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August 17, 2022

Robinhood slashes acquisition offer to crypto app Ziglu by more than half

A message sent from Ziglu’s CEO blames crypto winter for reduced price


Tim Smith

2 min read

Back in April, US retail investing giant Robinhood announced it was buying London-based crypto exchange app Ziglu to a fanfare of optimism, citing an “impressive team” who would help the company’s international expansion. 

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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