Decentralized finance platform Synthetix has axed its $27 million plan to acquire crypto options platform Derive after negative community feedback.
A Synthetix spokesperson told Cointelegraph on May 22 that its acquisition proposal, pitched to its data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://sips.synthetix.io/sips/sip-415/?ref=blog.synthetix.io” title=”null”>community and to data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://forums.derive.xyz/t/dip-synthetix-acquires-derive/277?ref=blog.synthetix.io” title=”null”>Derive’s, “did not resonate,” and both projects agreed to “step back from the proposed acquisition.”
Synthetix said data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/news/synthetix-27-million-bid-reacquire-derive” title=”null”>on May 14 that it would acquire Derive in a token exchange deal, pricing 1 SNX token to 27 DRV tokens, which would value Derive at around $27 million, pending approval…

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