Acquisitions


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Coinbase Acquires Routefire to Beef Up Institutional Bitcoin Offering

Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has acquired trade execution startup Routefire. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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CoinDesk Acquires TradeBlock, Adding Indexes and Pricing to News, Events Offerings

With the acquisition CoinDesk said it’s positioned to be the leading source of crypto news, information and data for the rapidly growing sector.

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Argentina's Ripio Acquires Second-Largest Crypto Exchange in Brazil

Ripio has acquired BitcoinTrade in a bid to increase its footprint across the frothy Latin American crypto market.

Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano (Ripio)

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PayPal Talks to Buy Crypto Firm BitGo Have Ended, Other Targets Eyed: Report

The CEO would not confirm whether his company was ever in talks with PayPal, saying BitGo is "in talks with everyone."

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PayPal-Backed Identity Platform Acquired by Nevada’s Blockchains LLC

An identity management provider backed by PayPal, Foxconn and others has been acquired by Nevada-based holding company Blockchains LLC.

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ConsenSys Acquires Blockchain Developer Toolmaker Truffle Suite

ConsenSys is adding dapp development platform Truffle Suite back to its lineup of wholly owned Ethereum tools.

Truffle's Wes McVay (left) and Tim Coulter (right) speak at TruffleCon 2018

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Galaxy Digital Makes Twin Acquisitions in Bid to Strengthen Institutional Appeal

The cryptocurrency merchant bank has acquired a lending firm and a trading company as it seeks to become the "go to" platform for institutional access to digital assets, the firm said Friday.

Michael Novogratz of Galaxy Digital

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Publicly Traded INX Crypto Exchange to Acquire Broker-Dealer Openfinance

INX Limited, a cryptocurrency exchange that went public on Ethereum last month, agreed to purchase U.S. broker-dealer Openfinance Securities.

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Securitize Goes License Shopping With Acquisition of SEC-Registered Broker-Dealer

Security token firm Securitize announced Thursday its planned acquisition of Distributed Technology Markets (DTM).

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

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PwC Report Points to Banner Year for Crypto M&A and Fundraising Deals

The value of acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full-year 2019, according to a new report by PwC.

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