Galaxy Digital Back Pedal 以 1.2 亿美元收购 BitGo,BitGo 要求赔偿 100 亿美元

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Galaxy Digital Back Pedal 以 1.2 亿美元收购 BitGo,BitGo 要求赔偿 100 亿美元

Galaxy Digital 宣布退出以 1.2 亿美元收购加密货币托管商 BitGo 的提议。

Galaxy Digital 退出 BitGo 交易

数字资产投资公司 Galaxy Digital 以 1.2 亿美元收购位于加利福尼亚州帕洛阿尔托的 BitGo 已被取消,结束了加密货币历史上最大的收购之一。

In a press release, Galaxy Digital stated that it is ending the agreement because the cryptocurrency custody company was unable to deliver the audited financial statements that were due by the end of the previous month.

Galaxy Digital 首席执行官兼创始人 Mike Novogratz 表示:

“ Galaxy 仍然为成功做好准备,并利用战略机遇以可持续的方式发展。 我们致力于继续在美国上市,并为我们的客户提供一流的解决方案,真正让 Galaxy 成为机构的一站式商店。”

The M&A transaction would have been one of the biggest ever in the industry. The largest cryptocurrency transaction, according to Crunchbase data, involved the e-commerce startup Bolt purchasing the crypto and payment infrastructure business Wyre for $1.5 billion in April.

When the cryptocurrency industry was only getting started in May of last year, the proposed Digital Galaxy/BitGo agreement was disclosed. Digital assets, however, have had a very different year than last, with Bitcoin alone down about 65% from its November highs.

BTC/USD 交易价格为 24 美元。 资料来源:TradingView

该交易的目标是扩大 Galaxy 作为以加密货币为重点的金融服务平台的市场影响力。 Galaxy Digital 将从计划中的收购中受益匪浅,这将使该业务定位为具有出色托管服务和一流安全性的端到端管理平台。 除了为机构客户提供进一步的托管服务外,此次收购还将提供投资银行、税务和监管合规服务等。

Galaxy Digital 创始人兼首席执行官 Mike Novogratz 当时表示:“收购 BitGo 使 Galaxy Digital 成为机构的一站式商店,并显着加快了我们将数字资产生态系统和区块链技术制度化的使命。”

它披露将支付 265 亿美元现金进行收购,并为此发行 33.8 万股股票。 之后,BitGo 股东将拥有 10% 的业务。

By the end of March, Galaxy reported a delay in the acquisition while the two parties reworked the agreement to give BitGo owners a roughly 12% stake in the merged company.

The announcement comes in the wake of Galaxy’s second-quarter results, which showed a net comprehensive loss of $554.7 million due to reductions in the value of digital assets. Nevertheless, according to the earnings call, the company continued to have a strong $1.5 billion liquidity position as of June 30, 2022.

BitGo 反击,威胁诉讼

In response, BitGo has threatened to sue Galaxy Digital for $100 million in damages. In a statement shared with The Block, BitGo said:

“它打算对 Galaxy Digital 采取法律行动,因其不当决定终止与 BitGo 的合并协议,该协议最早将于 31 年 2022 月 100 日到期,并且不支付其承诺的 2022 亿美元反向违约金。早在 XNUMX 年 XNUMX 月,以促使 BitGo 延长合并协议。”

根据其新闻声明,BitGo 保留了律师事务所 Quinn Emanuel。 “Mike Novogratz 和 Galaxy Digital 将终止归咎于 BitGo 的企图是荒谬的,”合伙人 R. Brian Timmons 在一份声明中说。

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