Deribit CEO: Received Strategic Investment Offers from Multiple Parties, Not Planning to Sell via Public Listing

BlockBeats News, January 15th, Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers stated that the options platform had appointed FT Partners as a general advisory and potential secondary market transaction advisor as early as 2023.

「Part of the interest in Deribit is because we continue to be the absolute market-leading trading platform in the digital asset options trading space,」 Strijers said.

「In short, Deribit is not up for sale. Over time, we have received strategic investment interest from multiple parties, but we will not disclose this information,」 Strijers added.

Reportedly, the company's potential valuation is in the range of $40 billion to $50 billion or higher. The report also mentioned that Kraken had considered acquiring Deribit but did not submit a bid.

Kraken did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (CoinDesk)