Ant International Targets $10B Valuation in Funding Round, Pushes Stablecoin & Blockchain
Ant International, the Singapore-based overseas unit of Ant Group, is in early discussions with investors about a planned funding round that could raise about $1 billion and value the business at more than $10 billion.
The report cites strong fundamentals: Ant International generated an estimated $3.7 billion in revenue in 2025 (about +25% year over year) and has remained profitable for eight straight quarters. The unit contributes roughly 10% of Ant Group’s total revenue, but its growth has outpaced parts of the domestic operation.
The funding round is also seen as potentially strengthening expectations of a future standalone public listing in Hong Kong following governance restructuring that separated the international division from Ant Group’s mainland operations.
Operationally, the plan leans on cross-border payments and blockchain rails. Ant International’s Alipay+ network connects local wallets and payment systems across 100+ markets with 150 million merchants and over 2 billion consumers. Under the hood, its Whale blockchain platform processes a large share of global transaction flows, with recent work including enterprise treasury and tokenized settlement pilots involving Standard Chartered and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority Ensemble Sandbox.
The company has integrated Circle’s USDC into parts of its cross-border payment infrastructure to enable blockchain-based settlement instead of correspondent banking for some transactions. It also plans to apply for stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Luxembourg, starting with Hong Kong under the new stablecoin regime.
Key investors mentioned in the discussions include existing backers such as General Atlantic and Silver Lake, according to Bloomberg.
Neutral
This is a bullish-for-infrastructure story but not a direct crypto-market catalyst. Ant International’s planned funding round and $10B+ valuation can improve confidence around regulated cross-border payment rails, especially with stablecoin licensing intent and USDC settlement integration. That typically supports long-term adoption narratives for crypto-based payment plumbing.
However, the announcement is primarily about fintech funding and potential equity events (future Hong Kong listing), not about token issuance, protocol upgrades, or immediate changes to on-chain liquidity supply. For traders, near-term price action in major coins may be limited unless the market connects it to measurable increases in stablecoin demand or transaction volumes.
Historically, similar “institutional payments + regulated stablecoins + tokenized settlement” developments (e.g., growing enterprise pilots around tokenization) have tended to act as gradual sentiment boosters rather than sharp catalysts—often showing more effect over weeks to months as partnerships convert into actual volume.
Net effect: mostly neutral in the short term, with a mild bullish tilt for medium/long-term stablecoin and payment-rail adoption expectations.