Cantor Fitzgerald SPAC nears $4B deal with Blockstream's Adam Back to amass 30,000 Bitcoin

  • Cantor Fitzgerald's blank‑cheque affiliate is in late‑stage talks to acquire more than $3 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) from Adam Back's Blockstream Capital through a transaction that could exceed $4 billion, the Financial Times reported on July 15. Cantor Equity Partners 1, a special‑purpose acquisition company that raised $200 million in a January IPO, would issue new shares to Back in exchange for as much as 30,000 BTC.