Stripe to enable crypto payments

A collaboration between payment processing giant Stripe and Crypto.com could foreshadow more moves by payment processors to let consumers pay with cryptocurrencies, according to industry consultants. 

But they caution the speed of cryptocurrency adoption will depend largely on consumer interest. 

The partnership announced on Tuesday means that users of the Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform — which lets users trade digital assets and pay with cryptocurrencies — will be able to start using their crypto balances this month to pay online at some of Stripe’s merchant clients. 

The announcement by Stripe, which has dual headquarters in Dublin and San Francisco, follows a…

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