Verb Technology обеспечила создание резерва в TON

cryptonews.ruPubblicato 2025-10-24Pubblicato ultima volta 2025-10-24

Verb Technology Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERB) объявила о закрытии частного размещения на $558 млн при участии Kingsway Capital. Продано около 58,7 млн акций более чем 110 институциональным и криптоориентированным инвесторам, среди которых Kingsway, Vy Capital, Blockchain.com, Ribbit Capital и Graticule Asset Management.

Большая часть средств будет направлена на покупку Toncoin ($TON) — нативного токена блокчейна TON, интегрированного с Telegram. Toncoin станет основным резервным активом компании, обеспечивая доход от стейкинга и положительный денежный поток. В рамках смены фокуса Verb планирует ребрендинг в TON Strategy Co., сохранив при этом существующие направления бизнеса в области социальной коммерции и видеомаркетинга.

Организатором размещения выступила Cohen & Company Capital Markets, юридическое сопровождение обеспечили Reed Smith, Perkins Coie, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck и Morgan Lewis.

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