$2.9 Billion in Acquisitions and $7 Billion in Settlement on Stablecoin Rails
Stripe bought Bridge. Mastercard bought BVNK. Visa built its own. The banking middle layer is shrinking.
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Stablecoin transfer volume hit $33 trillion in 2025, up 72% from the prior year and roughly double what Visa processed across its entire global network (Artemis Analytics, Bloomberg). That number caught the attention of every payment company on the planet. Three of them decided to buy their way in.
Stripe closed its $1.1 billion acquisition of Bridge in …
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