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John Ivison: Canada’s letting Americans hack apart our crypto industry. We may soon regret it

The shareholders of leading Canadian crypto trading platform WonderFi approved the sale of the company to American financial services giant Robinhood Markets on Thursday.

The shareholders of WonderFi, which owns the Coinsquare and Bitbuy crypto exchanges, are happy, not least the company’s chairman, who stands to earn nearly $2 million for brokering the $250-million deal.

But not everyone thinks this deal should be allowed to stand, particularly when it has been reported there are interested Canadian bidders.

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