CoinShares PLC: CoinShares Renames WGMI as CoinShares Bitcoin Mining and Digital Power ETF, Reflecting the Convergence of Bitcoin Mining and AI Infrastructure

Strategy update positions WGMI to capture the build-out of the energy and compute backbone behind bitcoin and artificial intelligence, anchored in the listed bitcoin miners that already operate it. JERSEY, Channel Islands - August 18, 2026 - CoinShares PLC (Nasdaq: CSHR) ("CoinShares" or the "Company"), a leading global asset manager specializing in digital assets, today announced that US-listed mining ETF, WGMI, issued by CoinShares ETF Trust, has been renamed the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining and Digital Power ETF (NASDAQ: WGMI) (the "Fund"), formerly the CoinShares Bitcoin Miners ETF. The ticker is unchanged. The strategy update broadens the Fund's investment universe to reflect a structural shift underway across the listed mining sector: bitcoin miners are increasingly the operators of the gigawatt-scale, grid-connected, low-latency compute infrastructure that AI and high-performance computing depend on. WGMI will now invest at least 80% of its net assets in Bitcoin Mining and…