Capital B Adds $29M in Bitcoin to Corporate Treasury
Bitcoin (BTC)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that French treasury firm Capital B acquired 376 BTC for 25.3 million euros ($29.5 million). This purchase brings the company's total holdings to 3,521 BTC, funded by a recent capital raise of roughly 30.1 million euros ($35 million). The acquisition was executed by Swissquote Bank Europe with custody provided by Taurus at an average price of 67,182 euros per coin.
Capital B has now spent a total of 309.4 million euros on its treasury, averaging 87,878 euros per BTC. The move places the firm at 25th among publicly traded companies by Bitcoin holdings, according to BitcoinTreasuries.net. This was the company's largest purchase since September 2025, when it bought 551 BTC for 54.7 million euros.
The firm also holds 61 BTC for operational purposes, which is excluded from its treasury metrics. Other companies like K Wave Media and Sequans Communications are unwinding treasuries, while others accumulate. Japan-based Metaplanet acquired 2,823 BTC in Q2, bringing its total to 43,000 BTC. Strategy resumed buying in August, adding 4,603 BTC for $370 million to reach 845,050 BTC total.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 8 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
BTC is trading at $79,112.01 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 45.6% and a 4-hour ratio of 47.4%, both below the 24-hour ratio of 49.0%. This indicates that buying pressure is fading in the short term relative to the daily average. The 1-hour volume delta is -$3,091,905 and the 4-hour delta is -$4,703,847, showing net selling pressure in recent hours. The 24-hour volume delta is -$16,755,460, with a CVD close of -$18,748,264. Spot volume over 24 hours is $839,882,675 across 2,464,603 trades. Net buying occurred for 10 of the last 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.7% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.3%, compared to the 24-hour ratio of 49.0%, a difference of 1.3 points. Weekly volume was 0.75x the average, indicating lower than usual activity. Net buying days were 4 out of 7, with a total volume delta of +$105,913,561 over 8 days. The price changed +0.7% over 8 days. This represents a slightly below-average day for buying pressure and volume compared to the weekly trend.