What’s the deal? VP Fintech has completed the acquisition of Globalnex, a crypto payment gateway developer, in a share deal valued at £10 million. The transaction is based on a VP Fintech valuation of £418.8 million.

What’s the endgame? The all-share structure lets VP Fintech add Globalnex’s payment gateway technology without spending cash. It deepens the company’s exposure to crypto payments infrastructure.

Why now? The deal lands as investors on the Aquis and AIM markets pile into digital assets and the power to support them. Falconedge (EDGE) added 0.1514 Bitcoin in July, while Ethry (ETHY) agreed a 50/50 merger with Dunbar Energy to use Pennsylvania gas assets to power data centres.

The signal: Crypto and digital infrastructure are…