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Coinbase Acquires Routefire to Beef Up Institutional Bitcoin Offering
7.1.2021
Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has acquired trade execution startup Routefire. The terms of the deal were not disclosed
Argentina’s Ripio Acquires Second-Largest Crypto Exchange in Brazil
5.1.2021
Ripio has acquired BitcoinTrade in a bid to increase its footprint across the frothy Latin American crypto market
PayPal Talks to Buy Crypto Firm BitGo Have Ended: Report
24.12.2020
Talks regarding a possible acquisition by PayPal of bitcoin custodian BitGo have fallen through, Fortune reported, citing multiple sources. Read more: PayPal Said to Be in Talks to Buy Crypto Firms Including BitGo: Bloomberg
Opinion: Game company acquisitions & the 'growth stock bubble'
18.12.2020
Gonna roll 'em all up
EA Is Buying Racing Dev Codemasters For $1.2 Billion
14.12.2020
Despite a nearly $1 billion bid from Take-Two Interactive last month, Electronic Arts has announced an agreement to purchase English racing game developer Codemasters for $1.2 billion. The purchase will put popular racing series Dirt, Dirt Rally, Grid, F1, Project Cars, Burnout, and Need for Speed...
PayPal-Backed Identity Platform Acquired by Nevada’s Blockchains LLC
1.12.2020
An identity management provider backed by PayPal, Foxconn and others has been acquired by Nevada-based holding company Blockchains LLC
ConsenSys Acquires Blockchain Developer Toolmaker Truffle Suite
17.11.2020
ConsenSys is adding dapp development platform Truffle Suite back to its lineup of wholly-owned Ethereum tools
Galaxy Digital Makes Twin Acquisitions in Bid to Strengthen Institutional Appeal
14.11.2020
The cryptocurrency merchant bank has acquired a lending firm and a trading company as it seeks to become the "go to" platform for institutional access to digital assets, the firm said Friday
Report: Token Listings Have Short Term Positive Influence on Price, M&A Have Better Impact in the Long Term
1.11.2020
A study by Etoro and The Tie find listing and partnership announcements as significant developments (Sigdev) that have an immediate, large, and positive influence on token price. This influence, which peaks within the first 24 hours, usually wears off after a week, according to the study report....
Publicly Traded INX Crypto Exchange Acquires Broker-Dealer Openfinance
27.10.2020
INX Limited, a cryptocurrency exchange that went public on Ethereum last month, will purchase U.S. broker-dealer Openfinance Securities
Voyager Digital Buys European Crypto Exchange Focused on Institutional Investors
24.10.2020
Crypto-asset broker Voyager Digital Ltd is buying LGO Markets, a French cryptocurrency exchange focused on corporate investors. The two firms will merge under one brand, Voyager, and their two separate native tokens, VGX and LGO, will also merge. The deal grants Voyager, a Canadian Securities...
Securitize Goes License Shopping With Acquisition of SEC-Registered Broker-Dealer
15.10.2020
Security token firm Securitize announced Thursday its planned acquisition of Distributed Technology Markets (DTM)
PwC Report Points to Banner Year for Crypto M&A and Fundraising Deals
15.10.2020
The value of acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full year 2019, according to a new report by PwC
Centralized Exchange Operators Believe Low Liquidity on DEX Platforms Stops User Migration
14.10.2020
Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEX) operators say they are unfazed by the increasing trading volumes on decentralized exchanges (DEX) because the latter’s liquidity is still too insignificant to cause user mass migration. The majority of CEX operators also insist that it is very...
CB Insights Buys Blockdata to Build Out Blockchain Data Offering
16.9.2020
New York City’s CB Insights is getting into the blockchain data game with the acquisition of Netherlands-based Blockdata
DCG Enters Retail Crypto Market With Acquisition of Luno Wallet
9.9.2020
Blockchain-focused investment firm Digital Currency Group has acquired Luno, a retail-focused cryptocurrency exchange with over five million customers
Crypto Exchange FTX Buys Blockfolio for $150 Million in Effort To Expand Retail Presence
27.8.2020
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has acquired the popular portfolio tracking app Blockfolio for $150 million in a bid to gain a foothold in the crypto retail market. The deal – consummated after nine months of negotiation – was settled using a combination of cash, crypto,...
Blockchain Bites: Major Acquisitions, Bitcoin Futures Liquidations and the SEC’s New Rules
26.8.2020
FTX acquired Blockfolio, ConsenSys acquired Quorum and police have seized the third largest exchange in South Korea
FTX Exchange’s $150M Deal for Mobile-First Blockfolio Is a Retail Trading Play
26.8.2020
The deal is a strategic play for FTX, whose clientele consists largely of quants and professional traders, to attract more retail customers
ConsenSys Acquires JP Morgan’s Quorum Blockchain
25.8.2020
Quorum, the enterprise blockchain platform developed by mega-bank J.P. Morgan, is to be acquired by ConsenSys, the Brooklyn-based Ethereum venture studio