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Odaily News - Karia Samaroo, founder and former CEO of Canadian crypto company WonderFi, recently stated that the company's acquisition by US trading platform Robinhood Markets for CAD 250 million was not due to a lack of growth potential, but rather because Canada's market environment has restricted local tech companies from continuing to scale.Samaroo said that WonderFi was founded in 2021. After several years of development, the company consolidated Canada's fragmented crypto market, built a nationwide brand, and survived the QuadrigaCX collapse, the FTX crash, and Canada's strict crypto regulatory environment. By 2023, WonderFi had become a leading crypto platform in the Canadian market.However, he believes that succeeding in Canada was not the company's ultimate goal. WonderFi had originally hoped to grow into a global enterprise, and Robinhood saw WonderFi as a strategic gateway into the Canadian market, which led to the CAD 250 million acquisition. Samaroo pointed out that Canada has long faced structural issues that limit companies' ability to scale, including insufficient venture capital, weak public markets, regulatory fragmentation, and declining attractiveness of entrepreneurial returns.For the crypto industry, the challenges are even more pronounced. Samaroo noted that after the QuadrigaCX incident, Canadian regulators established one of the world's strictest crypto regulatory frameworks. While the original intent was to protect investors, it also increased operational costs for businesses. International trading platforms including Binance, OKX, Bybit, and Gemini all entered the Canadian market previously and then exited. He believes that Canada's crypto regulations are not only strict but also compounded by fragmented securities regulatory systems, leading to higher financing costs, increased operational complexity, and diminished interest from overseas investors.Samaroo said that WonderFi is not an isolated case—many Canadian tech companies have followed a similar trajectory: growing domestically until hitting market ceilings, then ultimately seeking overseas capital or strategic buyers. Shopify founder Tobi Lütke has also previously criticized Canada for repeatedly "nurturing important companies only to send them abroad." Restricting corporate sales can easily become a political statement, but the real key to solving the problem lies in building a business environment that supports companies in financing, expansion, and competing globally.Robinhood previously announced the acquisition of WonderFi for approximately CAD 250 million. This deal also reflects the accelerating consolidation in the North American crypto industry, as US platforms expand into other markets through M&A. (Fortune)
According to the official announcement, Bybit Spot listed GROVE (GROVE/USDT) on the spot market at 15:00 UTC on July 7. Meanwhile, GROVE has joined the Bybit Token Splash Trading Competition, where eligible users have the chance to participate and share a GROVE prize pool of 4 million. Grove is unlocking the potential of the stablecoin economy. Through institutional-grade asset allocation, financing, and liquidity services, Grove brings real-world assets (RWA) and real-world application scenarios on-chain, helping build the next-generation global financial market.
Grove is unlocking the potential of the stablecoin economy. Through institutional-grade asset allocation, financing, and liquidity services, Grove brings Real-World Assets (RWA) and real-world application scenarios on-chain, helping to build the next-generation global financial markets.
Bybit officially launches Bank Triparty, providing institutional clients with lending services backed by bank-custodied collateral assets. Eligible institutions can deposit collateral assets independently with partner banks and obtain financing limits without altering existing trading strategy infrastructure.
According to reports, SpaceX, the aerospace company led by Elon Musk, has attracted over $250 billion in investment demand for its IPO, surpassing its planned fundraising target of $75 billion. The offering is nearly 4 times oversubscribed, valuing the company at $1.8 trillion. Bankers and investors noted that long-term funds have submitted large orders. Pricing is expected to be finalized on Thursday, though demand figures could still change before orders are placed by major institutional investors. SpaceX's growth narrative is primarily tied to its satellite internet business, Starlink, which has become a significant source of revenue and profit for the company. SpaceX also highlighted that its artificial intelligence products address a market opportunity worth $23 trillion. Cryptocurrency exchanges including Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bybit have listed pre-IPO perpetual futures for SPCX this month. Binance's related product has accumulated a trading volume of $2.1 billion over 18 days, covering over 130 countries. Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid recorded a trading volume of $70 million in the past 24 hours, with open interest exceeding $115 million. (Cointelegraph)
According to the official announcement, Bybit has launched pre-market perpetual contracts for SpaceX (SPCX/USDT), offering up to 10x leverage. SpaceX is scheduled to officially list on the Nasdaq on June 12 under the ticker symbol SPCX, with its IPO aiming to raise up to $75 billion. For more details, please visit the Bybit official platform.
According to an official announcement, Bybit will list CHIP in its spot trading section. CHIP is the “Dollar Protocol for AI Interest Rates,” a DeFi lending platform collateralized by real GPUs, and $CHIP is used for governance and determining the financing rules for AI infrastructure.
According to Cointelegraph, Malaysian digital asset exchange Hata has completed an $8 million Series A funding round led by Bybit, with participation from multiple global family offices. Previously, Bybit also participated in Hata’s $4.2 million seed funding round. Hata holds licenses issued by the Securities Commission Malaysia and the Labuan Financial Services Authority, enabling it to provide digital asset trading and custody services in the country.