Animoca Pauses Currenc Merger as Listing Route Stalls
The pause removes Animoca’s direct Nasdaq route, while Currenc regains freedom to raise capital and both sides retain an option to restart talks.
Strategic partnerships, integrations, and M&A — exchange and protocol deals, and enterprise blockchain agreements.
The pause removes Animoca’s direct Nasdaq route, while Currenc regains freedom to raise capital and both sides retain an option to restart talks.
The integration turns every ticker in the timeline into a one-tap trading rail, putting Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini, Moomoo and IBKR directly into the scroll for hundreds of millions of users.
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The equity purchase closed alongside a new five-year agreement under which Circle pays Binance monthly incentive fees on USDC balances, making the exchange a direct beneficiary of stablecoin growth.
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The failed timeline leaves Animoca pursuing another route to public markets, while Currenc shares gave back some gains in after-hours trading.
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The pause leaves Animoca's public-market ambitions intact but removes a planned route, while its audit backlog remains central to any relisting effort.
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