Catenaa, Thursday, May 15, 2025-Stripe on Thursday introduced a new stablecoin-powered financial product and an AI-driven payments model, marking a major expansion into digital asset infrastructure following its $1.1 billion acquisition of crypto platform Bridge.
The new offering, called Stablecoin Financial Accounts, allows businesses across 101 countries to hold balances in dollar-backed stablecoins, receive payments in both crypto and fiat, and send stablecoins globally. Stripe said the accounts aim to help entrepreneurs in volatile-currency markets access global financial systems and hedge against inflation.
Now the accounts support Circle’s USDC and Bridge’s USDB, Stripe said it has plans to expand support to additional stablecoins.
The move comes three months after Stripe completed its Bridge acquisition, the largest crypto-related M&A deal to date.
In addition to the stablecoin rollout, Stripe introduced what it describes as the first-ever AI-powered Payments Foundation Model.
Trained on tens of billions of transactions, the model is designed to detect fraud and improve payment authorization rates by identifying subtle transaction signals overlooked by traditional tools.
The announcements signal Stripe’s deepening commitment to crypto integration and artificial intelligence in global payments infrastructure.
