ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Portal Ventures believes that fintech will be the main driver of cryptocurrency mergers and acquisitions in 2025.Evan Fisher, founder and general partner of Portal Ventures, pointed out: "Today, no fintech investor would overlook cryptocurrency." In the cryptocurrency field, Evan Fisher expects that some established companies like Chainalysis will acquire smaller firms.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Dragonfly General Partner Rob Hadick stated: "2025 will definitely be a more active year for cryptocurrency mergers and acquisitions, but the deal between Stripe and Bridge (this October, payment company Stripe acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion) is unique and unlikely to be replicated."Hadick expects that large merger and acquisition deals in the stablecoin/payment sector will decrease, as many payment service providers will build their own platforms or form partnerships rather than pursue acquisitions. However, he anticipates that at least one unicorn-sized deal will emerge in this sector in 2025. Key industries for consolidation include trading platforms, brokerage firms, mining companies, and data providers. Many large companies in these categories have been looking for potential targets that might be interested in being acquired, but so far, very few companies have seriously pushed for consolidation and paid the price for this privilege.

ChainCatcher news, Hut 8 CEO Asher Gennot stated that the number of bankruptcies among Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies in the coming years will be much lower than in 2022. The bankruptcies in 2022 were primarily due to companies being over-leveraged and unable to cope with rising energy costs.However, Genoot mentioned that since then, Bitcoin mining companies have generally relied on less leverage and more debt-free capital from equity markets to grow their businesses. He expects to see an increase in merger and acquisition activity among smaller Bitcoin mining companies, which could lead to a significant reduction in bankruptcy rates. Genoot explained that Bitcoin may need to pull back to $30,000 or $40,000 before a substantial amount of merger activity or "distress opportunities" arise.

ChainCatcher news, the encryption information tool Zoomer News announced on Twitter that it has been acquired by the data visualization site VeloData. Zoomer News will continue to operate as usual while gradually integrating with Velo.