Coinbase ville köpa FTX Europe Post Bankruptcy: Rapport

• Coinbase sought to purchase FTX Europe after the firm’s bankruptcy in November 2022.
• The exchange attempted twice to purchase FTX Europe’s derivatives business.
• Företaget är inte längre intresserad av att köpa FTX Europe, och auktionen har förlängts till den 24 september.
• Andra företag, som Crypto.com och Trek Labs, har uttryckt intresse för att köpa FTX Europe.

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Enligt en rapport hade Coinbase, den största kryptobörsen i USA, ögon på den europeiska armen av den konkursiserade kryptohandelsplattformen FTX, FTX Europe. Den amerikanska börsen försökte köpa den europeiska divisionen efter konkurs i hela imperiet skapat av Sam Bankman-Fried, även känd som SBF i kryptorymden, i november förra året. 

Enligt en rapport från Förmögenhet published on September 22, Coinbase attempted twice to acquire FTX Europe after the firm’s initial bankruptcy filing on November 22. The Nasdaq-listed company wanted to expand its derivatives business overseas, but it seems that now the firm does not want to go forward with the deal. 

“We’re always evaluating opportunities to strategically expand our business and meet with many teams around the world,” a spokesperson from Coinbase confirmed in the report.

Fortune also reported that, along with Coinbase, digital asset trading platform Crypto.com and crypto firm Trek Labs are also interested in purchasing FTX Europe’s entire business, and as per the report, the deadline for the same has been extended to September 24. It is noteworthy that FTX spent close to $400 million to open its European business. 

More importantly, FTX operated its European derivatives business under a Cyprus regulatory license and was the only firm to offer some popular derivatives products, such as perpetual futures, in the region. If Coinbase had acquired FTX Europe’s derivative business, the exchange’s fee revenue would rise since crypto derivatives trading is on the rise, despite the bear market. 

Intressant nog meddelade Coinbase nyligen att det hade utökade sina tjänster till Kanada, ge medborgarna en gratis 30-dagars provperiod på sin nyligen etablerade prenumerationstjänst, Coinbase One, i ett försök att locka nya konsumenter.

Å andra sidan, som tidigare rapporterats av Bitnation, har FTX-borgenärer börjat återhämta sig pengar som skickades till toppkändisar like Shaquille O’Neal, Naomi Osaka, and Kevin O’Leary. A list confirms that FTX transferred close to $750,000 to O’Neal, $300,000 to Osaka, along with $270,000 to former baseball star David Ortiz and over $200,000 to American football quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

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