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Zcash treasury firm and Leap Therapeutics owner, Cypherpunk Technologies, reported $39.4 million in second-quarter net income, reversing a $16.6 million loss a year earlier.<\/p>\n
Cypherpunk recorded a $4.7 million operating loss, while a $46 million unrealized gain on its ZEC treasury drove the change in its bottom line.<\/p>\n
Research and development expense accounted for $0.2 million of the quarter\u2019s costs, while general and administrative expense was $4.5 million. That left the company loss-making at the operating level before the ZEC revaluation was reflected in the income statement.<\/p>\n
The accounting treatment recognizes price movements without requiring Cypherpunk to sell the tokens.<\/p>\n
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The $46 million gain was a period-end accounting result, and Cypherpunk marks its Zcash holdings to market at each reporting date. It used a ZEC price of $400.09 at June 30, valuing the treasury at $129.4 million on its balance sheet.<\/p>\nCypherpunk reported $39.4 million in Q2 net income as a $46 million unrealized ZEC gain offset a $4.7 million operating loss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Cypherpunk said it held 323,394.38 Zcash as of Aug. 11 at an average purchase price of $341.83, which is approximately 1.92% of the circulating supply. That average implies an aggregate acquisition cost of roughly $110.5 million.<\/p>\n
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Cypherpunk reported $7.6 million in cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, separate from the ZEC balance it classified as a digital asset receivable. The quarter shows how the company\u2019s earnings can be shaped by the price used to revalue its treasury.<\/p>\n
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The cash figure sits alongside a separate decision in Cypherpunk\u2019s biotechnology business. Its wholly owned biotech subsidiary, Leap Therapeutics, initiated a process to secure the resources needed to advance sirexatamab into Phase 3 development.<\/p>\n
Leap said the process could include financing the program as an independent entity or pursuing a transaction with a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company. The alternatives include a partnership, a license, a collaboration, a sale, or another business combination.<\/p>\n
Cypherpunk set no timetable and cautioned that financing or a transaction was not assured, and it did not link Leap\u2019s resource search to the Zcash strategy.<\/p>\n
For investors, the immediate picture is a profitable quarter dominated by an unrealized token gain, alongside a drug program whose next stage still depends on securing additional resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Zcash treasury firm and Leap Therapeutics owner, Cypherpunk Technologies, reported $39.4 million in second-quarter net income, reversing a $16.6 million loss a year earlier. Cypherpunk recorded a $4.7 million operating loss, while a $46 million unrealized gain on its ZEC treasury drove the change in its bottom line. Research and development expense accounted for $0.2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6218,6216,3094,6215,2845,2388,6217,688,3054,912,977,978],"class_list":["post-11828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ethereum","tag-39-4m","tag-4-7m","tag-46m","tag-cypherpunk","tag-gain","tag-loss","tag-operating","tag-profit","tag-secures","tag-turns","tag-zcash","tag-zec"],"yoast_head":"\n
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