Bitcoin Bets Crush It: Blockchain Racket Rakes in 1,270% Gains This Year

Talk about a moonshot—while Wall Street hedgies were busy chasing 8% bond yields, crypto's true believers just stacked twelve-bagger returns. The blockchain brigade's 2025 playbook? Apparently just 'hodl and pray.'

How'd they pull it off? Three words: volatility is back. After two years of crypto winter, Bitcoin's resurgence kicked off a altcoin avalanche—and this crew rode the wave like surfers on liquid adrenaline.

The real kicker? These gains came while traditional finance was getting sucker-punched by inflation and regulatory whack-a-mole. Guess that 'risky asset' label works both ways, huh?

Of course, any trader worth their salt knows past performance guarantees zilch—especially in crypto land. But for now? Let the diamond-hand crew have their victory lap. Just maybe cash out before the next 'uncorrelated asset' decides to correlate straight to zero.

• Bitcoin’s acquisition of 60 BTC for nearly €5.5 million pushes The Blockchain Group’s total holdings to 1,788 BTC, valued at €161.3 million as of June 30, 2025.
• The company’s aggressive Bitcoin-first treasury policy delivered a 1,270.7% year-to-date return and a 69.3% quarterly return.
• Recent capital raises, including investments from Blockstream CEO Adam Back and asset manager TOBAM, funded purchases of 17.5 BTC combined.

Publicly traded companies are increasingly embracing Bitcoin, and The Blockchain Group (EURONEXT: ALTBG) made waves in Europe following the company’s newest 60 BTC purchase, which cost nearly €5.5 million. Through an average price of €91,879 per coin, the buy places the holdings of the company listed in Paris at 1,788 BTC, equivalent to €161.3 million in value by the end of business on June 30, 2025.

The company’s Bitcoin strategy director, Alexandre Liazet, disclosed the news via the social network X, celebrating The Blockchain Group’s continued commitment to an aggressive Bitcoin-first treasury policy. Being Europe’s first bitcoin treasury firm, The Blockchain Group posted mind-boggling gains, having realized 1,270.7% in year-to-date bitcoin return and 69.3% quarterly return.

🟠 The Blockchain Group has acquired 60 BTC for ~€5.5 million at ~€91,879 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 1,270.7% YTD, 69.3% QTD. As of 6/30/2025, $ALTBG holds 1,788 $BTC for ~€161.3 million at ~€90,213 per bitcoin⚡️@_ALTBG Europe's First Bitcoin Treasury Company… https://t.co/BmcqZzvfoz

The buyout was paid for through several rounds of capital in the last weeks. Blockstream CEO and prominent Bitcoin expert Adam Back subscribed to 2,126,565 new shares for €0.544 per share, transferring an amount of €1.16 million to the company, the amount which was paid for buying 13 BTC. TOBAM, an asset manager, also subscribed to 262,605 shares for the same price, transferring the amount of €142,857 to buy another 2.5 BTC.

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Bitcoin Boosts Blockchain Group with 508 BTC Added

Apart from these issuances of shares, the company also exercised BSA 2025-01 warrants for 1,101,175 new ordinary shares, raising €600,000 for the purchase of another 6 BTC. Furthermore, The Blockchain Group raised an “ATM-type” (at-the-market) TOBAM capital raise for €5.085 per share, which raised €4.1 million, the proceeds being used to purchase 41 BTC.

As a result of such strategic purchases, the company had 508.3 BTC in its treasury in the first two quarters of the year, of which 429.5 BTC were purchased in the second quarter alone. In euro equivalents, the unrealized gains are €46.7 million for the year and €39.5 million for the quarter.

The company’s current holdings in BTC were acquired for an average price of €90,213. The holdings are jointly owned by the parent company and the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of the parent company, The Blockchain Group Luxembourg SA.

Apart from its blockchain-based treasuries business, the company also operates subsidiaries in data insight, decentralized technology creation, and artificial intelligence. Its working principle is to maximize long-term shareholder value to the best degree through the growth of Bitcoin per fully diluted share, which makes the company a forward-thinking European pioneer in the field of corporate finance.

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