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    First Digital Signs Merger Agreement to List FDUSD Issuer on Nasdaq at $250M Valuation

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    First Digital Signs Merger Agreement to List FDUSD Issuer on Nasdaq at $250M Valuation

    Direct answer

    First Digital Group, issuer of the FDUSD stablecoin with $4.7 trillion in cumulative volume, announced a definitive merger with blank-check company CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III. The deal establishes a $250 million pre-money equity valuation. The listing marks one of the few pure-play public market vehicles for dollar-pegged stablecoin reserve management and transaction settlement infrastructure.

    Original publisher
    Market Ontology
    Evidence through
    2026-10-07
    Published
    2026-10-20
    Revision
    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “First Digital Signs Merger Agreement to List FDUSD Issuer on Nasdaq at $250M Valuation”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-10-07. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-10-07/first-digital-signs-merger-agreement-to-list-fdusd-issuer-on-nasdaq-at-250m-valu-33ffb2

    CAPITAL
    First Digital Signs Merger Agreement to List FDUSD Issuer on Nasdaq at $250M Valuation
    First Digital Group, issuer of the FDUSD stablecoin with $4.7 trillion in cumulative volume, announced a definitive merger with blank-check company CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III. The deal establishes a $250 million pre-money equity valuation. The listing marks one of the few pure-play public market vehicles for dollar-pegged stablecoin reserve management and transaction settlement infrastructure.
    KOYN
    Impact
    72
    OCT 7
    SIG
    90%
    KOYN
    First Digital Signs Merger Agreement to List FDUSD Issuer on Nasdaq at $250M Valuation
    First Digital Group, issuer of the FDUSD stablecoin with $4.7 trillion in cumulative volume, announced a definitive merger with blank-check company CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III. The deal establishes a $250 million pre-money equity valuation. The listing marks one of the few pure-play public market vehicles for dollar-pegged stablecoin reserve management and transaction settlement infrastructure.
    → SPAC combination delivers public equity listing for a major stablecoin issuer, increasing regulatory scrutiny and market access for digital asset settlement networks.
    Impact
    First Digital Group, issuer of the FDUSD stablecoin with $4.7 trillion in cumulative volume, announced a definitive merger with blank-check company CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III. The deal establishes a $250 million pre-money equity valuation. The listing marks one of the few pure-play public market vehicles for dollar-pegged stablecoin reserve management and transaction settlement infrastructure.
    Affected
    KOYN
    Transmission
    SPAC combination delivers public equity listing for a major stablecoin issuer, increasing regulatory scrutiny and market access for digital asset settlement networks.

    How this development reaches the affected companies

    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    KOYNSPAC deal announcement repricing against target company net asset valueUp1-5dKOYN announced definitive merger agreement with First Digital.

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    What happened next

    AssetCallBase close+1 day+5 days+20 days
    KOYNUpdisagreed10.26 2026-10-070.00%PendingPending

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