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Safety Shot Raises $30 Million in Strategic BONK Token Deal

Safety Shot, ￰0￱ completed a $30 million financing round backed by strategic investors, including ￰1￱ transaction integrates a $5 million registered direct offering paid in cash with a $25 million private placement funded entirely through BONK tokens from the cryptocurrency's founding ￰2￱ shares in the deal were priced at $0.46 per ￰3￱ financing marks an important move for the beverage company as it pivots toward the digital asset sector through its collaboration with the BONK ￰4￱ transactions are scheduled to close on August 27, 2025, pending standard ￰5￱ Partnership Creates Revenue Bridge This collaboration allows Safety Shot to acquire direct ownership in letsBONK.

fun's revenue-generating ￰6￱ approach differs from traditional crypto treasury strategies in providing immediate access to ongoing revenue streams rather than passive token ￰7￱ Rudy, known as ”Nom” and a key BONK founding figure, stressed the partnership's long-term ￰8￱ leadership selected Safety Shot specifically to create what they describe as a first-of-its-kind bridge between decentralized finance and public ￰9￱ transaction structure signals a strong idea from BONK's founding ￰10￱ company invested using its tokens rather than accepting cash ￰11￱ demonstrates confidence in the partnership's ￰12￱ to Safety Shot CEO Jarrett Boon, the investment is a landmark validation of the company's new strategic ￰13￱ partnership brings industry expertise, extensive networks, and resources critical for successfully integrating ￰14￱ ￰15￱ Revenue Model Targets Long-Term Growth The financing creates what Safety Shot describes as a dual-engine revenue ￰16￱ company will generate recurring income from letsBONK.

fun's operations while building a substantial BONK token treasury using those revenues ￰17￱ plan represents a departure from simple cryptocurrency adoption by public ￰18￱ of purchasing digital assets as treasury holdings, Safety Shot is acquiring operational control of revenue-producing platforms within the BONK ￰19￱ Shot is among the early public companies to actively integrate DeFi revenue streams into their business ￰20￱ pioneering approach could establish a template for other public companies seeking digital asset exposure beyond passive ￰21￱ registered direct offering utilizes Safety Shot's existing shelf registration statement filed with the ￰22￱ Form S-3 registration, effective since November 2022, enables the company to issue shares without additional regulatory delays.

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