--- title: The coin-treasury trade is unwinding: two firms sold, one got licensed description: Canaan raised $40 million selling ether and some of its bitcoin, KULR sold 1,099 bitcoin for about $80 million and repaid its Coinbase loan, and DriveWealth won MiCA authorisation in Europe. canonical: https://hangingcontext.com/stories/2026-11-11/crypto-firms-sell-the-coins/ last-updated: 2026-11-11 url: https://hangingcontext.com/stories/2026-11-11/crypto-firms-sell-the-coins/ published: 2026-11-11T00:56:48Z edition: 2026-11-11T00 newsroom: finance-investing beat: None trust: confirmed source_count: 4 cited_manifest_ids: ['1794355232368039961', '1794316642475734041', '1794324175375779724', '1794344327595940688'] --- # The coin-treasury trade is unwinding: two firms sold, one got licensed *Canaan raised $40 million selling ether and some of its bitcoin, KULR sold 1,099 bitcoin for about $80 million and repaid its Coinbase loan, and DriveWealth won MiCA authorisation in Europe.* Confirmed · 4 Manifests · Finance & Investing · Published 2026-11-11 00:56 UTC ## Key facts - Canaan generated $40 million in cash from selling ether and a portion of its bitcoin holdings in the third quarter, and says it is shifting its long-term focus toward energy and AI high-performance computing infrastructure. (self-reported) [cites: 1794355232368039961] - KULR completed its exit from bitcoin, selling 1,099.09 bitcoin for net proceeds of approximately $80.1 million, and used part of the proceeds to repay in full the $20.0 million loan outstanding under its Coinbase credit facility. [cites: 1794316642475734041] - KULR reported third-quarter revenue of $7.4 million, up 197% year over year, with net income of $4.47 million driven by a $15.8 million non-recurring gain on digital assets; as of September 30 it held $54.5 million in cash, no borrowings, and no digital assets. [cites: 1794316642475734041] - DriveWealth Europe was authorised by the Bank of Lithuania as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, building on its existing MiFID II licence, and it has a partnership with Ripple for RLUSD stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments, and digital asset custody. [cites: 1794324175375779724] - Kaiko completed the integration of Amberdata into its platform on November 1, after acquiring Amberdata in June, and now covers 175 exchanges including 8 added through the integration. [cites: 1794344327595940688] ## Selling the coins KULR Technology Group's third quarter filing reads like a closing statement on the bitcoin treasury era. The company completed its exit from bitcoin, selling 1,099.09 bitcoin for net proceeds of approximately 80.1 million dollars, according to its filing, and used a portion of the proceeds to repay in full the $20.0 million loan outstanding under its Coinbase credit facility. As of September 30, 2026, KULR had 54.5 million dollars in cash, no outstanding borrowings, and no digital assets. The balance sheet that once held bitcoin now holds cash and nothing else, and the company says it expects research and development expenses to decrease beginning in the fourth quarter and further in 2027. [cites: 1794316642475734041] The operating business underneath is smaller than the headlines suggest, and the filing is honest about that. KULR reported third-quarter revenue of 7.4 million dollars, a 197% increase year over year, with product sales of 6.49 million dollars, up 299% from the same period last year. Net income was 4.47 million dollars, but that was driven by a 15.8 million dollar non-recurring gain on digital assets, and gross margin was 4%, down from 17% a year earlier. The company also implemented a November 2026 reduction in force expected to generate approximately 4 million dollars in annualized cost savings, and says it built an NDAA-compliant battery supply chain for autonomous systems, with a production ramp expected in 2027. Read straight, the quarter says the bitcoin sale paid the bills and the battery business has to carry the company now. [cites: 1794316642475734041] ## A miner follows the same path Canaan, the bitcoin mining hardware maker, told a similar story on its earnings call. The company reported total revenue of 14.5 million dollars for the third quarter of 2026 and net income of 8.0 million dollars, and it generated 40 million dollars in cash from the sale of ether and a portion of its bitcoin holdings. It is shifting its long-term focus toward energy and AI high-performance computing infrastructure, and mining equipment demand remains very weak, according to chief executive Nangeng Zhang. The miner is not abandoning its old business in a single quarter, but the direction is plain: the coins are being converted to cash, and the cash is pointed at power and computing. [cites: 1794355232368039961] > **From Synorb** — Ask what Synorb covers. The MCP tool synorb-stream-search answers questions like "do you have this publisher?" without using any Manifest allowance. [Connect and ask](https://synorb.com/connect/start) The details of the pivot are concrete. The Duval County, Texas project received a conditional Studied Load - Firm classification under the ERCOT Batch Zero process, and Canaan is advancing a second 1 gigawatt power project in Zapata County, Texas. It also operates an 8-megawatt district heating project in Northern Europe that serves 2,800 households. The company expects fourth-quarter revenue of between 18 million and 22 million dollars, and plans a 1-for-25 reverse ADS split on December 4, 2026. A reverse split is usually a sign a company wants its share price higher, and a power project is usually a sign it wants a different business. Canaan is doing both at once. [cites: 1794355232368039961] ## The regulated side grows While the treasury holders were selling, the infrastructure firms were getting licensed. UAB DriveWealth Europe has been authorized by the Bank of Lithuania as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, building on its existing MiFID II licence, and its crypto-asset services will become available within the new year. DriveWealth provides infrastructure for US equities, ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, and options, and it is building out infrastructure to support crypto-asset services in phases. The company has a partnership with Ripple for RLUSD stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments, and digital asset custody. The shape of the business is the tell: a regulated broker adding crypto as one more asset class, rather than a crypto firm trying to become a broker. [cites: 1794324175375779724] The plumbing is consolidating too. Kaiko completed the integration of Amberdata into its platform on November 1, 2026, five months after acquiring Amberdata in June, and now covers 175 exchanges, including 8 added through the integration, more than 13,000 digital assets, and 18 blockchains. The integration adds more than 50 new endpoints for market data and analytics. Put the four stories together and the pattern is hard to miss: the speculative part of crypto, holding coins on a corporate balance sheet, is shrinking, while the boring part, licences, data, custody, and settlement, is growing. That is usually what an industry looks like after the trade that defined it stops working. [cites: 1794344327595940688] ## What is still unresolved - Whether Canaan's energy and AI computing pivot produces revenue at the scale its mining business once did. - Whether KULR's battery business can grow fast enough to replace the bitcoin gains that funded it. - When DriveWealth's MiCA-authorised crypto services actually go live, and how much demand they find. ## Decision card - **Useful for:** Bankers watching how listed companies manage digital-asset treasuries; Investors in crypto infrastructure and market-data firms; Anyone tracking how MiCA licensing is reshaping crypto in Europe - **Not for:** Anyone looking for a price call on bitcoin or ether; Readers who want investment advice on crypto-exposed stocks - **Compare against:** Holding bitcoin on the balance sheet as a treasury strategy; Treating crypto infrastructure licences as a sign of retail demand ## Provenance ledger | Manifest id | Title | Source | Claims used | Published | |---|---|---|---|---| | `1794355232368039961` | Canaan Inc. (CAN) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript | [earnings-call-transcripts](https://fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/11/10/canaan-inc-can-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript) | 1794355856950041646, 1794355856943041643, 1794355856937041641, 1794355856940041642, 1794355856944041644, 1794355856955041649, 1794355856957041650, 1794355856952041647, 1794355856948041645 | 11-10 00:00 | | `1794316642475734041` | 8-K - Current report | [sec-company-0001662684](https://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662684/000110465926124826/tm2629340d2_ex99-1.htm) | 1794317025279736315, 1794317025281736317, 1794317025274736313, 1794317025287736321, 1794317025295736323, 1794317025288736322, 1794317025284736319, 1794317025276736314, 1794317025286736320, 1794317025282736318 | 11-10 00:00 | | `1794324175375779724` | DriveWealth Receives MiCA Authorization from the Bank of Lithuania to Provide Crypto-Asset Services Across the EU | [drivewealth-news](https://drivewealth.com/2026/11/drivewealth-receives-mica-authorization-from-the-bank-of-lithuania-to-provide-crypto-asset-services-across-the-eu) | 1794324425826782179, 1794324425830782181, 1794324425835782184, 1794324425832782182, 1794324425836782185 | 11-10 00:00 | | `1794344327595940688` | Amberdata is Now Fully Integrated Into Kaiko | [kaiko-news](https://kaiko.com/news/amberdata-is-now-fully-integrated-into-kaiko) | 1794344570514945259, 1794344570518945260, 1794344570523945261, 1794344570527945262, 1794344570531945263, 1794344570535945264 | 11-10 00:00 | ## Run these Manifests yourself Every Manifest cited here can be read in full with your own Synorb Key. 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