# Сопутствующие статьи по теме Blockchain

Новостной центр HTX предлагает последние статьи и углубленный анализ по "Blockchain", охватывающие рыночные тренды, новости проектов, развитие технологий и политику регулирования в криптоиндустрии.

Stripe Rises, PayPal Falls: The New King of Payments Ascends the Throne

Stripe, the global payments infrastructure giant, surged to a $159 billion valuation in February 2026, marking a 74% increase from the previous year. It processed $1.9 trillion in annual transaction volume, accounting for 1.6% of global GDP. In contrast, PayPal, the legacy payments leader, faced stagnation with just 4.3% revenue growth in 2025, a sharp decline in core checkout growth, and flat active user numbers. Reports emerged that Stripe is considering acquiring PayPal. Stripe’s success is driven by strategic bets on next-generation technologies: it acquired stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge and crypto wallet provider Privy, and co-developed the Tempo blockchain, capable of over 100,000 TPS. It also partnered with OpenAI to create the Agent Commerce Protocol, enabling AI agents to conduct micro-payments via stablecoins. These moves position Stripe at the center of AI and crypto-powered transaction growth. Meanwhile, PayPal struggled with innovation. Its stablecoin PYUSD held less than 0.5% market share, and its management acknowledged execution failures. While PayPal remains a cash-generating business with 439 million active accounts, it has been slow to adapt to shifting industry paradigms. The divergence highlights a fundamental strategic difference: Stripe is building the infrastructure for the future of payments—on-chain settlement, AI economies, and programmable money—while PayPal has been optimizing within an outdated framework. The industry is now racing toward stablecoin and blockchain-based payments, a transition Stripe began leading nearly two years ahead of competitors like Visa and Mastercard.

marsbit04/01 06:39

Stripe Rises, PayPal Falls: The New King of Payments Ascends the Throne

marsbit04/01 06:39

When Bitcoin Miners Take to Space

SpaceX is reportedly preparing for a historic IPO with a target of $1.75 trillion, while simultaneously advancing plans to deploy AI data centers in orbit, leveraging space’s vacuum for cooling and solar energy for power. This has sparked interest in whether Bitcoin mining—also energy-intensive and dependent on computing hardware—could also move to space. The core idea involves placing mining ASICs on the back of solar panels in orbit, using abundant solar energy to power mining operations. Heat dissipation in vacuum, a key challenge, is manageable through thermal radiation, and communication with mining pools is feasible with low latency via low Earth orbit satellites. However, the economics remain prohibitive. Launch costs, currently around $2,720 per kilogram via Falcon 9, make mining payloads financially unviable. Estimates suggest that with current technology, the payback period would exceed 100 years. SpaceX’s Starship may eventually reduce launch costs below $200/kg, making space mining more feasible. Companies like Starcloud—backed by NVIDIA and top VCs—are already testing orbit-based computing, including AI and planned Bitcoin mining experiments. Others, like SpaceChain and Cryptosat, focus on secure blockchain nodes and cryptographic services in space rather than mining. While orbital mining is not yet economically competitive with terrestrial operations, it represents a long-term vision for radically reducing energy costs and expanding the infrastructure of decentralized networks beyond Earth.

marsbit04/01 03:49

When Bitcoin Miners Take to Space

marsbit04/01 03:49

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