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ETHZilla Corporation (Nasdaq: ETHZ) is a technology company in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry that uses Ethereum-based infrastructure to connect traditional finance with on-chain markets. Its news flow reflects this focus, covering developments in DeFi protocol participation, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization initiatives, and capital markets activity related to its digital asset and tokenization strategy.
Visitors to this ETHZ news page can review company-issued press releases and other coverage describing ETHZilla’s partnerships, investments and governance updates. Recent announcements have highlighted equity stakes and strategic relationships with Karus, an AI platform for auto finance analytics, and Zippy, a digital lending platform for manufactured home loans, as ETHZilla works to bring auto credit and manufactured housing loans on-chain as tokenized assets. The company has also reported an investment in Satschel, Inc., parent of the Liquidity.io digital alternative trading system, which it presents as a regulated venue for trading tokenized private credit and real assets on Ethereum Layer 2 networks.
News items also address ETHZilla’s financial and corporate actions, such as senior secured convertible notes, additional convertible debentures, and a stock repurchase program funded in part by sales of ETH from its treasury. Earnings releases and shareholder letters provide commentary on ETH deployment into DeFi and restaking protocols, yield generation, and the buildout of a pipeline of tokenization opportunities. Governance-related news includes board appointments, executive promotions, equity incentive plan approvals and reverse stock split implementation.
By following the ETHZ news feed, investors and observers can track how the company communicates its progress in DeFi yield strategies, RWA tokenization partnerships, regulatory trading infrastructure, and capital structure decisions that shape its role in Ethereum-based finance.
ETHZilla (Nasdaq: ETHZ) announced an amendment and an additional $350 million issuance of convertible debentures, bringing the convertible portfolio to approximately $500 million, with the New Debentures converting at $3.05 per share and bearing a 2% annual interest rate. The company reported ETH NAV $462M, Cash $559M, Market Cap $405M, Enterprise Value $403M and an mNAV of 0.87x as of Sept 19, 2025. ETHZilla repurchased ~6.45M shares in September and holds ~102,264 ETH. The release warns ASU 2023-08 may cause earnings volatility.
ETHZilla (Nasdaq: ETHZ) acquired a 20% fully-diluted interest in Karus for $8 million consideration ($3M cash, $5M stock) plus a secondary $2M stock purchase for an additional 4% share, closing Dec 2, 2025. ETHZilla will integrate Karus's AI underwriting into its blockchain to tokenize AI-modeled, risk-adjusted auto-loan assets, with first tokenized portfolios expected in early 2026.
Karus says its models are trained on 20 million historical auto-loan outcomes, analyze 1,000 variables, and processed > $5 billion in loan volume. ETHZilla estimates $9–$12M adjusted EBITDA per $100M deployed in the Karus token and will use Liquidity.io as the expected trading venue.
ETHZilla (Nasdaq: ETHZ) promoted John T. Saunders to senior vice president, chief financial officer, effective the first business day after the company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept 30, 2025 is filed. Saunders will report to CEO McAndrew Rudisill and the audit committee and will oversee financial strategy, reporting, internal controls, information technology and operations.
Saunders joined ETHZilla in August 2025, previously served as vice president, finance, and brings decades of experience including prior CFO roles, leadership at Bridger Aerospace, and leading Ascent Vision Technologies' sale and integration into CACI in 2020.
ETHZilla (NASDAQ: ETHZ) reported third-quarter 2025 results on Nov 14, 2025, after operating six weeks under the ETHZilla name.
Key facts: $4.1M revenue in the quarter, net loss $208.7M driven by ~$208.4M of one-time non-cash transaction items, and adjusted EBITDA $8.5M. ETH holdings totaled 102,273 ETH (valued at $424M) with ~70% deployed into staking/restaking. Company raised approximately $931M in institutional capital and completed a $15M investment for a 15% stake in Satschel (Liquidity.io).
Management expects on-chain RWA revenue in weeks and positive adjusted EBITDA in Q4 2025.
ETHZilla (Nasdaq: ETHZ) sold approximately $40 million of ETH treasury holdings on Oct. 24, 2025 and will use the proceeds to repurchase shares under its board-authorized $250 million repurchase program.
Since Oct. 24, 2025 the company has repurchased about 600,000 shares for ~$12 million. ETHZilla said it will continue selling ETH to buy back shares while its stock trades at a discount to NAV and currently retains approximately $400 million of ETH on its balance sheet to support future initiatives.
ETHZilla (Nasdaq: ETHZ) said it will release third quarter 2025 financial results for the period ended Sept. 30, 2025, before U.S. markets open on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
Management — McAndrew Rudisill, chairman and chief executive officer, and John Saunders, vice president, finance — will host a live webcast on Nov. 14, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. EST to review results and operational updates. Registration is available via the company’s investor website and a replay will be accessible for about one year in the investor section.
ETHZilla (Nasdaq: ETHZ) announced a strategic partnership and a $15 million investment in Satschel, Inc. (parent of Liquidity.io) on October 23, 2025. The deal includes $5M cash and $10M equity for a 15% stake, plus right of first refusal on future funding and an exclusive right to list Ethereum Layer 2 tokens on Liquidity.io's regulated ATS.
The partnership aims to combine ETHZilla's blockchain asset-management platform with Liquidity.io's SEC‑licensed exchange and tokenization infrastructure to securitize real-world assets (RWAs), provide compliant primary and secondary market liquidity, and enable institutional and retail access to yield-bearing tokenized assets.
ETHZilla (Nasdaq: ETHZ) announced on October 16, 2025 the appointment of John D. Kristoff as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations.
Kristoff will report to Chairman and CEO McAndrew Rudisill and will lead communications and investor relations strategy in a newly created role aimed at deepening media and investor engagement as ETHZilla grows its position linking traditional finance and decentralized finance.
Kristoff joins from EXL Service, with prior senior roles at Adtalem Global Education and over 25 years at Diebold Nixdorf. He holds a bachelor’s in public relations from Kent State University and an MBA from Ashland University.
ETHZilla (NASDAQ: ETHZ) will effect a 1-for-10 reverse stock split effective Oct 20, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. EDT, with Nasdaq trading on a split-adjusted basis at market open on Oct 20, 2025. Every 10 pre-split shares will convert into 1 post-split share; the company expects outstanding shares to fall from approximately 160 million to approximately 16 million (subject to change before the Effective Time).
The split keeps the trading symbols ETHZ and ETHZW, leaves par value at $0.0001, does not change authorized share counts, and will adjust options, warrants, and equity plan awards. Fractional shares will be settled in cash based on the Nasdaq closing price prior to the Effective Time. The split was approved by stockholders on July 24, 2025 and finalized by the board; related SEC filings include the July 7, 2025 proxy and a Form 8-K filed Oct 15, 2025.
ETHZilla (Nasdaq: ETHZ) announced on October 8, 2025 that Jason New has been appointed to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. New is Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Lazard and brings over two decades of experience in global credit, private equity, and digital assets.
Key background: he co-founded NovaWulf Management, led Onex Credit Partners (a $25 billion alternative credit manager), and spent 15 years at Blackstone as Senior Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Distressed and Special Situations Investing for GSO Capital Partners. ETHZilla's leadership said his capital markets and institutional investment experience will support the company’s strategy to bridge traditional and decentralized finance.