Crypto Currents: Strategy buys more bitcoin
MAWSON INFRASTRUCTURE APPOINTS INTERIM CEO: In a Thursday regulatory filing, Mawson Infrastructure Group (MIGI) reported it had provided Rahul Mewawalla with notice that termination of his employment as CEO and President of the company for “Cause”, based on conduct specified in the notice, will be considered at a future meeting of the company’s Board of Directors, at which the Board will determine whether his conduct constitutes Cause sufficient to terminate Mewawalla in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement. Mewawalla’s employment agreement with the company provides for a cure period, which will end on June 14. On June 2, the Board determined to place Mewawalla on administrative leave from his position as CEO and President and appointed Kaliste Saloom to serve as Interim CEO. Saloom has served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since July 1, 2024.
HUT 8 INITIATED WITH BUY: On Thursday, Roth Capital initiated coverage of Hut 8 (HUT) with a Buy rating and $25 price target. Hut 8 is transforming into a power-first digital infrastructure platform, with 1.0GW energized, 2.6GW under exclusivity, and long-term growth visibility from bitcoin hosting and high-performance computing colocation, the analyst said. The firm added three HPC sites position the company to benefit from artificial intelligence demand, offering 60%-plus adjusted EBITDA margins. The combination of highly visible colocation agreements in bitcoin and HPC provides Hut 8 a strategic advantage, leading to margin expansion and re-rating potential with strategic execution, contended Roth.
ANALYST CALLS GAMESTOP, STRATEGY VALUATION DISPARITY ‘BAFFLING’: On Thursday, Wedbush reiterated an Underperform rating on GameStop (GME) with a $13.50 price target after the company last week disclosed that it purchased 4,710 bitcoin, “following the MicroStrategy playbook.” However, Strategy currently trades 1.75-times its bitcoin holdings, while GameStop trades at 2.4-times cash value, suggesting that investors value GameStop’s entry into bitcoin at the same premium they assign to Strategy shares, but value GameStop’s core operations at $8 per share, the analyst said. The firm added that while it is likely GameStop will convert more of its cash into bitcoin, the disparity in valuation between company and Strategy “is baffling.” Both companies provide bitcoin investors the ability to use margin to invest in crypto, but GameStop’s holdings “are literally 1% as great as MSTR’s,” according to Wedbush. The firm believes GameStop’s entry into the trading card business has delivered “modest success,” but it sees no potential for a rebound in the company’s core business.
OTHER CRYPTO NEWS:
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Bitcoin Depot (BTM) price target raised to $6 from $5 at Northland
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Riot Platforms (RIOT) hires Jonathan Gibbs as Chief Data Center Officer
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Trump’s USD1 (JPM) to offer clients financing against crypto ETFs
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World Liberty Financial reportedly sends cease-and-desist over memecoin
CRYPTO STOCK PLAYS: Publicly traded companies in the space include Bit Digital (BTBT), Coinbase (COIN), Core Scientific (CORZ), Greenidge Generation (GREE), Mara Holdings (MARA), Strategy, Riot Platforms and TeraWulf (WULF).
PRICE ACTION: As of time of writing, bitcoin dropped roughly 1% this week to $104,449 in U.S. dollars, according to CoinDesk.
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