IG, ever the strategist, declares this “bolt-on deal” a masterstroke, complementing its organic forays into the UK and US markets. (Organic, you say? Like a free-range chicken in a factory farm? 🐔) The acquisition, they claim, is the culmination of an “extensive sector review”-a phrase so drearily corporate, it could only be redeemed by a well-placed eye roll. 🙄 Independent Reserve, hailed as one of Australia’s largest and fastest-growing regulated exchanges, shall now join the IG fold, presumably to add a dash of crypto-native panache to their otherwise staid portfolio. Adrian Przelozny, the exchange’s CEO, is no doubt toasting to his newfound corporate overlords, while IG’s Asia Pacific managing director, Matt Macklin, waxes poetic about the target’s “regulatory foundations and technology.” How thrilling! 📜💻