September 1, 2026 — MemeBitcoin (MBTC), the Bitcoin-native project that turns the race to reach Satoshi's wallet into something anyone can join, has raised $8 million in a strategic round backed by Gemhead Capital, Archer Capital, M2M Capital and Mayer Venture.The round will fund the project's next phase of growth, including a global community campaign, full public launch and preparation for exchange listings.A deadline crypto has never taken seriouslyMBTC is built on one of crypto's oldest unanswered questions. An estimated 1,096,361 BTC sits in Satoshi-era wallets whose public keys have been visible on-chain since 2009. For most of Bitcoin's history that exposure was a theoretical concern. Progress in quantum computing is what has changed the timeline.MBTC's answer is to make the problem participatory. Through the project's web app, users generate and test candidate private keys against Satoshi's public key, complete missions and share content, with every action logged as a contribution. No tokens are pre-allocated to the team; the entire supply is distributed through participation.The project describes its goal in two parts: to generate enough public pressure that Satoshi-era coins are moved somewhere safer before quantum hardware matures and, if they are never moved, to get there first using the data and collective effort its community builds along the way.Key metricsMBTC reported the following figures as of late August 2026, all reached without paid advertising:MetricFigureTotal users23,700Daily active users (DAU)18,350Social & game completion rate92%Registered user retention85%Satoshi wallet decryption attempts2.4MCollaboration requests200+ projectsGlobal KOLs engaged100+With 18,350 of 23,700 registered users active on a given day, roughly 77% of the user base returns daily — unusual at this stage, when large registration spikes typically fade within days. Most of that growth has come from referrals by existing participants rather than paid acquisition."Quantum computing is the problem crypto has spent fifteen years assuming someone else would solve later," said Rodney Uesaka, Co-Founder of MemeBitcoin. "But the public keys in Satoshi-era wallets have been exposed since 2009, and if those keys are ever broken, the industry Bitcoin created is what stands to lose the most.""You don't need to be an expert to care about this. What has been missing is a way for ordinary people to take part," Uesaka added. "Tens of thousands of people now join this race every day, and the community that has formed around it is MBTC's single biggest asset. This round is about giving them a better place to do it, and pushing the conversation about how we protect Satoshi-era Bitcoin across the industry before it is too late."Use of proceedsThe capital will go toward MBTC's whitelist early access phase, which opens the full site, forum, wallet connect and PoV (Proof of Viral) activation, followed by a global KOL campaign, full public launch and preparation for spot and futures listings on centralized exchanges.The team behind MBTC has done this before. Its previous token went from launch to listings on Binance Alpha, Binance Futures, Bybit Futures, Bitget, Kraken, HTX and HashKey, and into the global top 50 by market capitalization.About the investorsGemhead CapitalGemhead Capital has built a reputation for identifying and investing in projects that go on to list on Binance. Its portfolio includes COOKIE (Binance Spot), NILLION (Binance Spot) and PRAI (Binance Futures), as well as Whitebridge, RCADE and AIAV, across more than 70 total investments. That consistent track record of backing projects that reach top-tier exchange listings has made the firm a sought-after partner for early-stage teams.Website: