NFT Investments PLC mulls £96M acquisition of Pluto Digital
In 2021, the firm made seven investments and one exit in an early-stage NFT business. On Friday, NFT Investments PLC, a U.K.-based blockchain firm that invests in companies operating in the nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, space, announced that it would no longer pursue a 96 million pound acquisition of Pluto Digital. Although it did not directly state its reasons for canceling the deal, NFT Investments wrote:"The company is well-positioned to take advantage of the recent market correction in the blockchain and digital assets sectors by investing at attractive valuations."Back in January, NFT....
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