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BTCS Inc. Arranges Financing to Buy up to $57.8 Million of Ether ($ETH) for Continued Strategy
First tranche of $7.8 million - CEO Participates in Funding Silver Spring, Maryland--(Newsfile Corp. - May 14, 2025) - BTCS Inc. (NASDAQ: BTCS) ("BTCS" or the
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[{"type":"text","content":"First tranche of $7.8 million - CEO Participates in Funding\nSilver Spring, Maryland--(Newsfile Corp. - May 14, 2025) - BTCS Inc. (NASDAQ: BTCS) (\"BTCS\" or the \"Company\"), a blockchain technology-focused company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement for the issuance of convertible notes (the “Agreement”) through a facility of up to $57.8 million led by ATW Partners LLC (“ATW”). Capital from the financing is exclusively earmarked for purchasing Ethereum tokens (ETH) as part of its digital asset and validator node operations strategy.\nPursuant to the financing, the Company issued the initial tranche of notes in the aggregate principal amount of $7.8 million, with additional capacity of up to $50 million, subject to the mutual consent of the Company and ATW.\nThe notes are convertible into common stock at a fixed conversion price of $5.85 per share, representing a 194% premium over the Company’s stock price of $1.99 per share on May 13, 2025 (the “Closing Date”). The issued notes have a two-year maturity date of May 13, 2027, include a 5% original issue discount, and bear interest at a rate of 6% per annum. In connection with the issuance of the notes, the investors also received five-year warrants to purchase 1,901,916 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $2.75 per share, representing a 38% premium to the Company’s closing stock price on the Closing Date.\nCharles Allen, Chairman and CEO of BTCS, personally invested $95,000 in the offering. An additional $200,000 was invested by a trust for which Mr. Allen is a beneficiary. An independent committee of the BTCS Board of Directors approved Mr. Allen’s participation in the offering.\n\"This capital infusion is expected to enable us to scale our validator node operations by increasing our ETH holdings at what we believe is a critical inflection point in Ethereum's growth trajectory,\" said Charles Allen, CEO of BTCS. \"Similar to how MicroStrategy leveraged its balance sheet to accumulate Bitcoin, we are executing a disciplined strategy to increase our Ethereum exposure and drive recurring revenue through staking and our block building operations-while positioning BTCS for meaningful appreciation should ETH continue to rise in value.\"\nStrategic Ethereum Accumulation to Drive Revenue and Long-Term Value\nThis transaction follows BTCS’s recent strateg...