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Jaguar Health, Inc. ((NASDAQ:JAGX)) ("Jaguar" or "the Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously authorized the Company to include cryptocurrency as a treasury reserve asset.
"Cryptocurrencies continue to gain investor attention and acceptance as a major asset class. We believe selected cryptocurrencies could serve as a strong treasury reserve asset for the Company, diversifying our assets to include a digital store of value that we believe has significant upside potential and may also provide a safeguard against inflation," said Lisa Conte, Jaguar’s Founder and CEO. "Jaguar has been approached by several banks and an investor with terms for cryptocurrency transactions. The Company is assessing the potential value to shareholders, and the potential benefits for our core development programs, of making selected cryptocurrencies a treasury reserve asset for the Company."
Jaguar’s has three core development programs for crofelemer, the Company’s novel plant-based prescription medicine: its orphan disease intestinal failure program; its ongoing efforts to make crofelemer available for treatment of cancer therapy-related diarrhea (CTD) in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving selected targeted therapies; and its ongoing development program to expand access for Canalevia® (crofelemer delayed-release tablets) in dogs from the conditional approval in chemotherapy-induced diarrhea to a potential global approval for acute general diarrhea. Each of these core programs for crofelemer is the subject of business development goals of forging corporate partnerships to bring in non-dilutive funding for the Company.