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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-007277"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNTN"
cik: "0001861657"
company_name: "Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:09:55.725971+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tharimmune rebrands to Canton Strategic Holdings, ticker changes to CNTN; unveils digital asset treasury strategy

## Summary
- Corporate name changed to Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc.; new NASDAQ ticker CNTN effective Feb. 18, 2026.
- Company executes digital asset treasury strategy including Canton Coin acquisition and operation of a Super Validator.
- Previously closed $545M private placement in Nov. 2025; recent $55M registered offering completed for growth capital.
- Board appointments include former CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers and DRW's William Wiley to deepen institutional expertise.
- Company remains first publicly traded firm supported by Canton Foundation, also retains clinical-stage biotech R&D.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-007277
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNTN
- cik: 0001861657
- company_name: Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861657/000149315226007277/0001493152-26-007277-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861657/000149315226007277/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-007277.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc.: Bylaws amended to reflect name change and current size of Board of Directors (effective 2026-02-18).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-02-18
  source text: The Company also amended and restated its bylaws on February 18, 2026 to reflect the Name Change and reflect the current size of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861657/000149315226007277/0001493152-26-007277-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc.: Name change from Tharimmune, Inc. to Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc., approved via amended and restated certificate of incorporation (effective 2026-02-09).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2026-02-09
  source text: On February 18, 2026, Tharimmune, Inc. (the “ Company ”) changed its corporate name to “Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc.,” pursuant to an amended and restated certificate of incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on February 9, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861657/000149315226007277/0001493152-26-007277-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.