Paramount Skydance reached settlements with California and 11 other state attorneys general who sued to block its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlement includes terms requiring 30 films annually and penalties for non-compliance.
A Texas judge approved a wind-down bankruptcy plan for CVS Health subsidiary Omnicare LLC following the sale of its business operations for $250 million and resolution of a nearly $1 billion judgment related to improperly dispensing prescription drugs.
Private equity firm Silver Lake is merging two of its French portfolio companies, business management software provider Cegid and payroll platform Silae, to create a European technology group valued at more than €10 billion ($11.6 billion). The deal comes as the software sector grapples with AI disruption.
The U.S. Department of Justice is expanding its antitrust investigation into Fox's $22 billion deal to acquire streaming platform Roku, with DOJ staff planning to seek additional information from the companies involved.
Connecting Excellence Group (XCE) has signed binding Heads of Terms for its first proposed recruitment acquisition, targeting a specialist UK and U.S. recruitment business that generated £1.79 million in earnings, as part of its strategy to use M&A to convert earnings into Bitcoin.
GoPro has been acquired and is shifting its business focus from consumer action cameras to defense, government, robotics and aerospace applications, with YouTuber Markiplier becoming the company's single largest shareholder.
Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet agreed to invest 2,100 BTC (~$132.1M) plus $2.5M cash to acquire a 95.7% stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise, establishing a US-based Bitcoin treasury platform.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise secured court approval for its settlement with the US Justice Department over its $14 billion takeover of Juniper Networks, defeating a challenge from Democratic state attorneys general who alleged the settlement was inadequate. The approval clears the path for the acquisition to close.
Fortitude Mining Holdings, the Zcash mining subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, completed the acquisition of a 12.5 megawatt digital infrastructure facility in Prosser, Nebraska for $6.25 million in cash, with a net outlay of approximately $4.7 million after credits.
Fanatics purchased BGC's Water Street Labs and CX Clearinghouse, gaining the ability to list and settle its own event contracts on a federally regulated platform. The deal positions Fanatics to compete directly with DraftKings and FanDuel in the rapidly growing prediction markets sector.
Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has acquired the embedded wallet business from Magic Labs, which is simultaneously undergoing a restructuring and rebranding to Newton Labs.
Samsung Biologics announced an all-cash tender offer to acquire Switzerland's PolyPeptide Group AG for CHF 1.46 billion ($1.8B), at CHF 44.31 per share — a 6.1% premium to last close and ~40% to the April 10, 2026 undisturbed price, marking South Korea's largest biopharma acquisition.
Payment processor Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have jointly offered to acquire PayPal Holdings for $60.50 per share, valuing the deal at approximately $53 billion. PayPal's stock surged 14-15% following the news.
Crypto exchange Bullish has agreed to acquire global transfer agent Equiniti in a $4.2 billion deal aimed at building tokenized securities infrastructure, marking a significant move toward traditional finance integration.
Tether has proposed merging NYSE-listed bitcoin treasury company Twenty One Capital with Strike and Elektron Energy, with Strike CEO Jack Mallers and Elektron founder Raphael Zagury taking executive roles. Twenty One Capital shares rose on the news.
MoonPay has acquired crypto key management firm Sodot in a $100 million stock deal and launched a new institutional business division led by former CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham. The acquisition provides security infrastructure for MoonPay's expansion into serving banks, asset managers, and trading firms.
