Acquisitions


Markets

Helium Developer Nova Labs Buys FreedomFi to Accelerate Push Into Mobile Service

As part of the acquisition, FreedomFi team members will join Nova Labs to lead the network's expansion.

Helium's parent company is pushing into mobile service. (Unsplash/Al Soot)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner PrimeBlock Cancels Listing Plans, Terminates $1.25B Merger With 10X Capital

The two firms terminated their agreement, which would have allowed Prime Blockchain to go public, by mutual consent on Aug. 12

Bitcoin mining rigs (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Venture Capital Firm Dragonfly Buys Hedge Fund MetaStable Capital

The fund has over $400 million in assets under management, according to Bloomberg.

Dragonfly has acquired MetaStable Capital. (Getty Images)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Abandons $1.2B Plan to Acquire Crypto Custody Firm BitGo

The $1.2 billion deal was announced May 2021 and was expected to close by the end of that year.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ripple Labs Weighs Buying Crypto Lender Celsius’ Assets: Report

The blockchain payment company is the latest to consider purchasing the assets of the bankrupt lender.

Ripple Labs maintains XRP. (Ripple Labs)

Finance

Robinhood CEO Shuts Down FTX M&A Chatter, Says He Has Money to Do His Own Deals

Robinhood has $6 billion in cash should the brokerage want to explore potential acquisitions, CEO Vlad Tenev said Wednesday.

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. (Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Intelligence Firm Messari Acquires Web3’s Version of Crunchbase

Dove Metrics, a provider of crypto-fundraising data, was purchased for undisclosed financial terms.

Messari CEO Ryan Selkis during a CDTV interview in October (CoinDesk)