Stripe Acquires Stablecoin Platform Bridge for $1.1 Billion

Paystand Acquires Bitwage

November 7, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Paystand, a blockchain-powered B2B payments network, has acquired Bitwage, a platform for stablecoin-enabled cross-border payouts. The acquisition embeds Bitwage’s payout engine into Paystand’s AR/AP and treasury stack to enable enterprise-grade stablecoin settlement, faster cross-border payouts, and automated on-chain reconciliation for global customers.

Modern Treasury Acquires Beam to Add Stablecoin Payments

October 22, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Modern Treasury has acquired Beam, a stablecoin and fiat payment platform, to integrate stablecoin orchestration and real-time payment rails into its payment operations API. The acquisition brings Beam's technology and team (including founder Dan Mottice) into Modern Treasury to expand capabilities for instant pay-ins, payouts, FX efficiency, and enterprise treasury use cases.

MoonPay Acquires Iron to Expand Stablecoin Treasury and Payments Infrastructure

March 13, 2025

Payments & Fintech

MoonPay has acquired Iron, an API-first stablecoin infrastructure platform, to expand its enterprise-grade treasury management and instant cross-border payment capabilities. The deal brings Iron’s stablecoin rails and API technology into MoonPay’s payments platform, enabling enterprises, fintechs, and merchants to manage multi-currency treasuries and execute near-instant settlements.

Aave Labs Acquires Stable Finance

October 23, 2025

Financial Services

Aave Labs has acquired Stable Finance, a San Francisco-based fintech startup that created the Stable app for stablecoin savings. The acquisition brings Stable Finance’s founder Mario Baxter Cabrera and the engineering team into Aave Labs to accelerate development of consumer-focused onchain savings and other consumer DeFi products.

The Tie Acquires Stakin

January 6, 2026

Financial Services

The Tie, an institutional digital-asset solutions provider, has acquired staking provider Stakin (which manages roughly $1.5 billion in assets under delegation) to launch a new Infrastructure Solutions division. The acquisition brings Stakin’s non-custodial, enterprise-grade staking infrastructure into The Tie’s institutional platform to offer a unified gateway and expanded capabilities for hedge funds, asset managers, banks and other institutional clients.

Stax Payments Acquires BlockChyp

October 1, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Stax Payments has acquired BlockChyp to add the company's payments gateway, APIs, and onboarding capabilities to Stax's payment technology stack. The deal expands Stax's end-to-end processing capabilities and brings BlockChyp's founders and team into Stax's leadership to accelerate product innovation for ISV and merchant customers.