adjacent firms, and various blockchain plays to shortcut the IPO process.
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Related: Franklin Templetons $2.5 Billion Onchain Bet Grows With 250 Digital Deal
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For Fortitude, the Nasdaq listing is a real win on visibility alone. Public miners can raise capital faster, attract analysts, and get the kind of press coverage that private…
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But there's a tension here that's hard to ignore. HeartSciences is a healthcare company. Fortitude mines Zcash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency.
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HeartSciences' existing shareholders now hold a minority stake in something that's partly a crypto miner. That's a different risk profile than what they signed up for.
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See also: H100 Acquires Two Norwegian Firms, Eyes Top 2 Spot in European Bitcoin Holdings
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The broader implication is a pattern that's been building for a few years now: crypto-native companies increasingly want a seat at the traditional finance table, and they're…
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