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Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Airtable for $2.25 billion, an 80% reduction from its peak valuation of $11.7 billion

According to Bloomberg, Italian app developer Bending Spoons SpA has agreed to acquire American software company Airtable for a total equity value of $2.25 billion, which will be completed as an all-cash transaction. After deducting Airtable's net cash of approximately $965 million, the enterprise value is about $1.29 billion. This price represents a significant reduction of about 80% from Airtable's valuation of $11.7 billion in 2021, serving as another example of the valuation correction in the software industry.Airtable was founded in 2013 and provides tools that allow non-technical employees to build customized applications. At the end of 2021, it raised $735 million at a valuation of $11.7 billion but failed to go public as planned "within a few years." Like many software companies, it has struggled to maintain stable growth amid the impact of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude Code. As of June 2026, Airtable's annual recurring revenue is approximately $480 million. This is Bending Spoons' first acquisition since its Nasdaq listing on July 1, and after the transaction is completed, Airtable will gain resources to advance the construction of its AI-native platform, but its operational model is similar to private equity, which typically involves layoffs and restructuring of acquired companies.

Cybrid: Enterprise-level stablecoin applications see significant growth, with over 80% of surveyed companies planning to adopt them within the year

The latest report from payment infrastructure company Cybrid shows that the adoption of stablecoins by enterprises is accelerating towards becoming mainstream. Among the 468 corporate executives and business leaders surveyed, as many as 42% of companies are already using stablecoins for cross-border payments, and 88% of respondents indicated they are very likely to adopt them within the next 12 months, while only 2% of respondents said they would rely entirely on traditional payment networks.Data shows that companies using stablecoins save an average of 35% on cross-border payment costs; for large enterprises processing over $100 million monthly, cost savings can reach up to 47%. The most common use cases for companies using stablecoins are: payroll disbursement, vendor payments, and customer payments. In addition, 71% of respondents emphasized that clear regulatory policies (such as the recently passed stablecoin regulatory bill GENIUS Act in the U.S.) are the most critical factor driving their expansion of stablecoin usage, with its importance even surpassing the level of infrastructure improvement.With the growth in demand, the supporting infrastructure in the industry is also continuously expanding. Data from payment platform Paybis shows that in the first four months of 2026, B2B transactions accounted for nearly 98% of the total stablecoin payments on its platform. This Monday, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) also announced the expansion of its digital asset custody platform, allowing institutional clients to store and circulate Circle's USDC directly through the bank.
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