The deal became known on October 22. Negotiations are ongoing; there are no final agreements or official confirmation from the parties yet.
Fireblocks is a crypto custodian, that is, infrastructure for storing and transferring digital assets for banks, exchanges, and funds. Through such platforms, institutional players hold coins and conduct settlements without managing wallets manually.
For a trader, what matters is not the check itself, but who the buyer is. Visa is one of the two largest payment systems in the world, and the purchase of infrastructure for storing cryptocurrency means that settlements in digital assets are being integrated into the traditional payment circuit rather than remaining a separate niche.
What's next: we are waiting for an official statement from the parties or a denial. For now, the information comes with reference to Axios sources, and the figure of $2.5 billion should be treated as preliminary - final terms in such negotiations change.
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