The Bullish cryptocurrency exchange has entered into an agreement with the American investment company Siris Capital to acquire the British securities registrar Equiniti for $4.2 billion. This is reported in the Bullish press release.
The financing of the transaction provides for the payment of Equiniti's debt obligations in the amount of $1.85 billion and the transfer of shares in the amount of $2.35 billion. The deal includes an option to acquire Equiniti's non-core assets by Siris.
The transaction is expected to be completed in January 2027 after receiving regulatory approval. After closing the deal, Bullish and Equiniti plan to provide corporate issuers with securities tokenization services, including round-the-clock trading on the Bullish exchange and other platforms, as well as solutions for payments and settlements based on stablecoins.
In August 2025, Bullish conducted an IPO in New York in the amount of $1.1 billion with a total company value of $5.4 billion. Bullish owns the CoinDesk information platform for providing data on cryptocurrency exchange rates.
Recently, the largest cryptocurrency exchanges have been buying back assets in order to expand the range of offers and reduce dependence on volatile digital token trading. In April 2026, Kraken, the parent company of Bullish, bought the derivatives trading platform Bitnomial Inc. for $550 million.
Equiniti is one of the largest securities registrars in the world. The company serves 3,000 publicly traded companies, including Berkshire Hathaway, Moody's and Rolls-Royce. The headquarters is located in London (England).
Bullish is a cryptocurrency exchange serving institutional clients, including market makers and management companies. The company provides infrastructure and services for trading digital assets through the Bullish Exchange platform. In 2025, Bullish processed transactions worth $1.25 trillion. The headquarters is located in Georgetown (Cayman Islands) with offices in New York, London and Hong Kong.
Siris Capital Group is an American investment company in the field of controlling investments in technology companies in North America. The headquarters is located in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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