Playtech Buys Out Bitcoin CFD Trading Platform Plus500 in a £460m Deal
World's largest online gaming software provider Playtech's Cyprus branch is reportedly buying out the online contracts for difference trading platform Plus500 in an all-cash £459.6 million deal. Teddy Sagi, who controls Playtech Cyprus Ltd. (LSE: PTEC), announced that his company was buying the Israeli online Bitcoin and other instruments CFD trading company. Shares of Plus500 (AIM: PLUS) closed at 369.9 pence on Friday. Shareholders will receive in cash 400 pence for each share. Both the companies are traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Roughly two weeks back, shares of the Bitcoin....
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