Cantor and Adam Back reset merger plan for Bitcoin treasury company

The post Business Combination Postponement Halts Cantor-Back Deal appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A high-profile business combination in the crypto sector has hit an unexpected wall. Cantor Equity Partners I and Bitcoin Standard Treasury Co., the company associated with prominent Bitcoin advocate Adam Back, have confirmed they will not complete their proposed business combination under the originally agreed terms — and the shareholder meeting set for July 10 has been indefinitely postponed. Key takeaways Cantor Equity Partners I and Bitcoin Standard Treasury Co. will not proceed with their business combination under the original terms. Both parties are now pursuing a revised transaction structure, though no details have been disclosed. The shareholder meeting originally scheduled for July 10 has been postponed indefinitely. Adam Back, a well-known figure in the Bitcoin community, is associated with Bitcoin Standard Treasury Co. Postponement of the July 10 Shareholder Meeting The s

The post Cantor SPAC And Adam Back’s Bitcoin Treasury Renegotiate Merger Terms, Vow New Structure appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Cantor Equity Partners I (Nasdaq: CEPO), a special purpose acquisition company backed by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald, and BSTR Holdings said today that they will not complete their proposed bitcoin business combination on the terms set in their July 2025 agreement. The parties plan to negotiate a revised structure and amended terms that reflect market conditions. The companies said the private placements tied to the original deal will not need to close. A shareholder meeting for CEPO, set for July 10, moved to a postponed date with no fixed timeline. Public shares submitted for redemption will return to holders, the note said.  The announcement marks a reversal for one of the largest bitcoin treasury deals to reach public markets. When the two firms unveiled the merger in July 2025, they framed a plan to take Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company, led

The post Adam Back’s BSTR and Cantor to revise SPAC merger structure appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Adam Back’s Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company (BSTR), the bitcoin treasury company backed by the Blockstream CEO and bitcoin pioneer, is renegotiating the terms of its planned public listing through a merger with Cantor Equity Partners I (CEPO), with the parties abandoning the original structure agreed last year in an effort to better reflect current market conditions. The companies said Wednesday they will not complete the transaction under the terms of the July 2025 business combination agreement. Instead, they are discussing a revised structure, with further details expected in future filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As part of the changes, the previously announced private placement financing tied to the merger will no longer be required to close. CEPO also indefinitely postponed its shareholder meeting, which had been scheduled for July 10. Any redempti

The renegotiation highlights the challenges of aligning traditional finance with volatile crypto assets, impacting future SPAC-crypto ventures. The post Cantor Fitzgerald-backed SPAC and Adam Back’s Bitcoin firm scrap original merger terms, start fresh negotiations appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Ethereum Faces Plagiarism Jabs as Hoskinson and Adam Back Weigh In On UTXO Proposal appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key highlights: Ethereum researchers are mulling the introduction of native UTXOs for payments on the network Charles Hoskinson slams Ethereum for failing to credit Cardano for rolling out EUTXO Ethereum is bracing for a raft of network changes over the next four years As Ethereum tries to reinvent itself, a new proposal from an Ethereum Foundation researcher to introduce native UTXOs for payments has sparked criticism from prominent ecosystem players. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson and cryptographer Adam Back argue that the idea rehashes concepts pioneered years ago by Bitcoin and Cardano. Ethereum proposes native UTXOs for payments In a post, Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstatter proposed a plan to reduce Ethereum’s long-term state growth by making simple payments “one-shot objects.” According to the proposal, the objects will be removed after

The post BlackRock-Backed Securitize Tumbles 40% After SPAC Debut Despite Tokenization Boom appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The tokenization narrative suffered a sharp reality check this week. BlackRock-backed Securitize cratered 40% following its SPAC listing, according to the original report. The slide extends an uncomfortable pattern for digital asset companies testing public markets, even as the underlying technology they build on attracts record capital and institutional interest. Jeff Dorman of Arca summed up the mood simply: the decline fits a pattern of recently-public digital asset companies sliding after debut. It’s a theme that refuses to loosen its grip. From exchange operators to custody providers, the transition from private funding rounds to public stock tickers has often been brutal. Post-SPAC mechanics—redemption spikes, thin float, and skeptical equity analysts—tend to amplify the pain, leaving little room for the longer-term story to breathe. Securitize’s stumbl

Securitize's stock drop highlights the volatility of SPACs and suggests tokenization's potential hinges on broader institutional adoption. The post Securitize slides 40% after SPAC debut despite tokenization boom appeared first on Crypto Briefing.