Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 500,000 Class A ordinary shares to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per share in the Private Placement, generating gross proceeds of $5,000,000. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. This issuance was pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, we and Pubco entered into the CEPO Cash Equity PIPE Subscription Agreements with the CEPO Cash Equity PIPE Investors, pursuant to which the CEPO Cash Equity PIPE Investors have agreed to purchase, in a private placement immediately prior to the CEPO Merger, 40,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, at a purchase price of $10.00 per share payable in cash, for an aggregate purchase price of $400,000,000.

Additionally, concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, we and Pubco entered into the July CEPO BTC Equity PIPE Subscription Agreements with the July CEPO BTC Equity PIPE Investors, pursuant to which the July CEPO BTC Equity PIPE Investors have agreed to purchase, in a private placement immediately prior to the CEPO Merger, a certain number of Class A ordinary shares, at $10.00 per share, in exchange for 4,156.11 Bitcoin in the aggregate, with the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to each July CEPO BTC Equity PIPE Investor being equal to (i) the product of (A) the number of Bitcoin contributed by such July CEPO BTC Equity PIPE Investor multiplied by (B) the Closing Bitcoin Price, and then divided by (ii) $10.00.

On August 28, 2025, (i) we and Pubco entered into the August CEPO BTC Equity PIPE Subscription Agreement with the August CEPO BTC Equity PIPE Investor, pursuant to which such investor agreed to purchase, in a private placement, a certain number of Class A ordinary shares, at $10.00 per share, in exchange for 20 Bitcoin, with the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to such investor being equal to (i) the product of (A) 20 Bitcoin multiplied by (b) the Closing Bitcoin Price and then divided by (ii) $10.00, and (ii) simultaneously therewith, we, Pubco and Newco entered into a termination agreement with such investor in the Newco Private Placement, which terminated the Newco Subscription Agreement with such investor, pursuant to which such investor had agreed to purchase Newco Class A Interests in exchange for 20 Bitcoin. As a result of the August CEPO BTC Equity PIPE, the total number of Bitcoin to be contributed by investors at Closing pursuant to the July CEPO BTC Equity PIPE, the Newco Private Placement and the August CEPO BTC Equity PIPE, remains at 5,021.11 Bitcoin.

Use of Proceeds

For a description of the use of proceeds generated in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, see Part II, Item 5 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC on March 28, 2025. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement as described in the Final Prospectus or our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 as filed with the SEC on March 2, 2026. The specific investments in the Trust Account may change from time to time.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

None.