Adam Back's BSTR Scraps SPAC Merger After Failing to Secure $1.5B in Financing

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Adam Back‘s BSTR Holdings scrapped its SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners I (NASDAQ:CEPO) Wednesday after failing to raise $1.5 billion in financing. The deal included plans to raise up to $1.5 ...

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reported last week that Cantor had already allowed some large investors to reduce their original commitments ahead of a shareholder vote as the transaction struggled to find backers. \nBitcoin has lost roughly half its value since October’s all-time high, making investors far more reluctant to back new Bitcoin treasury vehicles at current prices.\nWednesday’s announcement formally scrapped the original agreement, canceled the private placement financing, indefinitely postponed a shareholder meeting that had been scheduled for July 10, and returned shares to CEPO shareholders whose redemption requests were pending. \nThe companies said any revised deal will be detailed in future SEC filings if one is reached.\nEarlier this year, Back told CoinDesk that launching during a weaker Bitcoin market could actually benefit BSTR by letting it accumulate coins at lower prices ahead of a potential recovery. \nThat framing hasn’t changed, but the inability to raise $1.5 billion from institutional 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Across the broader Bitcoin treasury company space, shares of listed accumulators have slumped alongside Bitcoin itself, drying up the premium valuations that made equity-funded Bitcoin buying attractive in the first place.\nCEPO trades just above its major moving averages, sitting roughly 1.9% above the 20-day SMA at $10.46 and 1.5% above the 200-day SMA at $10.49. \nRSI sits at 53.09, a neutral reading that points to range-bound trading rather than a directional move in either direction.\nKey support sits at $10.50, aligning with the 50-day EMA and the broader cluster of long-term averages. \nHolding that level keeps buyers in control. 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