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Swedish "buy now, pay later" giant Klarna announced a partnership with Privy, a cryptocurrency wallet infrastructure company under Stripe, to jointly develop a user-facing cryptocurrency wallet. This is an important step in advancing "buy now, pay later (BNPL) + Web3" following the launch of its own stablecoin initiative.Previously, Klarna announced that it would issue its own stablecoin, KlarnaUSD, in 2026.

ChainCatcher news, according to FORTUNE CRYPTO, Stripe's head of crypto business John Egan announced his departure and will join Polygon Labs as Chief Product Officer (CPO) on Tuesday.Egan has led several significant crypto acquisitions and initiatives at Stripe, including the $1.1 billion acquisition of the stablecoin startup Bridge (completed in February this year), the acquisition of the crypto wallet company Privy, and the collaboration with Paradigm to develop its own blockchain, Tempo.He stated that he chose to join Polygon because he is optimistic about its leading position in stablecoin micropayments. According to data from Artemis Analytics, in July this year, there were 4.5 million active addresses on Polygon using stablecoins for transactions, surpassing Ethereum's 2.9 million, bringing users closer to "daily payment" scenarios.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, American payment giant Stripe announced it will acquire crypto wallet infrastructure provider Privy, with the specific transaction amount undisclosed.This is another significant move following its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge. Privy's embeddable wallet creation service has been adopted by platforms like OpenSea, simplifying the NFT purchasing process.Stripe's CEO stated that integrating Privy with Bridge is expected to drive the development of global crypto-native financial services. The transaction is expected to be completed within weeks.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, the crypto wallet infrastructure Privy announced the completion of a $15 million financing round, led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, and Coinbase. The valuation information has not been disclosed, and the company's total financing to date has reached $40 million.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Privy is an infrastructure platform that provides authentication and key management tools for Web3 applications. Through embedded wallets, account abstraction, and cross-chain interoperability, it helps developers build a seamless multi-chain network user experience.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist's Yu Xian posted on platform X stating that the wallet solution based on Privy must enable 2FA. Although Privy generates and manages users' shard private keys through the SSS scheme, it ultimately restores the real plaintext private key in the target frontend (existing in an independent iframe context).

ChainCatcher news, data privacy solution Privy announced the launch of a cross-application wallet feature, which allows users to log into other applications using their existing embedded wallets, enabling interoperability. The first batch supports integrations with Zora, OpenSea, Fantasy, Icebreaker, and Adimverse, with more support to be added in the future.

ChainCatcher news, the data privacy solution Privy is now open to all users.It is reported that Privy has a progressive authentication library, an embedded wallet library, and web and mobile native clients. In the coming months, Privy will focus on more convenient wallet top-up features and enhancing interoperability.

ChainCatcher news, data privacy solution provider Privy announced that it will launch global embedded wallets to customers in the coming months. The core features of embedded wallets include self-custody and interoperability. Self-custody means that users are the only ones who can access and use the cryptographic keys that protect their accounts, ensuring that they maintain control over their data and assets across any platform. Interoperability refers to the ability for users to transfer assets and data between different applications, making it easier for developers to build experiences from multiple systems that rely on each other.

ChainCatcher news, data privacy solution Privy has completed a $18 million Series A financing round, led by Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia Capital and others. In addition, Privy announced that former Sequoia Capital partner and Stripe board member Huang will join Privy's board of directors.It is reported that the data privacy solution Privy announced the completion of an $8.3 million seed round financing on April 21, 2022, led by Sequoia Capital and Blue Yard Capital, with participation from Electric Capital, Archetype, BoxGroup, and Protocol Labs. Privy aims to resolve the contradiction between poor multi-wallet user experience and privacy risk leakage from integrated logins through Web3 solutions. This round of financing will be used to build the team and continue creating use cases that meet customer needs.