Stripe

Stripe Co-Founder Is ‘Enthusiastic’ About Bitcoin, 3 Years After Ending Its Support

John Collison said all approaches to cross-border transactions, including crypto, need to be pursued in "parallel."

News  ·  16 June 2021

Stripe Names Digital Currency Advocate, Former BoE Governor Carney to Board

Carney has argued for a digital replacement to fiat, amid the U.S. dollar’s waning hegemony.

News  ·  21 February 2021
Stripe

Stripe Partnering With Goldman, Citigroup, Others to Offer Checking Accounts, Services: Report

Payments processor Stripe is teaming with some big banks to provide checking accounts and other banking services, according to a report.

News  ·  4 December 2020
CoinFlash

Stripe to Pay $120,000 in PlexCoin ICO Settlement With Massachusetts Attorney General

The payments processor facilitated millions of dollars of PlexCoin investments before shuttering accounts in September 2017.

Policy & regulation  ·  21 September 2020
Regulation

US Lawmakers Call on Payment Giants to Exit ‘Chilling’ Libra Project

Senators Brian Schatz and Sherrod Brown have called on Visa, Stripe, and MasterCard to reconsider their membership of the Libra Association.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 October 2019
Venture Capital

Stripe-Backed Payments Firm Raises $100 Million to Compete Against Stablecoins

Rapyd raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to face off against the arrival of stablecoins.

Business  ·  1 October 2019
Bitcoin

Payment Processor Stripe to End Support for Bitcoin

Payments processor Stripe announced it would end support for bitcoin in April, citing rising transaction costs and times as two reasons for the move.

Business  ·  23 January 2018
News

Payment Processor Stripe Goes Live With Bitcoin Integration

San Francisco-based payments company Stripe has officially launched its bitcoin payments integration following months of beta testing.

Business  ·  19 February 2015
Ripple Labs

‘Bad Blood’ Between Ripple and Stellar Aired in Tell-All Report

The New York Observer has published an article examining the turbulent history of decentralized payment startups Ripple Labs and Stellar.

Tech  ·  5 February 2015
Exchanges

Stripe Updates Bitcoin Payments Advice, Will Go Live in January

Online payment solutions company Stripe's bitcoin service will come out of beta in January, the company has advised.

Business  ·  24 December 2014
Visa

Stripe: Bitcoin Has Future in Global Payments if Issues Solved

The payments processor examined bitcoin and weighed its potential impact on the world's payment network.

Business  ·  21 July 2014
News

Bitfin Day Two: We Need More Global, Organised Bitcoin Education

The Dublin conference closed with talks on furthering bitcoin evolution by innovating the education and banking systems.

Business  ·  4 July 2014
Payments

Stripe CTO: Bitcoin Could Unify the World’s Financial Systems

Greg Brockman told CoinDesk that rather than replacing the existing financial infrastructure, cryptocurrencies hold promise as a unifying technology.

Business  ·  29 June 2014
Payments

‘Stripe’ Lead Engineer: Bitcoin is a Long-Term Investment

Stripe lead engineer Christian Anderson provides an inside look at the online payments company's bitcoin plans.

Business  ·  27 March 2014
Payments

Online Payments Provider ‘Stripe’ Now Testing Bitcoin Support

Stripe is now testing bitcoin payment support with one merchant, but has opened enrollment to more.

Business  ·  27 March 2014