Bill Barhydt has been in Bitcoin since it traded under $1. Now he is building one of the world's largest public digital asset treasuries, and he is confirmed to speak at the Bitcoin Treasuries Conference 2026.
Abra, founded in 2014, is merging with a Cantor Fitzgerald-advised SPAC to list on Nasdaq. The deal values Abra at $750 million. Pantera, Blockchain Capital, and SBI are rolling 100 percent of their stakes into the company.
New Providence, the SPAC vehicle, brings up to $300 million in trust cash, subject to redemptions. That is real growth capital, not a listing shell.
It is also not the usual Bitcoin treasury play. Abra does not stack Bitcoin on its balance sheet the way Strategy, Metaplanet, or Twenty One Capital do. It builds infrastructure: custody, trading, and lending for institutions and RIAs. And the Bitcoin is a strategic asset on the balance sheet.
There is another difference. Abra is a DAT. Digital assets, plural.
Barhydt sees a multi-asset future, one where public companies own and manage Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and stablecoins on the same balance sheet. On September 28, he makes that case in Manhattan.
Barhydt joins Adam Back, Grant Cardone, Eric Weiss, and Raphael Zagury. Seats are capped at 300, and early adopter pricing is disappearing fast.
The message is clear: the world's largest Bitcoin and digital asset balance sheet managers are converging on Manhattan. Be there.
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