Major US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase continued its 2025 buying spree, acquiring token management platform Liquifi.
Coinbase on Wednesday announced a strategic acquisition of Liquifi, a token management platform focused on early-stage tokenization projects.
“Acquiring Liquifi gives us best-in-class capabilities in token cap table management, vesting, and compliance, and positions Coinbase to support builders earlier in their journey,” Coinbase’s vice president of institutional product, Greg Tusar, said in the announcement.
The latest acquisition is Coinbase’s fourth this year, following its $2.9 billion acquisition of Deribit, one of the world’s biggest crypto derivatives trading platforms, in May.
Coinbase wants more token launches
According to Tusar, Coinbase’s acquisition of Liquifi aims to address the complexity of token launches by onchain builders, including issues like fragmented legal, tax and compliance hurdles, regulatory matters and more.
“We want to remove these barriers by providing both the product and the expertise to make token launches simple, compliant, and scalable,” Tusar said, adding:
“Liquifi solves these pain points by automating core workflows while reducing token launch risk. This acquisition will enable us to partner more effectively with builders earlier in their lifecycle — before tokens are launched or listed.”
He added that the acquisition aligns with Coinbase’s vision and goal to make token launches “easier, faster and more global than issuing traditional startup equity.”
Liquifi features to be integrated with Coinbase Prime
Coinbase’s assistance to onchain developers won’t be limited to the Liquifi platform, as it plans to integrate it into its institutional brokerage platform, Coinbase Prime.
“Over time, we’ll integrate these capabilities with Coinbase Prime to give issuers best-in-class tools directly out of our market-leading Prime platform, while tightening our integration across custody, trading, financing and beyond,” Tusar said.
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Liquifi was founded in 2021 with the aim to simplify token management. The platform’s customers include Uniswap, Optimism, Ethena and Zora.
“This is just the beginning,” Liquifi said in an announcement on X. “With Coinbase’s resources behind us, we’re building the institutional-grade token infrastructure the industry deserves,” it added.
Earlier this year, Coinbase also acquired onchain ads and attribution platform Spindl and the team behind Iron Fish, a crypto platform focused on privacy-preserving tools.
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