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US$100 million in coin purchase and 500 BTC strategic reserves: Global corporate treasury deeply penetrates into the "non-financial industry"
According to BBX data, global listed companies yesterday showed a significant trend of spreading from "early adopters" to "traditional industry pillars" in their crypto treasury allocation. The core data are as follows: US$100 million in financing: HIVEDigital(TSX-V:$HIVE) Yesterday announced that it will raise US$100 million through a private placement. The company made it clear that in addition to supporting green energy upgrades in Swedish data centers, most of the funds will be used to purchase spot bitcoin to maintain its reserve discipline of "full retention". Strategic purchase of 500 pieces: Mercari(TSE:4385), Japan's largest second-hand trading platform, confirmed yesterday that it has completed the first purchase of 500 pieces of BTC. Mercari plans to use it as the underlying liquid asset for cross-border settlement on the platform, marking the official entry of the Japanese retail e-commerce giant into the era of crypto treasury. 50 million U.S. dollar positions: The board of directors of Viking Holdings (NYSE:$VIK) yesterday approved a $50 million bitcoin purchase plan. The cruise giant said the move aims to use BTC's global liquidity to hedge exchange rate risks caused by multinational currency settlement. US$100 million direct investment statement: Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:$IBKR) disclosed its latest earnings update that the company has directly converted US$100 million in cash from its own treasury into Bitcoin. This is different from the brokerage business it provides to clients and shows the confidence of mainstream brokerages in BTC as a "corporate-level asset."