The crypto treasury strategy has proliferated in 2025, and it’s lured some well known Wall Street analysts to join the party in leadership roles at firms that are amassing vast troves of tokens. Dan Ives is the latest getting in on the crypto rush. The senior equity research analyst at Wedbush Securities, who has a large public following for his …
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Dan Ives to Join Firm Focused on Acquiring Altman-Backed Worldcoin
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KEY TAKEAWAYS Dan Ives, the high-profile tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, is joining Eightco, which is planning to accumulate Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Eightco said it is raising around $250 million from a private placement “to implement the first-of-its-kind Worldcoin treasury strategy.” Eightco has also raised funds from BitMine, the ether accumulator helmed by Fundstrat’s Tom …
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Daniel Ives, Wedbush Securities Scott Mlyn | CNBC Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives is joining a new company focused on accumulating Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the blockchain used in Open AI creator Sam Altman’s biometric identity verification startup, World. Eightco Holdings, a tiny company that currently trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker “OCTO,” announced Monday that Ives, Wedbush’s …
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