BlockTower CEO Matt Goetz said the deal will help attract institutional investment – even in a bear market.
The deal allows users to trade security tokens and cryptocurrencies side by side on the exchange.
Purchasing a crypto company raises special issues around cybersecurity, data privacy and regulations, says one lawyer who knows.
Huobi Ventures will consolidate the firm's investment strategy.
Given the rise in prices, it won't be long before we see M&A transactions in crypto, says one lawyer. Here's how to think through the issues.
A deal between the asset manager and the crypto custodian is close to being finalized, sources tell CoinDesk.
Coinbase is for sure going to buy more companies. And with the success of its stock listing, other crypto companies are sure to follow and will also do what public companies do: buy things.
The average deal size went from $19.2 million in 2019 to $52.7 million in 2020, with a greater share of activity taking place in Europe and Asia.
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.
Asian exchanges account for more than 95% of the futures volume in crypto, according to a new report by Switzerland-based Blockchain Valley Ventures.
The value of crypto M&A deals last year dropped by a whopping 76 percent, according to a new report by PwC – down from $1.9 billion in 2018 to $451 million in 2019.
"Even though their money generation mechanism is not as strong as Binance, they do have the users," CEO CZ tells CoinDesk. "It's a very valuable platform."