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Windtree Faces Nasdaq Delisting After 77% Stock Crash
Windtree Therapeutics, a biotech firm that launched a BNB treasury strategy last month, saw its shares plunge 77% on Wednesday after Nasdaq announced plans to delist the company for failing to meet compliance requirements.
According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the noncompliance relates to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), which mandates that a company’s stock maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share. Nasdaq will suspend Windtree’s trading on Thursday.
Shares of Windtree (WINT) fell to $0.11 on the news, marking a 77.2% decline, and dropped another 4.7% in after-hours trading, according to Google Finance data. WINT had briefly rallied on July 16 after announcing its BNB treasury strategy, but the stock has since plunged more than 90% from its July 18 peak.

While some companies have seen gains from adopting a crypto treasury strategy, others haven’t been as fortunate. Windtree is among a growing number of publicly traded firms embracing a BNB-focused approach, allowing investors indirect exposure to BNB without owning the cryptocurrency themselves.

Not every company benefits equally from a crypto treasury move. Windtree joins a rising number of publicly listed firms betting on BNB, giving shareholders exposure to the cryptocurrency without direct ownership.
Windtree Plans to Uphold Financial Transparency Following Delisting Notice
Windtree CEO Jed Latkin stated in the filing that the company will continue to meet its reporting obligations despite the impending delisting.
Notably, some crypto-related firms, including Argo Blockchain, have previously faced Nasdaq suspensions but were later reinstated after regaining compliance.
Windtree Rolled Out Major Announcements Before Falling Silent
Windtree launched its BNB treasury strategy on July 16, announcing a $60 million purchase agreement with Build and Build Corp., including options for an additional $140 million.
Following the news, WINT shares jumped 32.2% over the next two days before beginning a steep decline.
About a week later, the company revealed a $500 million equity line of credit with an unnamed investor, as well as a separate $20 million stock-purchase agreement with Build and Build Corp. to acquire additional BNB tokens.
However, Windtree has yet to disclose the total amount of BNB it holds or whether it plans to continue with this strategy. Cointelegraph has reached out to Windtree for comment.

BNB Continues Its Uptrend, Hits Fresh High on Wednesday
BNB stood out as one of the strongest performers among blue-chip altcoins on Wednesday, climbing 5.6% to $876.26 and marking a new all-time high, according to CoinGecko data. The surge comes as the broader crypto market rebounds from a two-week slump.
Notably, BNB is among the few major altcoins to hit a fresh peak this bull cycle, joining XRP and Solana in setting new highs. Meanwhile, heavyweights like Ether, Dogecoin, Chainlink, and Cardano are still trailing their 2021 records.
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The reasons for reaching an all-time high are the result of multiple factors working together, not a single reason. I personally delve into this from the following core dimensions.
The new high of BNB is a result of the overall bull market atmosphere driven by Bitcoin and Ethereum, the strong development of Binance's own ecosystem, BNB's unique deflationary mechanism, and the interplay of market sentiment and capital rotation.
1. The overall bull market environment for cryptocurrencies
This is the most important macro background. Without this environment, the effects of other factors would be greatly discounted.
· Approval of Bitcoin ETF and capital inflow: The approval of the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF in early 2024 opened a huge compliance channel for traditional financial market funds to enter the cryptocurrency space, resulting in massive funds flowing into Bitcoin, driving bullish sentiment and capital inflow throughout the market.
· Speculation on Ethereum ETF expectations: The market's expectations for the approval of Ethereum spot ETFs are constantly increasing, driving up the price of ETH. As another giant in the ecosystem, BNB naturally benefits from this industry-wide good news and capital overflow effect.
· Increased risk appetite: The global macroeconomic environment (such as market expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates) enhances investors' risk appetite, leading more funds to flow from traditional assets to high-risk, high-return assets like cryptocurrencies.
2. The intrinsic dynamics of the Binance platform and BNB ecosystem
This is the core competitiveness that distinguishes BNB from other platform tokens.
· Binance exchange's leading position: Despite facing regulatory challenges, Binance remains the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume and user count globally. Its large user base provides the most solid demand foundation for BNB (used for paying transaction fees, etc.).
· Continued success of Launchpool: Binance's Launchpool platform allows users to stake BNB, FDUSD, and others to mine for free (acquiring tokens of newly launched projects). Recently, several popular Launchpool projects (such as Portal, AEVO, ETHFI, etc.) have had very high yields, attracting a large number of users to buy and stake BNB to participate, causing a surge in short-term demand and liquidity lock-up in the market. This is one of the most direct catalysts for this round of increase.
· Development of the BNB Chain ecosystem: BNB Smart Chain (BSC), as a low-cost, high-speed public chain, has a large DeFi, GameFi, and NFT ecosystem. The active on-chain activities (such as trading, staking, providing liquidity) require the consumption of BNB as Gas fees, constituting a continuous consumptive demand for BNB.
· Expansion of real-world application scenarios: The application scenarios of BNB have long exceeded the Binance exchange, with more and more merchants and services around the world (especially in tourism, entertainment, financial services, etc.) accepting BNB payments, increasing its utility.
3. Strong deflationary mechanism — 'Burning'
BNB has one of the most famous and effective deflationary models in the cryptocurrency space.
· Automatic destruction mechanism: Binance promises to ultimately reduce the total supply of BNB from 200 million to 100 million. Its destruction mechanism is directly linked to Binance's profits and the consumption of BNB Chain's Gas fees.
· Exchange profit destruction: Binance regularly uses 20% of its quarterly profits to repurchase and destroy BNB.
· Gas fee destruction on BSC: Some of the Gas fees generated on the BNB Chain are directly destroyed (BEP-95 real-time burning mechanism).
· Deflationary Effect: With continuous demand growth, sustained destruction means that the circulating supply of BNB is decreasing, which theoretically will drive up its price. Investors highly value this attribute of being a 'deflationary asset.'
4. Market sentiment and capital rotation (FOMO)
· Rotation from BTC/ETH to 'Altseason': After Bitcoin and Ethereum rise first, market funds begin looking for other potential assets (Altcoins) for higher returns, which is known as 'Altseason.' As the leading platform token and one of the largest market cap altcoins, BNB naturally becomes a target for large capital allocation.
· Technical signals of breaking historical highs: When the price of BNB breaks through the historical high of the previous bull market (2021), this is a very strong technical bullish signal that triggers a large amount of trend-following trading (algorithmic trading) and retail FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) sentiment, leading to an influx of buying that further pushes up the price.
· Relief from regulatory pressure: Last year, Binance reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and paid hefty fines. Although this was a short-term negative, in the long run, it eliminated the greatest uncertainty. The market believes that 'the worst is over,' and with the negative news fully priced in, confidence has been restored.
Summary and Risk Warning
Summary: The new high of BNB is a perfect embodiment of the combination of timing (overall bull market), favorable conditions (strong ecosystem and applications), and human factors (market sentiment and FOMO). Among them, the wealth effect of Launchpool and the deflationary mechanism are the most direct driving forces recently.
Risk Warning:
· High dependence on Binance: The value of BNB is deeply tied to the operational status of Binance. If Binance faces significant regulatory blows or black swan events (such as customer asset issues), BNB will be severely impacted.
· Market competition: The competition from other exchanges (such as OKX, Bybit) and public chains (such as Solana, Ethereum L2s) is intensifying, which may divert some users and funds.
· Market cyclicality: The cryptocurrency market is highly volatile; if the overall market turns bearish, BNB may also find it difficult to stand alone and could experience significant corrections.
Therefore, while cheering for its new high, investors must also be soberly aware of the risks and volatility behind it.
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