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Stripe Acquires Bridge for $1.1 Billion in Crypto Infrastructure Deal

Stripe acquired Bridge, its crypto unit focused on stablecoin infrastructure, for $1.1 billion in 2024. Bridge gained conditional approval from the OCC to establish a national trust bank in February 2026 to support enterprise and fintech digital dollar frameworks. The acquisition expanded Stripe's capabilities in stablecoin orchestration and on-chain settlements. Reuters covered the trust bank approval February 17, 2026.

Stripe Valuation Reaches $159 Billion in Latest Tender Offer

Stripe conducted a tender offer for employees and shareholders valuing the company at $159 billion. The secondary share sale marked a more than 70 percent increase from the prior year's valuation around $91.5 billion. Total payment volume neared $2 trillion in the previous year. CNBC reported the $159 billion valuation February 24, 2026, citing the company's announcement.

Stripe Completes Acquisition of Metronome for Usage-Based Billing

Stripe completed its acquisition of Metronome, a leader in orchestrating billing for complex usage-based models, on January 14, 2026. The deal integrates Metronome's capabilities to handle granular usage events, token burns, and real-time metering for AI and SaaS companies that outgrew basic Stripe Billing. Sources reported the purchase price around $1 billion. Stripe announced the completion on its newsroom January 14, 2026, following earlier reports of the deal.

Stripe Hires Forward Deployed AI Accelerator for Marketing Team

Tempo Blockchain Partners with Morpho for Yield and Lending Integration

Stripe-backed Tempo chain partnered with $7.5B DeFi lender Morpho to embed yield and lending features into its payments network on May 19, 2026. The integration expands Tempo beyond basic payments into yield-generating capabilities. Tempo is a Layer 1 blockchain focused on stablecoin transactions at scale. Morpho brings $7.5 billion in lending capacity to the partnership.

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison Discusses Agentic Commerce at Stripe Sessions

Tempo Adds MoneyGram as Validator with Stripe Settlement Use Case

MoneyGram Becomes Tempo's Anchor Remittance Validator in Stripe Partnership

Stripe Settling Payments to MoneyGram on Tempo Using Stablecoins

MoneyGram joined Tempo as its first remittance validator on May 20, 2026, with Stripe settling payments to MoneyGram on Tempo using stablecoins under the hood. MoneyGram contributes to Tempo's operation, security, and reliability as validator. Tempo, co-developed by Stripe and Paradigm, launched mainnet in mid-March 2026 after $500 million Series A. The partnership advances stablecoin-based settlement across MoneyGram's global network. MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo highlighted the alignment with solving real consumer problems.

Sam Altman Joins Patrick Collison for Fireside Chat at Stripe Sessions 2026

MoneyGram Named Anchor Remittance Validator for Stripe-Backed Tempo Blockchain

MoneyGram became the Anchor Remittance Validator for Tempo, the Layer 1 blockchain co-developed by Stripe and Paradigm on May 20, 2026. MoneyGram will validate remittance transactions and integrate stablecoin settlement including with Stripe for global flows. Tempo mainneted in mid-March 2026 after raising $500 million Series A in October 2025 and targets remittances, retail commerce, and corporate treasury. MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo described the partnership as a natural fit given Tempo's focus on real consumer problems. Tempo earlier partnered with DoorDash for stablecoin payments and works with OpenAI, Shopify, Anthropic, and Deutsche Bank.

Stripe-Backed Tempo Integrates Morpho $7.5 Billion DeFi Lending Marketplace

Tempo, backed by Stripe and Paradigm, integrated Morpho's $7.5 billion DeFi lending marketplace on May 18, 2026. Fintechs and enterprises on Tempo can now lend, borrow, and earn yield on stablecoin balances using curated markets from Gauntlet and Sentora with RedStone oracles. Tempo raised $500 million last year at $5 billion valuation and launched in March 2026 with support from Visa, Mastercard, Revolut, Shopify, Klarna, and UBS. Eric Kang, GTM at Tempo, noted growing enterprise demand for DeFi capabilities in payments products. The integration expands Tempo beyond payments into a full-stack onchain finance platform.

Kickstarter Apologizes and Reverts Mature Content Rules Citing Stripe Requirements

SendCutSend Raises $110M at $1B Valuation Co-Led by Sequoia, Paradigm, Stripe Co-Founders

SendCutSend raised $110 million in funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was co-led by Sequoia, Paradigm, and Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison. Founder Jim Belosic previously bootstrapped the company to $200 million in revenue while rejecting venture capital and calling VCs “grifters.” The Reno, Nevada-based on-demand manufacturer produces custom sheet-metal parts for robotics, data centers, aerospace, and hardware sectors. Jim Belosic cited AI-driven customer demand as the reason for accepting external capital in 2026 after years of self-funding.

Stripe's John Collison Says Agentic Commerce Will Completely Transform Online Shopping

Stripe President Says Shoppers Want to Leave Mundane Tasks to AI

Stripe Co-Founder John Collison Explains Agentic Commerce Transformation of Digital Commerce

Stripe Sessions 2026 Takeaways Include Tempo as Global Settlement Network

Stripe Sessions 2026 Features John Collison on Agentic Commerce and Economy Indexing

John Collison Discusses Agentic Commerce on Odd Lots Podcast

KASTxyz Partners with Tempo for Stablecoin Earn Product and Consumer Payments

KASTxyz, with 1 million users and $5 billion annualized volume across 150 million merchants in 170 countries, partnered with Tempo to bring its stablecoin earn product to the blockchain. KASTxyz and Tempo are working as design partners on consumer stablecoin payments for everyday users. Tempo, incubated by Paradigm and Stripe, launched in March 2026 with $500 million funding at a $5 billion valuation and 100,000 transactions per second capacity. The partnership enables yield on stablecoins with no lockups or hidden fees.

Stripe and Google Partner on Agentic Commerce for Gemini AI Purchases

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison Reports Token Theft in One of Every Six AI Signups