Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly offered to acquire PayPal for roughly $53 billion — $60.50 per share, about a 28% premium over Tuesday’s close, backed by around $50 billion in committed bank financing. The two would hold equal stakes and, per the sources, keep the company intact rather than break it up. The approach dates to April; the formal proposal landed this month, with the parties targeting an agreement by the end of July. PayPal has not responded, and there is no guarantee it closes. This is a bid, not a done deal.

Visa has officially launched a validator node on the Tempo network, marking a significant step in the payments giant’s push into blockchain infrastructure. Tempo, a purpose-built Layer-1 blockchain designed for agentic commerce and real-time payments, now counts Visa, Stripe, and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered among its first external validators.

The validator node was configured and managed entirely in-house by Visa following six months of joint engineering work with Tempo’s team. Rather than relying on third-party operators, Visa integrated its secure infrastructure directly into the Tempo network — positioning itself as an anchor validator during this initial phase of network growth.