Acquisitions


Finance

Valuations and M&A Show Things Aren’t So Bad for Crypto

Two aspects of the crypto world, blockchain tech companies and exchanges and crypto miners, reveal that M&A activity is strong and that crypto-related companies have converged with the rest of tech, a sign that the digital-asset industry is maturing.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Mawson to Sell Texas Sites for $8.5M to Singapore Fund Manager

The funds will go toward reducing Mawson's debt and fueling growth.

Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

GMO Financial Holdings Buys 10% of Crypto Hedge Fund AWR Capital

AWR also hired Phillip Gillespie, former CEO of crypto market maker B2C2, as managing partner to lead its business development strategy.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Ziglu Courting Buyers After Robinhood Deal Collapses: Report

Ziglu is also looking to raise $2.5 million to enable it to continue operating until it finds a buyer.

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Finance

Coinbase Acquires One River Digital Asset Management

The crypto exchange is expanding its move beyond the core business of retail trading.

Bitcoin ETF net inflows approach $1B (Shutterstock)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Closes $44M Acquisition of Self-Custody Platform GK8

The self-custody platform was an asset of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius.

GK8 co-founders CTO Shahar Shamai (left) and CEO Lior Lamesh (Galaxy Digital)

Finance

ConsenSys Acquires Easy-to-Use Blockchain Notification Tool 'Hal' to Strengthen Web3 Development

The deal, financial terms of which were not made public, will bring 10 Hal employees to the developer.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Coinmetro Buys Social Fundraising Platform Ignium

With the acquisition, the Estonia-based crypto exchange intends to broaden its securities market offerings and develop tools for small businesses to raise funds directly from their communities using non-fungible tokens.

Tallinn, Estonia (Pawel Toczynski/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Digihost Completes Controversial Power Plant Acquisition, Doubling Energy Capacity

Environmental groups oppose the transaction on the grounds that it impedes New York's greenhouse gas emissions goals.

The Digihost power plant in North Tonawanda, New York. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Judge Allows Binance.US Bid to Buy Voyager Assets to Advance

The exchange agreed in December to purchase the company after Voyager's deal with Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX fizzled.

Voyager CEO Steve Ehrlich (CoinDesk)