Stripe獲取比特幣和加密錢包基礎設施提供商Privy

今天，Stripe Inc.宣布已收購了比特幣和加密錢包基礎設施提供商Privy，這標誌著其在今年早些時候購買Stablecoin Firm Bridge的11億美元購買後，其第二個主要的數字資產以重點收購。

Today, Stripe Inc announced the acquisition of Bitcoin and crypto wallet infrastructure provider Privy, marking its second major digital asset focused acquisition following its $1.1 billion purchase of stablecoin firm Bridge earlier this year.

今天，Stripe Inc宣布收購比特幣和加密錢包基礎設施提供商Privy，這標誌著其在今年早些時候購買Stablecoin Firm Bridge的11億美元購買後，其第二個主要的數字資產以重點收購。

Privy specializes in helping companies embed Bitcoin and crypto wallets directly into their apps and websites. For example, NFT marketplace OpenSea uses Privy to streamline purchases by automatically generating wallets for users. This removes the need for external wallet setups through services like MetaMask or Coinbase.

Privy專門幫助公司將比特幣和加密錢包直接嵌入其應用程序和網站中。例如，NFT Marketplace Opensea使用Privy來自動為用戶生成錢包來簡化購買。這可以消除對外部錢包設置的需求，例如metamask或coinbase。

"When we started, wallets were powerful but inaccessible for all but the most technical," said the Co-founder and CEO of Privy Henri Stern.

Privy Henri Stern的聯合創始人兼首席執行官說：“當我們開始時，除了最技術性外，錢包都很強大，但無法獲得。”

"Developers had to send users off-platform to get started, breaking flows and killing user conversion. That friction fundamentally constrained what could be built in crypto."

“開發人員必須將用戶偏離平台以開始，打破流量並殺死用戶轉換。這種摩擦從根本上限制了加密貨幣中可以構建的東西。”

Privy, based in New York, was founded by Henri Stern and Asta Li in 2021. Li was previously a founding engineer at Aurora, while Stern worked as a research scientist at web3 firm Protocol Labs. The startup has raised just over $40 million from investors including Ribbit Capital, Definition, and Coinbase Ventures, and was last valued at $230 million in March, according to PitchBook.

總部位於紐約的Privy由Henri Stern和Asta Li於2021年創立。 Li以前是Aurora的創始工程師，而Stern曾在Web3公司協議實驗室擔任研究科學家。根據PitchBook的說法，該初創公司的投資者籌集了超過4000萬美元，包括Ribbit Capital，Dewution和Coinbase Ventures，最後3月的價值為2.3億美元。

"We started Privy a little over three years ago to make it easy for any developer to build better products on crypto rails," stated their announcement. "Whether crypto is core to your app or simply a new layer of functionality, a good crypto product should just feel like a good product, period. By making crypto usable, we help make it useful for everyone."

他們的公告說：“我們在三年前就開始了Privy，以使任何開發人員都可以在加密貨幣軌道上構建更好的產品。” “無論是加密貨幣是您的應用程序的核心還是僅僅是新的功能層，好的加密產品都應該感覺像是一個好產品，時期。通過使加密貨幣可用，我們可以幫助每個人都有用。”

The acquisition follows Stripe’s earlier purchase of Bridge which helped accelerate interest in digital assets. Earlier this year, Stripe introduced stablecoin funded accounts designed to help merchants store funds and make international payments using Circle’s USDC and Bridge’s USDB. Similar to Bridge, Privy will continue operating as a standalone product.

此次收購是在Stripe早先購買的橋樑之後，這有助於加速對數字資產的興趣。今年早些時候，Stripe推出了Stablecoin資助的帳戶，旨在幫助商人存儲資金，並使用Circle的USDC和Bridge的USDB進行國際付款。與Bridge類似，Privy將繼續作為獨立產品運行。

Privy will power over 75 million accounts and support more than 1,000 developer teams, enabling billions in transaction volume, according to the announcement. Clients include Hyperliquid, Blackbird, Toku, and Farcaster, all using Bitcoin and crypto infrastructure to build real-world products in areas like trading, payments, payroll, and social applications.

據公告稱，普雷裡將為超過7500萬個帳戶供應超過7500萬個帳戶，並為超過1,000多個開發人員團隊提供支持，從而實現了數十億美元的交易量。客戶包括Hyplliquid，Blackbird，Toku和Farcaster，都使用比特幣和加密基礎架構在交易，付款，工資和社交應用等領域建造現實世界中的產品。

"With a unified platform, connecting Privy's wallets to the money movement capabilities in Stripe and Bridge, we're enormously excited to enable a new generation of global, Internet-native financial services," stated the co-founder and CEO of Stripe Patrick Collison.

Stripe Patrick Collison的聯合創始人兼首席執行官說：“有了一個統一的平台，將Privy的錢包與Stripe and Bridge的貨幣運動能力聯繫起來，我們非常興奮地使新一代全球，互聯網本地金融服務能夠。”