Klarna Taps Coinbase for Institutional Stablecoin Liquidity

Published at 2025-12-19 19:16:03

Klarna announced a partnership with Coinbase to enable institutional investors to fund customer accounts and balances using stablecoins. The integration gives institutions a direct on-ramp into Klarna’s platform via digital dollars, speeding settlement and offering a crypto-native liquidity option for corporate and institutional flows.

The deal underscores increasing trust in stablecoins among mainstream financial services and could lower costs and operational friction for large-scale transfers. It also highlights how buy-now-pay-later and fintech firms are experimenting with crypto rails to enhance liquidity. Regulators and market participants will watch whether wider adoption by firms like Klarna brings more scrutiny or paves the way for broader institutional use of programmatic digital dollars.

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