Adam Shaun Bloom

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I focus on complex transactions and deals involving novel structures, from majority and minority investment transactions to joint ventures, carve outs, spinouts, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings and recapitalizations, among other general corporate matters.

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Malachite Acquired by Circle Internet Group

August 12, 2025

Cooley advised Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), a global financial technology firm, on its acquisition of Malachite, a high-performance consensus engine from Informal Systems, to support the launch of Arc, a new open Layer-1 blockchain network purpose-built for stablecoin finance, which is expected to debut in testnet later this year.

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