Shares of Upexi Inc. plunged about 60% on Tuesday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective a registration statement covering 43.8 million shares issued in a $100 million private placement completed in April. The offering, undertaken to fund the company’s Solana-denominated treasury strategy, enables private-investment-in-public-equity participants to resell their stock on the open market, stoking fears of heavy dilution among existing shareholders. In a separate move highlighting the divergent fortunes of firms pursuing crypto-treasury strategies, fellow Solana-focused company DeFi Development Corp. said it will work with the Kraken exchange to tokenize its equity under the ticker DFDVx. The initiative, billed as the first on-chain listing of a U.S. public company that actively accumulates digital assets, will allow the stock to trade alongside tokenized shares of Apple, Tesla and others. DFDV fell roughly 30% in pre-market trade after filing a Form EFFECT with the SEC.
Solana treasury company Upexi tumbles 60% after 43 million shares hit the market https://t.co/q1MSM0mGdQ
🚨JUST IN: @UpexiTreasury's registration statement for 43.8M shares, enabling resale by investors in its $100M April private placement used to buy $SOL, went effective after market close yesterday. Although no new shares were issued, the stock fell 60% today due to concerns about https://t.co/tEseY8NkG5
$DFDV | ICYMI: A U.S. Public Company is Taking its Stock Onchain 📰 @Defidevcorp will tokenize its equity as $DFDVx via @Krakenfx and @BackedFi — becoming the first listed firm to adopt a crypto treasury strategy and trade onchain https://t.co/SpU72k3Cn7