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2024

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DeFi Technologies Inc., a Canadian financial technology company, has adopted Bitcoin (BTC) as its primary treasury reserve asset. The company announced the purchase of 110 Bitcoins, valued at approximately CAD 10.5 million ($7.6 million), to the strategy. 
According to DeFi Technologies, due to Bitcoin’s limited supply and its status as a scarce commodity, investors can effectively hedge against inflation and currency debasement by investing in this asset. DeFi Technologies prefers Bitcoin due to its digital framework over traditional assets. 
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Thus, DeFi Technologies sees considerable differences between the value of Bitcoin and other traditional assets. Specific opportunities the company <a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/defi-technologies-provides-monthly-corporate-update-announces-bitcoin-treasury-strategy-864396723.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> include that Bitcoin is recognized as the best-performing asset of the decade.However at the time of writing BTC was trading at <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$69400.92</a> a 0.34 % decrease in 24 hours.&nbsp; 
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DeFi Technologies’ subsidiary, Valour, reported assets under management (AUM) of CAD 837 million ($ 607 million) as of May 31, 2024, representing a year increase of 64.9%. Additionally, Valour repaid an additional $5 million in outstanding loans secured by Ethereum (ETH) collateral. 
The company maintained a strong cash balance of approximately CAD 69.9 million ($ 51 million) at the end of May 2024. The debt repayments and Bitcoin purchases were funded by revenue from the DeFi Alpha trading desk, which generated approximately CAD 113.8 million ($ 83.4 million) in Q2 from low-risk trades. Valour introduced several innovative exchange-traded products (ETPs), including the Valour Internet Comp 
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DeFi Technologies Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Asset

The Crypto Times

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