According to Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett, investment bankers intend to fork out as much as $200 million for cryptocurrency news site Coindesk despite the fact that some buyers believe that the price tag is too high.
As reported by U.Today, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently expressed his interest in buying the media outlet in order to restore journalistic integrity while also innovating the industry with new technologies such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
After a series of calamitous events affecting its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG), crypto CoinDesk started considering a sale, according to various media reports.
Last week, CNBC reported that Coindesk had enlisted advisors from Lazard to explore a range of options that include a potential sale.
Alex DovbnyaLast year, the website was the first to shed light on the financial troubles that were brewing inside the FTX empire. Its reporting ultimately led to the bankruptcy of the world's second-largest cryptocurrency and fraud charges against disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Notably, the crypto crisis also affected DCG, the website's parent company. Crypto broker Genesis, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, recently filed for bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Foundry, DCG's mining unit, is also facing significant challenges.
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