
The Nasdaq-listed firm's crypto-treasury strategy faces pressures from unrealized losses and equity sales.
GD Culture Group reported a $211.8 million first-half unrealized Bitcoin loss and an 18-fold increase in its share count, revealing pressures in its crypto-treasury strategy.
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GD Culture acquired a 7,500-BTC reserve through its September 2025 purchase of Pallas Capital Holding.
GD Culture Group reported a $211.8 million first-half unrealized Bitcoin loss on its holdings while its split-adjusted share count rose to more than 18 times its year-end level, exposing two distinct pressures behind the company’s crypto-treasury strategy.
The Nasdaq-listed digital media and technology company held 7,500 BTC with an original cost of $842 million and a June 30 fair value of $451.2 million, according to its Aug. 14 quarterly filing. The Bitcoin loss accounted for about 97.9% of GD Culture’s $216.2 million net loss for the first six months of 2026.
That charge reflected fair-value accounting as Bitcoin prices changed. It was not a cash outflow or a sale of the core reserve. GD Culture separately reported selling about 1.08 BTC purchased for short-term trading, receiving $71,201 and recording a $28,799 realized loss.
The 7,500-BTC reserve entered GD Culture through its September 2025 acquisition of Pallas Capital Holding, the company’s 2025 annual report shows. The company identified working capital and general corporate purposes as the intended uses for its 2026 offering proceeds.
Equity sales supported liquidity amid the Bitcoin loss
GD Culture ended 2025 with 229,278 shares outstanding and finished June with 4,162,500, after retroactively adjusting both figures for the June 29 one-for-250 reverse split. The increase of 3,933,222 shares left the ending count 18.15 times its year-end level.
Cash issuances accounted for 3,919,455 of those additional shares, or 99.65% of the increase. From May through June, the company sold 2,882,249 split-adjusted shares through its at-the-market program for about $42 million net. It also sold 1,037,206 split-adjusted shares in a June placement at an adjusted $5.25 each, raising about $5.45 million gross.
The company received $25.1 million of financing cash during the first half. Another $21.5 million in ATM proceeds remained in the underwriter’s brokerage account at quarter-end, so GD Culture recorded the amount as a receivable. The company said it received those funds immediately afterward.
At June 30, GD Culture reported $7.2 million in operating bank accounts and $36.6 million of working capital, which included that ATM receivable. The company used $12.3 million of cash in operations during the half. Management concluded it had enough liquidity to meet its obligations for at least 12 months after the interim financial statements were issued.

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