[Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion] Golden Finance reported that according to Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, payment company Stripe acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion. Bridge is Stripe's largest acquisition to date and the largest acquisition in the history of the crypto industry. It raised $58 million from investors and was previously valued at $200 million. The software provided by Bridge helps businesses accept stablecoin payments, which also marks the expansion of Stripe's cryptocurrency adoption efforts.