唐纳德·特朗普的媒体集团有意收购加密货币交易所 Bakkt

tokeninsight_newsОпубліковано о 2024-11-19Востаннє оновлено о 2024-11-19

据 Coindesk 报道:特朗普媒体与科技集团(Trump Media and Technology Group,TMTG)正在与国际交易所(Intercontinental Exchange)旗下的加密交易平台 Bakkt 进行接近全股票交易的收购谈判,后者目前正面临困境。

特朗普的媒体公司正在扩大其在加密货币市场的布局。这笔交易将使 TMTG 吸收 Bakkt,后者周一市值刚刚超过 1.5 亿美元。尽管 TMTG 的收入微薄,但由于零售投资者对特朗普再选的兴趣,其股权估值达到了 60 亿美元。

Bakkt 由国际交易所设立,最初旨在帮助 Starbucks 客户使用比特币(BTC)购买咖啡。未来的美国参议员凯利·洛夫勒(Kelly Loeffler)曾担任首任首席执行官。Bakkt 于 2021 年推出了一款数字钱包,但去年已停止运营。现在,Bakkt 专注于加密资产的保管和交易服务。2 月份,Bakkt 表示没有现金来支持未来 12 个月的运营。

根据报道,Bakkt Holdings Inc(BKKT)的股票在周一上涨了 160%。

此次收购谈判与特朗普最近对 World Liberty Financial(与特朗普家族相关的去中心化金融平台)的推广相继而来。该交易可能会影响 Bakkt 的未来方向以及在特朗普扩展的媒体帝国中的潜在角色,包括其对比特币的关注。

需要注意的是,Bakkt 的加密资产保管业务(持有比特币和以太坊等数字资产)表现不佳,将被排除在收购之外。此举恰逢特朗普胜选后,加密市场出现激增,比特币在过去 30 天上涨超过 30%。

此外,《华尔街日报》报道,特朗普当选总统后计划与 Coinbase 首席执行官布赖恩·阿姆斯特朗(Brian Armstrong)会面。

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