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 <p><span>CoinShares International Limited (NASDAQ: CSHR) officially entered U.S. public markets on April 1, 2026, completing a $1.2 billion SPAC merger with Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: VCIC) to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker CSHR. The business combination, first </span><a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/369821/coinshares-set-to-go-public-in-us-via-1-2-billion-spac-merger-with-nasdaq-listed-vine-hill" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">disclosed in September 2025</a><span>, created a new holding entity, Odysseus Holdings Limited, as the public parent structure above CoinShares PLC, the operating vehicle through which trading occurs.</span></p>
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<p>The Nasdaq debut places CoinShares alongside a wave of crypto-native firms pursuing U.S. public listings in 2025 and 2026, including Circle, Gemini, Bullish, and BitGo. The firm’s move mirrors the broader trend of <a href="https://tokenist.com/why-is-coinbase-stock-surging-premarket-today-trump-backs-crypto-push/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">crypto asset managers seeking institutional legitimacy through regulated public markets</a> as digital assets deepen their integration with traditional finance.</p>
<h2 id="nasdaq-news-inside-the-1-2b-coinshares-vine-hill-spac-transaction">NASDAQ News: Inside the $1.2B CoinShares–Vine Hill SPAC Transaction</h2>
<p>The merger’s pro forma pre-money valuation is $1.2 billion, structured as a business combination in which Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp. served as the SPAC vehicle and Odysseus Holdings Limited was formed as the new public holding company. The deal received unanimous board approval from both companies and cleared the shareholder and regulatory approvals required for closing, with trading commencing April 1, 2026 – roughly one quarter after the targeted Q4 2025 close window initially projected at announcement.</p>
<p>CoinShares was already a publicly traded company in Europe, having listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in 2021 and subsequently upgrading to the exchange’s main market. The U.S. transaction represents a strategic escalation rather than a first-time IPO, the firm used the SPAC route to access Nasdaq’s deeper liquidity pool and broader institutional investor base without the elongated timeline of a traditional S-1 process, a path <a href="https://tokenist.com/paypay-payp-stock-surges-25-premarket-after-nasdaq-debut-and-ark-invest-buy/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">other fintech and digital asset entrants have used for comparable speed-to-market advantages</a>.</p>
<p>Jean-Marie Mognetti, co-founder, President and CEO of CoinShares, framed the listing as a business evolution rather than a venue change, stating the Nasdaq move reflects the firm’s growth from a pure-play ETP provider into a diversified digital asset manager. Executives indicated the listing is intended to support product expansion, improve access to U.S. sell-side research coverage, and attract institutional capital flows as digital assets become more embedded in regulated investment portfolios.</p>
<h2 id="coinshares-europe-s-largest-crypto-etp-manager-heads-to-wall-street">CoinShares: Europe’s Largest Crypto ETP Manager Heads to Wall Street</h2>
<p>CoinShares manages approximately $6 billion to $10 billion in digital assets on a pro forma basis, making it one of the largest pure-play crypto asset managers globally – a peer group that also includes BlackRock, Fidelity, and Grayscale on the institutional end. The firm’s core business is built around exchange-traded products, index strategies, institutional trading, and staking services, generating fee-based recurring revenue rather than proprietary trading gains.</p>
<p>Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Saint Helier, Jersey, with U.S. operations based in Fort Lauderdale, the firm has spent over a decade building regulated product infrastructure across European markets before its Nasdaq move. Its ETP lineup spans bitcoin, ether, and a range of altcoin-linked products, giving institutional investors regulated access to digital asset exposure through familiar exchange-traded wrappers. This product architecture is precisely what drives its fee revenue model and differentiates it from crypto exchanges or miners that carry more direct balance-sheet exposure to token prices.</p>
<p>Separately, blockchain data tracked by Arkham Intelligence&nbsp;<a href="https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/coinshares" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">research</a> shows CoinShares moved approximately 10,720 BTC – worth roughly $720 million – to new wallets over the two days surrounding the listing, the largest on-chain outflow tied to the firm on record. The firm has not publicly commented on the wallet activity, which may reflect custodial restructuring tied to the merger close rather than a market transaction.</p>
<h2 id="cshr-stock-brief-pro-forma-valuation-and-post-merger-metrics">CSHR Stock Brief: Pro Forma Valuation and Post-Merger Metrics</h2>
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 <p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24VCIC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$VCIC</a><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/27a1.png" alt="➡"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24CSHR&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$CSHR</a> tomorrow. This one intrigued me off NAV floor drop<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f447-1f3fc.png" alt="👇🏼">, being an unknown SPAC w/out Rights. Interesting European crypto name could find Redemption off float dynamics. I sold most $8s on original run thru $13, holding a taste if any 4AM wild wake up remains past 7AM<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f943.png" alt="🥃"><a href="https://t.co/Vg29x9ROyl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/Vg29x9ROyl</a><a href="https://t.co/0P5l7Mc0Rq" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/0P5l7Mc0Rq</a></p>
 <p>— Buckn’Twiki (@7thDayTrading) <a href="https://twitter.com/7thDayTrading/status/2039172858371244404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">April 1, 2026</a></p>
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<p>CSHR began trading on the Nasdaq on April 1, 2026, with the deal implying a pre-money enterprise value of $1.2 billion, established through the Vine Hill SPAC vehicle prior to any redemption adjustments at close. The new public parent entity is Odysseus Holdings Limited, with CoinShares PLC as its operating entity; investor materials and SEC filings are available at <a href="https://investor.coinshares.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">investor.coinshares.com</a>.</p>
<p>Analyst coverage from deal-affiliated and independent research desks is expected to initiate following the standard post-merger quiet period, which will represent the first formal price target framework for CSHR in the U.S. market. For context, comparable publicly traded crypto asset managers and infrastructure operators – including those with significant digital asset treasury positions – have traded at wide valuation ranges depending on AUM growth trajectories and fee revenue visibility, as seen in <a href="https://tokenist.com/bitmine-immersion-bmnr-stock-rises-after-revealing-10-3b-crypto-treasury/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">recent crypto-focused public company debuts</a>.</p>
<p>The next key catalyst for CSHR is the Q1 2026 earnings report, which will mark the first post-merger financial disclosure under the combined Odysseus Holdings structure and will establish baseline U.S. public market metrics – AUM, fee revenue, and operating margin – for investor benchmarking. Lock-up expiration dates for pre-merger shareholders and any PIPE participants have not been publicly disclosed as of the time of writing.</p>
<p><em>Disclaimer: The author does not hold or have a position in any securities discussed in the article. All stock prices were quoted at the time of writing.</em></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://tokenist.com/coinshares-nasdaq-1-2-billion-spac-merger/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinShares Hits Nasdaq Through $1.2 Billion SPAC Merger Deal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://tokenist.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Tokenist</a>.</p>

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