Datavault AI signs agreement to acquire NYIAX for blockchain trading
Datavault AI mentioned Thursday it has signed a definitive settlement to amass NYIAX, a transfer that provides the corporate management of blockchain-based alternate expertise it says will underpin a broader push into institutional buying and selling venues for knowledge and different tokenized real-world property.
The announcement converts an October 13, 2025 letter of intent into a proper merger settlement and deepens a relationship that already included licensing agreements and a expertise alliance introduced in March 2025.
The corporate mentioned NYIAX’s infrastructure might be mixed with Datavault AI’s Data Information Trade and its DataScore, DataValue, and Information Vault AI instruments to assist tokenization, valuation, and buying and selling throughout a variety of digital and real-world property.
Datavault AI framed the deal as a option to carry institutional market construction into classes which have traditionally relied on bilateral offers, particularly promoting and proprietary knowledge.
An 8 Okay filed on March 19 reveals the transaction is structured as an all-stock merger. Datavault AI agreed to concern 78,947,368 frequent shares to NYIAX fairness holders at closing, whereas sure unaccredited traders would obtain money tied to the inventory’s 5 day VWAP as a substitute.
Two NYIAX-nominated administrators are additionally set to hitch Datavault AI’s board when the deal closes. Primarily based on Datavault AI’s newest share value of about $0.76, the bottom inventory consideration implies a price of roughly $60 million, although that determine is an inference and might transfer with the inventory.
Datavault AI mentioned the mixed platform is predicted to assist a number of deliberate marketplaces, together with its flagship Data Information Trade, an Worldwide Parts Trade for tokenized commodities and industrial property, an American Political Trade, and NYIAX’s promoting market.
The corporate additionally tied the acquisition to its January 28 settlement with Sports activities Illustrated to discover a sports-focused alternate for athlete identify, picture, and likeness rights and associated digital property, which it has focused for a business launch within the second half of 2026.
NYIAX has lengthy marketed itself as an alternate constructed on Nasdaq Monetary Framework expertise for assured promoting contracts, aiming to carry extra standardized pricing, transparency, and operational effectivity to media transactions.
Datavault AI and NYIAX first introduced a business and IP alliance in March 2025, pitching the mix as a option to flip knowledge and digital rights into extra liquid and tradable property. Thursday’s deal reveals Datavault AI is now attempting to personal that infrastructure outright fairly than simply associate round it.
Datavault AI shares had been final buying and selling close to $0.78, down roughly 14% on Thursday, giving the corporate a market capitalization of about $462 million.
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