mergers and acquisitions

mergers and acquisitions

Finance

MoonPay expands into tokenized assets and DeFi markets with new platform for banks

With MoonPay Trade, the crypto payments firm is building infrastructure for banks, fintechs to access stablecoins, tokenized funds and yield in a one-stop shop.

Caroline D. Pham, Head of MoonPay Institutional, speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto custody firm Copper is looking to sell the company for $500 million

Cantor Fitzgerald has been appointed to help with the sale, according to sources.

Amar Kuchinad, Copper's global CEO (Copper)

Finance

Zerohash pursues new funding at more than $1.5 billion valuation after Mastercard drops investment plans

Crypto infrastructure providers are drawing renewed investor interest as Wall Street deepens its push into digital assets.

Mastercard (CoinDesk)

Finance

Standard Chartered to acquire remainder of subsidiary Zodia Custody

The bank's offer to acquire the slice of Zodia Custody it doesn't already own has been accepted by the firm's other shareholders and noteholders.

The Standard Chartered logo on the outside of an office building (Corporate Locations/Unsplash)

Finance

OKX, Korea Investment and Securities said to be in talks for 40% of Coinone

OKX's planned move into the South Korean market would echo that of Binance, which completed its acquisition of Seoul-based Gopax last year.

Bright lights, people throng in Seoul shopping street

Finance

Hana Bank to acquire $670 million stake in Upbit operator Dunamu

The South Korean bank announced plans for a won-pegged stablecoin, blockchain remittances and tokenized securities.

Seoul (Yeojin Yun/Unsplash)

Finance

Kraken parent Payward seeks fresh funding at $20 billion valuation ahead of planned IPO

The crypto exchange operator is pursuing a new fundraising round as it ramps up acquisitions across derivatives and stablecoins while laying the groundwork for a future public listing.

Miami Consensus 2026

Finance

Crypto platform Bullish to buy Equiniti for $4.2 billion, building tokenized securities infrastructure

The deal brings a regulated transfer agent into the Bullish stack, expanding the firm's end-to-end tokenization capabilities.

Crypto platform Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (CoinDesk/Nik De)

Finance

Kraken's parent company Payward to acquire derivatives exchange Bitnomial for $550 million in cash and stock

The deal gives Payward control of a fully licensed U.S. crypto derivatives stack, accelerating its expansion in regulated markets.

Kraken Co-CEO Arjun Sethi at the Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

EToro to acquire crypto wallet Zengo in $70 million deal

The acquisition ties in the retail trading platform with advanced wallet technology meant to help protect users' assets.

EToro (CoinDesk Archives)