The split underscores uneven price performance among publicly traded companies betting on digital asset treasuries. Shares of crypto-linked companies diverged sharply on Tuesday, with Hong Kong’s QMMM Holdings rocketing more than 1,700% after unveiling a blockchain strategy, while Canada’s Sol Strategies tumbled 42% in its Nasdaq debut. QMMM, a Hong Kong–based investment holding company, said Tuesday it will integrate artificial intelligence with blockchain to build a platform combining crypto analytics and a Web3 autonomous ecosystem. The firm also plans to establish a “diversified cryptocurrency treasury” focused on Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL). QMMM’s stock performance shot through the roof after the announcement, rising over 2,100% before closing its Nasdaq trading up 1,737%. Read more
The Canadian company makes inroads into US markets with a Nasdaq listing on Sept. 9, moving trading from its over-the-counter venture market. Canadian blockchain company SOL Strategies is set to debut on Nasdaq next week after securing approval to list its shares. In a Friday notice, SOL Strategies said it would begin listing common shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market starting on Sept. 9 under the ticker symbol STKE. The listing will end of the company’s shares trading on the over-the-counter venture market OTCQB, while maintaining trading activity on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Read more
The move reflects rising institutional appetite for yield-generating crypto exposure, according to SOL Strategies. Update (8:39 PM UTC): This article has been updated to [update the YouTube video.] Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has named Canada-based SOL Strategies as its exclusive staking partner for the company’s Digital Assets Revolutions Fund. Under the partnership, ARK Invest will move its validator operations to the SOL Strategies staking infrastructure. Created in 2020, the Fund typically invests in 10 to 12 cryptocurrencies aiming to generate returns over a full market cycle of four to five years. Read more
In addition to buffering its SOL holdings, SOL Strategies added SUI to its balance sheets and decreased exposure to Bitcoin in Q1 2025. SOL Strategies, a Canadian public company focused on Solana infrastructure, reported a net loss in the second quarter even as revenue from staking and validating surged. The company, which trades on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) under the ticker HODL, reported a net loss of CA$4.8 million ($3.5 million) for the second quarter of 2025, while revenue for the period surged to CA$2.54 million CAD ($1.85 million) from CA$67,000 in the same period a year earlier. SOL Strategies’ revenue growth was driven almost entirely by staking and validating income from its cryptocurrency holdings, particularly Solana (SOL) and Sui (SUI). The company earns income by operating validator nodes and receiving rewards in the form of SOL and other tokens, both from assets it self-delegates and from commissions on third-party delegations. Read more