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Empery Digital Sells 1,400 Bitcoin for $87.1M to Fund AI Data Center and Cut Debt

July 12, 2026 at 03:31 EDT

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Funding & M&A

Empery Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: EMPD) has offloaded roughly half of its Bitcoin holdings, selling about 1,400 BTC for $87.1 million to bankroll an artificial-intelligence data center project and pay down debt, marking one of the clearest examples yet of a Bitcoin treasury company pivoting away from a pure hold strategy.

Bitcoin Treasury Pivot · Empery Digital (NASDAQ: EMPD)

A Bitcoin treasury firm sells half its stack to bet on AI data centers

Empery Digital offloaded about 1,400 BTC for $87.1 million — steering most of the cash toward a 150-megawatt U.S. Midwest AI facility and debt repayment, one of the clearest breaks yet from a pure hold strategy.

~1,400

BTC sold at avg. ~$62,200 each

$87.1M

Proceeds raised, May–mid-July

-90%+

Share price fall from its highs

The stack, roughly halved

BTC holdings, before vs after the sale

2,914

Before sale

→

1,514

After sale (~$96.5M)

Where the $87.1M is going

~$65M

150-MW AI data center project (U.S. Midwest) — incl. $25M for a 25% stake

$10M

Debt repayment (July 7)

Remainder

Legal costs & general operations

$73.9M

Cash on hand

$45M

Outstanding debt

+4.2%

Stock rose to ~$3.95 on the news

The open question

Does the reallocation stabilize a battered balance sheet — or just trade one volatile bet for another?

Management says it won't buy more Bitcoin — and won't rule out further sales.
No timelines, expected returns, or hyperscaler lease terms disclosed yet.
Formerly Volcon; raised ~$481M for 4,000+ BTC in the 2025 treasury boom.

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