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SPACs are reaching heights not seen since 2021, despite their reputation as a symptom of an overly frothy market. Driving the news: 74 blank check companies have gone public via deSPAC transaction, ...

Remember SPACs? They are showing signs of life again. So far this year, 89 SPACs have launched IPOs, according to data from SPACInsider. That's the busiest year since 2021, when a record-setting 613 ...

After the frenzy of 2021 and the subsequent “crypto winter,” special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) activity in the digital asset space is back with renewed vigor in 2025. The broader SPAC market ...

Notable SPAC sponsor Chamath Palihapitiya just announced his newest blank-check company. The goal will be to find an acquisition target in energy production, artificial intelligence, decentralized ...

SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, are touted as a quick way to take companies public — avoiding the usual, lengthier route of initial public offerings. SPACs, special purpose ...

SPACs have evolved through four distinct phases: From the speculative chaos of SPAC 1.0 to the celebrity-fueled boom and bust of SPAC 3.0, the market has now entered SPAC 4.0 — a more disciplined era ...

Peter Goldstein is CEO of Emmis Acquisition Corp., a NASDAQ-listed SPAC (EMISU), and founder of Exchange Listing and The Integrated CEO. After three decades in the capital markets, I have watched ...