BTCS Reports Record Gross Profit of $3.5 Million and 86% Gross Margin for Third Quarter 2026

Surpasses $6 million full-year gross profit target in nine months as Imperium liquidity pool positions grow to approximately $41 million

WAYNE, Pa., Nov. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BTCS Inc. (Nasdaq: BTCS) (“BTCS” or the “Company”), short for Blockchain Technology Consensus Solutions, a company focused on decentralized finance operations and blockchain infrastructure, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 (“Q3 2026”). The Company also launched its updated corporate website at www.btcs.com and released an updated investor presentation and a new company primer available at www.btcs.com/investors/.

“The third quarter was a breakout quarter for BTCS and Imperium,” said Charles Allen, Chief Executive Officer. “BTCS delivered a record $3.5 million in gross profit at an 86% gross margin, surpassing our full-year gross profit target of $6 million with a full quarter remaining in 2026. That performance was driven by Imperium, where we grew our paired liquidity pool positions from approximately $8 million to approximately $41 million and expanded into a multi-chain strategy with the integration of Base. Looking to the fourth quarter, we intend to keep scaling Imperium, and we expect it to remain the leading driver of our business.”

Financial Highlights

Third Quarter 2026 Financial Summary

• Total revenues increased 67% to $4.1 million for Q3 2026, compared to $2.4 million in Q2 2026, driven by growth in Imperium’s DeFi revenues.
  
  
• Gross profit grew to $3.5 million (86% margin) for Q3 2026, a record for the Company and a 134% increase from Q2 2026 gross profit of $1.5 million (61% margin). Gross profit also increased 222% compared to $1.1 million in Q3 2025. The improvement reflects the expansion of Imperium’s paired liquidity pool positions and the growing contribution of its higher-margin DeFi revenues.
  
  
• Year-to-date gross profit reached $6.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared to $1.1 million for the same period in 2025, achieving the Company’s full-year 2026 gross profit target of $6 million in the first nine months of the year.
  
  
• DeFi revenues (Imperium) increased 133% quarter-over-quarter to $3.5 million for Q3 2026 from $1.5 million in Q2 2026, representing approximately 86% of total revenues for Q3 2026, compared to approximately 61% of total revenues in Q2 2026.
  
  
• Blockchain infrastructure revenues, comprising NodeOps and Builder+, decreased to $0.6 million for Q3 2026, compared to $0.9 million in Q2 2026, reflecting variability in block-building and the Company’s continued prioritization of capital and resource deployment toward Imperium.
  
  
• Net income for Q3 2026 was $54.5 million, compared to a net loss of $34.9 million in Q2 2026. Net income was primarily driven by $58.3 million of non-cash unrealized gains on digital assets resulting from ETH price appreciation during the quarter and $3.6 million of realized gains on digital asset transactions, partially offset by a $5.7 million impairment loss on intangible digital assets. Results excluding these items would have been materially lower, and future results may vary significantly with digital asset prices.
  

Balance Sheet Overview

• Total assets were $176.1 million as of September 30, 2026, compared to $89.3 million as of June 30, 2026, primarily reflecting increases in the fair value of digital asset holdings due to ETH price appreciation and the deployment of $27.0 million of new DeFi protocol borrowings.
  
  
• Digital assets held in liquidity pool positions grew to $40.9 million as of September 30, 2026, from $7.6 million as of June 30, 2026, as Imperium scaled its paired liquidity pool strategy across Ethereum mainnet and Base.
  
  
• Total liabilities increased to $80.0 million as of September 30, 2026, compared to $50.4 million as of June 30, 2026, presented net of unamortized debt discounts of $3.4 million and $4.3 million, respectively. Loans payable to DeFi protocols were $63.0 million as of September 30, 2026, compared to $36.0 million as of June 30, 2026, reflecting $27.0 million of new DeFi protocol borrowings during the quarter to support the expansion of Imperium’s paired liquidity pool positions. These borrowings are collateralized by digital assets and may be subject to liquidation if collateral values decline. The Company continues to actively monitor collateral levels across its DeFi positions.
  
  
• Common shares outstanding (including unvested restricted common stock) were 53.1 million as of September 30, 2026. During Q3 2026, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $1.5 million from sales under its At-The-Market (“ATM”) Agreement.
  

Michael Prevoznik, Chief Financial Officer, stated, “This quarter showed what Imperium can do at scale. Gross profit more than doubled quarter-over-quarter and our gross margin expanded to 86%, as DeFi revenues grew to represent the large majority of our total revenue. Reaching our $6 million gross profit target in nine months is a meaningful milestone, and we remain focused on scaling revenue and gross profit while managing our balance sheet with discipline.”

Company Commentary and Outlook

Imperium remains BTCS’s core strategic focus for 2026. During the third quarter, the Company significantly scaled Imperium’s paired liquidity pool positions and, in September, expanded Imperium onto Base, an Ethereum Layer-2 network created by Coinbase, marking the business line’s first expansion beyond Ethereum mainnet. Operating across multiple networks allows Imperium to dynamically allocate liquidity where volume and demand shift, and management views Base as one step in a broader multi-chain roadmap.

“Integrating Base was a major milestone for our engineering team this quarter,” said Ben Hunter, Chief Technology Officer. “Expanding Imperium beyond Ethereum mainnet gave us access to another deep pool of on-chain activity, and our team built and deployed the strategies needed to operate there. We are continuing to refine our existing strategies while evaluating additional networks and opportunities that we believe could further scale Imperium.”

Having surpassed its full-year gross profit target of $6 million through the first nine months of 2026, the Company expects Imperium to remain the primary driver of revenue and gross profit through the remainder of the year. The Company continues to evaluate additional strategies and networks for Imperium that it believes may further scale the business.

As previously announced, in September Imperium completed the preparatory compliance steps for tokenized-equity liquidity provisioning under the SEC’s Covered Firm exemption. Management views tokenized equities as a natural extension of Imperium, which already operates in automated market maker pools. BTCS has not yet commenced or committed capital to tokenized-equity liquidity provisioning, and there can be no assurance that it will do so.

Management believes that institutional adoption of digital assets and the tokenization of real-world assets could increase demand for on-chain liquidity and create additional revenue opportunities for the Company.

“Hitting our gross profit target a quarter early reflects the strategy we have been building toward and the hard work from our team,” said Mr. Allen. “We believe Imperium gives BTCS a differentiated way to generate revenue from Ethereum’s on-chain economy, and with a multi-chain approach, we believe we have substantial room to grow. Looking ahead, I remain optimistic about continued institutional adoption of digital assets and see two major drivers shaping the future of on-chain finance: the tokenization of real-world assets and the rise of agentic AI. Tokenization has the potential to bring a broader range of financial assets on-chain, while AI agents could increasingly use these same rails to transact and make payments autonomously. We believe both trends could expand the scale and scope of activity on-chain, creating greater demand for accessible liquidity. Through Imperium, we are building the capabilities to help meet that demand and position BTCS for these emerging opportunities.”

About BTCS:

BTCS Inc. (“BTCS” or the “Company”), short for Blockchain Technology Consensus Solutions, is a Nasdaq-listed operating company that offers public-market access to the blockchain economy. Imperium, the Company’s decentralized finance (“DeFi”) business, deploys capital into on-chain liquidity markets, including automated market maker pools on Ethereum and Layer-2 networks, to generate recurring, high-margin revenue. Imperium draws on the protocol-level expertise of BTCS’s Ethereum infrastructure operations, Builder+ (block building) and NodeOps (staking). BTCS funds its growth through the DeFi/TradFi Accretion Flywheel, an integrated approach to raising capital, accumulating digital assets and deploying them on chain. Learn more at www.btcs.com.

Forward-Looking Statements:

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Financials

The tables below are derived from the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 12, 2026, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Please refer to the Form 10-Q for complete financial statements, accompanying notes, and further information regarding the Company’s results of operations and financial condition for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2026 and 2025. Please also refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 for a discussion of risk factors applicable to the Company and its business.