Galaxy Digital adquire GK8 de propriedade da rede Celsius
- A empresa de investimentos Galaxy Digital Holdings confirmou o acordo de aquisição com a GK8, uma plataforma institucional de autocustódia de ativos digitais.
- O GK8 foi adquirido pela Celsius em 2021 por incríveis $115 milhões, mas a Galaxy não revelou o valor envolvido.
- O acordo está pendente de aprovação regulatória e o CTO e o CEO permanecerão com a Galaxy, conforme comunicado à imprensa.
- Mike Novogratz’s firm will acquire GK8’s team of 40 members and an office in Tel Aviv, if the deal goes through.
A Galaxy Digital Holdings, uma empresa de investimentos, anunciou a aquisição da GK8, uma plataforma institucional de autocustódia de ativos digitais que anteriormente era uma subsidiária do banco de criptomoedas falido, Celsius Network. Isso marca um grande passo à frente para a problemática empresa de criptomoedas, pois está vendendo seus ativos para poder pagar seus credores com sucesso.
Curiosamente, também é crucial observar que o problemático credor de criptomoedas Celsius Network deve cerca de $4,7 bilhões to its users and CEO Alex Mashinsky has confirmed the debt in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing at the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Additionally, GK8 is one of the firms that is being currently sold to repay the amout that the lender owes.
O acordo está pendente de aprovação com as autoridades reguladoras de acordo com um blog publicar de GK8 e uma imprensa liberar from Galaxy. However, if the deal goes through, Galaxy will acquire GK8’s team of 40 members including cryptographers and blockchain engineers and an office in Tel Aviv, the largest economy per capita in the Middle East.
“Adding GK8 to our prime offering at this pivotal moment for our industry also highlights our continued willingness to take advantage of strategic opportunities to grow Galaxy in a sustainable manner,” said Mike Novogratz, the CEO of the investment firm.
O investidor bilionário que está otimista sobre Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s biggest crypto coin, stated that this acquisition deal is a “crucial cornerstone” in his firm’s effort to “create a truly full-service financial platform for digital assets, ensuring our clients will have the option to store their digital assets at or separate from Galaxy without compromising versatility and functionality.”
It is also important to note that the founders of GK8, CEO Lior Lamesh and CTO Shahar Shamai, will remain on Galaxy’s team because they will now be responsible for leading the investment firm’s new custodial technologies business.
O GK8 ganhou popularidade quando os desenvolvedores alegaram que a plataforma funcionaria sem estar conectada à Internet, o que reduz significativamente as chances de implementar um hack. A plataforma oferece custódia, staking, DeFi, suporte NFT, tokenização e negociação também.
While Celsius Network acquired GK8 for a whopping $115 million in 2021, it is unclear the amount spent by Novogratz’s firm on the purchase of the firm.
“With the backing of Galaxy, we aim to introduce new and exciting offerings to the industry that showcase a combination of Galaxy’s best-in-class services and GK8’s cryptography, security, and unparalleled R&D skills,” said CEO Lamesh.
The billionaire investor recently predicted that Bitcoin will hit $500,000 but “not in five years” and added that the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has found “his central banking superpowers” due to which BTC remains bearish.