TBG Raises Tens of Millions of Euros to Purchase Bitcoin

There is an old Chinese saying, "The bolder the man, the more productive the land." The Blockchain Group, a French listed company that only holds $160 million worth of Bitcoin, announced that it would raise tens of billions of euros to purchase Bitcoin.

Author: Weilin, PANews

There is an old Chinese saying, "The bolder the man, the more productive the land." And the French-listed company, which only holds $160 million worth of Bitcoin, announced that it would raise tens of billions of euros to purchase Bitcoin.

On June 11, The Blockchain Group (stock code: ALTBG), a technology company located in Puteaux, France and listed on the Euronext Paris, held ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings. The main purpose of the meeting was to increase the company's financing capacity by more than 10 billion euros to accelerate its "Bitcoin Treasury Company" strategy, with the goal of increasing the number of bitcoins per share on a fully diluted basis.

As early as December 2024, the company received 2.5 million euros in financing, which attracted the participation of Adam Back, a British cryptographer and encryption hacker cited in the Bitcoin white paper.

The Blockchain Group (TBG) strategy aims to create "insurance" against currency depreciation, and the model is based on a simple principle: increase the number of Bitcoins per share. To achieve this goal, two core strategies are followed: First, financing operations are issued at a premium to the stock price. Recent financing premiums range from 30% to 70%, so there is a "value-added effect" aimed at improving the interests of existing shareholders. Second, take a long-term perspective and measure performance in Bitcoin rather than in Euros or U.S. dollars. Will The Blockchain Group succeed in emulating Strategy's strategy?

Shareholders' meeting approves 10 billion euro Bitcoin treasury plan

Recently, The Blockchain Group held a shareholders' meeting and formally approved the Bitcoin treasury plan. The meeting also approved the proposal to appoint Alexandre Laizet as a director of the company, effective today, for a term of six years, which will expire at the end of the next Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, which considers the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2030. Alexandre Laizet, Deputy CEO, will be the head of Bitcoin strategy.

The approved financing amount is much higher than the 300 million euros at-the-market (ATM) mechanism announced by the company on June 9. The mechanism was established by The Blockchain Group in cooperation with asset management company TOBAM, allowing the company to issue new shares in batches at market prices at its discretion, and TOBAM will subscribe for them at its sole discretion. If the mechanism is fully implemented, TOBAM may obtain up to 39% of the company's shares.

The approved financing tools include common stock, preferred stock, warrants and convertible bonds, so that the company's financial team can match financing costs and capital allocation according to market demand. The company's management plans to continue investing the proceeds of this financing authorization in similar Bitcoin acquisitions, making The Blockchain Group the most active listed Bitcoin buyer in Europe.

Executives said the company views the Bitcoin allocation as a supplementary use of idle capital, rather than a complete shift of its business model to a "single asset."

It was difficult to make a profit for many years before the transformation, and currently holds $160 million in BTC

On June 3 this year, The Blockchain Group began to further invest in BTC on a large scale, purchasing 624 BTC worth about $69 million. Combined with previous purchases, as of June 12, according to bitcointreasuries data, the company held a total of 1,471 bitcoins with a total value of $160 million, with an average cost of $102,507 and a book profit of 5.21%.

It has not always been a Bitcoin-centric company. In fact, until the end of 2023, TBG was a diversified blockchain technology company with businesses covering media, consulting, and software services. In October 2021, TBG opened its first North American office and blockchain research center in Montreal. In February 2022, TBG's blockchain organization The Blockchain Xdev reached a cooperation with NFT market Artrade to accelerate the latter's technology development and promote innovation in the NFT social ecosystem. On June 1, 2023, subsidiary Eniblock announced the launch of the Wallet as a Service (WaaS) beta version. From June 2023 to October 2024, TBG was relatively silent on Twitter for more than a year and did not post any content. In the past few years of development, The Blockchain Group's performance has been mixed, and profitability has always been difficult to achieve.

Everything changed in December 2023. A new board of directors was appointed and old subsidiaries were divested or liquidated. A new, leaner and more focused entity emerged, with two