M&A

Korea’s “Google” just bought the country’s “Coinbase” in a bold bid to build a super app spanning payments, stocks and crypto

The plan is to make GameShift the “consumer portal” that bridges non-crypto gamers into Web3

Corporate crypto ownership can “lift up” blockchain ecosystems to help spur institutional adoption, SharpLink Gaming co-CEO says

The all-stock deal adds over 10,900 Bitcoin to Strive’s treasury while shifting Semler’s diagnostics unit toward preventative care

The deal adds Luxembourg AIFM structure as Keyrock files MiCA application in Liechtenstein

The deal adds experienced fintech leadership as MoonPay builds a regulated network linking banks, cards, stablecoins and blockchains

Acquisition of Copium Capital’s strategies strengthens Barter’s offering, but raises questions about solver concentration

The marketplace announces curated digital art reserve with committee oversight and its first acquisition

The acquisition adds evaluation-based funding to Kraken Pro, giving traders access to capital on performance

The deal merges real-time pricing data with on-chain credit ratings, aiming to boost institutional adoption of decentralized finance

Offchain Labs’ Tandem will work exclusively with Succinct on a zkVM

Tech giant’s part in long-term HPC agreement gives it “more financial certainty” than other deals, consulting firm exec argues

DATs contributed to the increase in funding in July, which topped levels not seen since 2021

Offchain Labs’ acquisition of ZeroDev marks a shift toward full-stack developer tooling

The firm reportedly planned to raise up to $1.5 billion

Polymarket is set to re-enter the US market after buying derivatives exchange QCEX

Ondo Finance’s acquisition of blockchain development company Strangelove follows its buy of Oasis Pro

Coinbase’s newest acquisition includes the CEO and Head of Research from Opyn

Monad Foundation’s Keone Hon said the team’s been “thinking about how to grow the onchain economy for some time”

After its IPO, the cloud provider needed more scale before it could pursue “transformational M&A,” VanEck’s Matthew Sigel says

After rejecting a bid from the AI cloud-computing startup last year, Core Scientific agreed to be acquired in a deal expected to close by Q4 2025

Acquisitions could help the memecoin platform own more of the trading stack

Privy said it would still operate as an “independent product” despite the acquisition

Jay Woods, Chief Global Strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, said it would be “very rare” for an acquisition to happen since the IPO may occur as soon as next week