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RNS Number : 4048T  KR1 PLC   18 February 2026

KR1 plc

 

 

18 February 2026

 

KR1 plc ("KR1" or the "Company")

 

Launch of Financial Infrastructure Operations on Ethereum

 

KR1 plc (LSE:KR1), a digital asset technology company, is pleased to announce
the commencement of a new infrastructure income stream through the Nexus
Mutual ("NXM") protocol. The Company has committed an initial allocation of
its existing NXM holdings to underwrite discretionary cover across Ethereum's
decentralised finance ecosystem ("DeFi") via Nexus Mutual staking pools. Phase
one is now operational, with further NXM allocations expected during the first
half of 2026.

 

This activity forms part of KR1's recently introduced Financial Infrastructure
("FI") Strategy, which, together with the Company's existing Technology
Infrastructure ("TI") Strategy focused on staking across Ethereum and other
decentralised networks, seeks to optimise the productivity of KR1's digital
asset holdings through the disciplined expansion of income-generating
activities at the infrastructure layer of decentralised networks.

 

During phase one, the Company has deployed 40,000 NXM with an aggregate fair
value of approximately £1.5 million as of the day preceding the announcement,
representing around 36% of its total NXM holdings, across two separate Nexus
Mutual underwriting pools. These tokens are committed as underwriting capital,
with expected unlock windows between 21 January 2027 and 22 April 2027. The
Company intends over time to utilise a substantial majority of its remaining
NXM holdings within the broader FI Strategy.

 

As underwriting capital, the deployed NXM is exposed to potential loss in the
event that a covered protocol experiences a valid claim and a payout is
approved. In exchange for assuming this risk, KR1 earns a share of
underwriting premiums generated through the Nexus Mutual pools. Underwriting
returns are paid in NXM tokens.

 

Over the past three months, annualised yields on NXM underwriting activity
have ranged between approximately 2.81% and 13.31%. As NXM is a digital asset
traded on cryptocurrency markets, the Company remains exposed during the
lock-up period to market price volatility in NXM, which may result in
fluctuations in the fair value of the deployed capital irrespective of
underwriting performance.

 

Founded in 2017 and seed funded by KR1, Nexus Mutual has become a core pillar
of the DeFi risk management ecosystem. Since launch, the protocol has:

•           Provided over $6 billion in cumulative crypto coverage

            •           Issued more than 10,000
individual covers

            •           Over $18 million in valid
claims approved and paid to date

            •           Maintained operations through
multiple market cycles, including major DeFi exploits and systemic market
downturns

 

Hugh Karp, Founder and CEO of Nexus Mutual, commented:

"Nexus Mutual risk underwriting has become a foundational layer of onchain
financial systems, underpinning capital formation and providing the resilience
required for DeFi to scale. It is encouraging to see an early backer such as
KR1 deepen its commitment by deploying capital directly into the protocol's
underwriting markets."

 

Peter Holsgrove, Head of Investor Relations at KR1 plc, commented:

"KR1 plc provides public market access to the infrastructure powering the
global migration of assets onchain. The commencement of our Financial
Infrastructure operations marks an important step in extending the
productivity of our digital asset holdings, generating additional income
through the active deployment of our Nexus Mutual position into underwriting
markets that support DeFi."

 

About KR1 plc

KR1 plc is a digital asset technology company listed on the London Stock
Exchange, focused on the infrastructure layer of decentralised networks.

 

Contact

For further information, please contact:

 

KR1 plc (KR1:LSE)

George McDonaugh, Keld van Schreven

Phone: +44 (0)1624 630 630

Email: investors@KR1.io

 

Singer Capital Markets (Corporate Broker and Financial Adviser)

Investment Banking: Alex Bond, James Fischer

Equity Sales: William Gumpel

Phone: +44 (0)20 7496 3000

Email: enquiries@singercm.com

 

SEC Newgate (PR, Media and Financial Communications Adviser)

Ian Silvera, Bob Huxford, Dafydd Rees

Phone: +44 (0)20 3757 6882

Email: KR1@secnewgate.co.uk

 

AlbR Capital (Corporate Adviser)

Phone: +44 (0)20 7469 0930

Email:  info@albrcapital.com

 

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
the Market Abuse Regulation EU 596/2014 as it forms part of retained EU law
(as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

 

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