KindlyMD, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAKA) and Bitcoin-native holding firm Nakamoto Holdings Inc. have formally accomplished their long-anticipated merger, forming a publicly traded Bitcoin treasury automobile with ambitions to accumulate a million BTC. The mixed entity will function beneath the KindlyMD title, buying and selling on the Nasdaq Capital Market, whereas Nakamoto will operate as an entirely owned subsidiary overseeing the Bitcoin monetary companies division.
“Our imaginative and prescient is for the world’s capital markets to function on a Bitcoin customary. Right this moment’s merger represents the start of that journey for our firm,” stated David Bailey, CEO of the mixed firm. “Since I began my journey in Bitcoin 13 years in the past, I’ve all the time believed Bitcoin would turn out to be essentially the most precious asset in human historical past, held by each individual, firm, and authorities. The securitization of Bitcoin has proven us how establishments will undertake it. We intend to drive that ahead.”
Tim Pickett, former KindlyMD CEO and now Chief Medical Officer, added: “We’re thrilled to formally shut our merger with Nakamoto. We’ve constructed KindlyMD on operational and modern excellence, and we are actually extending that very same precept to our capital technique. Bitcoin offers us the flexibility to protect worth with the identical integrity we apply to delivering care.”
The transaction generated roughly $540 million in gross proceeds by way of a non-public placement in public fairness (PIPE) financing, which will likely be used primarily for Bitcoin purchases. A $200 million convertible notice providing is predicted to shut tomorrow.
Bailey will lead as CEO and Chairman of the Board, with a strengthened management staff together with Amanda Fabiano as COO, Tyler Evans as CIO, and Andrew Creighton as CCO. Newly appointed unbiased administrators embrace Charles Blackburn, Perianne Boring, Eric Weiss, Greg Xethalis, and Mark Yusko, alongside Pickett.
The merged firm’s mission is obvious: construct a premier, institutional-grade Bitcoin treasury automobile to drive company and authorities adoption of the asset. By leveraging superior company finance methods, Nakamoto goals to simplify Bitcoin integration into international capital markets and place itself as a frontrunner in public market Bitcoin treasury administration.
Bailey strengthened his dedication on X, stating: “Honored to formally be part of KindlyMD as CEO and Chairman. Thanks for approaching this journey with me — collectively we’ll rebuild the world on the bitcoin customary. One Nakamoto = A million Bitcoin.”
Disclosure: Nakamoto is in partnership with Bitcoin Journal’s guardian firm BTC Inc to construct the primary international community of Bitcoin treasury corporations, the place BTC Inc supplies sure advertising and marketing companies to Nakamoto. Extra info on this may be discovered right here.
