("KR1" or the "Company')
Introducing Financial Infrastructure Strategy
Since migrating the Company's listing to the
Building on the Company's strong track record in staking activities, and in line with its strategy as outlined in the prospectus published on
Key highlights
- As part of this,
- In the Board's view, Bitcoin and Ethereum have untapped potential within Ethereum's decentralised finance ecosystem ("DeFi") as productive assets.
Bitcoin and Ethereum will both be utilised by the Company within DeFi alongside a risk mitigation strategy through Nexus Mutual smart contract cover. This enables a low risk approach whilst providing the opportunity to generate higher yields relative to market alternatives.
The Company is targeting to utilise up to ~20% of the Company's holdings in its Financial Infrastructure Strategy. Relevant acquisitions are being funded from existing income streams as well as from adjustments to some underperforming holdings of the Company; all to be kept under review by the Board in line with market conditions.
Under the Company's Financial Infrastructure Strategy, KR1 is developing further operations including in relation to stablecoins as well as the Company's existing Nexus Mutual holding with more assets to follow. This supports greater diversification across the digital asset ecosystem and the Company's income streams. While certain Financial Infrastructure operations may require assets to be locked at times, the Company will actively manage its holdings to ensure sufficient liquidity is maintained at all times to support its operations.
The Company's overall strategy remains focused on decentralised technologies and the generation of income from digital assets, which is currently achieved through staking activities on proof-of-stake networks and will be strengthened and complemented through the launch of
The Company's staking activities, including the planned launch of validator nodes on Ethereum and other networks, as detailed in the Prospectus, as well as further technology operations across Oracles and Data Availability will primarily be referred to as
"Since we started KR1 almost a decade ago, the digital asset market has evolved from experimentation to a global movement. Throughout this period, KR1 has adapted its strategy in line with these structural shifts, leveraging the technical expertise and industry relationships of our team. We are entering a new phase of KR1 with our LSE listing and institutional positioning, and we see Bitcoin and Ethereum DeFi as being underserved in the public markets."
"As this technology scales we believe KR1 is best positioned to create long-term value through disciplined participation in this infrastructure layer. The Company enters 2026 on the
Investor Presentation Event
The presentation is open to all existing and potential shareholders. Questions can be submitted pre-event via your
Investors can sign up to
https://www.investormeetcompany.com/kr1-plc/register-investor
Investors who already follow
About
Contact
For further information, please contact:
Phone: +44 (0)1624 630 630
Email: investors@KR1.io
Investment Banking:
Equity Sales:
Phone: +44 (0)20 7496 3000
Email: enquiries@singercm.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 3757 6882
Email: KR1@secnewgate.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7469 0930
Email: info@albrcapital.com
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation EU 596/2014 as it forms part of retained EU law (as defined in the
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the