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Avenir Group is a pioneering institutional family office and investment management group, focused on investing in emerging technologies through financial technology innovation. With a global presence across the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong, Avenir Group engages in multi-asset, multi-strategy investments across traditional financial and digital asset sectors. Avenir operates through four core brands, each dedicated to a specialized area of expertise. Avenir CRYPTO: An industry-leading institutional crypto investment platform, focused on innovative crypto asset management and advanced trading strategies. Avenir CAPITAL: A global multi-asset investment platform dedicated to achieving sustainable growth through a risk-balanced multi-strategy system. Avenir INNOVATION: A capital pioneer focused on future technology and artificial intelligence (AI), committed to empowering visionary technological development through investment. Avenir FOUNDATION: A family charitable foundation founded by Mr. Li Lin, promoting technological innovation and social development through educational empowerment globally.
WasabiCard Completes Nearly $10-Million Pre-A Round, Backed by Prominent Institutions Including Vernal Capital and Avenir Group
This round of financing will be used to build and improve the global payment infrastructure, compliance system, and business presence in key markets; enhance cross-border payment service capabilities and global operational capabilities; and further advance the company’s development of a new-generation financial infrastructure that is compliant, efficient, and built for the internet era.
New Fire Technology Acquires Avenir Group Trading Team and Launches Bitcoin Asset Management Service
Odaily News New Fire Technology (1611.HK) announced on April 22 that it will acquire the investment team and trading system of Li Lin's family office, Avenir Group, for $1.6 million. Following the acquisition, New Fire Technology plans to launch a Bitcoin-denominated asset management service named Alpha BTC, aiming to attract investments exceeding 10,000 Bitcoins within a year, valued at approximately $760 million. The strategy will generate returns through derivative trading such as options, using Bitcoin or the IBIT ETF as underlying assets. Target clients include crypto-native investors and local Hong Kong enterprises. As of the end of 2025, Avenir Group held 18.3 million shares of BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust, valued at $908 million.
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WasabiCard Completes Nearly $10-Million Pre-A Round, Backed by Prominent Institutions Including Vernal Capital and Avenir Group
This round of financing will be used to build and improve the global payment infrastructure, compliance system, and business presence in key markets; enhance cross-border payment service capabilities and global operational capabilities; and further advance the company’s development of a new-generation financial infrastructure that is compliant, efficient, and built for the internet era.
Avenir Group’s 13F Filing Discloses $702 Million IBIT Position, Accounting for Nearly 90% of Its Portfolio
Avenir Group’s latest Q1 2026 SEC Form 13F filing shows that, as of March 31, 2026, its disclosed holdings totaled approximately $790 million across 23 positions. Of these, its stake in the BlackRock Bitcoin spot ETF (IBIT) amounted to roughly $702 million, representing about 89% of the overall portfolio.
New Fire Technology Acquires Avenir Group Trading Team and Launches Bitcoin Asset Management Service
Odaily News New Fire Technology (1611.HK) announced on April 22 that it will acquire the investment team and trading system of Li Lin's family office, Avenir Group, for $1.6 million. Following the acquisition, New Fire Technology plans to launch a Bitcoin-denominated asset management service named Alpha BTC, aiming to attract investments exceeding 10,000 Bitcoins within a year, valued at approximately $760 million. The strategy will generate returns through derivative trading such as options, using Bitcoin or the IBIT ETF as underlying assets. Target clients include crypto-native investors and local Hong Kong enterprises. As of the end of 2025, Avenir Group held 18.3 million shares of BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust, valued at $908 million.
Li Lin has integrated the 20-person trading team into his wealth management firm Bitfire to expand into private banking services.
According to Bloomberg, approximately 20 traders and their trading system from Avenir Group—a single-family office owned by cryptocurrency billionaire Li Lin—will be fully integrated into Hong Kong-listed wealth management firm Bitfire Group Holdings Ltd. Li Lin holds roughly 30% of Bitfire’s shares. Bitfire CEO Livio Weng stated that this acquisition aims to leverage the team’s expertise to further expand its private banking client base.