{"id":12236,"date":"2026-08-22T20:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:15:13","slug":"a-1-billion-meme-coin-purchase-puts-a-huge-167-share-dilution-down-to-a-single-vote-for-zerostack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236","title":{"rendered":"A $1 billion meme coin purchase puts a huge 167% share dilution down to a single vote for ZeroStack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-single-article-content=\"\">\n<p>ZeroStack\u2019s Aug. 21 resale registration puts a shareholder vote between the company and 36.2 million new shares tied to its MemeCore acquisition, a warrant block larger than its current outstanding stock.<\/p>\n<p>The company completed the transaction on Aug. 19, acquiring 925,925,926 MemeCore M tokens in exchange for 3.5 million common shares and pre-funded warrants covering approximately 36.2 million additional shares, according to its Form 8-K. The parties valued the tokens at $1.08 each and the aggregate consideration at about $1 billion. The deal delivered tokens, rather than $1 billion in cash.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">A $1 billion HYPE treasury bet to hit public markets before knowing how liquidity will hold up<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"\/> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p>Those warrant shares cannot be issued until shareholders approve issuance above a 19.99% share cap under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635. The filings do not set a date for that vote.<\/p>\n<p>ZeroStack reported 21,624,341 common shares outstanding as of Aug. 19. The S-3\u2019s 36,198,294 warrant shares equal about 167.4% of that base. If shareholders authorize the issuance and every warrant share is issued, outstanding shares would rise to 57,822,635 before accounting for other options, warrants, repurchases or issuances. The Aug. 19 base would then represent about 37.4% of the pro forma total.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-557130\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-f16e5619-87ce-4f84-ac8b-681e2af2a8d6.png\" alt=\"Infographic comparing ZeroStack\u2019s 21,624,341 current shares with 36,198,294 approval-gated MemeCore warrant shares and a 57,822,635-share pro forma total if all warrants are issued.\" width=\"720\" height=\"1402\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-557130\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-f16e5619-87ce-4f84-ac8b-681e2af2a8d6.png\" alt=\"Infographic comparing ZeroStack\u2019s 21,624,341 current shares with 36,198,294 approval-gated MemeCore warrant shares and a 57,822,635-share pro forma total if all warrants are issued.\" width=\"720\" height=\"1402\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">BitMine made $46 million staking Ethereum then lost twice that betting on it<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"\/> <\/span> <\/div>\n<aside id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter\" data-inline-newsletter=\"\" data-newsletter-placement=\"article-midpoint\" data-newsletter-pending-label=\"Joining\u2026\" data-newsletter-pending-status=\"Joining the Daily Brief\u2026\" data-newsletter-email-required-message=\"Before sending, please provide your email address.\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-title\" aria-describedby=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-copy\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__inner\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__content\"> <span class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__eyebrow\"> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> The Daily Brief <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-title\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__title\">The signal, before the noise.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-copy\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__copy\">Start your day with the crypto stories moving markets, decoded by CryptoSlate\u2019s editors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-shell\">\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-heading\">One email. Everything that matters.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-privacy\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__privacy\">Free to join. Unsubscribe any time.<\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-circle-xmark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> <span>Whoops, looks like there was a problem. Please try again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-circle-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> <span><strong>You\u2019re on the list.<\/strong> Your next Daily Brief is on its way.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That is not a forecast that every share will be issued. Only the warrant shares, not the initial 3.5 million shares, are subject to a lockup of up to 10 years, and ZeroStack says that restriction can be waived, released or renegotiated by mutual written consent. The filings also differ by one share: the 8-K says 36,198,293, while the later S-3 uses 36,198,294.<\/p>\n<h2>Who can resell the 54.6 million shares<\/h2>\n<p>The 54,609,992-share filing is broader than the MemeCore transaction. It covers 10,028,935 private-placement shares issued across March 31, July 20 and Aug. 19; 5,954,743 shares issued to CEO Daniel Reis-Faria after earlier pre-funded warrants were exercised; 2,428,020 shares underlying executive stock options; and the 36,198,294 MemeCore warrant shares.<\/p>\n<p>The seven named holder groups span Puple AI and Blockcat; company insiders Reis-Faria, Executive Chairman Michael Heinrich and CFO Dany Vaiman; plus Hack VC Management-related funds and Zero Gravity Labs. Puple AI and Blockcat are each registered for up to 19,849,147 shares, comprising 1.75 million issued shares and 18,099,147 approval-gated warrant shares.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Bitcoin treasury firms race to buy more BTC, but shareholders may pay the price<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"\/> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p>A second filing mismatch sits inside the seller table. It lists a 4,608,684-share maximum for Zero Gravity Labs, while the same filing says the holder owns 4,608,575 shares and no other convertible securities. The lower figure is the one that makes the security buckets reconcile to 54,609,992.<\/p>\n<p>Registration does not mean those shares have been sold. The holders may sell all, some or none of them, and ZeroStack will receive no proceeds from their resales. The company could receive cash only if the covered executive stock options are exercised for cash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Deals,Featured,Governance,AIAI#billion #meme #coin #purchase #puts #huge #share #dilution #single #vote #ZeroStack1787429713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZeroStack\u2019s Aug. 21 resale registration puts a shareholder vote between the company and 36.2 million new shares tied to its MemeCore acquisition, a warrant block larger than its current outstanding stock. The company completed the transaction on Aug. 19, acquiring 925,925,926 MemeCore M tokens in exchange for 3.5 million common shares and pre-funded warrants covering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1065,277,100,2591,1894,3928,2084,1541,1653,719,438,5954],"class_list":["post-12236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ethereum","tag-ai","tag-billion","tag-coin","tag-dilution","tag-huge","tag-meme","tag-purchase","tag-puts","tag-share","tag-single","tag-vote","tag-zerostack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A $1 billion meme coin purchase puts a huge 167% share dilution down to a single vote for ZeroStack - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The approval-gated warrants equal 167.4% of the Aug. 19 share base, while a wider resale shelf covers seven holder groups.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A $1 billion meme coin purchase puts a huge 167% share dilution down to a single vote for ZeroStack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The approval-gated warrants equal 167.4% of the Aug. 19 share base, while a wider resale shelf covers seven holder groups.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-22T20:15:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zerostack-chess-dilution.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u884c\u653f\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u884c\u653f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236\",\"name\":\"A $1 billion meme coin purchase puts a huge 167% share dilution down to a single vote for ZeroStack - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zerostack-chess-dilution.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-22T20:15:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/822778c5844e0d16d43dce6630f4f1bf\"},\"description\":\"The approval-gated warrants equal 167.4% of the Aug. 19 share base, while a wider resale shelf covers seven holder groups.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zerostack-chess-dilution.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zerostack-chess-dilution.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12236#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A $1 billion meme coin purchase puts a huge 167% share dilution down to a single vote for ZeroStack\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/\",\"name\":\"Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\",\"description\":\"Latest Crypto &amp; 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