If venture investments and acquisitions provide a window into the sentiment in markets, boy did we get a big dose of information today.
Today we look at investments in the world’s best known developer) of the Lightning Network; a new prominent corporate investor) for a tokenized securities platform; and Square’s investment) in a real-time payments company.
We also look at a set of acquisitions, including a ConsenSys acquisition) poised to get them in the $3.8T municipal bond space; a Bakkt acquisition) poised to get them ready for a consumer app that includes more than just cryptocurrencies; and an attempt) by Bakkt-parent ICE to buy eBay for north of $30b.
