Genius Group is seeking to rebuild its Bitcoin holdings after liquidating its entire cryptocurrency treasury, this time as part of a dual strategy that also includes an AI-focused treasury.
The NYSE-listed AI education company said it is targeting combined Bitcoin and AI treasury holdings worth $1.6 billion, while aiming to reach $2 billion in total company assets by fiscal year 2031.
Preferred stock offering to fund new strategy
Rather than relying primarily on common-stock sales, Genius Group plans to fund the initiative through a new preferred stock program. The company intends to use its $1.2 billion SEC-cleared shelf registration to issue Perpetual Preferred Securities, with an initial fundraising target of $12.5 million.
Proceeds are expected to be divided among the AI treasury, the Bitcoin treasury and a cash reserve designed to cover approximately 18 months of dividend payments. Genius Group said preferred capital is expected to become its main financing tool, reducing its reliance on its existing common-share ATM program.
“Every buck of most well-liked capital deployed into our bitcoin and AI Treasury that generates returns above basically the most well-liked dividend rate flows on to our usual shareholders’ win asset designate,” CEO Roger James Hamilton said.
Company previously liquidated its Bitcoin reserve
Genius Group adopted a “Bitcoin first” strategy in late 2024 and accumulated 440 BTC by February 2025. The plan was later disrupted by a court order that prevented the company from raising funds or issuing shares.
Those restrictions contributed to a series of Bitcoin sales, including the disposal of roughly 86 BTC in one month. The company held about 84 BTC by February 2026 before selling its remaining coins in April. Genius Group used the proceeds to eliminate $8.5 million in debt, reportedly completing the sale at a loss and leaving the company without cryptocurrency reserves.
The proposed financing approach resembles the strategy used by Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, which has raised more than $16 billion through perpetual preferred stock to support its Bitcoin purchases. Nasdaq-listed Try Asset Management has raised more than $150 million using a similar structure.
