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Private Equity Firm Bridgepoint to Buy Majority of Crypto Audit Specialist ht.digital

Bridgepoint did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Sky News cited a figure of 200 million pounds ($262 million).

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Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom Seeks $250M Private Equity Fund to Acquire Crypto Firms: Bloomberg

Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom family office is launching a private equity fund targeting infrastructure and analytics firms in crypto, aiming for $250 million in capital.

Arthur Hayes, former CEO of BitMEX (CoinDesk)

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Citi, Switzerland’s SDX Join Forces to Tokenize $75B Pre-IPO Shares Market

Citi will act as a custodian and issuer agent for tokenized assets on SDX’s digital Central Securities Depository (CSD) platform.

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Zenrock Aims to Calm Users' DeFi Wobbles With Decentralized Custody Offering

Crypto custody upstart Qredo has got a new lease of life after being bought out of administration by Dan Tapiero’s 10T Holdings and 1RoundTable Partners. The company is soon to relaunch as Zenrock.

Zenrock Chairman Dan Tapiero (second from right). (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Private Equity Giants Are Circling Bitcoin Miners on AI Allure

Private equity firms are seeing value in partnering with bitcoin miners to help with AI computing after Core Scientific signed a 200MW deal with CoreWeave in June, the company’s CEO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

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Crypto Investment Firm Deus X Capital Launches With $1B in Assets

The family office backed investment and operating company begins with an initial $1 billion of assets.

Deus X CEO Tim Grant (Deus X)

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StepStone VC Raises $97M for Two Blockchain Funds

SEC filings show pooled investment figures for the two private equity funds.

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SEC Proposal Could Make It Harder for Hedge Funds to Work With Crypto Firms: Report

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to propose rule changes that would make it harder for hedge funds, private equity firms and pension funds to work with crypto firms, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the world of crypto regulation.

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SEC to Make It Harder for Hedge Funds to Work With Crypto Firms: Bloomberg

The rule change would make it harder for crypto firms to become "qualified custodians," according to the report.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Crypto Miner Pow.re Raises $9.2M Series A at $150M Valuation

Montreal-headquartered mining firm specializes in operating from locations with stranded power.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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