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WonderFi、承認待ちで予想30.6百万ドルのCoinberry買収へ
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For multiple years now, we have seen Kevin O’Leary – 『ドラゴンズデン』や『シャークタンク』での出演で知られる人気投資家 – dive deeper into next-gen forms of finance, beginning with his strategic investment in equity crowdfunding platform, StartEngine. Fast forward to the present, and another of his strategic investments, WonderFi, has just 発表しました its second major acquisition over the past few weeks. Coming in to the tune of $30.6M, WonderFi is set to acquire popular Canadian exchange, Coinberry.
取引の詳細
While recent acquisitions made by WonderFi have involved a mix of cash and shares, its deal involving Coinberry is believed to be purely the latter. The deal, which is expected to be finalized sometime in Q2 of this year, is valued at $30.6M (38.3M CAD), and will see the issuance of a fresh 29.1M common shares.
Before this acquisition can be finalized, approval needs to be granted by both existing shareholders, and Canadian regulators.
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WonderFi CEO, Ben Samaroo, states, ‘この買収により、WonderFiはカナダの暗号企業のリーダーとしてさらに確立され、Bitbuyの買収と合わせて2022年のグローバル市場への拡大に向けた優れた枠組みが構築されます。主要なライセンス暗号プラットフォームの統合を継続するにつれ、ユーザー数、収益、そして人材プールは拡大し続けています。’
WonderFi Investor/Advisor/Ambassador, Kevin O’Leary, states, ‘WonderFiの経営陣は付加価値のある買収を継続的に実行しており、これは非常に重要です。なぜなら、WonderFiの計画のスピードとビジョンを示しているからです。暗号へのコンプライアンス対応アクセスが重要であり、WonderFiはカナダで迅速にリーダーとしての地位を確立しました。次のステップは、グローバルです。’
反響はあるか？
As previously indicated, this deal involving Coinberry is not the first of its kind involving WonderFi in recent weeks. Less than a month ago, Coinberrys Canadian rival, BitBuy, was 買収されました for a staggering $162M. Between these two acquisitions, WonderFi will see its extended client-base grow by over 600,000 in Canada alone.
As is the case with its newly announced acquisition of Coinberry, this past move was taken with the, ‘…DeFiと暗号への簡単かつ安全なアクセスを通じて金融を民主化する使命…’.
Aside from each’s notable presence within Canadian DeFi and crypto, BitBuy and Coinberry remain in a very select group of registered platforms within the nation. The following counterparts join them,
- CoinSmart
- Fidelity
- Netcoins
- WealthSimple
今後の展望
So what do these two major acquisitions mean looking forward? O’leary has indicated that in time, there will be some level of integration between BitBuy and Coinberry, with each platforms unique features on offer to clients of the other. No timetable however has been given for this, as full attention is doubt being placed on closing the deal first.
