On Wednesday, global payments giant Stripe fulfilled its April commitment to reinstate crypto support, marking six years since it first discontinued Bitcoin payments on its platform.
The San Francisco-based firm has introduced a new payment option that allows businesses to accept USD Coin (USDC) from customers in more than 150 countries, Jeff Weinstein, Stripe’s product lead, announced on Twitter (X).
“Crypto on Stripe is officially back!” he tweeted. “We’re rolling this out to hundreds of thousands of US businesses today.”
Support for additional countries is expected to be rolled out in the near future. Decrypt has reached out to clarify that point.
In April, Weinstein announced that Stripe would initially support payments…
Nov 15 2024
