VANCOUVER, BC – May 12, 2026, LQWD Technologies Corp. (TSXV: LQWD, OTCQX: LQWDF) (“LQWD” or the “Company”), a Bitcoin Lightning Network company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of an additional five Bitcoin for its treasury. LQWD accumulates Bitcoin as productive network capital which is deployed on the Company’s Lightning Network infrastructure.
Shone Anstey, CEO of LQWD, commented, “Our Bitcoin treasury strategy is directly aligned with the continued growth of the Lightning Network and the emerging agentic economy. We believe the Lightning Network is developing as the foundational infrastructure for the agentic economy, where AI agents and autonomous systems will require instant, scalable, internet-native payment rails, and LQWD is well positioned to capitalize on this growing market opportunity.”
Details on LQWD’s Bitcoin treasury are as follows:
- Unencumbered Bitcoin Holdings: ~267 Bitcoin
- Average Purchase Price: ~US$77,401 per Bitcoin
- Total Amount Purchased: ~US$20,666,072
- Sats Per Share: 826 (626 Sats per share fully diluted)
About LQWD Technologies Corp. 
A publicly traded company, LQWD offers investor exposure to Bitcoin’s long-term appreciation and the rise of a machine-driven economy powered by Lightning Network. We are redefining Bitcoin as a global, monetizable network and accelerating its evolution into a real-time payment layer for the internet.
Backed by a Bitcoin treasury deployed as productive network capital and AI-driven, fee-generating Lightning infrastructure, LQWD is positioned at the forefront of autonomous, real-time machine-to-machine commerce at internet scale.
LQWD Technologies Corp. is a Canadian-domiciled public company with offices in Vancouver, Canada, and Lugano, Switzerland. LQWD has approximately 32.3 million shares outstanding (42.6 million shares fully diluted) and maintains a strong debt free balance sheet.
The Company’s shares trade on the TSXV under the symbol LQWD and on the OTCQX Best Market in the United States under the symbol LQWDF.
The Company’s shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol LQWD and on the OTCQX Best Market in the United States under the symbol LQWDF.
For more information, please visit LQWD’s website and connect with the Company’s Lightning Network nodes in real time.
