France-listed Bitcoin treasury company Capital B raised 15.2 million euros ($17.8 million) from strategic investors including Blockstream CEO Adam Back and Paris-based asset manager TOBAM as it seeks to expand its BTC treasury.The new capital was raised through a private placement of shares, with four share subscription warrants attached to each share at a fixed price of $0.78, the company said Monday. The company said the proceeds, together with ongoing operations, could allow it to acquire another 182 Bitcoin, potentially lifting its total holdings to 3,125 BTC.If all warrants issued in connection with the transaction were exercised, Capital B could raise an additional $116.5 million through the issuance of about 92 million additional shares, wrote Alexandre Laizet, the board director of Bitcoin strategy at Capital B.The raise shows Capital B is still pursuing Bitcoin accumulation while parts of the corporate Bitcoin treasury sector are taking a more defensive posture, including hedging programs, debt reduction and asset sales after months of weaker market conditions.The company’s latest raise comes a week after Capital B raised $1.3 million from Adam Back to accelerate its Bitcoin treasury strategy.Capital B raises $17.8 million from Adam Back and TOBAM. Source: Capital BCapital B shares rise after capital raiseCapital B shares rose around 4.3% after the announcement on Monday and traded around 0.67 euros ($0.79) at the time of writing.The company’s shares are down by around 11% year-to-date, data from Yahoo Finance shows.Capital B shares, 24-hour chart, in euros. Source: Yahoo FinanceCapital B is currently the 25th-largest Bitcoin treasury firm, holding 2,943 BTC, worth about $237 million. It ranks as Europe’s second-largest Bitcoin treasury following Germany’s Bitcoin Group SE, according to Bitcointreasuries data.Related: Adam Back says Bitcoin’s post-quantum shift may reveal true Satoshi stash On April 20, Michael Saylor’s Strategy raised an additional $2.5 billion from the issuance of Stretch (STRC) and the sales of Class A common stock (MSTR). On April 23, XCE raised $794,000 of capital in a round backed by Adam Back.Barring these raises, no other Bitcoin treasury companies have publicly announced a capital raise during the past six weeks. However, some companies are looking to hedge against the downside risk of the bear market.On April 24, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto announced an actively managed Bitcoin derivatives program seeking to generate recurring income from volatility and hedge part of its corporate BTC holdings against downside exposure. A month earlier, the company announced the sale of 284 Bitcoin (worth about $20 million at the time), in a March 30 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.Earlier in February, Bitcoin treasury company Genius Group said it sold its remaining treasury holdings of 84 BTC for about $5.7 million, which it used toward repaying an $8.5 million debt obligation, according to an SEC filing.  Magazine: Bitcoin vs. the quantum computer threat — Timeline and solutions (2025–2035)  

Crypto.com has received a Stored Value Facilities license from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, allowing residents to pay Dubai government fees using cryptocurrencies via its platform, the company said Monday.The company says the license allows users to fund payments in digital assets while settlements are made in UAE dirhams or in dirham-backed stablecoins approved by the central bank under the SVF framework.The approval allows Crypto.com to activate its partnership with Dubai’s Department of Finance, giving the exchange access to provide digital asset payment services for government fees through its platform under Dubai’s cashless payments strategy. The company said the license could also support future payment integrations with Emirates Airlines and Dubai Duty Free, though those services remain subject to further approvals from the UAE central bank.Crypto.com secures SVF license. Source: Crypto.comThe SVF authorization applies to its local Dubai entity, Foris DAX Middle East FZE, which trades as Crypto.com. Subject to further sign-offs from the central bank, the company said the license will also allow it to start crypto-funded payment integrations with Emirates Airlines and Dubai Duty Free, extending the same digital asset-to-dirham settlement model into commercial payments.Cointelegraph reached out to Crypto.com and the Central Bank of the UAE for comment, but had not received a response by publication. Related: Crypto.com gets into prediction markets through High Roller tie-upCrypto.com expands UAE regulatory and payments pushThe new authorization adds another layer to Crypto.com’s regulatory footprint in the UAE, where it already holds a Virtual Asset Service Provider license from VARA and promotes its platform as an institutional-grade, compliance-focused venue for digital assets.Outside the UAE, the company has been building a similar regulated profile, including securing licensing to operate under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regime and obtaining conditional approval from the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter that would allow it to act as a qualified digital asset custodian.At the same time, Crypto.com is expanding into event-based derivatives and prediction markets through a regulated US affiliate, part of a broader strategy to combine tighter regulatory oversight with a growing range of trading and payments products around cryptocurrencies.Magazine: Guide to the top and emerging global crypto hubs — Mid-2026