Integrated with Phantom, MetaMask, OpenSea, and Coinbase Wallet as cross-chain infrastructure provider.

Pursuing stablecoins alongside Meta and Cloudflare, with speculation about whether this represents a local market top signal.

Became the first major payments company to support bitcoin payments in 2014.

Ended bitcoin payments in 2018 due to high fees and lack of adoption.

considers acquiring PayPal

Processed $400 billion in stablecoin payment volume in 2025, with 60% of that volume being B2B transactions.

Hosts a crypto event in Mexico City on 2026-03-18 featuring speakers including dwr, PaulFrambot, MBTannenbaum, HadickM, and SamBroner discussing onchain finance.

Valued at $159 billion, up from $140 billion in 2025.

Funded RedwoodJS, a JavaScript framework created by a GitHub co-founder.

Paradigm launched Tempo, a payments Layer 1 blockchain.

Stripe launches tempo testnet.

Stripe charges 1.5% fees for its stablecoin services.

Stripe completes acquisition of Valora wallet.

Stripe is looking to launch an L1 blockchain.

Integrated x402 protocol on 2026-02-11 to process USD-settled stablecoin payments for AI agents on Ethereum, Base, and Polygon using PaymentIntents API for agent-to-merchant USDC microtransactions natively over HTTP.

Launched stablecoin payments on Stripe with Polygon integration in 2024.

Stripe's stablecoin USDsui is now live on Sui Network, issued by Stablecoin.

Stripe launches its own stablecoin, following a similar move by PayPal in the stablecoin payments space.

Tempo plans to provide payments for AI agents, with Klarna's BNPL to be used in agentic commerce built on Tempo.

Klarna launches KlarnaUSD stablecoin on Tempo blockchain to reduce cross-border payment costs, becoming the first bank to deploy on the payments blockchain created by Stripe and Paradigm.

Sequoia and a16z participate in Tempo's October funding round as part of a $3.9B crypto funding wave.

Circle's Arc is a direct competitor to Tempo, and Max Resnick and Mallesh Pai are part of the Tempo team.

Stripe acquires Privy according to a year-in-review tweet listing major crypto events that occurred in 2025.

Stripe executives speak at Federal Reserve's Payments Innovation Conference alongside BlackRock, Coinbase, JPMorgan, Circle, and other major financial and crypto institutions.

Stripe adds USDC recurring billing functionality to its payment platform.

Tempo's $500M funding round at $5B valuation is led by Thrive and Greenoaks.

Stripe and Paradigm hire Dankrad from the Ethereum Foundation for their Tempo blockchain project.

Tempo, the stablecoin blockchain built by Stripe and Paradigm, raised $500M at a $5B valuation.

Joshua Kushner's fund raised $25B with investments including Stripe, OpenAI, and Databricks.

Bridge applied for a U.S. bank trust charter to issue and manage regulated stablecoins, mentioned as a candidate to pilot Meta's stablecoin integration as a third-party administrator for stablecoin-based payments.

Stripe launches stablecoin subscription payment support, enabling recurring payments in stablecoins.

Building payment-focused blockchain Tempo in partnership with Paradigm, permissionless, charging a 1.5% transaction fee on USDC processing for its customer base that processed $1.4 trillion last year.

Stripe and OpenAI launch ACP (Agentic Commerce Protocol), now live and operational for commerce between AI agents and merchants.

CASH by Phantom (built with Stripe and Bridge) is now live on Solana with monthly Kamino incentives and additional DeFi integrations coming soon.

Dakota (DKUSD) joins Open Issuance as an additional launch partner alongside the previously announced Phantom (CASH), MetaMask (mUSD), and Native Markets (USDH).

Launched Shared Payment Tokens feature, enabling AI agents to accept 100+ global payment methods and machine-to-machine stablecoin payments.

Stripe completes acquisition of Privy for embedded wallet solutions, moving beyond the previously announced partnership relationship.

CASH by Phantom becomes the first stablecoin issued via Open Issuance, with MetaMask's mUSD and Hyperliquid's USDH also planned to be issued on the platform.

Discussion indicates that Stripe chose to build an L1 (Layer 1 blockchain) rather than an L2, mentioned in context of comparing infrastructure strategies with Circle and Robinhood.

Launched financial accounts product with multi-currency and stablecoin holding/conversion, local bank rail payments, instant card issuance, and treasury infrastructure access for US and UK businesses rolling out this year.

Brex integrates stablecoin payments with Solana from the start, and Bridge launches Open Issuance platform for businesses to design custom stablecoins with shared liquidity and interoperability.

Integrated as an in-app onramp provider, partnered with Privy for embedded wallet solutions and custodial wallet product features, and Tempo for onchain financial services.

Integration with Replit launches in early access, enabling developers to add subscriptions and one-time payments to Replit apps through conversational AI Agent 3, with sandbox testing and production deployment capabilities.

Launches billing solution for AI developers to charge users for LLM token usage, with integrations across OpenRouter, Cloudflare, Vercel, and Helicone partners.

Stripe plans to apply for Federal Charter as part of its stablecoin expansion strategy.

Stripe and Bridge launch CASH, a new stablecoin on Solana with built-in developer rewards and merchant support, in partnership with Phantom wallet featuring new Phantom $ functionality.

Bridge infrastructure now issues Hyperliquid's USDH stablecoin, demonstrating adoption of the Open Issuance platform. Additionally, Stripe payments are now integrated into v0 AI development platform in public beta, enabling developers to accept payments in AI-generated applications.

Partners with OpenAI to launch ChatGPT Instant Checkout and Agentic Commerce Protocol, introducing Shared Payment Tokens for agentic payments.

Stripe partners with Fold and Visa to develop a Bitcoin credit card product.

Acquired Privy, Bridge (a stablecoin infrastructure provider), Tempo, PartyDAO, and Valora in 2025.

Crypto veterans express concerns about the corporate blockchain trend including the company's chain initiative, potentially indicating resistance from the traditional crypto community.

Stablecoin company acquired by the payment processor for over $1 billion, with development focused on proprietary L1 blockchain rather than public chain infrastructure.

Tempo blockchain reportedly lacks permissionless access, raising concerns about its technical roadmap.

Paradigm partners on Tempo layer-1 blockchain for stablecoin payments infrastructure, a payments-first blockchain.

Technical details reveal that business payments on Tempo blockchain are publicly visible to everyone, adding transparency elements to the announced payment infrastructure.

Announces Tempo, an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain specifically designed for payments.

Circle and Google join L1 blockchain development race, indicating increased institutional interest in chain infrastructure.

New integration enables crypto payments for Vercel's v0 platform through wallet infrastructure.

Strategic pivot indicates possible tokenless L1 development with focus on stablecoin services as loss-leader business model.

New subscription feature enables recurring crypto payment processing.

Acquires Privy.io for wallet infrastructure while launching cross-chain payment support on Polygon with single-address functionality.

New L1 blockchain development officially named "Tempo", marking concrete progress in infrastructure development efforts.

Dynamic integration enables crypto payments from any wallet through payment infrastructure.

New stablecoin mmUSD launching through MetaMask partnership, expected today

Major stablecoin issuers Circle and Tether are developing competing L1 chains 'arc' and 'plasma' respectively, intensifying competition in the payment blockchain space.

Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang appointed to lead Tempo blockchain project.

Major fintech companies Coinbase, Robinhood, and Circle are simultaneously developing competing L1 chains, signaling an industry-wide shift toward institutional blockchain infrastructure.

New L1 blockchain will operate at 20 TPS, designed to handle portion of $1.4T annual payment volume.

New L1 blockchain 'Tempo' confirms EVM compatibility and Solidity support, targeting Fortune 500 companies for payment solutions.

New L1 blockchain "Tempo" under development in partnership with Paradigm, marking direct entry into blockchain infrastructure development.

NFT businesses report account closures due to restricted business classification, creating integration concerns for Privy acquisition.

Acquires Privy as part of $5B+ crypto industry consolidation wave.

Governance proposal reveals plans to launch MetaMask USD (mmUSD) stablecoin in collaboration with MetaMask, to be settled via M^0 network and integrated across MetaMask services.

BlackRock provides financial infrastructure for stablecoin ecosystem through Bridge acquisition, expanding institutional backing for payment solutions.

New integration between Airtm, Stripe's StableCoin, and Stellar enables fast, cheap cross-border payroll solutions.

Market rumors suggest development of proprietary blockchain network.

Private blockchain payment network jointly owned by Paradigm and Stripe targets credit card industry competition.

Acquires Bridge to expand crypto infrastructure capabilities alongside recent Privy acquisition.

Development of AI-based, PCI-compliant voice payment solutions underway, seeking early partners for co-building.

Coinbase payments go live on Shopify's USDC integration, featuring Base network infrastructure and upcoming programmable rewards system.

Shopify enables USDC payments for millions of merchants through Connect platform integration

New crypto-native payments network being built to create comprehensive payment infrastructure.

Acquires Privy crypto wallet provider to strengthen crypto payments infrastructure.

Integrates Privy as underlying wallet infrastructure to launch 1-click crypto wallet creation service, expanding beyond stablecoin offerings into consumer crypto products.

Early bank discussions underway for stablecoin adoption; launches new platform for fintech stablecoin card programs.

TRON expands Stripe stablecoin integration with enhanced fiat on-ramps, developer tools, and cross-chain support, handling $77B USDT with $20B daily transfer volume.

New stablecoin financial account launches across 101 countries, providing crypto on/off ramp capabilities built on Ethereum.

Launches stablecoin financial accounts for businesses in 100+ countries, enabling USD transactions globally.

Global stablecoin infrastructure launch across 100+ countries marks major institutional entry into crypto payments.

Launches stablecoin-powered accounts following $1.1B Bridge acquisition completion in February.

New stablecoin feature enables global USD and USDC transfers across 100+ countries via Base network integration.

Payment infrastructure now supports USDC, USDB stablecoin transactions across 101 countries, launches AI-powered fraud detection system for enhanced security and authorization rates.

New stablecoin financial accounts launch enables crypto-fiat transfers across 101 countries.

New stablecoin product under development via Bridge platform, targeting markets outside US, EU, and UK.

Major fintech company developing stablecoin product with beta testing planned.

KYC verification now automatically shares across linked accounts, eliminating repeated verification processes.

Major M&A activity surges 16.7% in Q1 '25, catalyzed by Q4's Bridge acquisition.