Stripe’s valuation soars 74% to $159 billion
Source: TechCrunch
Posted: 9:28 AM PST · February 24, 2026
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Valuation update
Another year, another Stripe tender offer where investors buy shares from employees that values the company at an enormous step up.
On Tuesday, Stripe announced that this latest secondary transaction now values the company at $159 billion. Investors buying the shares include Thrive Capital, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, and Stripe itself.
In February 2025, Stripe announced its previous tender offer (TechCrunch coverage), which valued the company at $91.5 billion. That represents about a 74 % increase in valuation over the year. The annual announcement isn’t by chance; Stripe times this news with its annual letter from founders Patrick and John Collison, which showcases a year of product releases and insights into global usage of its products.
Stablecoin payments growth
Stripe reports that stablecoin payments volume doubled worldwide to around $400 billion in 2025, with 60 % of that volume estimated to come from B2B payments. This growth is one reason Stripe has invested heavily in crypto foundations recently, acquiring crypto‑wallet service Privy in July and unveiling its own blockchain for payments, Tempo, in September.
The stablecoin orchestration platform Bridge, which Stripe acquired last year, saw its volume more than quadruple, according to the company.
Correction: This story originally stated that the global stablecoin volume was on Stripe’s network and has now been corrected.