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accession: "0001213900-25-096276"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASST"
cik: "0001920406"
company_name: "Strive, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:38:20.411967+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Strive appoints Ben Werkman as CIO, advancing Bitcoin strategy; Werkman resigns from board

## Summary
- Ben Werkman, former CIO at Swan Bitcoin, named Chief Investment Officer effective October 5, 2025.
- Werkman resigned from board and all committees; Lavish, Ramakrishnan, Macey appointed to committees.
- Board reduced from eleven to ten directors effective upon Werkman's resignation.
- As CIO, Werkman will oversee investment strategy, capital deployment, risk management, and Bitcoin initiatives.
- CEO Matt Cole called the hire a "large talent boost" to the Bitcoin treasury team.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-096276
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASST
- cik: 0001920406
- company_name: Strive, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1920406/000121390025096276/0001213900-25-096276-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1920406/000121390025096276/ea0260328-8k425_strive.htm

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