BNB Shakes Up Wall Street: Windtree’s Aggressive NASDAQ Play Redefines Crypto-Traditional Finance Convergence

Binance's native token just called Wall Street's bluff.

Windtree Therapeutics' audacious NASDAQ gambit—backed by BNB's liquidity—marks the first serious bridge between decentralized finance and legacy markets. No more 'crypto curious' press releases. This is capital moving.

The playbook? Simple. Use BNB's established ecosystem to bypass traditional IPO roadshows while giving institutional investors something they understand: a ticker symbol. Windtree gets instant liquidity; Binance gets regulatory street cred. Everybody wins—except maybe the SEC's overworked compliance team.

Watch the suits scramble to update their pitch decks. Suddenly every hedge fund manager 'always believed in blockchain'—right after they finish dumping their commercial paper holdings.

• Windtree signs a $60 million investment deal with Build and Build Corp.
• Plans to launch the first BNB crypto treasury strategy on NASDAQ.
• Potential funding could reach up to $200 million in total subscriptions.

Windtree Therapeutics, a U.S.-based biotechnology firm listed on the NASDAQ, has entered a groundbreaking $60 million investment agreement with Build and Build Corp. This MOVE marks a major pivot from its traditional business focus into the digital asset space.

The deal envisions another $140 million of investment, bringing the total investment to a level of $200 million. If executed, the strategy will place Windtree as the first company on NASDAQ to offer direct exposure to Binance Coin (BNB), a first for crypto adoption from publicly traded companies.

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The proceeds will go towards the development of a BNB cryptocurrency treasury strategy. This means that Windtree plans to hold and manage BNB tokens on a treasury reserve asset basis. It will also look towards incorporating custody solutions, safe storage, and yield generation mechanisms for such holdings.

It addresses a growing demand from investors that are looking for regulated exposure to Binance’s vast ecosystem through traditional marketplaces.

BNB Gains Corporate Trust as Windtree Embraces Blockchain

BNB, the native token of Binance Smart Chain, is the fifth-largest cryptocurrency that possesses a market value of over $95 billion. It possesses a daily trading volume of over $2 billion and remains the most actively traded exchange token in the world.

The Binance blockchain supports thousands of decentralized apps, and it possesses a humongous user base, which is predominant in Asia. This foray of Windtree is a reflection of its confidence in the long-term prospects and future of the Binance ecosystem, which is exceptionally bright in the U.S. market.

Holding BNB itself and establishing a well-formatted treasury around that, Windtree aims to set a new standard for corporate crypto participation. This initiative is not simply buying crypto but rather taking digital coins and using them as a resource to redefine treasury management while giving investors exposure to blockchain without having to physically touch crypto themselves.

Strategic Vision with Institutional Backing

Build and Build Corp.’s participation provides powerful institutional support to the aggressive move of Windtree. It believes that the deal is a means of filling a big gap for U.S. investment, providing U.S. dollar-based, regulated exposure to BNB.

Leadership of Windtree believes that this can possibly redefine exposure for investors to blockchain-enabled financial instruments and products. If shareholder approvals together with all closing conditions are met, Windtree should reveal its BNB crypto treasury operations in the third quarter of 2025.