Acquisitions

While the yuan weakens against the U.S. dollar, Coinbase makes an acquisition to grow its institutional trading infrastructure. It's another episode of CoinDesk's the Markets...

By Adam B. Levine John Biggs

May 27, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

May 27, 2020

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Finance

Coinbase

Coinbase Buys Tagomi as 'Foundation' of Institutional Trading Arm

Crypto exchange Coinbase is finally acquiring Tagomi, a prime brokerage platform specializing in digital asset trading for institutional clients.

By Ian Allison

May 27, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

May 27, 2020

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Finance

Venture capital

Crypto M&A and Fundraising Dropped Sharply in 2019: PwC Report

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.

By Nate DiCamillo

Apr 6, 2020 at 1:00 a.m. UTC

Apr 6, 2020

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DOUBLING DOWN: Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is pinning his hopes on a mass audience of individual investors. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Acquisitions

'They Have the Users': Binance CEO Explains Why He Bought CoinMarketCap

"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."

By William Foxley

Apr 2, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Apr 2, 2020

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Acquisitions

What All These VC Deals and Acquisitions Say About the State of the Crypto Markets

Three funding announcements and three M&A deals give us a window into understanding what investors in the crypto space are most interested in.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Feb 5, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC

Feb 5, 2020

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Joseph Lubin, ConsenSys founder, at CoinDesk's Consensus 2019

Finance

Acquisitions

ConsenSys Acquires US Broker-Dealer in Bid to Tokenize Trillion-Dollar 'Muni' Bond Market

ConsenSys aims to use its new acquisition to offer tokenized municipal bonds in a market ripe for disruption.

By Paddy Baker

Feb 5, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Feb 5, 2020

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Finance

Exchanges

Kraken Acquires One of Australia’s Longest-Running Crypto Exchanges

With its acquisition of Bit Trade, Kraken is making a major push into the Asia-Pacific region.

By Sebastian Sinclair

Jan 15, 2020 at 10:48 p.m. UTC

Jan 15, 2020

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Finance

Coinbase

Correction: Coinbase and Tagomi Deny Acquisition

A prior report that Tagomi had been acquired by Coinbase was incorrect, according to spokespeople at both companies.

By Ian Allison

Nov 29, 2019 at 1:32 p.m. UTC

Nov 29, 2019

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ErisX's CEO Thomas Chippas (left) and Steven Quirk, executive vice president of Education TD Ameritrade speak at CoinDesk's Consensus in May 2019

Finance

Acquisitions

What a Schwab-TD Ameritrade Merger Would Mean for Crypto

A takeover of TD Ameritrade by Charles Schwab would marry one of the few mainstream financial firms to embrace crypto with one whose stance is less clear.

By David Pan

Nov 22, 2019 at 11:40 a.m. UTC

Nov 22, 2019

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