Fold Holdings shares surged over 70% as the bitcoin fintech firm paid off its collaterized debt in full through a $45 million bitcoin sale.

Publicly traded Fold sold Bitcoin holdings to restructure its balance sheet, fueling a stock surge on Wednesday morning.

Fold Holdings sold $45M in Bitcoin to repay $66.3M in convertible debt, freeing 521 BTC from collateral while maintaining a 1,492 BTC treasury worth $95M.