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Alpha Modus

2026-10-22 08:05:54

Alpha Modus acquires 3,170 BTC through stock-for-Bitcoin swap

Nasdaq-listed Alpha Modus said it acquired 3,170 Bitcoin in a stock-based transaction valued at more than $250 million, increasing the company’s BTC holdings. The company exchanged 51.6 million shares and related warrants for the Bitcoin. Alpha Modus said the deal expands its asset base, while also diluting existing shareholders. The announcement outlines both sides of the transaction clearly: a larger Bitcoin position for the company and a dilution impact for current equity holders. No additional terms were disclosed in the brief statement cited by ChainCatcher.

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Metaplanet

2026-09-11 13:44:27

Metaplanet trims Series 10 stock pool by 41% and moves ahead with Hong Kong unit

Metaplanet said it will cut the number of potential shares tied to its Series 10 stock acquisition rights by 131.3 million, reducing the total from 319.464 million to 188.19 million. CEO Simon Gerovich said the change resets the conversion ratio from 1:696 to 1:410, the level used before the company’s September 2025 international share offering, after shareholders pushed back against dilution. Shares already issued through earlier exercises will stay in place, while the reduction applies only to future exercises. Gerovich said the revision would eliminate more than $220 million in warrant value and lift Bitcoin per fully diluted share by about 8.8%. The company also plans to withdraw a proposal to transfer as many as 90,000 rights to a long-term officer and employee incentive vehicle. Instead, it will work with a global compensation consultant on a new program, with added exercise restrictions for all unvested rights and vesting split evenly across 2029, 2030 and 2031. Separately, Metaplanet said it will set up Metaplanet Asset Management Asia Limited in Hong Kong later in September with $1 million in initial capital to trade Bitcoin, equities and credit products during Asian market hours. The unit will sit under Project Nova, the firm’s wider plan to build a Bitcoin-focused platform across asset management, securities, capital markets and other financial services.

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Aiplex Techno

2026-09-11 01:37:22

Aiplex rights offering draws heavy demand as top shareholder declines full allotment

Aiplex Technology (6225), a full-delivery stock in Taiwan, has drawn strong market attention after launching a large cash capital increase. The company is issuing 32.2 million new shares, a scale that exceeds its previous paid-in capital of roughly NT$150 million. With a price spread close to three times, the deal attracted about 540,000 retail subscribers, while the winning rate came in at only about 0.5%. At the same time, the company disclosed a separate development that shifted focus to its shareholder structure. According to a material information filing, An Cheng Investment, Aiplex’s largest shareholder and corporate director, gave up subscribing to 6,021,203 shares, equal to 100% of the shares it was entitled to buy. Aiplex said the decision was based on 「investment strategy and financial planning considerations」 and added that the unsubscribed portion would be handled by authorizing the chairman to place the shares with specific investors. Before the capital increase, An Cheng Investment held about 6.93 million shares, or 46.2% of Aiplex. The report said that if it does not participate at all after the offering is completed, its stake could be diluted to around 15%. The identity of the specific subscribers and the resulting ownership reshuffle are now key points for the market to watch.

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Metaplanet

2026-09-08 21:24:56

Metaplanet freezes 319.5 million-share insider equity pool after acknowledging dilution

Metaplanet, a publicly listed company in Japan, said in an Aug. 18 filing that its internal equity pool mechanism had increased dilution for existing shareholders. The board then froze the pool at 319.5 million shares rather than canceling it. The filing said the pool accounted for roughly 25% of the company’s total shares outstanding. It was originally established in 2023 at 20% of issuable shares, but expanded as Metaplanet repeatedly issued new stock from 2024 onward to buy Bitcoin. Over that period, the company’s total share count rose from 153.9 million to 1.35 billion. Under the freeze, holders cannot sell the shares until Aug. 17, 2031. Ten days after the disclosure, CEO Simon Gerovich exercised one-third of the vested rights and acquired about 64.03 million shares for 6.4 billion yen. On Tuesday, Metaplanet shares fell 9.96% to close at 244 yen. Some shareholders argued that the company’s roughly $2 billion market capitalization sits below the roughly $3.4 billion value of its Bitcoin holdings, while insiders still retain claims tied to about one-quarter of the company’s equity.

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Metaplanet

2026-09-08 13:06:08

Metaplanet drops about 17% in two days as shareholders call for 273 million shares to be canceled

Metaplanet shares fell for a second straight trading day, dropping 7.51% on Sept. 7 and another 9.96% on Sept. 8 to close at 244 yen, taking the two-day decline to about 17%. The selloff has centered on the Japanese bitcoin treasury company’s Series 10 stock acquisition rights, a structure that had tied the number of underlying shares to 20% of the company’s fully diluted share count. As Metaplanet expanded its capital base, the potential share count linked to those rights grew from roughly 46 million to about 319 million shares. The company said on Aug. 18 that it scrapped the adjustment clause, fixed the ceiling at 319,464,000 shares, and signed five-year lockup agreements with current holders. But shareholders remain dissatisfied, arguing that capping future expansion does not address dilution that has already occurred. They are asking the company to cancel about 273 million shares and are also seeking more detail about the ownership structure of MMXX Ventures and whether Simon Gerovich or related parties obtained any economic benefit when MMXX sold Metaplanet shares during the 2024 rally period.

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Wistron

2026-09-08 06:46:48

Wistron prices $1.472 billion GDR deal, shares fall 5.33% the next day

Wistron has priced its global depositary receipt, or GDR, offering at a total deal size of $1.472 billion, according to a material disclosure the company filed on Sept. 7. The transaction involves 25 million GDR units priced at $58.88 each, with every unit representing 10 common shares, for a total of 250 million common shares. The pricing date was Sept. 7, while issuance is scheduled for Sept. 10. The securities will be issued and traded on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Based on the exchange rate used in the filing, NT$31.631 to the U.S. dollar, the implied price per common share is about NT$186.24. Wistron’s shares closed at NT$197 on Sept. 7, putting the GDR pricing at a discount of about 5.5% to the previous close. After the pricing announcement was released late that night, the stock opened at NT$189 on Sept. 8, fell as low as NT$182.5 during the session, and finished at NT$186.5, down NT$10.5 or 5.33% from the prior trading day. The company said the proceeds will be used to support foreign-currency raw material purchases. Wistron also said the issuance would result in dilution of about 7.29%, adding that it would not cause material dilution to shareholder equity.

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Metaplanet

2026-09-08 05:27:29

Metaplanet options dispute deepens as CEO admits communication fell short and shares extend losses

Metaplanet, the Japan-listed bitcoin treasury company traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under code 3350, is facing mounting scrutiny over its management incentive structure and the dilution tied to its 10th series of stock acquisition rights. The company’s shares fell 7.51% on Monday to 271 yen, then slid again on Tuesday, Sept. 8, touching about 256 yen in Asian midday trading, down roughly 5.5% from the prior close and about 21% below the Sept. 1 close of 326 yen. At the center of the dispute is a paid stock option program granted mainly to directors, executive officers, and employees at an exercise price of 10 yen per share. Investors focused on a feature in the original design that increased the number of shares obtainable under the options when the company expanded its equity base, creating what critics saw as an anti-dilution effect for some holders while ordinary shareholders were diluted. CEO Simon Gerovich said on Sept. 6 that the company’s explanations of its governance structure, management decisions, and how those arrangements linked to long-term shareholder value had not been sufficient. Metaplanet amended the terms on Aug. 18 to fix the number of shares tied to the remaining options at about 319 million shares and added lock-up arrangements, but shareholder concerns have persisted after the company disclosed on Aug. 31 that part of the options had already been exercised.

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MSTR

2026-07-23 08:00:15

MSTR Stock Price Targets $100 as Strategy Buys Another 2,932 Bitcoin

Strategy acquired 2,932 BTC at $90,000 average, now holding 3.3% of total supply. MSTR stock fell to $160; bear flag pattern suggests a possible drop to $100, a 40% decline from current levels.

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