CoinShares PLC (CSHR) appointed Matt Morris Chief Financial Officer effective immediately on October 1, 2026, succeeding Richard Nash. Nash, who has served as CFO since 2019, will remain as a senior member of the CEO Office, supporting strategic initiatives and the transition.
Morris has worked with CoinShares since August 2025, initially as Managing Director at Centri Business Consulting and, since August 2026, as Deputy CFO. He will oversee global finance, financial reporting and SEC filings, financial planning and analysis, treasury and capital management, internal financial controls, and investor-facing financial communications. He will report to CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti. Morris will lead third-quarter 2026 reporting and participate in the results call; CoinShares expects to report results in November 2026.
CoinShares PLC's ownership disclosure identifies Russell Paul Newton as beneficially owning 15,275,251 ordinary shares, or 11.59% of the class. The reported holdings include shares held in Newton's own name and through Vitruvius Holdings Limited, where he is the sole underlying beneficial owner and sole director, and GABI Ventures Limited, where he is sole director.
CoinShares PLC (CSHR) director and ten percent owner Daniel Masters reported selling a total of 182,370 Ordinary Shares of CoinShares over three days in mid-September 2026 in open-market transactions under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on June 12, 2026.
The shares were sold in three equal blocks of 60,790 shares at weighted average prices between about $4.79 and $5.39, with each block executed across multiple trades within stated price ranges.
CoinShares PLC (CSHR) reported that shareholders approved all four resolutions at the September 15, 2026 extraordinary general meeting, including authority for the company to repurchase up to 25% of its outstanding ordinary shares over a period ending September 15, 2031 and to hold repurchased shares as treasury shares.
Based on approximately 131,780,209 ordinary shares outstanding, the repurchase authority represents capacity to buy back about 32.9 million shares within a price range of US$0.01 to US$20.00 per share. Shareholders also approved the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan, related French tax-qualified free share grants, and the company highlighted net assets of $453 million, $413.9 million of Available Capital and no long-term debt.
CoinShares PLC (CSHR) director and ten percent owner Daniel Masters exercised an in-the-money call option on September 12, 2026, to acquire 182,370 Ordinary Shares at an aggregate exercise price of $256,221, or approximately $1.40495 per share. The option itself expired and is no longer held, and Masters now directly beneficially owns 21,792,615 Ordinary Shares. The filing also corrects prior Form 4 disclosures, increasing reported beneficial ownership by 4,584 shares and reducing the option’s underlying shares by 2 shares.
CoinShares PLC (CSHR) reported a difficult but resilient first half of 2026, with total revenue of $51.4 million, down 35.7% from H1 2025, and total revenue and gains from operations of $38.3 million versus $102.4 million a year earlier. Asset Management revenue fell to $40.0 million and Capital Markets revenue to $11.4 million as lower digital asset prices and reduced risk deployment weighed on results.
Segment EBITDA was $21.6 million in H1 2026, down from $59.0 million, but still delivered an approximately 42% margin and remained positive in both quarters. The company recorded an operating loss of $5.1 million and a net loss of $23.9 million, compared with operating income of $75.9 million and net income of $77.6 million in H1 2025, largely due to market-driven valuation movements, a $15.4 million unrealized loss on treasury digital assets, and costs tied to the Nasdaq listing and historic option plan settlement.
Assets under management were $5.52 billion at June 30, 2026, down from $7.40 billion at December 31, 2025, but CoinShares generated $27.6 million of net inflows, led by $155.9 million into CoinShares Physical. AUM subsequently recovered to $6.93 billion by August 31, 2026. The balance sheet remained strong with $453 million of net assets, no long-term debt after repaying a Reyl facility, and an Available Capital Position of $413.9 million, including $116.7 million of liquid assets and $284.6 million of earned and accrued XBT management fees. The board is seeking shareholder authority for a multi-year share repurchase program of up to 32.9 million shares, representing 25% of shares outstanding.
CoinShares PLC (CSHR) has called a virtual Extraordinary General Meeting on 15 September 2026 at 16:00 Jersey time, with a record date of 27 August 2026. Shareholders will vote by poll (one vote per share) on four resolutions.
Resolution 1 seeks authority under Jersey law for market purchases of ordinary shares on Nasdaq, within a 25% buyback cap and a price range of US$0.01–US$20.00 per share. Resolution 2, conditional on Resolution 1, would allow repurchased shares to be held as treasury shares for possible re-sale, transfer (including to employees) or cancellation. Resolution 3 asks shareholders to approve and adopt the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan, with an Initial Share Pool previously set at 11% of outstanding shares plus remaining prior-plan shares and annual evergreen increases of up to 3% for 2027–2029, also to support U.S. tax-qualified Incentive Stock Options. Resolution 4, a special resolution, would authorise French tax-qualified free share grants within a sub-cap (no more than 15% and within the existing pool) and other parameters required by French law, without increasing the overall share reserve. As of this notice, issued share capital comprised 131,780,209 ordinary shares, each carrying one vote.
CoinShares PLC disclosure shows Russell Paul Newton beneficially owns 15,273,427 ordinary shares, representing 11.59% of the class as reported with an as-of date of 03/31/2026.
The Schedule 13G breaks the aggregate position into 492,399 shares held in his name, 14,691,667 held via Vitruvius Holdings Limited, and 89,361 held by GABI Ventures Limited. The filing states Mr. Newton has sole voting and dispositive power over all reported shares and certifies the holdings were not acquired to change control.
CoinShares PLC reports a Schedule 13G disclosing a 15,273,427-share aggregate beneficial stake, equal to 11.59% of ordinary shares, held by Russell Paul Newton as of the filing. The filing breaks the position into holdings in his name and three controlled entities with sole voting and dispositive power.
Daniel Masters, a major CoinShares PLC shareholder, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to sell up to 15,782,660 ordinary shares. The plan was entered into on June 12, 2026 with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
Masters beneficially owns 21,610,244 ordinary shares, representing 16.4% of the class based on 131,780,209 shares outstanding as of May 14, 2026. Sales under the plan may start on the later of September 11, 2026 or the end of the required cooling-off period and can continue until December 31, 2027. After an October 1, 2026 lock-up expiration, an additional 1.5 million shares may be sold in monthly tranches of 100,000 shares and 11 million shares in 1 million-share tranches at limit prices between $10 and $20. European-style call options will be automatically exercised at maturity, and the resulting shares may also be sold under the plan.