Stripe: Stablecoin payment volume to double by 2025, reaching $400 billion, with 60% of it being inter-company payments

CycleProphet · 2026-02-25T04:56:12+00:00

Stripe disclosed in its 2025 annual letter that despite the downturn in the crypto market, stablecoin payment volume doubled to approximately $400 billion. Stripe launched the blockchain Tempo, with collaborative test scenarios including global payments and remittances, and Klarna became the first bank to issue stablecoins in Tempo testing. Meanwhile, Stripe and OpenAI jointly developed an agency business agreement to promote AI and enterprise technical communication.

CycleProphet

2026-02-25 04:56:12

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Deep Tide TechFlow News, February 25 — According to Stripe’s 2025 annual public letter, despite the overall downturn in the crypto market, the volume of stablecoin payments in 2025 doubled to approximately $400 billion, with 60% of that being business-to-business payments. The stablecoin platform Bridge, acquired by Stripe, saw trading volume increase by more than four times.

Last year, Stripe launched Tempo, a blockchain designed specifically for payments, co-incubated with Paradigm. It offers dedicated payment channels, sub-second finality, optional privacy protection, and interoperability with compliance and accounting systems. Visa, Nubank, and Shopify are testing Tempo for global payments, embedded finance, and remittances. Klarna became the first bank to issue a stablecoin (KlarnaUSD) on the Tempo testnet, utilizing Bridge’s open issuance feature for faster, lower-cost cross-border settlements. The Tempo mainnet is imminent, with architecture particularly suited for proxy payments and microtransactions.

In the field of agentic commerce, Stripe and OpenAI jointly developed the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), establishing a technical language between AI platforms and enterprises. They also launched shared payment tokens, agentic commerce suites, and machine payment features, enabling developers to charge AI agents directly. Stripe has partnered with OpenAI to provide the first shopping experience for ChatGPT and is collaborating with Microsoft to bring similar features to Copilot.

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