Arcane Crypto Lists on Nasdaq First North After Reverse Takeover

The Norway-based investment company is now known as Arcane Crypto AB and trades as "ARCANE."

Nasdaq Swedish Stock Exchange in Stockholm, Sweden.

Cryptocurrency investment firm Arcane Crypto is now listed on Sweden’s Nasdaq First North following a reverse takeover of Vertical Ventures AB.

  • The Oslo, Norway-based company is now known as Arcane Crypto AB and has started trading under the new ticker symbol “ARCANE,” it announced Friday.
  • The firm's CIO, Eric Wall, tweeted that Arcane listed with a $200 million valuation.
  • Arcane said, with the cryptocurrency market growing, the firm has set its sights on becoming a "full-service" digital asset platform in Europe, "bridging the gap between the new digital economy and traditional markets."
  • “This listing marks a new chapter for Arcane Crypto on our journey towards a future where traditional and digital finance have merged into one,” said Torbjørn Bull Jenssen, CEO of Arcane Crypto.

Read more: Investment Firm Arcane Crypto Plans Nasdaq Nordic Listing Through $32M Reverse Takeover

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Digital assets posted a third consecutive quarter of losses in Q2 2026, the longest losing streak since the 2022 bear market, as institutional capital rotated into AI equities and Bitcoin ETFs recorded their largest quarterly outflow since launch. Our report examines what drove the divergence, where structural adoption continued regardless, and what Q3 signals to watch.