Empery Asset Management, LP paid $2,238,375 for 750,000 shares of Empery Digital Inc. ($EMPD) on Aug. 13, 2026. The purchase price was $2.9845 per share. A Form 4 filed with the SEC on Aug. 14 showed the 10%+ owner holding 4,430,345 shares after the transaction.
One day earlier, the same filer bought 650,000 shares at $2.8211 per share for $1,833,715. That left it with 3,680,345 shares before the Aug. 13 trade. The two August purchases totaled 1,400,000 shares and $4,072,090, and both Form 4 filings reached the SEC on Aug. 14.
Daily price data showed $EMPD trading from $2.78 to $3.15 on Aug. 13, with a close of $2.83. On Aug. 12, the range was $2.67 to $2.90 and the close was $2.72. Both purchase prices came in above their respective closing prices. Reported daily volume was about 1.76 million shares on Aug. 13 and about 1.41 million shares on Aug. 12.
Earlier in 2026, ATG Capital Opportunities Fund LP, another 10%+ owner of $EMPD, reported five open-market purchases between Jan. 28 and Feb. 3. The sequence included 123,208 shares at $5.0874 on Jan. 28; 190,971 shares at $4.9053 on Jan. 29; 114,447 shares at $4.8245 on Jan. 30; 131,962 shares at $4.6689 on Feb. 2; and 559,183 shares at $4.6789 on Feb. 3. The Jan. 28, Jan. 29, and Jan. 30 purchases were reported on Jan. 30, and the Feb. 2 and Feb. 3 purchases were reported on Feb. 4. Combined, those five purchases came to 1,119,771 shares and $5,348,207.
Before the August purchases, the most recent open-market purchase on record for $EMPD by a 10%+ owner was the Feb. 3 purchase by ATG Capital Opportunities Fund LP. The gap between that trade and the Aug. 12 trade was more than six months. The company is classified in the automobiles industry and carried a market capitalization of roughly $79.7 million in the database. Across the seven $EMPD Form 4 records in the database, every transaction was listed as an open-market purchase by a 10%+ owner; the records showed no sales, option exercises, or award grants. A search of congressional STOCK Act disclosures returned no $EMPD transactions.