Acquisitions


Finance

FTX Unit Buys Stock-Clearing Platform Embed to Expand Equity Trading Infrastructure

The acquisition is intended to aid FTX.US' equity trading ambitions.

FTX US President Brett Harrison (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX Agrees to Acquire Canadian Trading Platform Bitvo as It Eyes Regional Expansion

FTX's decision to acquire Bitvo comes after rival exchange Binance pulled out of Ontario amid regulatory pressure last year.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Crypto Bahamas 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Animoca Brands Acquires Most of Educational Tech Company TinyTap for $38.9M

Hong Kong-based gaming investment firm Animoca made the acquisition one week after it revealed a $1.5 billion portfolio.

Yat Siu

Finance

Nexo Proposes Celsius Buyout as Rival Lending Platform Halts Withdrawals

Celsius said it also paused its swap and transfer products and did not provide a timeline for resuming withdrawals.

(Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto SPACs Brace for Cruel Summer With Lower Valuations, SEC Scrutiny

Deals may need to get repriced, an industry investment banker told CoinDesk.

Wall Street

Finance

Bear Market Could See Some Crypto Miners Turning to M&A for Survival

Companies that have already survived the previous down market and have enough capital and a sound business strategy will be able to survive this cycle.

(Greg Pease/Stone/Getty Images)

Finance

Binance-Supported Deal for Forbes to Go Public Via SPAC Is Called Off

Binance had invested $200 million in Forbes earlier this year as part of the plan.

Changpeng Zhao, founder and chief executive officer of Binance (Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Finance

Huobi Global Acquires Latin American Crypto Exchange Bitex

The crypto exchange is seeking to expand in Latin America, but Bitex will continue to operate under the same name and with its current management team.

Huobi is expanding in Latin America with its acquisition of Bitex. (CoinDesk archive)

Finance

Nansen Acquires DeFi Portfolio Tracker Ape Board for More Than $10M

Nansen plans to combine its analytics with Ape Board's portfolio tracking to make the "definitive information super app of Web 3."

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Finance

QuickNode Acquires NFT Analytics Platform Icy Tools

Financial details for the blockchain development platform’s first acquisition were not disclosed.

Ice cubes (Shutterstock)