A quick recap: Tron, the 10th-largest cryptocurrency in the world according to data published by CoinMarketCap, is in the midst of gearing up for its big software launch.
The project officially kicked off efforts in May to shift from the ethereum token it used for fundraising (in what's called a 'token swap') to new coins on a wholly independent blockchain, dubbed Odyssey 2.0. But the road to that point has been a tumultuous one, marked by allegations of plagiarism about its white paper.
As such, the acquisition was yet another opportunity for supporters and critics to spar.
Investors, you can guess, were more than ecstatic about the news.