Huobi eyes takeover of South Korea exchange Bithumb
Bithumb shareholders are reportedly open to the idea, which would see Huobi carrying on the business of Bithumb in South Korea after the implementation of new digital currency laws in the country.
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Ebang eyes financial service pivot with New Zealand firm buy
Ebang has announced an interest in acquiring a New Zealand financial company and to set up a digital asset financial services company.
SBI snaps up Japan’s TaoTao exchange after Binance talks collapsed
In an announcement, TaoTao confirmed it has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the group’s SBI Liquidity Market.
Bayesian Group acquires Money Button to integrate into its fabriik platform
The Bayesian Group will likely integrate Money Button features into its fabriik smart contract and asset tokenization platform.
Streamanity poised to scale with RelayX acquisition
Streamanity made great strides as one of the earliest BSV-built platforms, but the team knew that the project would be in better hands.
nChain CEO: Experienced Bitcoin developers are in scarce supply globally
nChain’s CREA acquisition paves the way for the creation of one of the largest Bitcoin development teams in the world—with a headcount of over 120.
Binance acquires CoinMarketCap for $400M: report
One of the world’s least trusted digital asset exchanges looks set to purchase one of the world’ most utilized market monitoring tools.
Crypto exchange COSS acquired, but user accounts still locked
The Singapore-based exchange locked user accounts at the start of 2020, under the guise of updating systems.
Daiko Holdings acquires major stake in Bitgate crypto exchange
Daiko has acquired a controlling stake of 58.1% of the 100% stake in Bitgate, leaving the exchange’s operator, SNC, holding the remaining 41.9%.
OKCoin founder buys Hong Kong-listed public company
The founder of crypto exchange OKCoin, Star Xu, has acquired a controlling share in a Hong Kong-listed public company, leading to speculation the firm could be gearing up for a reverse IPO.
Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Go-Jek takes a stake in Coins.ph
The Indonesian ride-hailing giant announced that it is acquiring a “substantial” number of shares of the Philippine-based fintech company, Coins.ph.
Nasdaq makes $190M offer for Swedish crypto trading provider Cinnober
Nasdaq is set to acquire Sweden-based trading solutions provider Cinnober, in a deal that could see the stock exchange move into helping institutional investors gain access to new opportunities around cryptocurrency.