Equiniti Acquired by Bullish | Financial Services M&A Deal

Bullish has acquired Equiniti, a payments processing business in the financial services sector, for $4.2 billion. Bullish acquisitions are aimed at combining Bullish’s institutional digital asset platform with Equiniti’s regulated transfer agent and shareholder services capabilities that support nearly 3,000 public companies and over 20 million verified shareholders. Equiniti’s transfer agent operations and lifecycle administration help issuers and investors manage equity ownership, creating a foundation for a global transfer agent platform for tokenized securities. The strategic acquisition is structured as a merger acquisition under a definitive agreement, with Equiniti continuing under the Bullish umbrella alongside Bullish Exchange and CoinDesk, and closing expected in January 2027 subject to regulatory approvals.