Stripe

Companies such as Stripe, SpaceX, and Databricks are showing that it's possible to scale into the tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars without ever becoming public. Investors are pricing these companies through private and secondary markets — showing that the function an initial public...

One of the hottest private companies is software giant Databricks, recently valued at $134 billion. The growth of the company's valuation could help explain why retail investors are rushing to new offerings that give them exposure to pre-IPO companies.   Robinhood Venture Fund Sees Huge Demand...

Tether (CRYPTO: USDT), the majority owner of Twenty One Capital (NYSE:XXI), suggested a three-way merger on Wednesday to strengthen the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) treasury firm’s strategic outlook. Merger Of Bitcoin-Native Entities Tether said in a press release that it plans to vote in favor of a...

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned private companies to go public immediately or risk being shut out of capital markets, citing shrinking investor appetite and AGI-driven valuation uncertainty, as companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic gear up for potential IPOs this year....

Stripe, Coinbase Global, and Cloudflare are working together to form a nonprofit foundation called the x402 Foundation, which will manage the open x402 protocol for seamless online payments. The foundation will be built under the Linux Foundation and will act as a neutral organization supporting...

Stripe has secured agreements with investors to provide liquidity to its employees through a tender offer, valuing the company at $159 billion. Investors such as Thrive Capital, Coatue, and a16z are contributing to this effort, with Stripe also using some of its own capital to buy back shares, the...

Stripe-owned stablecoin platform Bridge said Tuesday it has secured a conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to form a federally chartered national trust bank. Bridge Gears For Federal Oversight Bridge stated on X that once the charter is...

Stock trading platform, Robinhood Markets Inc.’s (NASDAQ:HOOD) CEO, Vlad Tenev, weighed in on the growing political backlash against artificial intelligence (AI), responding directly to concerns raised by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) over the rapid expansion of AI data centers and their...

Tobi Lütke, CEO of Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP), said Thursday that the firm has partnered with Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) to integrate USD Coin (CRYPTO: USDC), allowing merchants to accept payments in the world’s second-largest dollar-pegged cryptocurrency. What Happened:...

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) announced Friday it will appoint Dina Powell McCormick and Stripe CEO Patrick Collison to its board of directors, effective April 15. The move increased the board's size to 15 members. What Happened: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook to share the...

Canada is expected to have a new prime minister with former central banker Mark Carney winning the country's Liberal Party election to replace outgoing Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, who announced his intention to step down in January. Carney has had a fast rise in Canadian politics but also enters...

Stripe just pulled off a massive growth spurt, and the payments giants should be paying attention. According to JPMorgan analyst Tien-tsin Huang, the private fintech powerhouse processed a staggering $1.4 trillion in volume last year, a 38% year-over-year jump that left competitors in the dust....

Traditional finance (TradFi) institutions increasingly have limited options: adapt to digital assets or risk falling behind. At the recent Benzinga Future of Digital Assets conference, panelists discussed the forces pushing crypto integration into mainstream markets, including evolving regulations...

The integration of blockchain into traditional financial systems is expanding rapidly. Major institutions such as Citi, JPMorgan and Mastercard are making substantial investments, signaling a potential transformation in finance. Ian Horne, head of content at Money20/20, shared his views on the...

The race for faster financial transactions is heating up, and several fintech companies are at the forefront with new real-time payment solutions. These 10 companies are transforming how we handle money, making transactions instant and efficient. As we approach the Benzinga Fintech Deal Day &...