Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnADVERTISEMENTCryptoProwlFri, July 17, 2026 at 3:09 AM GMT+2 2 min readStripe and Advent International's reported $53 billion bid for PayPal (NASDAQ: $PYPL) could place one of crypto's largest stablecoin infrastructure stacks beside a payments network serving more than 400 million active accounts.The consortium offered $60.50 per share, roughly 28% above PayPal's price before the proposal surfaced, with about $50 billion in committed bank financing behind the transaction. PayPal's board is reviewing the approach but reportedly considers the current valuation inadequate, leaving the bid open to negotiation rather than close to completion.The crypto angle sits beneath the larger payments deal. Stripe has spent the past several years building stablecoin rails around USDC (CRYPTO: $USDC), crypto onramps and its $1.1 billion acquisition of Bridge, which added infrastructure for issuing, storing, converting and moving digital dollars.More From Cryptoprowl:Stablecoin Market Cap Declines By $10 Billion