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Latest SPAC News: Satellogic announces launch of new satellites, crypto exchange Bullish eyes debut amid regulatory delays, and China bars mainland brokers from promoting SPACs
Satellogic Announces Upcoming Launch of Five New Satellites Onboard SpaceX Transporter-4 Mission
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, announced today it has shipped five satellites to be launched in early Q2 from Cape Canaveral. The launch will be part of SpaceX’s Transporter-4 mission onboard the highly flight-proven Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rocket, under SpaceX’s Rideshare program.
CF Acquisition Corp. V shareholders approved its combination with orbital imagery company Satellogic in a special meeting held earlier this year on January 24.
READThiel-Backed Crypto Exchange Eyes Debut Amid Regulatory Delays
Crypto exchange Bullish is eyeing a public debut in the second quarter after regulatory delays kept the company backed by billionaires Peter Thiel and Richard Li from merging with a SPAC and listings shares at the end of last year.
Bullish extended the March deadline for its $9 billion tie-up with Far Peak Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:FPAC) to May on Tuesday as the agreement still awaits approval by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The deal is among a slew of crypto firms merging with SPACs that have been slowed down by regulatory reviews, including stablecoin operator Circle and Israeli crypto platform operator eToro Group. Setting up the exchange has been “hectic,” according to Tom Farley, chief of Far Peak and expected CEO of the combined company.
READChina Bars Mainland Brokers From Promoting SPAC Deals in Hong Kong
China’s securities regulator has barred the country’s investment banks it regulates from acting as promoters of blank-check firms in Hong Kong, cutting off a potentially lucrative business.
The China Securities and Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has decided to take the step, which was communicated to the mainland investment banks earlier this year, due to concerns over the risks associated with those vehicles.
READChinese Startups’ SPAC Listings Gather Pace As Tougher Offshore IPO Rules Loom
Capital-hungry smaller Chinese startups are vying for speedy offshore listings by merging with blank-check firms at a time when Beijing’s tighter scrutiny has slowed capital raising via overseas IPOs, company executives and bankers said.
As a string of SPACs hunt for targets to merge with, the startups see an opportunity to raise funds and get listed by cutting the time and regulatory rigor needed for traditional market debuts.
READOuster Introduces Chronos: The Best-in-Class Automotive Digital Lidar Chip
Ouster, Inc. (NYSE: OUST), a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors, today announced the introduction of the Chronos chip, an automotive-grade, fully custom digital lidar silicon receiver that will power its DF solid-state sensor suite. The state-of-the-art Chronos chip is the foundation of the DF architecture and enables Ouster to deliver more performant, power efficient, and compact digital lidar sensors that enable L2 to L5 automation in high-volume automotive series production vehicles.
Colonnade Acquisition Corp. completed its business combination with lidar-maker Ouster following a special meeting March 9, 2021.
READQuantumsphere (NASDAQ:QUMSU) has filed for a $60 million IPO with a team that has been steadily increasing its experience in SPACs through ties to several others in the Announced and Searching columns. The new SPAC is the second smallest that filed its first S-1 in the month of May and comes after 14-straight filings for...
At the SPAC of Dawn Futures remain slightly red ever since the OECD downgraded global growth forecasts in light of the ongoing tariff disputes. This impact is anticipated to be felt most strongly in the US and Japan, although the later is expected to begin a rebound in 2026. This organization does not include African...
Crown Reserve Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:CRACU) has filed for a $150 million IPO to seek out a biotech deal with a team tied to one of the busiest names in SPACs recently. The new SPAC was filed as something of a pair with Quantumsphere Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:QUMSU), which was also underwritten by SPAC Advisory Partners...
FG Merger III Corp. has filed for a $150 million IPO to continue with the FG serial SPAC family with a larger vehicle focused on the financial services industry. The new SPAC is one of 16 SPACs that were filed in May and one of the four that overfunded its trust. FG Merger III is...
In our May 2025 corporate actions analysis, the SPAC market highlighted dependence on deadline extensions, with all votes involving sponsors seeking their third extension or beyond. While the total number of extension-related actions declined slightly from April, activity remained elevated compared to earlier months, reflecting the continued overhang from the 2021 SPAC wave. Extension Votes...