KindlyMD Acquires 21 Bitcoin Ahead of Merger with Nakamoto

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By Tom Carreras|Edited by Stephen Alpher

May 27, 2025, 4:50 p.m.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - SEPTEMBER 22: A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, a presumed pseudonym used by the inventor of Bitcoin, is displayed in Graphisoft Park on September 22, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary. The statue's creators, Reka Gergely and Tamas Gilly, used anonymized facial features, as Nakamoto's true identify remains unconfirmed. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)
  • KindlyMD Inc. has acquired 21 bitcoin for approximately $2.3 million as part of its treasury strategy.
  • The company plans to merge with Nakamoto Holdings to pursue a bitcoin accumulation strategy similar to that of Strategy’s.
  • The merger, expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, includes a partnership with Anchorage Digital for custody and trading services.

KindlyMD (NAKA), an integrated healthcare services provider, has pulled the trigger on its bitcoin

BTC$110,024.93

treasury strategy.

The acquired 21 bitcoin for roughly $2.3 million at an average cost of $109,027, according to a Tuesday press release. The purchase was funded by exercising some of the company’s outstanding warrants.

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“Our first 1/millionth of all bitcoin, on our way to owning 1,000,000 bitcoin,” David Bailey, founder and CEO of Nakamoto Holdings, posted on X. “1 Nakamoto = 1m Bitcoin,” he added.

NAKA is higher by 3.9% on Tuesday.

KindlyMD announced on May 12 that it had agreed to merge with Nakamoto Holdings in order to pursue a bitcoin accumulation strategy mirrored after Strategy’s (MSTR) playbook. The combined entity secured $710 million in financing.

KindlyMD and Nakamoto will also partner up with custody firm Anchorage Digital to provide exclusive custody and trading services to the company post-merger, KindlyMD announced on May 21.

The merger is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025.

Tom writes about markets, bitcoin mining and crypto adoption in Latin America. He has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from McGill University, and can usually be found in Costa Rica. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Tom Carreras

 

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