Acquisitions


Finance

Chainalysis Acquires Cybercrime Investigations Firm Excygent

The deal marks Chainalysis’ first acquisition and follows a $100 million funding round in June.

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Finance

Umbrella Network Acquires Digital Advertising Oracle Lucidity for ‘Tens of Millions’

Lucidity says its oracles resolve data discrepancies by targeting fraud and waste in advertising spending and by enabling a transparent supply chain evaluation.

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Finance

Games Maker Animoca Brands to Acquire Majority Stake in NFT Platform Bondly

The firm’s investment in Bondly will help drive mass NFT adoption across its portfolio companies operating in gaming, sports, entertainment and collectibles.

Yat Siu

Finance

A16z-Backed TrustToken Acquires EthWorks

Following the purchase, TrustToken plans to expand EthWorks’ open-source projects, including Waffle and useDApp.

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Finance

Mastercard to Acquire Crypto Tracing Firm CipherTrace

Details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

MasterCard

Markets

NFT Platform Hodl Buys Crypto-Commerce Firm CoinLinked

HODL Assets is moving forward in its efforts to secure funding to fuel expansion of its operations.

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Finance

Polygon Merges With Hermez Network in $250M Deal

This is the first complete merger of one blockchain network into another.

Hermez rollup is live on Ethereum's network (Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase Agrees to Buy Zabo, the 'Plaid of Crypto,' for Undisclosed Sum

The crypto account aggregator emphasized that this is a proper acquisition, not an acqui-hire.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (center)

Markets

Berlin-Based Staking Startup Certus One Acquired by Jump Trading

The Certus One team will merge with Jump Trading’s team of 900 employees made up of engineers, quants and traders.

Jump Trading has acquired Certus One for an undisclosed amount.

Markets

NCR to Buy LibertyX to Add Digital-Currency Software to Digital Wallet, Mobile Apps

The acquisition will make LibertyX capabilities available to banks, restaurants and retailers.

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