Twenty One Capital’s Zagury on Strategy
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Rolling profitable, cash-generating businesses into a Bitcoin-focused balance sheet is a bet that treasury strategy can be a differentiator, not just a back-office choice. If you’re raising from crypto-native capital, expect more pointed questions about how your cash flows interact with their asset thesis.
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