Acquisitions

Acquisitions
Coinbase to Buy Crypto Security Tech Firm Unbound Security
December 01, 2021

Coinbase has acquired Israeli-based Unbound Security, which will add more options for crypto-security applications, per a company announcement Tuesday (Nov. 30). The release says Unbound is supporting Coinbase in the new field of secure multi-party computation. This acquisition will afford Coinbase a new way into...

Acquisitions
Blockchain.com Balloons With SeSocio Acquisition
November 30, 2021

Blockchain.com says it has become the largest cryptocurrency platform in Latin America following its acquisition of the Argentinian company SeSocio. “With its largest acquisition to date, Blockchain.com accelerates its rapidly growing footprint across Latin America, armed with a team committed to crypto adoption across the...

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Bolt Acquires Tipser to Drive Rollout of Remote Checkout
November 29, 2021

Shopper network startup Bolt closed a deal to acquire embedded commerce platform Tipser for undisclosed terms. The acquisition, Bolt’s first, will drive both firms’ shared goal of facilitating immediate checkout at the point of discovery. “Tipser and Bolt share the same goal of enabling checkout...

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Coinbase Buys BRD Crypto Wallet Firm to Accelerate Web3 Adoption
November 24, 2021

Crypto wallet startup BRD has been bought by Coinbase, according to a BRD blog post Wednesday (Nov. 24), which co-founders Adam Traidman and Aaron Voisine say will accelerate the company’s decentralization goals. The post notes that “at this time, nothing will change in the BRD...

Acquisitions
Mastercard Acquires LATAM Real-Time Payments Platform
November 24, 2021

Mastercard Inc. on Wednesday (Nov. 24) announced its acquisition of Start Path program alum Arcus FI to assist with bill pay solution delivery and other real-time payment applications across Latin America. Arcus provides bill pay and cash-in, cash-out services for billers, retailers, FinTechs and financial...