Acquisitions


Finanzas

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

Finanzas

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

Finanzas

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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Finanzas

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)

Finanzas

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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Finanzas

CB Insights Buys Blockdata to Build Out Blockchain Data Offering

New York City’s CB Insights is getting into the blockchain data game with the acquisition of Netherlands-based Blockdata.

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Finanzas

DCG Enters Retail Crypto Market With Acquisition of Luno Wallet

Blockchain-focused investment firm Digital Currency Group has acquired Luno, a retail-focused cryptocurrency exchange with over five million customers.

DCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)

Mercados

FTX Exchange's $150M Deal for Mobile-First Blockfolio Is a Retail Trading Play

The deal is a strategic play for FTX, whose clientele consists largely of quants and professional traders, to attract more retail customers.

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Finanzas

ConsenSys Acquires JPMorgan's Quorum Blockchain

Quorum, the enterprise blockchain platform developed by mega-bank JPMorgan Chase, is to be acquired by ConsenSys, the Brooklyn-based Ethereum venture studio.

Inside ConsenSys in 2016 (CoinDesk archives)

Finanzas

CLabs Acquires Summa to Boost Crypto Interoperability on Celo

The token startup just acquired decentralized finance (DeFi) startup Summa, best known for its interoperability work with Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Celo community gathering in California (cLabs)