Why Is Crypto Attracting So Much SPAC Attention Right Now?
In this episode of The SPAC Podcast, Derek joins Mike Blankenship to discuss one of the fastest-moving sectors in the 2025 SPAC landscape: digital assets and crypto. With several SPACs actively targeting the space—and recent announcements involving companies like ProCap and Tron—it’s clear this sector is drawing significant interest.
As the public gains a better understanding of blockchain-based business models and regulatory frameworks continue to evolve, SPACs are increasingly positioning themselves as go-public vehicles for digital asset platforms. Derek also touches on how the regulatory environment, including leadership at the SEC, could shape the future of SPAC activity in this space.
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Derek Kearns
Partner, SEC & SPAC Practice Leader
Derek is a Partner at Centri Business Consulting and the leader of the firm’s SEC, Financial Reporting & SPAC Practice. He has more than 25 years of accounting experience in both public and private industries. He joined Centri in September 2020 and has focused on Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and regulations, recurring public company SEC filings, IPO registration statements, business combination filings and pro forma financial statements as well as private company IPO readiness activities and strategies. Additionally, he has significant experience with both domestic and international public filers in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors, the mining industry, life sciences, merchant services, as well as experience in the cannabis industry and manufacturing.
Prior to his time with Centri, Derek oversaw the reporting and technical accounting functions at Mile High Labs, an international cannabinoid and CBD product manufacturer. He also successfully operated an independent consulting business for four years.
Derek has held management positions at multiple Fortune 250 companies, as well as a public gold exploration company, overseeing SEC reporting and technical accounting functions. Derek began his career with Deloitte, where he spent six years in the audit and assurance practice.
He received his B.S. in Accounting and Finance from The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Colorado.