Wonderfi, the Vancouver-based DeFi company backed by “Shark Tank” and “Dragon’s Den” investor Kevin O’Leary, has entered into an agreement to purchase First Ledger, the parent company of Toronto-based cryptocurrency-trading platform Bitbuy, in a cash-and-stock deal that values the company at $206 million.
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