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Stripe valuation reaches $129B on secondary markets, up 158% from Series I

Stripe secondary market valuation hit $129B in December 2025, up 158% from its $50B Series I round in March 2023. Payment volume reached $1.4T in 2024. The company acquired Bridge Network (stablecoin platform) for $1.1B and Metronome for usage-based billing. Despite IPO speculation, the Collison brothers say going public is not a priority. Total funding raised: $9.81B over 24 rounds.

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The Bridge Network acquisition signals Stripe is serious about stablecoins as a payment rail. If crypto payments take off for B2B and cross-border transactions, Stripe could capture significant volume. The Collison brothers playing the long game by avoiding IPO pressure - they can make bold bets like this without quarterly earnings scrutiny.