Stripe is an online payment provider that provides solutions for institutional companies. It is one of the most highly valued unicorns in the United States.
Odaily News: Venture investor Alex Lazarow wrote that over the past two years, Stripe, Mastercard, and Circle respectively acquired U.S. stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge, UK stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK, and Singapore-based cross-border payment platform Tazapay, with the three deals totaling over $3 billion in value. Stripe announced in 2024 that it would acquire Bridge for slightly more than $1 billion; Mastercard's acquisition of BVNK was valued at up to $1.8 billion, including $1.5 billion in base consideration and $300 million in contingent consideration; Circle agreed to acquire Tazapay for $400 million in stock, with the deal expected to close in 2027. Bridge, BVNK, and Tazapay were founded between 2020 and 2022 and had raised approximately $200 million in cumulative funding. Growing stablecoin adoption, an increasingly clear regulatory framework, and rising demand for real-time cross-border payments are the main factors driving the related M&A activity. In 2025, stablecoin adjusted transaction volume grew 91% year-over-year to $10.9 trillion, approaching Visa's $14.2 trillion; real-world payment volume more than doubled to approximately $390 billion.
Odaily News: Asset management firm ARK Invest will partner with Securitize (SECZ) to tokenize the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) on Ethereum. The fund provides qualified investors with investment exposure to private and public companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks.This collaboration continues the existing relationship between the two parties, as ARK Invest made a strategic investment in Securitize last year. (CoinDesk)
据 CoinDesk 报道,Cathie Wood 旗下资产管理公司 ARK Invest 宣布与代币化平台 Securitize 合作,将旗下 ARK Venture Fund(ARKVX)进行代币化,基金持仓涵盖 OpenAI、Anthropic、Stripe 及 Databricks 等头部私人科技公司。代币化利息将首先在以太坊上发行,后续可能扩展至其他链。 Securitize 将负责链上发行及投资者体验,并计划提供每日净资产值及链上二级市场交易功能。值得注意的是,代币化并不将底层资产直接上链,投资者持有的是基金权益的链上凭证。ARK 此前已对 Securitize 进行战略投资,双方将持续合作推动更多合规投资产品上链。
enterprise AI company Clay has announced the completion of a $115 million Series D funding round, led by Wellington, with participation from Sequoia Capital, StepStone, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Perennial, Meritech, DST, CapitalG, and others. The post-money valuation has risen to $7.1 billion.Clay stated that its AI agents can build real-time business and customer profiles based on internal and external data such as CRM, and automatically construct and execute workflows according to enterprise goals. Currently, companies including Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and Stripe have adopted its products. (Reuters)
According to Fortune, stablecoin payment infrastructure company Latitude, founded by former employees of Stripe, Uber, Coinbase, and Meta, has announced the completion of a $35 million Series A funding round, led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from NEA, Coinbase, Lightspeed Faction, and OpenFX. Latitude aims to address the "last mile" challenge following cross-border stablecoin payments by providing enterprises with infrastructure that converts stablecoins into local currencies and facilitates fund disbursement through local payment methods such as bank accounts and mobile wallets. Its current clients span digital banks, payroll platforms, e-commerce marketplaces, and financial institutions. The company previously closed an $8 million seed round. The new capital will be used to scale its compliance, engineering, legal, and sales teams, while accelerating efforts to secure regulatory licenses in markets including Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Odaily News, according to people familiar with the matter, Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, though the final transaction price could still change. Notably, OpenRouter raised funds at a $1.3 billion valuation just a few months ago. People familiar with the matter said the final acquisition price could still change. A Stripe spokesperson said the company does not comment on rumors or speculation, while OpenRouter declined to comment.The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Stripe was in talks to acquire OpenRouter for approximately $10 billion. (Bloomberg)
Odaily reports: Polygon Labs has announced the completion of its acquisition of Coinme, a US-regulated crypto payment service provider, with plans to leverage stablecoin infrastructure to enter the payments market dominated by Visa and Stripe. Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron stated that the acquisition will help Polygon Labs own customer relationships and capture revenue that previously flowed to intermediaries; Polygon Labs has now become a payments-focused company that uses blockchain to move money. In January, Polygon Labs launched Open Money Stack to support stablecoin payments and cross-border transfers, and to charge fees for currency exchange and money transfers. Marc Boiron said the regulated payments business is expected to become profitable by 2027. Data shows that Visa's payment volume exceeded $12.3 trillion in fiscal year 2025, while Stripe's payment volume reached $1.9 trillion. Through the acquisition of Coinme, Polygon Labs will control more business processes in areas such as crypto asset, stablecoin, and fiat currency conversion, rather than handing customers over to third parties. Polygon Labs' unified payments platform is currently still in technical preview and not yet fully open; early users include Tazapay, Mesh, Toku, and Kira.
Odaily News: Stripe has announced a partnership with Plasma to develop a multi-currency stablecoin card that supports individuals and businesses in spending directly with the currencies already held in their accounts, in order to reduce currency conversion and foreign exchange costs. Plasma will serve as a design partner and integrate into Stripe's stablecoin card infrastructure, supporting USD, Brazilian Real, Euro, Mexican Peso, and Colombian Peso, with stablecoins including USDC, OUSD, and eligible stablecoins that comply with the GENIUS Act requirements. The service currently covers more than 30 countries and plans to expand to over 100 countries by 2027. It will also support cardholders in spending from multiple account balances, with the system automatically selecting the appropriate currency at the time of purchase.
Odaily News: Venture investor Alex Lazarow wrote that over the past two years, Stripe, Mastercard, and Circle respectively acquired U.S. stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge, UK stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK, and Singapore-based cross-border payment platform Tazapay, with the three deals totaling over $3 billion in value. Stripe announced in 2024 that it would acquire Bridge for slightly more than $1 billion; Mastercard's acquisition of BVNK was valued at up to $1.8 billion, including $1.5 billion in base consideration and $300 million in contingent consideration; Circle agreed to acquire Tazapay for $400 million in stock, with the deal expected to close in 2027. Bridge, BVNK, and Tazapay were founded between 2020 and 2022 and had raised approximately $200 million in cumulative funding. Growing stablecoin adoption, an increasingly clear regulatory framework, and rising demand for real-time cross-border payments are the main factors driving the related M&A activity. In 2025, stablecoin adjusted transaction volume grew 91% year-over-year to $10.9 trillion, approaching Visa's $14.2 trillion; real-world payment volume more than doubled to approximately $390 billion.
据 CoinDesk 报道,Cathie Wood 旗下资产管理公司 ARK Invest 宣布与代币化平台 Securitize 合作,将旗下 ARK Venture Fund(ARKVX)进行代币化,基金持仓涵盖 OpenAI、Anthropic、Stripe 及 Databricks 等头部私人科技公司。代币化利息将首先在以太坊上发行,后续可能扩展至其他链。 Securitize 将负责链上发行及投资者体验,并计划提供每日净资产值及链上二级市场交易功能。值得注意的是,代币化并不将底层资产直接上链,投资者持有的是基金权益的链上凭证。ARK 此前已对 Securitize 进行战略投资,双方将持续合作推动更多合规投资产品上链。
According to Fortune, stablecoin payment infrastructure company Latitude, founded by former employees of Stripe, Uber, Coinbase, and Meta, has announced the completion of a $35 million Series A funding round, led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from NEA, Coinbase, Lightspeed Faction, and OpenFX. Latitude aims to address the "last mile" challenge following cross-border stablecoin payments by providing enterprises with infrastructure that converts stablecoins into local currencies and facilitates fund disbursement through local payment methods such as bank accounts and mobile wallets. Its current clients span digital banks, payroll platforms, e-commerce marketplaces, and financial institutions. The company previously closed an $8 million seed round. The new capital will be used to scale its compliance, engineering, legal, and sales teams, while accelerating efforts to secure regulatory licenses in markets including Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Odaily News The digital euro, issued by the European Central Bank (ECB) and representing public money, is still in the development stage; EURR, on the other hand, is a stablecoin issued by a private institution designed to maintain a value of 1 euro. Both are aimed at meeting the demand for instant fund transfers within digital platforms.Fintech company Revolut has begun a phased rollout of its euro stablecoin EURR to eligible users in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal, with plans to expand to the European Economic Area in the future. EURR is deployed on the Ethereum network and can be used for on-chain transfers between fiat currencies, crypto assets, external wallets, and supported blockchain networks.EURR is issued by Bridge Building, a Stripe-owned company, rather than directly by Revolut. Piero Cipollone, a member of the ECB's Executive Board, stated that the digital euro will offer the highest level of privacy supported by current technology, with offline payments visible only to the payer and payee, while in online transactions, participating banks will still have access to information required for anti-money laundering compliance. (Forbes Digital Assets)
According to an official announcement from OnePay, OnePay has partnered with Stripe to launch a stablecoin deposit feature, initially available to select users in the United States. It allows users to directly transfer USDC from external wallets or exchanges into their OnePay Checking accounts, where it will be automatically converted into U.S. dollars. The service supports 12 blockchain networks, including Tempo, Base, Solana, and Ethereum, and waives conversion fees during its initial launch period.
Odaily reports: Timothy Wadsworth has been sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $810,965.19 in restitution after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentencing on October 23. Wadsworth is from Rochester, New York. His fraud scheme involved processing unauthorized credit card payments through Stripe, then transferring part of the funds to Coinbase to purchase Bitcoin and send it to co-conspirators.Between March 10 and May 15, 2020, Wadsworth used account information provided by co-conspirators to attempt to process 310 payments through Stripe totaling approximately $1.6736 million, of which 116 succeeded, amounting to about $730,700. The funds were moved through HSBC and Evolve Federal Credit Union accounts under his control, with some subsequently used to purchase Bitcoin.The judge also ordered the forfeiture of $810,956.19 in wire fraud proceeds. From March 2020 to September 2021, the actual and intended losses caused by the related fraud scheme totaled approximately $2.06 million, and also included disaster loans, Paycheck Protection Program loans, unemployment benefits, and other fraud proceeds targeting victims. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Patrick Collison posted on X that more than a year after Privy joined Stripe, its wallet asset scale has grown to about 25 times its previous level, its number of monthly active developers has grown about 3 times, and its revenue has grown about 9 times. It currently facilitates nearly $25 billion in transactions per month. Companies such as Ramp, Deel, Klarna, and Hyperliquid are building embedded banking features based on Privy. Stripe is integrating Privy into Treasury, Link, and Connect, and plans to launch a Link balance feature. Privy's wallet infrastructure already supports AI agents in conducting transactions and earning income. Stripe, together with Privy, Bridge, and other businesses, is building a unified API to support holding stablecoin balances and earning yield, fiat funding inflows and outflows, and arranging spending through bank cards.
Privy has launched a stablecoin card prebuilt component, enabling applications to embed a cardholder experience with a single integration, and has partnered with Stripe to issue stablecoin cards. The service currently covers more than 25 card issuing markets and plans to expand to over 100 by the end of the year. Users can spend directly using their Privy wallet or DeFi vault balances without needing to pre-transfer funds to a separate card account. The card issuer is Lead Bank, program management is handled by Bridge, and Stripe provides issuance services.
As reported by Fortune, Grayscale CEO Peter Mintzberg authored an article stating that Bitcoin rallied nearly 20% last week, recording its strongest three-day gains since 2023 as the crypto winter slowly thaws. However, he cautioned that market participants remain overly focused on short-term price fluctuations, overlooking the long-term structural growth of digital assets. Mintzberg highlighted two key drivers: first, sustained expansion in institutional demand. In 2025, the daily average capital inflow into spot Bitcoin ETPs exceeded $500 million, roughly 12 times the daily new supply from miners. Additionally, a 2026 EY survey revealed that 73% of institutional investors plan to increase their digital asset allocations. Second, accelerated enterprise blockchain adoption. In 2025, approximately 60% of Fortune 500 executives stated that their companies are actively advancing blockchain initiatives, with major players like Fidelity, Visa, and Stripe all positioning themselves in the stablecoin sector. He also noted the complementary nature of AI and public chain technologies, adding that emerging demands such as machine-native micro-payments and cross-border instant settlements will further drive real-world blockchain adoption. As regulatory frameworks grow increasingly clear, digital assets are rapidly integrating into the mainstream financial ecosystem.
Mizuho analysts stated that if the U.S. crypto market structure bill, the "Clarity Act," is passed, while it may generally benefit the digital asset industry, the long-term impact on Circle could be negative. The reason is that regulatory clarity will attract more large institutions into the stablecoin market, further accelerating stablecoin commodification and eroding the revenue potential of Circle's USDC.Mizuho believes that the primary pressure Circle faces in the near term comes from Open USD. This stablecoin project is backed by a coalition of over 140 financial, technology, and crypto companies, with members including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, and Coinbase. Unlike Circle's model, which retains approximately 38% of USDC reserve yields, Open USD employs a "pass-through" model, distributing nearly all reserve yields to distribution partners while retaining only a small management fee.Analysts also noted that Coinbase, as the largest distributor of USDC, also supports Open USD. This could give Coinbase stronger bargaining power when renegotiating its revenue-sharing agreement with Circle in the future. The distribution agreement between the two parties could be up for renegotiation as early as next month.
According to an official announcement from OnePay, OnePay has partnered with Stripe to launch a stablecoin deposit feature, initially available to select users in the United States. It allows users to directly transfer USDC from external wallets or exchanges into their OnePay Checking accounts, where it will be automatically converted into U.S. dollars. The service supports 12 blockchain networks, including Tempo, Base, Solana, and Ethereum, and waives conversion fees during its initial launch period.
Odaily — Stripe and Plasma plan to launch a stablecoin payment card that supports users in spending with U.S. dollars, Brazilian real, euros, Mexican pesos, Colombian pesos, and stablecoins such as USDC and OUSD, with the goal of covering more than 100 countries by 2027. The related service is currently operating in over 30 countries, and Stripe's stablecoin card infrastructure is estimated to have processed about $1.2 billion in monthly spending as of 2026. Plasma operates a blockchain designed specifically for stablecoin transactions as well as the neobank app Plasma One, whose multi-currency accounts will migrate to Stripe's card infrastructure.
Odaily reports: Polygon Labs has announced the completion of its acquisition of Coinme, a US-regulated crypto payment service provider, with plans to leverage stablecoin infrastructure to enter the payments market dominated by Visa and Stripe. Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron stated that the acquisition will help Polygon Labs own customer relationships and capture revenue that previously flowed to intermediaries; Polygon Labs has now become a payments-focused company that uses blockchain to move money. In January, Polygon Labs launched Open Money Stack to support stablecoin payments and cross-border transfers, and to charge fees for currency exchange and money transfers. Marc Boiron said the regulated payments business is expected to become profitable by 2027. Data shows that Visa's payment volume exceeded $12.3 trillion in fiscal year 2025, while Stripe's payment volume reached $1.9 trillion. Through the acquisition of Coinme, Polygon Labs will control more business processes in areas such as crypto asset, stablecoin, and fiat currency conversion, rather than handing customers over to third parties. Polygon Labs' unified payments platform is currently still in technical preview and not yet fully open; early users include Tazapay, Mesh, Toku, and Kira.
Odaily reports: Patrick Collison posted on X that more than a year after Privy joined Stripe, its wallet asset scale has grown to about 25 times its previous level, its number of monthly active developers has grown about 3 times, and its revenue has grown about 9 times. It currently facilitates nearly $25 billion in transactions per month. Companies such as Ramp, Deel, Klarna, and Hyperliquid are building embedded banking features based on Privy. Stripe is integrating Privy into Treasury, Link, and Connect, and plans to launch a Link balance feature. Privy's wallet infrastructure already supports AI agents in conducting transactions and earning income. Stripe, together with Privy, Bridge, and other businesses, is building a unified API to support holding stablecoin balances and earning yield, fiat funding inflows and outflows, and arranging spending through bank cards.
Odaily News: Stripe has announced a partnership with Plasma to develop a multi-currency stablecoin card that supports individuals and businesses in spending directly with the currencies already held in their accounts, in order to reduce currency conversion and foreign exchange costs. Plasma will serve as a design partner and integrate into Stripe's stablecoin card infrastructure, supporting USD, Brazilian Real, Euro, Mexican Peso, and Colombian Peso, with stablecoins including USDC, OUSD, and eligible stablecoins that comply with the GENIUS Act requirements. The service currently covers more than 30 countries and plans to expand to over 100 countries by 2027. It will also support cardholders in spending from multiple account balances, with the system automatically selecting the appropriate currency at the time of purchase.
Odaily News: Ripple has partnered with Privy, a wallet infrastructure company under Stripe, to bring XRP Ledger (XRPL) support to the Privy developer platform. Following the integration, developers will be able to integrate XRPL wallets into their applications without having to build wallet infrastructure themselves, enabling wallet creation and management, transaction signing, and more, with support for XRP, Ripple-issued RLUSD stablecoin, and other assets on the network.
According to an official announcement from OnePay, OnePay has partnered with Stripe to launch a stablecoin deposit feature, initially available to select users in the United States. It allows users to directly transfer USDC from external wallets or exchanges into their OnePay Checking accounts, where it will be automatically converted into U.S. dollars. The service supports 12 blockchain networks, including Tempo, Base, Solana, and Ethereum, and waives conversion fees during its initial launch period.
As reported by Fortune, digital threat detection startup Overwatch has completed a $15 million Series A round led by Mouro Capital, with participation from Visa Ventures and Capital One Ventures. PruVen Capital, New Era Capital Partners, and Y Combinator also participated. Founded in 2022 by Arjun Bisen and Zara Perumal, the company is headquartered in New York and leverages technologies such as AI agents to help businesses defend against digital threats. Visa, Capital One, Cash App, SoFi, Stripe, and DoorDash are all its clients.
Odaily reports: Timothy Wadsworth has been sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $810,965.19 in restitution after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentencing on October 23. Wadsworth is from Rochester, New York. His fraud scheme involved processing unauthorized credit card payments through Stripe, then transferring part of the funds to Coinbase to purchase Bitcoin and send it to co-conspirators.Between March 10 and May 15, 2020, Wadsworth used account information provided by co-conspirators to attempt to process 310 payments through Stripe totaling approximately $1.6736 million, of which 116 succeeded, amounting to about $730,700. The funds were moved through HSBC and Evolve Federal Credit Union accounts under his control, with some subsequently used to purchase Bitcoin.The judge also ordered the forfeiture of $810,956.19 in wire fraud proceeds. From March 2020 to September 2021, the actual and intended losses caused by the related fraud scheme totaled approximately $2.06 million, and also included disaster loans, Paycheck Protection Program loans, unemployment benefits, and other fraud proceeds targeting victims. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily — Stripe and Plasma plan to launch a stablecoin payment card that supports users in spending with U.S. dollars, Brazilian real, euros, Mexican pesos, Colombian pesos, and stablecoins such as USDC and OUSD, with the goal of covering more than 100 countries by 2027. The related service is currently operating in over 30 countries, and Stripe's stablecoin card infrastructure is estimated to have processed about $1.2 billion in monthly spending as of 2026. Plasma operates a blockchain designed specifically for stablecoin transactions as well as the neobank app Plasma One, whose multi-currency accounts will migrate to Stripe's card infrastructure.
Odaily reports: Polygon Labs has announced the completion of its acquisition of Coinme, a US-regulated crypto payment service provider, with plans to leverage stablecoin infrastructure to enter the payments market dominated by Visa and Stripe. Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron stated that the acquisition will help Polygon Labs own customer relationships and capture revenue that previously flowed to intermediaries; Polygon Labs has now become a payments-focused company that uses blockchain to move money. In January, Polygon Labs launched Open Money Stack to support stablecoin payments and cross-border transfers, and to charge fees for currency exchange and money transfers. Marc Boiron said the regulated payments business is expected to become profitable by 2027. Data shows that Visa's payment volume exceeded $12.3 trillion in fiscal year 2025, while Stripe's payment volume reached $1.9 trillion. Through the acquisition of Coinme, Polygon Labs will control more business processes in areas such as crypto asset, stablecoin, and fiat currency conversion, rather than handing customers over to third parties. Polygon Labs' unified payments platform is currently still in technical preview and not yet fully open; early users include Tazapay, Mesh, Toku, and Kira.
Odaily reports: Patrick Collison posted on X that more than a year after Privy joined Stripe, its wallet asset scale has grown to about 25 times its previous level, its number of monthly active developers has grown about 3 times, and its revenue has grown about 9 times. It currently facilitates nearly $25 billion in transactions per month. Companies such as Ramp, Deel, Klarna, and Hyperliquid are building embedded banking features based on Privy. Stripe is integrating Privy into Treasury, Link, and Connect, and plans to launch a Link balance feature. Privy's wallet infrastructure already supports AI agents in conducting transactions and earning income. Stripe, together with Privy, Bridge, and other businesses, is building a unified API to support holding stablecoin balances and earning yield, fiat funding inflows and outflows, and arranging spending through bank cards.