{"id":27166,"date":"2025-05-16T14:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=27166"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:06:24","slug":"coindesk-analyst-advises-uk-crypto-firm-to-set-up-bitcoin-treasury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=27166","title":{"rendered":"CoinDesk Analyst Advises UK Crypto Firm to Set Up Bitcoin Treasury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>U.K.-based Coinsilium Group (COIN:AQSE), which became the first blockchain firm to IPO in 2015, has announced a \u00a31.25 million raise as it looks to establish its bitcoin BTC treasury initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The raise came alongside a record high in trading volume of Coinsilium Group shares, with 14 million shares changing hands on Friday. Shares are currently trading at \u00a34.10, having risen by 24% over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The company is advised by CoinDesk analyst James Van Straten, who told CoinDesk that it was &#8220;great to see record trading volumes as Coinsilium announces a bitcoin treasury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I remain focused on helping educate the UK market on bitcoin and helping the UK become a leader in this space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The move to set up a bitcoin treasury follows in the footsteps of several other companies including Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) and Metaplanet, with the U.S. Government also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/establishment-of-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-united-states-digital-asset-stockpile\/#:~:text=It%20is%20the%20policy%20of,States'%20other%20digital%20asset%20holdings.\">outlining plans<\/a> to stockpile BTC in March.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Disclaimer: James Van Straten is a CoinDesk employee that owns Coinsilium Group and MSTR shares.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.K.-based Coinsilium Group (COIN:AQSE), which became the first blockchain firm to IPO in 2015, has announced a \u00a31.25 million raise as it looks to establish its bitcoin BTC treasury initiative. The raise came alongside a record high in trading volume of Coinsilium Group shares, with 14 million shares changing hands on Friday. Shares are currently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-27166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}