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ZOOZ Strategy’s Bitcoin-backed stock has been put on a Nasdaq compliance clock after the exchange warned the company its shares no longer meet the $1 minimum bid-price requirement, raising the risk of delisting if the price fails to recover within six months.
The dual‑listed firm, which trades on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/22/3209566/0/en/ZOOZ-Announces-Receipt-of-Nasdaq-Notification-Regarding-Minimum-Bid-Price-Deficiency.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">said</a> in a Monday statement that it plans to monitor the situation, and it may consider a reverse share split if needed.
A reverse share split is when a company reduces the number of its outstanding shares and raises the price per share proportionally, typically to lift the stock price without changing the firm’s overall market value.
The top 100 Bitcoin treasury companies collectively <a href="https://bitcointreasuries.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">hold</a> over 1 million BTC, and the number of public companies holding Bitcoin rose 38% between July and September amid deepening institutional adoption. At the time, market watchers claimed that the rising accumulation by treasury companies place <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/corporate-bitcoin-holdings-surge-institutional-adoption-2025" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">upward pressure on the price of Bitcoin</a>.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-treasury-firms-8-billion-crypto-buys" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">Monster week for crypto treasury firms with $8B buying blitz</a>
<h2 id="zooz-s-bitcoin-bet-under-pressure">ZOOZ’s Bitcoin bet under pressure</h2>
​ZOOZ is built around a long‑term Bitcoin treasury strategy, and has accumulated 1,036 BTC (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">BTC</a>) as a strategic asset, which gives its shareholders indirect exposure to Bitcoin. That pitch helped the stock grab attention when it <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/10/28/3175536/0/en/ZOOZ-Expands-Its-Bitcoin-Treasury-to-1-036-Bitcoin-Following-Additional-Purchase.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">launched</a> earlier this year, but it has not prevented the share price from sliding under the $1 threshold.
​The notice does not mean an immediate delisting. Under Nasdaq rules, ZOOZ has until June 15, 2026, to post a closing bid of at least $1 for 10 straight trading days, and could be eligible for a second grace period if it meets other criteria.
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For now, the company says its operations are unaffected, but acknowledges that it may need to use “available options.”
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethzilla-liquidates-ether-redeem-convertible-debt" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">ETHZilla liquidates $74.5M in Ether to redeem convertible debt</a>
<h2 id="winners-and-losers-of-the-bitcoin-strategy">Winners and losers of the Bitcoin strategy</h2>
ZOOZ’s warning lands less than a week after KindlyMD, another Bitcoin treasury player created via a merger with David Bailey’s Bitcoin‑native holding company Nakamoto, <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-treasury-kindly-md-nasdaq-price-notice" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">disclosed its own price‑deficiency notice</a> from Nasdaq after its shares slipped below the $1 mark.
Listing pressure is not limited to pure Bitcoin treasuries. Digital Currency X Technology (DCX), a digital‑asset firm that <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/11/3203794/0/en/Digital-Currency-X-Technology-Inc-Completes-1-Billion-EdgeAI-Token-Acquisition-Treasury-Holdings-Exceeding-1-4-Billion.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">reports</a> more than $1.4 billion in token holdings following its EdgeAI token acquisition, <a href="https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20345213-digital-currency-x-technology-inc-announces-receipt-of-nasdaq-notification-regarding-market" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">announced</a> on Dec. 18 that it had received a separate Nasdaq non‑compliance notice tied to minimum market‑value requirements.
This doesn’t mean that all Bitcoin treasuries are on thin ice. Tokyo‑listed Metaplanet, which also leans on Bitcoin as a treasury asset, has continued to find ways to tap capital markets, most recently <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaplanet-clears-issuance-dividend-shares-institutions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">clearing the issuance of new shares</a> and Bitcoin‑linked dividend instruments aimed at institutional investors.
Strategy, the best‑known corporate Bitcoin holder, has also kept pressing its strategy into December, <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/strategy-bitcoin-purchase-dollar-reserve-market-volatility" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">adding roughly $980 million in BTC</a> in mid‑month and lifting its total stash to over 671,000 coins.

ZOOZ's Bitcoin treasury play faces Nasdaq delisting clock

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