The payment processing giant Stripe made two moves in the cryptocurrency space this week.
The company acquired the crypto wallet startup Valora, without disclosing financial terms. And separately, the Stripe-owned digital wallet infrastructure unit Privy is working with buy now, pay later firm Klarna Group to develop a digital wallet for cryptocurrencies.
The two developments were revealed in separate announcements on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
The merger with Stripe – which has a dual headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and San Francisco – will further Valora’s goal of giving more people access to financial services, the startup’s CEO Jackie Bona said in a blog post…






