{"id":4743,"date":"2025-05-13T18:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/kindlymd-shares-surge-250-post-merger-with-trump-crypto-advisor-david-bailey\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T18:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:13:11","slug":"kindlymd-shares-surge-250-post-merger-with-trump-crypto-advisor-david-bailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/kindlymd-shares-surge-250-post-merger-with-trump-crypto-advisor-david-bailey\/","title":{"rendered":"KindlyMD Shares Surge 250% Post-Merger With Trump Crypto Advisor David Bailey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shares of healthcare company KindlyMD (KDLY) skyrocketed by 250% on Monday after the firm announced a merger with Nakamoto Holdings, a Bitcoin (BTC) investment company founded by David Bailey, crypto advisor to President Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>KindlyMD Secures $710 Million In Funding<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/12\/kindlymd-trump-crypto-david-bailey-nakamoto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According <\/a>to CNBC, the newly merged entity has secured a substantial financial boost, raising $200 million in convertible debt and an additional $510 million through a private investment in public equity (PIPE) deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investors in the PIPE are purchasing shares at $1.12 each, while the convertible notes will convert at a premium price of $2.80. Notably, these notes are zero-coupon for the first two years, allowing investors a unique opportunity to benefit from future growth.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey revealed the overwhelming interest in the offering, stating, \u201cI\u2019ve been raising about $100 million a day. Yesterday, I raised almost $200 million.\u201d The funding round has attracted over 200 investors, including prominent names such as Actai Ventures, Arrington Capital, and Van Eck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Individual backers include notable figures in the cryptocurrency world, such as cryptographer Adam Back,\u00a0 CEO of Blockstream, and former Coinbase executive Balaji Srinivasan.<\/p>\n<h2>A \u2018Transformational Transaction\u2019 For Bitcoin Integration<\/h2>\n<p>Constantine Karides, chair of Reed Smith\u2019s Crypto &amp; Digital Assets Group and lead counsel on the deal, characterized the merger as a \u201ctransformational transaction.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Karides noted that Bitcoin\u2019s rise as a treasury asset is a natural progression, reflecting a broader trend in capital markets toward innovative transaction structures that embrace blockchain technology.<\/p>\n<p>The merger&#8217;s implications are particularly intriguing given KindlyMD\u2019s existing mission to address opioid addiction. Bailey emphasized that his team sought a \u201cright vehicle\u201d to take Nakamoto public, and KindlyMD&#8217;s leadership was already enthusiastic about bitcoin. \u201cWhat KindlyMD will look like in the future will be different than what it looks like today,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are in place for a rebranding of the combined company, which will also change its ticker symbol from \u201cKDLY.\u201d The vision is to build a global network of bitcoin-focused businesses, with KindlyMD&#8217;s healthcare operations gradually taking a smaller role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Tim Pickett, CEO of KindlyMD, assured stakeholders that the clinics would continue to prioritize treating opioid addiction and providing patient-focused care. \u201cThis merger represents a strategic leap for KindlyMD, allowing us to expand our mission,\u201d Pickett said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pickett also expressed confidence that the partnership with Nakamoto, which brings deep expertise in Bitcoin strategy and treasury management, will drive long-term value for shareholders.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/W0zCmPat\/\" alt=\"KindlyMD\" width=\"1814\" height=\"858\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trading at approximately $102,260, BTC\u2019s price has recorded a notable 8% surge in the weekly time frame, hovering just 6% below its all-time high of $109,000 reached in the first quarter of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image from DALL,-E, chart from TradingView.com\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shares of healthcare company KindlyMD (KDLY) skyrocketed by 250% on Monday after the firm announced a merger with Nakamoto Holdings, a Bitcoin (BTC) investment company founded by David Bailey, crypto advisor to President Donald Trump.\u00a0 KindlyMD Secures $710 Million In Funding According to CNBC, the newly merged entity has secured a substantial financial boost, raising&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[56,55,62,36,43,95,78,2471,2472],"class_list":["post-4743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-news","tag-btcusdt","tag-crypto","tag-crypto-news","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-defi","tag-kindlymd","tag-kindlymd-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}