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Sequans Communications has completed a full unwind of its Bitcoin treasury position, exiting the corporate crypto experiment and redirecting focus to its core IoT semiconductor business. The French chipmaker had been among a small cohort of non-crypto companies that adopted BTC as a balance-sheet asset, a trend that gained momentum in the wake of MicroStrategy's high-profile strategy.
The reversal signals that the corporate treasury trade doesn't translate cleanly to capital-intensive hardware businesses, where cash predictability and R&D runway matter more than speculative asset exposure. For Sequans, refocusing on IoT semiconductors — a market driven by 5G rollouts and connected-device proliferation — likely reflects pressure to keep the balance sheet lean ahead of product cycles.
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