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CoinShares Acquires Crypto Investment Provider Napoleon for $15.7M

The transaction is expected to be completed this month.

Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte image via Shutterstock
Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte image via Shutterstock

Digital asset manager CoinShares agreed to buy French crypto investment product provider Napoleon Crypto SAS for €13.9 million ($15.7 million) in cash and stock.

  • CoinShares will issue 363,636 new shares at €10.80 ($12.25) each to complete the deal, the company announced Wednesday.
  • The deal is expected to be completed in the second week of December.
  • Napoleon provides prebuilt, noncustodial crypto portfolios catering to different investment goals. The portfolios are integrated with such exchanges as Binance, Bitfinex, Bitstamp and FTX.
  • Jersey-based CoinShares trades on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market. Its assets under management stood at £2.9 billion ($3.9 billion) at the end of September.

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Jamie Crawley

Jamie has been part of CoinDesk's news team since February 2021, focusing on breaking news, Bitcoin tech and protocols and crypto VC. He holds BTC, ETH and DOGE.

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