PANews reported on January 15 that according to CoinDesk, Luuk Strijers, CEO of crypto derivatives trading platform Deribit, confirmed that the company has hired FT Partners as a consultant to evaluate strategic investment opportunities and potential secondary market equity transactions. He emphasized that Deribit is not listed for sale, but has received strategic investment interest from multiple parties.

Earlier, there were reports that the crypto exchange Kraken had considered acquiring Deribit but did not make a formal offer. Deribit was reportedly valued at $4 billion to $5 billion or more .

Currently, the bull market in the crypto market is driving merger and acquisition activities in the industry, including Moonpay and Chainalysis, which announced two major acquisitions this week.