The fundraising comes ahead the firm's merger with Cantor Equity Partners to become a publicly-traded bitcoin treasury company.
The fresh fundraising comes ahead the firm's merger with Nasdaq-listed Cantor Equity Partners to become a publicly-traded bitcoin treasury company.Bitcoin treasury firm Twenty One has raised an additional $100 million through convertible senior secured notes, increasing its total capital raised to $685 million.
The new financing comes from existing investors and sponsors who exercised their option to buy more notes, originally granted during the April fundraising round, according to an SEC filing. Twenty One Capital is being launched by Cantor's Brandon Lutnick via a SPAC structure, with notable owners including iFinex and Tether, and will be led by Strike CEO Jack Mallers.treasury firm Twenty One has raised an additional $100 million through convertible senior secured notes, pushing its total capital raised to $685 million as it advances toward a planned merger with Nasdaq-listed Cantor Equity Partners , aThe fresh financing comes from existing investors and sponsors who exercised their option to buy more of the notes, originally granted during the April fundraising round, the regulatory filing said.The $100 million boost adds to the $385 million initially committed, bringing the total note financing to $485 million. That’s on top of $200 million in private investment in public equity disclosed last month.is the latest example of firms with a crypto treasury strategy, following Michael Saylor's Startegy . The firm is being launched by Brandon Lutnick—the son of U.S. Commerce Secretary and former Cantor Fitzgerald chairman Howard Lutnick—via a a special-purpose acquisition company structure using Cantor Equity Partners. Owners include iFinex—the parent company of Bitfinex—and Tether, the issuer of the $150 billion USDT. The company will be led by Strike CEO Jack Mallers.Parts of this article were generated with the assistance from AI tools and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy and adherence toKrisztian Sandor is a U.S. markets reporter focusing on stablecoins, tokenization, real-world assets. He graduated from New York University's business and economic reporting program before joining CoinDesk. He holds BTC, SOL and ETH.“AI Boost” indicates a generative text tool, typically an AI chatbot, contributed to the article. In each and every case, the article was edited, fact-checked and published by a human.
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