Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc., a New York-based digital fintech group, has announced plans to raise $800 million to establish a long-term Bitcoin treasury reserve. The company aims to leverage its expertise in blockchain-driven financial infrastructure to strategically acquire and manage Bitcoin assets. MFH intends to integrate these holdings into its digital reserve framework through blockchain-native custody, staking integration, and tokenized treasury management services.
This approach will involve deploying institutional-grade custodial infrastructure, blockchain-native liquidity protocols, and staking-enabled capital efficiency tools. The objective is to transition a portion of the company’s treasury into a yield-generating, blockchain-aligned reserve structure to enhance asset exposure and balance sheet resilience. Shi Qiu, CEO of Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc., stated, “We’re building this Bitcoin treasury reserve based on our belief that Bitcoin will become an essential component of the future financial infrastructure.
We are positioning our company to be a key player in the evolving digital financial ecosystem.
Concurrently, Mercurity Fintech is set to be included in the broad-market Russell 3000 and Russell 2000 indices, according to FTSE Russell’s preliminary 2025 annual reconstitution list. This represents an upgrade from its prior classification within the Russell Microcap Index.
Mercurity’s Bitcoin reserve strategy
The company believes that this index reclassification could broaden its exposure to institutional investors, including those managing index-linked and actively managed funds. Qiu added, “Moving from the Russell Microcap to the Russell 2000 shows that investors recognize the value we are creating in blockchain finance. Our Bitcoin treasury reserve initiative is the next logical step in this evolution.”
The $800 million capital raise would enable Mercurity to become the world’s 11th largest corporate Bitcoin holder, placing it just after Galaxy Digital, which holds 4,710 BTC.
The increase in institutional interest in Bitcoin is evident, with at least 223 public companies now holding Bitcoin in their corporate treasuries. Over 819,000 BTC, representing 3.9% of the total supply, is now held in public company treasuries, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET. A Binance Research spokesperson noted that this trend is driven by a long-term balance sheet strategy, treasury diversification, and capital-raising activity.
As companies like Mercurity Fintech and others adopt Bitcoin, altcoins are also benefiting from growing institutional interest. The movement towards crypto adoption among corporations signifies a broader shift towards digital asset integration within traditional financial frameworks.