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Microstrategy Scoops up 262 Bitcoin, Treasury Holds 91K BTC at an Average of $24K per Coin

12.3.2021
On March 12, the publicly-listed firm Microstrategy announced the company purchased an additional 262 bitcoin for $15 million in cash. The company’s CEO Michael Saylor announced the acquisition of the coins during the morning hours on Friday (ET) to his 623,000 Twitter followers....

Paypal Acquiring Crypto Security Firm Curv to Expand Digital Asset Initiatives

8.3.2021
Payments giant Paypal has announced that it is acquiring Tel Aviv-based crypto security infrastructure provider Curv. According to Paypal, this acquisition will help the company “expand its initiatives to support cryptocurrencies and digital assets.” The deal is reportedly worth less...

Regulators Approve Microsoft's $7.5 Billion Acquisition Of Bethesda Parent Company Zenimax Media

8.3.2021
Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of Zenimax Media, parent company of Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Doom maker Bethesda, has cleared another set of hurdles, winning approval to proceed from both the European Commission and US Securities and Exchange Commissions.Read more

$2 Billion Merger: Bitcoin Miner Cipher Going Public Backed by Fidelity and Morgan Stanley

5.3.2021
Cipher Mining, a bitcoin mining operation of Bitfury, has announced that it is going public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The deal values the combined company at $2 billion, with funding from investors such as Morgan Stanley and Fidelity. Cipher Mining Technologies...

Grayscale Adds 174,000 LTC to Its Litecoin Holdings- Price of the Altcoin Unresponsive

4.3.2021
According to reports, Grayscale added 174,000 tokens to its litecoin holdings in the past month. This haul pushed its total holdings of the altcoin to 1.44 million. Following this acquisition, which represents 80% of all litecoin that were mined in the past month, the total value...

Bitfarms Purchases 48,000 Bitcoin Miners, Plans to Increase Hashpower by 5 Exahash

3.3.2021
The publicly listed Canadian bitcoin mining operation Bitfarms has announced the firm is purchasing 48,000 Microbt Whatsminer mining rigs in order to expand capacity. Bitfarms highlights the acquisition of new miners will up the company’s hashpower by approximately 5 exahash per second...

Haunted by Past Elon Musk Predictions, Gold Bug Peter Schiff Tears Into Tesla’s BTC Acquisition

10.2.2021
After previously claiming that Elon Musk was too smart to buy bitcoin, Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff is reacting angrily to reports that Tesla has acquired the cryptocurrency. In a series of tweets on February 8, Schiff now claims that Musk has no interest in bitcoin’s store of value...

Uphold to Launch Crypto Card in Europe After Optimus Acquisition

3.2.2021
The firm plans to start rolling out its multi-asset debit card on the Optimus platform in Europe "shortly."

Uphold to launch crypto cards in Europe with new acquisition

3.2.2021
After launching a crypto debit card in the U.S., Uphold is planning to roll out a multi-asset crypto card in Europe in April 2021

Privacy-Centric Messaging App Signal Experiments With Stellar-Based Mobilecoin Project

28.1.2021
One of the most popular privacy-centric messaging applications Signal has seen explosive growth during the last two months over things like the Whatsapp acquisition and the recent Big Tech censorship. According to a number of reports, the company has been experimenting with monetization and more...

INX’s acquisition of security token platform OpenFinance almost complete

28.1.2021
INX has completed all the documents needed to complete its acquisition of security token platform OpenFinance, and is now awaiting regulatory approval

Alameda-Backed Investment Platform ‘Stacked’ Acquires Automated Trading Service

22.1.2021
Terms of the deal were not disclosed

Coinbase buying spree continues with the acquisition of Bison Trails

19.1.2021
Bison Trails, a leading blockchain infrastructure platform, has been acquired by the San Franciso-based exchange

Ex-Real Madrid Football Player Joins a Spanish Lower Division Club in Deal Financed With Crypto

19.1.2021
In a possible first for Spanish football, DUX Internacional de Madrid, a lower division side says it has used crypto buy a new player. The player, David Barral moved to his new club after Criptan, the new club sponsor facilitated the acquisition. Criptan is a cryptocurrency trading company that...

Visa and Plaid Abandon Acquisition Plans Over DOJ Antitrust Concerns

12.1.2021
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that the $5.3 billion deal was off

Visa abandons $5.3B Plaid acquisition in the face of DoJ antitrust suit

12.1.2021
The Justice Department's November suit has reversed the planned merger

Crypto Futures Exchange Bakkt Going Public at a Valuation of $2.1 Billion

12.1.2021
Bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt is going public via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) created for taking startup firms public. Both companies have now confirmed the transaction, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under...