Visa in talks to acquire crypto custody firm Fireblocks for $2.5 billion

Axios reports Visa is in late-stage negotiations to buy the company, which denies the acquisition discussions.

4 publishers · 4 articles · first seen 22 Oct 2026 · updated 14d ago

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4 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 22 Oct 2026. The Block published first, on 22 October at 13:27 UTC; CoinDesk followed 1h 09m later. The most recent article, from Fortune, appeared on 24 October at 07:00 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), The Block, Cointelegraph.com News, Fortune.

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