Kraken is thrilled to announce our deliberate acquisition of Coin Meester B.V. (BCM) within the Netherlands. The deal highlights our dedication to rising our enterprise in Europe by leveraging our sturdy monetary place and extremely aggressive product providing.
Based in 2017, BCM is among the Netherlands oldest and most revered registered crypto brokers. The corporate gives providers to purchase, promote and stake crypto, together with entry to over 170 cryptocurrencies and robust native funding rails.
The proposed acquisition will allow us to strengthen our presence within the Netherlands and permit BCM’s shoppers to profit from our in depth product providing, market-leading liquidity, superior safety requirements and 24/7/365 stay consumer assist.
“The Netherlands has one of many world’s most superior economies, with a nicely established tradition of innovation and a excessive degree of crypto adoption. This makes it a key marketplace for us in our European growth plans,” stated Kraken CEO David Ripley. “The acquisition of BCM will give Kraken a large place within the Dutch market and can permit BCM’s shoppers to profit from an much more sturdy product providing.”
BCM Co-founder and CEO Mitchell Zandwijken stated, “We based BCM as a result of we wished to make crypto accessible to everybody. Kraken is the pioneer on this discipline with a observe file spanning nicely over a decade, making it the proper steward of our enterprise going ahead. Our shoppers will profit from all that crypto has to supply via Kraken’s steady funding and innovation.”
Our choice to speed up European development plans follows the European Fee’s institution of Markets in Crypto-Belongings (MiCA) regulatory framework, which permits trade gamers to confidently spend money on the area and supply shoppers entry to extra aggressive services.
We’re dedicated to rising our enterprise in compliance with European rules; along with our VASP licenses in Eire, Italy and Spain, we’re actively pursuing registrations in different European markets.
Completion of the proposed acquisition is topic to customary closing circumstances, together with acquiring the required regulatory approvals. Monetary particulars of the transaction weren’t disclosed.