- Coinbase, Ripple and Circle are said to be stepping up their efforts to buy stablecoin-issuer Circle in their plans to merge and acquire.
- Circle will also be a private equity and banking firm, according to four unidentified executives. “sell in a heartbeat if Coinbase decides to buy.”
The aforementioned is a recent updateCNF covered Ripple Labs’ decision to buy stablecoin-issuer Circle. A bid worth $4-5 billion, according to the report was deemed too low. Fortune, despite the early talks has not been able to reach a deal. disclosed Circle’s recent comment shows that it does not feel compelled to sell.
Circle isn’t for sale. The long-term objectives remain unchanged.
In this context, the stablecoin issuing company has submitted the required paperwork in order to launch its eagerly anticipated Initial Public Offering. Experts say that the chances of the approval are very slim, as Ripple and Coinbase Global have already been in contact with the stablecoin issuer. Fortune reported that four anonymous banking and private equity executives leaked this information.
They believe the company will sell for $5 billion despite not being listed.
The source reported that one person said “If Coinbase wanted to buy them, Circle would sell in a heartbeat.” A second executive, allegedly, was added. “Things change week by week.”
A page called X explains why Ripple made its decision. “All Things XRP” Recently, it was revealed that the blockchain firm is working to control payment, create stablecoin rails and use XRP as a bridge. As indicated The Circle acquisition, which we discussed in our last news bulletin, falls under step two of the plan.
Fortune, on the other hand, believes that Ripple will likely offer XRP in addition to cash. The company’s first-quarter report (Q1 2020) shows that it has 11.77 billion dollars in cash and 4.56 billion dollars ($11.77) of XRP on its balance. It also reports 37.13 billion dollars ($95.7 billion) XRP held in escrow.
Coinbase on the other had could bid both in stock and cash. The report states that as of March 31, the balance sheet had $8 billion. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said in an interview recently that Circle’s decision to go public is not a big deal.
It doesn’t affect our business relationship. But, we’ll have to decide what other deals to pursue in the future.
Armstrong revealed Coinbase’s constant search for new merger and acquisition opportunities. Recent deals include a $2.9 billion agreement with Deribit. As mentioned In our previous post, we mentioned that this deal consisted of $700,000,000 in cash with the remainder in Coinbase Shares.
Ripple has acquired Prime brokerage Hidden Road, which also had similar plans, for $1.25 Billion. noted As well as our last blog. In our previous blog post. explored Earlier, XRP Ledger was used to power Hidden Road infrastructure.
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