Gemini shares surge 25% on $100M Bitcoin infusion from Winklevoss Capital
Gemini Space Station shares rocketed more than 25% in pre-market trading after Winklevoss Capital Fund announced a $100 million strategic investment funded by Bitcoin. The infusion, priced at $14 per share, landed just as the exchange reported a first-quarter net loss of $109 million. In English: the Winklevoss twins are writing a very large check to their own company at roughly triple its recent trading price, betting the market is wrong about Geminis future. Shares had been hovering around $4.92 before the announcement, a painful distance from the $28 IPO price set back in September 2025. The numbers tell a complicated story Revenue climbed 42% year-over-year to $50.3 million in Q1 2026. That sounds encouraging until you look at the other side of the ledger. Operating expenses surged 73% to $144.5 million, driven by higher compensation, severance costs, and marketing spend. The net loss of $109 million, or 93 cents per share, missed Wall Street estimates. For a company pulling in $50 million a quarter, burning through nearly three times that amount is the kind of math that keeps CFOs up at night. The silver lining, if you squint: losses actually narrowed from $149.3 million in Q1 2025. So the bleeding is slowing, even if