Genius Group Rebuilds Bitcoin Strategy With Preferred Stock
Bitcoin (BTC)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Genius Group is restarting its Bitcoin accumulation plan after liquidating its entire reserve in April to repay $8.5 million in debt. The NYSE-listed education company aims to build parallel Bitcoin and artificial intelligence treasuries worth a combined $1.6 billion by fiscal year 2031. Previously, the firm adopted a “Bitcoin first” strategy in late 2024, holding 440 BTC by February 2025 before a court order restricted fundraising and forced a reduction in holdings.
To rebuild, Genius Group plans to issue Perpetual Preferred Securities using its $1.2 billion SEC-cleared shelf registration rather than selling ordinary equity. The initial raise targets $12.5 million, with proceeds split between the Bitcoin treasury, AI treasury, and a cash reserve covering 18 months of dividend payments. CEO Roger James Hamilton stated that returns above the preferred dividend rate would add value for shareholders.
This structure mirrors funding approaches used by Strategy, which raised over $16 billion, and Strive Asset Management, which raised more than $150 million through similar instruments. The company previously sold about 86 BTC in a single month and held approximately 84 BTC by February 2026 before clearing its remaining position. Now holding no Bitcoin, Genius Group intends to restart accumulation alongside its new AI treasury strategy.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 28 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
BTC is trading at $80,249.58 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 54.7%, indicating immediate short-term buying pressure that contrasts with the 47.7% ratio seen over the past 4 hours. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 45.2%, suggesting that buying momentum is fading over the longer term. Volume delta data shows a net inflow of $6,290,567 in the last hour, but a net outflow of $7,192,899 over 4 hours and $123,102,218 over 24 hours. This negative 24-hour delta, combined with a Cumulative Volume Delta of -$77,243,933, indicates that sellers have dominated the market over the full day. Spot volume reached $1,297,370,375 with nearly 5 million trades, showing high activity despite the net selling pressure.
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.
Twenty-four hours later
What BTC did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
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 51.1%, meaning the current 24-hour ratio of 45.2% represents a 5.8 percentage point drop from the weekly norm. Trading volume for the day was only 0.65 times the weekly average, marking it as a relatively quiet day compared to recent activity. While the 8-day price change was positive at +9.9%, the recent 24-hour flow shows a net outflow of $123 million against a weekly net inflow of $171,556,665. This suggests that while the weekly trend remains upward, the immediate trading session has seen a significant reversal in volume direction. The coin experienced net buying on 5 of the last 7 days, but today’s lower volume and reduced buy ratio indicate a pause in that momentum.