In the summer of 2025, corporate strategy took a wild turn.
Instead of investing in innovation, hiring talent, or serving customers better… the focus switched to cryptocurrencies.
Since June 1, nearly 100 companies around the world announced plans to raise over $43 billion, all to gamble on bitcoin and fringe crypto.
They’re not building. They’re betting.
Year-to-date, that number tops $86 billion, more than double the total raised through IPOs in the U.S. in 2025.
Companies you’d never expect are piling in. A Japanese hotel chain. A French semiconductor firm. A Florida toy company. Even nail salons.
They’re all swapping business reinvestment for crypto exposure — chasing momentum instead of building value.
This isn’t a rumor. It’s from The Wall Street Journal, in a detailed report by Gregory Zuckerman and Vicky Ge Huang.
I’ve had Greg on my podcast twice over the years. He’s one of the most respected financial journalists in the business, and he doesn’t cry wolf. When Greg flags a speculative bubble forming, I listen.
According to their reporting, some of the biggest names in finance are backing this wave. Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Cantor Fitzgerald, Galaxy Digital, and D1 Capital have all participated in deals funding crypto-buying sprees.
One company worth $26 million announced plans to raise $250 million to buy ether.
The stock soared over 800% and is now valued at $2 billion. Another firm raised $500 million in a week to buy bitcoin, its stock surged to $44 before crashing back to $13.
Executives aren’t waiting around to see how this plays out. In several cases, they’ve sold millions in personal shares right after making these announcements.
When FOMO Leads, Trouble Follows
I’ve seen this movie before.
During the dot-com mania, companies tacked “.com” to their names and watched shares triple.
During the SPAC frenzy, businesses with no revenue raised billions on hype alone.
Each time, retail investors were the ones left holding the bag.
Now it’s crypto’s turn.
The logic seems upside down. Why buy shares in a toy company simply because it wants to own bitcoin? If you want exposure to crypto, buy the asset directly. ETFs exist for that exact purpose.
But this isn’t about logic — it’s about fear of missing out.
Even Michael Saylor, the original architect of the corporate crypto playbook, is sounding the alarm. He says there’s no compelling case for companies to apply this strategy to speculative tokens.
Meanwhile, companies like Meta and Microsoft aren’t taking the bait. Their shareholders overwhelmingly voted down proposals to add bitcoin to their treasuries.
Why? Because real businesses don’t gamble with shareholder capital.
So, where does that leave us?
At American Prosperity, we don’t chase fads.
We look for companies with real earnings, solid free cash flow, and management teams that know how to allocate capital wisely. That’s how you build wealth.
The businesses in our portfolio make the parts that keep factories humming. They support the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence. They’re innovating in life sciences and manufacturing.
They reinvest in their future, not tokens with funny names and no utility.
When high-quality stocks pull back, we treat it like a clearance sale because the business' underlying worth is real and lasting.
This crypto treasury trend might feel exciting today.
But sooner or later, it will end the way all frenzies do, with retail investors left nursing losses and insiders walking away with the cash.
Our approach is slower. It’s steadier. And it works.
And in five years, ten years, and beyond, I’d rather own a cash-generating business with a widening moat than bet the farm on digital confetti.
That’s the difference between gambling on hype and investing for prosperity.
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Regards,
Charles Mizrahi
Prosperity Insider
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