** Shares of Datacentrex DTCX.O plummet ~28.2% to $2.22 before the bell after raising equity at steep discount
** Digital infrastructure and capital deployment firm late Thurs announced pricing $20.17 mln public offering at $2, a 35.3% discount to last sale
** It intends to use net offering proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes
** Formerly Thumzup Media, co pivoted to focus on high-performance computing, digital asset mining, and expanded its treasury strategy beyond bitcoin to other cryptocurrencies, such as dogecoin and litecoin
** Dominari Securities acting as sole placement agent on best-efforts basis, per the prospectus
** Los Angeles, California-based DTCX has ~31.7 mln shares outstanding as of Mar 25 for $98 mln market cap at last close
** Through Thurs, DTCX shares up 12% YTD, including 66% surge this month
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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