Acquisitions


Finance

Crypto Tax Platform Blockpit Buys Rival Accointing From Glassnode

The "multi-million dollar" acquisition gives Austria-based Blockpit a footprint in the U.K.

Tax

Finance

Coinbase Has Recently Held Talks to Buy FTX Europe: Fortune

This is part of Coinbase’s desire to expand its derivatives business, according to the article, which added that acquisition talks never reached a “late stage.”

Europe (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash)

Finance

Securitize Agrees to Buy Crypto Wealth Manager Onramp to Expand RIA Services

The acquisition is expected to close in the coming days and terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize (Securitize)

Finance

Crypto Insurer Evertas Buys Bitcoin Mining Cover Specialist Bitsure

Evertas has snagged the authority to offer mining policy limits of up to $200 million per location.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Finance

BitGo Still Sees Consolidation in Crypto Custody After Spurning Prime Trust: CEO

CEO Mike Belshe said the firm has other acquisitions pending.

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Finance

Crypto Custody Firm BitGo Cancels Acquisition of Rival Prime Trust

Prime Trust has been losing clients and deposits to competitors for weeks amid mounting concerns over its business, a source at one former client told CoinDesk.

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Finance

Australian Data Center Startup Arkon Expands to U.S. With $26M in Fresh Funding

CEO Joshua Payne said he expects the acquisition of a data center in Hannibal, Ohio to be "the first of several" over the next year.

Bitcoin miners are attractive partners to build AI data centers: Bernstein. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bit2Me Raises $15M to Grow in Spain and Latin America

The investment round included Telefónica Ventures, the investment arm of Spain’s largest telecommunications company Telefónica.

Bit2Me CEO, Leif Ferreira. (Bit2Me)

Finance

BCB Group Abandons Sutor Bank Acquisition on Regulatory Delay

The payments processor also cited crypto market conditions as a reason for the exit.

Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Expect Ripple Deal to Set Off Crypto Custodian M&A, Says Advisory Firm

Ripple purchased custodian Metaco for $250 million, and regulatory and market conditions could lead to further deals, says Architect Partners.

Ethereum's Merge will slow demand for GPUs. (Bradley D. Saum/Shutterstock)