Anthony Pompliano strikes deal to create publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company

Crypto investor and financial influencer Anthony Pompliano’s Bitcoin-native financial service company has made plans to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). 

ProCap BTC will merge with Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I, a SPAC affiliated with financial services firm Cohen & Company Inc, according to a statement from Columbus Circle on Monday. As part of the agreement, the new company formed through the merger—ProCap Financial—will be headed by Pompliano, and...