Acquisitions

Exchanges

Coinsquare Acquires Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange StellarX

Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare has acquired decentralized exchange StellarX and will seek to license it in Bermuda.

Business  ·  15 February 2019
Acquisitions

Facebook Beefs Up Its Blockchain Efforts With Startup Hires

Facebook appears to be doubling down on its blockchain efforts with the hiring staffers from smart-contract startup Chainspace.

Markets  ·  4 February 2019
Exchanges

Kraken Acquires Futures Startup In Deal Worth At Least $100 Million

Kraken has inked a “nine-figure" deal that now makes it the only crypto exchange to offer regulated futures trading in Europe.

Markets  ·  4 February 2019
Exchanges

OKCoin Founder Buys Hong Kong-Listed Firm in $60 Million Deal

The founder of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has taken a step towards a reverse IPO with a $60 million acquisition in Hong Kong.

Business  ·  24 January 2019
Acquisitions

Coinbase Acquires Andreessen Horowitz–Backed Startup Blockspring

Blockspring, a startup that makes tools for collecting and managing data from APIs, has been acquired by Coinbase.

Markets  ·  17 January 2019
Exchanges

OKCoin Founder Star Xu Seeks to Acquire Public Firm for $60 Million

OKCoin founder Star Xu may be seeking a possible backdoor IPO by buying a majority stake in a Hong Kong-listed company.

Business  ·  17 January 2019
Acquisitions

Crypto Firms Merge to Build Software for Institutional Investors

In a bid to provide services for institutional investors, investor tools provider Picks & Shovels is merging with crypto accounting startup CoinVantage.

Business  ·  21 December 2018
Acquisitions

Ethereum Studio ConsenSys Just Bought an Asteroid Mining Company

ConsenSys has just acquired an asteroid mining startup called Planetary Resources.

Business  ·  1 November 2018
Acquisitions

Korea’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Sells Stake in $350 Million Deal

Bithumb, the largest crypto exchange in South Korea by trading volume, just confirmed it has sold over 38 percent of its shares for $350 million.

Markets  ·  12 October 2018
Acquisitions

Mining Giant Bitmain Acquires Bitcoin Cash Wallet Startup

Bitmain has acquired Telescope, an open-source, browser-based wallet for bitcoin cash.

Business  ·  2 October 2018
Exchanges

Huobi Eyes Japan Expansion With Acquisition of Licensed Crypto Exchange

Huobi Group is about to expand its trading services to Japan via a deal to purchase local cryptocurrency exchange BitTrade.

Markets  ·  12 September 2018
Acquisitions

Wyre Acquires Bitcoin Smart Contract Derivatives Platform Hedgy

E-payment startup Wyre has acquired bitcoin smart contract developer Hedgy to broaden the scope of its offerings.

Business  ·  7 September 2018
Exchanges

Rakuten Is About to Buy a Bitcoin Exchange for $2.4 Million

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is planning another step into the cryptocurrency industry with the acquisition of a local bitcoin exchange.

Business  ·  31 August 2018
Exchanges

Crypto Exchange Huobi Acquires Public Firm for $70 Million

Crypto exchange Huobi has become the largest shareholder of a public firm listed in Hong Kong, inching a step closer to a possible back-door listing.

Markets  ·  30 August 2018
Acquisitions

Tron Foundation Officially Completes Acquisition of BitTorrent

File sharing software provider BitTorrent announced Tuesday that its acquisition by the Tron Foundation is now officially complete.

Business  ·  25 July 2018