Kraken just acquired Reap for $ 600M - and it's not just a bold move, it's a signal.
@reapglobal builds payment infrastructure for businesses: corporate cards, expense management, cross-border settlements. For @fx, this is a direct entry into the B2B payments stack - territory that crypto exchanges rarely touched before.
But zoom out, and Kraken isn't alone.
Over the past three years, the payments sector has become the most active M&A battleground in crypto. Nine major deals, over $5.5B deployed:
@Mastercard → @BVNKFinance ($1.8B): the clearest sign yet that card networks are buying into stab