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OdailyOdaily News Bitcoin mining enterprise and AI infrastructure company Ionic Digital today made its direct listing debut on the Nasdaq under the ticker IOND. The stock opened at $50, with a reference price of $53, and surged over 25% during trading to nearly $63, implying a valuation of approximately $2.75 billion. Founded in January 2024, Ionic Digital acquired most of the mining assets from the bankruptcy restructuring of crypto lending platform Celsius Network, including mining machines, infrastructure, approximately $195 million in cash, and 540 BTC. Currently, Ionic Digital holds 2,861 BTC and is shifting more power capacity toward long-term AI lease agreements.
GXD Labs, a digital asset investment and advisory firm, has reached a settlement with global equity financing company EquitiesFirst regarding claims arising from a loan extended to the bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius Network. Under the settlement agreement, the two parties will complete a total payment of $500 million and dismiss the adversarial litigation and related arbitration proceedings initiated since September 2023.It is reported that GXD Labs established the Blockchain Asset Recovery Investment Consortium (BRIC) in 2023. Subsequently, the organization was appointed by the debtor and the unsecured creditors' committee in the Celsius bankruptcy case as the administrator for complex asset recovery and litigation management. (Businesswire)