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Finance
Twitter
Musk Scraps $44B Deal to Buy Twitter, Prompting Board to Threaten Suit
The billionaire believes the number of false and spam accounts counted in the social media platform's monetizable daily active users is "wildly" above 5.%
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By Kevin Reynolds
Jul 8, 2022 at 10:37 p.m. UTC
Jul 8, 2022
TwitterMergersElon Musk
The WonderFi team, including a cardboard cutout of Kevin O'Leary, at the firm's recent uplisting to the Toronto Stock Exchange. (WonderFi)
Finance
Crypto exchange
WonderFi Closes Acquisition of Crypto Trading Platform Coinberry
The Canadian crypto firm says it's open to more deals for firms hit by the crypto winter.
The WonderFi team, including a cardboard cutout of Kevin O'Leary, at the firm's recent uplisting to the Toronto Stock Exchange. (WonderFi)
By Michael Bellusci
Jul 4, 2022 at 10:22 a.m. UTC
Jul 4, 2022
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Finance
Gaming
Gaming Firm Admix Reaches $300M Valuation Following Merger, Rebrand
Admix has teamed up with the metaverse's biggest building company, LandVault, to recruit major brands to the metaverse.
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By Elizabeth Napolitano
Jun 20, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 20, 2022
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Wall Street
Finance
Spacs
Crypto SPACs Brace for Cruel Summer With Lower Valuations, SEC Scrutiny
Deals may need to get repriced, an industry investment banker told CoinDesk.
Wall Street
By Michael Bellusci
Jun 4, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 4, 2022
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Finance
Bitcoin mining
Bear Market Could See Some Crypto Miners Turning to M&A for Survival
Companies that have already survived the previous down market and have enough capital and a sound business strategy will be able to survive this cycle.
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By Aoyon Ashraf
Jun 1, 2022 at 8:27 p.m. UTC
Jun 1, 2022
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The GBBC and GDF are to merge, creating a single association of nearly 500 institutional members. (Shutterstock)
Finance
Blockchain
Associations for Blockchain Technology, Digital Assets Adoption to Merge
The combined entity, to be named Global Blockchain Business Council, are merging to a 500-member institution, with teams across EMEA and APAC.
The GBBC and GDF are to merge, creating a single association of nearly 500 institutional members. (Shutterstock)
By Jamie Crawley
May 25, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
May 25, 2022
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Podcasts
Podcasts
Crypto News Roundup for April 20, 2022
With bitcoin trading steady as the real yield in the U.S. remains negative for Main Street and a look at how the Ethereum network’s merge to proof-of-stake won’t solve it’s sc...
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By Adam B. LevineAdrian Blust
Apr 20, 2022 at 6:16 p.m. UTC
Apr 20, 2022
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Rows dedicated to miners at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)
Finance
Marathon digital
Marathon’s Thiel Says Company Not for Sale, as M&A Chatter Picks Up Among Crypto Miners
CoinDesk spoke to the CEOs of Marathon Digital and Bitfarms at last week’s Bitcoin 2022 Conference.
Rows dedicated to miners at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)
By Aoyon Ashraf
Apr 11, 2022 at 9:04 p.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2022
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Gryphon Digital Mining and Sphere 3D are terminating their agreement for a reverse merger. (Getty Images)
Finance
Sphere 3d
Gryphon Digital Mining Ends Plans to Go Public Through Merger With Sphere 3D
The companies agreed to terminate their agreement, which was first announced in June.
Gryphon Digital Mining and Sphere 3D are terminating their agreement for a reverse merger. (Getty Images)
By James Rubin
Apr 5, 2022 at 12:39 a.m. UTC
Apr 5, 2022
Sphere 3DMergersMiningGryphon Digital
Pudgy Penguins are a collection of 8,888 NFTs with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain (OpenSea).
Markets
Nfts
Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection Looks to Next Chapter With $2.5M Sale
The collection of 8,888 digital penguins has been sold to LA-based entrepreneur Luca Netz in a 750 ETH deal.
Pudgy Penguins are a collection of 8,888 NFTs with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain (OpenSea).
By Tracy Wang
Apr 2, 2022 at 8:59 p.m. UTC
Apr 2, 2022
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