M&A

There was record crypto M&A activity in Q1, with more consolidation predicted

The company has now acquired three Solana validator operators since its September pivot into Solana

Apollo’s Christine Moy said that there’s been “market demand” and “strong interest” in tokenizing private credit

Circle acquired the company responsible for creating the largest tokenized money market fund

The deal is one of the crypto sector’s recent, notable acquisitions involving crypto payments

We’re talking about FTX here, so we could have anticipated that things wouldn’t go as smoothly as planned

The exchange also inherits FTX EU’s European regulatory license that will let users trade perpetual futures

Digital asset prime broker FalconX bought trading firm Arbelos Markets

Also, Hyperbolic’s total funding raised comes out to $20 million after $12 million Series A

The acquisition of Skip and the creation of Interchain Inc. signals a refocusing on centralized leadership and a unified vision

Two stablecoin firms made announcements this week, with one raising an undisclosed amount and Paxos expanding into the EU through an acquisition

The market is, presumably, confused about what a Trump win means for the social media company

Arca CEO Rayne Steinberg talked to Blockworks about how the two made the decision to merge and their plans moving forward

Crypto M&A developments could accelerate in Q4 and 2025, perhaps serving as a barometer for the sector’s trajectory

As part of SIP-411, KWENTA tokens will be redeemable for SNX and subsequently deprecated

As part of the deal, Arcium will take over Inpher’s core team and technology: Lightspeed exclusive

Plus, MoonWalk Fitness announced a $3.4 million seed round

Stablecoins might be the killer non-bitcoin use case for crypto

Plus, two M&A deals could breathe some life into the space

Architect Partners’ Eric Risley tells Blockworks this deal is “the most important M&A transaction to date for our industry”

Months after Riot’s so-called hostile takeover bid of Bitfarms, the two bitcoin miners forge an agreement

Riot Platforms is attempting to acquire Bitfarms at a discounted price, the company alleged in a Wednesday statement

Bitfarms should not enter into any transaction before its October shareholder meeting, Riot says in an open letter

Asset manager Bitwise has been active this month, revealing deals to acquire ETP issuer ETC Group and the assets within the Osprey Bitcoin Trust