Trump Media Raises $2.44 Billion for Bitcoin Treasury Plan
A cutout of US President Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin token during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas on May 27.
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Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the company behind Truth Social, raised around $1.44 billion from selling stock at a price of $25.72 per share and raised about $1 billion in convertible bonds, to buy Bitcoin for its treasury.
The company’s shares rose as much as 7.6% on Friday after it announced the pricing. They were up 2.9% to $21.43 each as of 12:30 p.m. in New York on Friday.