Mercado Libre has acquired shares in the 2TM Group, the parent company of MercadoBitcoin.com, and has made a strategic investment in Paxos, a regulated blockchain infrastructure platform that powers the Mercado Pago cryptocurrency service in Brazil.

Gemini, the crypto firm founded by the Winklevoss brothers, has acquired Omniex, a trading technology platform that provides order, execution, and portfolio management system solutions for institutional crypto trading. Omniex was founded by CEO Hu Liang and chief strategy officer John Burnett, both of whom worked at State Street. As part of this acquisition, the…