Blank Check Company TLGY Surges After Raising $360 Million for Altcoin Treasury
The combined company, to be named StablecoinX Inc., has raised $360 million from investors to buy and hold ENA, the governance token of Ethena, a project that is focused on capitalizing on a crypto version of the popular hedge fund strategy known as the basis trade.
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