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Twenty One Capital, Inc. (NYSE: XXI) announced that its board of directors has appointed Raphael Zagury as chief executive officer, effective July 20. Zagury succeeds Jack Mallers, who is stepping down to focus on Strike.
Zagury previously founded and leads Elektron Energy, a Bitcoin mining and infrastructure company. His career includes roles as managing director at Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch, vice president at Goldman Sachs, co-founder of boutique investment bank One Partners, and co-founder and CFO of OpenCo, a Brazilian fintech lender backed by SoftBank, IFC, and LTS Investments. He holds an MBA from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics from IBMEC.
Zagury had served as an independent director on Twenty One's board and as interim chair of its audit committee. He resigned from board committees effective July 15 but will remain a board director.
Alongside the leadership change, Twenty One outlined five strategic priorities: corporate governance, operating businesses, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and a Bitcoin-native lending and credit platform.
The company also confirmed that Strike will remain a standalone business and is no longer being considered for a combination with Twenty One. A proposed combination with Elektron Energy, Zagury's firm, remains under evaluation. The company noted any such transaction would constitute a related-person transaction subject to review, and that no definitive agreement has been reached.

https://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=26792010&gfv=1

I was a young twelve-year-old Italian boy. It was 1999. I lived in a small mountain village. A beautiful place, certainly, but not the easiest place to grow up when you had unusual interests. To be clear, nothing out of this world; but almost 30 years ago, in a small Italian town, loving video games was anything but common, especially fantasy-inspired ones, and even less so Dungeon & Dragons.

When Baldur’s Gate came out, I bought it immediately, in English, in spite of my less than ideal knowledge of the language, after reading a recommendation in one of the few computer magazines that existed at the time.
I threw myself into a world I had never known. I remember feeling physically exhausted myself by the time I reached the Friendly Arm Inn after Gorion’s death - and how terrified I was by Tarnesh’s ambush!

I remember playing it with my cousin, when his mother was ill and he had nowhere else to go but my house.

I remember playing it so much, both because I loved it and because it helped me drown out the darker moments that weigh heavily in a teenager’s life.
I remember the thrill of crossing the bridge into Baldur’s Gate for the first time. I remember meeting Drizzt and discovering Salvatore’s novels. I remember the maze beneath the Thieves’ Guild and… I remember stopping there.

I was afraid - but not so much of Sarevok. I was afraid of losing my friends in that final battle. I was afraid of growing up. I was afraid of bringing such a beautiful adventure to an end.
I replayed it many times, but… I always stopped there.

Today I am forty years old, with a partner I love and a beautiful son.
On a day off, I wanted to pay proper tribute to this masterpiece. I reloaded an old save game and..
Today, 28 years after its release, I finished Baldur’s Gate. Today I grew up. This, too, is a chapter of life coming to a close.

Thank you, BioWare; thank you, Black Isle Studios.