That is certainly interesting. In my experience such acquisitions usually kill little projects like this, but I would be happy to be surprised.
I more prone to think this crypto mining announcement was more oriented to inflate company value with more expected sells revenue ! a good move to move to make buyer thinks his investment has some good potential of profit.
Due diligence on company financials, product pipeline, customer base, etc would have been completed long before the start of this thread. Molex would be looking at proven sales/revenue streams for BittWare. That comes from industrial customers and not crypto.
Well, OP started to talk about fpga and mining in january. This thread is just the result of increased interested of reader from others threads.
I understand your point, i dont mean mining market was crucial in this transaction, but it can add a little sugar in the process.