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Wednesday Dec 3 2025 21:40
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The year 2025 witnessed a remarkable surge in crypto merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, with deals reaching $8.6 billion as of November. A record-breaking 133 deals were closed, marking an all-time high in both deal count and total value.
According to Bloomberg, citing Pitchbook data, the total dollar amount of business deals exceeded the combined total of the previous four years. This signals significant growth and consolidation within the industry.
Coinbase led the M&A charge, completing six acquisition deals in 2025. This included the $2.9 billion purchase of Deribit, one of the largest crypto derivatives marketplaces. Other notable Coinbase deals included the purchase of blockchain-based advertising platform Spindl, the acquisition of the Roam web browser team, the onchain capital raising platform Echo, as well as the purchase of Vector.Fun, a memecoin exchange platform, and token management company Liquifi.
The record M&A activity indicates that the crypto industry is expanding due to several favorable tailwinds, despite recent market volatility. These include a regulatory sea change in the US and the Federal Reserve's easing of interest rates. This environment encourages companies to invest and consolidate their positions in the crypto space.
Ripple acquired four companies in 2025 as part of its strategy to expand through strategic acquisitions and business partnerships. Ripple's deals over the year included the $1.25 billion purchase of prime brokerage Hidden Road, the $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury, a corporate treasury management company, the $200 million buyout of stablecoin platform Rail, and the purchase of wallet company Palisade.
Crypto exchange Kraken reported five acquisitions in 2025, including the purchase of futures trading platform NinjaTrader in May, followed by the purchase of Breakout, a proprietary trading platform, in September. The company also expanded its derivatives trading footprint in October by acquiring Small Exchange for $100 million, allowing Kraken to build crypto derivatives markets for US clients. Kraken closed its most recent acquisition deal in November by acquiring Backed Finance AG, the company behind the tokenized stock platform xStocks.
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