📅 August 1 | New York, USA
A new risky move on crypto Wall Street has put the spotlight on Mill City, the specialized financial firm that manages one of Sui's main crypto treasuries.
While the market was barely digesting its previous $450 million offering, the company announced plans to raise another $500 million. The immediate result? Its shares fell nearly 10% in a matter of hours.
The blow didn't just shake traditional investors. It also reignited the debate about the sustainability of crypto treasury models leveraged with high-risk capital.
🔍 The Boomerang Effect: Raising More… and Losing in the Attempt
Mill City Investments, which recently executed a $450 million debt offering to buy SUI and establish an institutional reserve, now plans to double down with a new round for an additional $500 million.
However, the announcement was not well received by the markets:
Its shares (NYSE: MCT) plummeted nearly 9.6%, reflecting concerns about shareholder dilution and growing exposure to the volatile token market.
The move comes just days after the company was listed among the most active entities in tokenized treasuries, alongside Upexi (Solana) and Strategy (Bitcoin).
Analysts such as Mike Cramer (of TD Securities) warned that “financial aggressiveness unbacked by real revenue can become toxic in an uncertain market.”
Although the company assures that this new round would be structured in a non-dilutive manner, investors fear that the expansion into digital assets will continue to exceed the firm's operational capacity.
Furthermore, the timing creates noise: SUI's price has been fluctuating wildly, and several projects on its network have yet to achieve massive traction.
Topic Opinion:
With the rapid institutionalization of crypto, it's clear to me that the appetite for leading the narrative of tokenized treasuries is enormous.
But it's also evident that the traditional market still punishes decisions that seem more speculative than strategic.
Mill City seeks to play in the major leagues, but it does so through debt and complex instruments, while still demonstrating no clear return in either yield or blockchain governance.
This doesn't mean they're lost, but it does mean that the path to institutionalization is not only financial: it's also narrative, technological, and operational.
The promise of crypto treasuries is real, but it needs to be supported by foundations beyond the capital raised.
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