Payment Processor Stripe Testing Bitcoin Support
Stripe, a payment provider that provides developer-friendly API and tools to help business accept online payments, is looking into bitcoin support. That's according to a new page they've set up at stripe.com/bitcoin, which says they are currently testing bitcoin support. The San Francisco-based company is allowing those interested to join a beta program and be added to a waiting list - so it's unclear when (and even if) this will make it out as a final product. Stripe processes billions of dollars in transactions for thousands of companies annually, of which includes Fortune 500 companies.....
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Stripe has launched its bitcoin payments integration following nearly a year of testing. With the launch, Stripe is now allowing any merchant in its network with a US dollar bank account to accept bitcoin. Integration for merchants is made possible through either its API or as part of its Checkout feature. A representative for Stripe told CoinDesk that its beta test had delivered promising results, and as part of the testing merchants within Stripe's network received both domestic and international payments. The spokesperson noted: "While in beta, Stripe merchants accepted bitcoin....
San Francisco-based web and mobile payments provider Stripe has announced that it is now testing bitcoin support with one merchant partner, online data backup service Tarsnap. Founded in 2010, Stripe has so far garnered $120m in public investments, most recently in January when it capped an $80m Series C round from major investors including PayPal founder Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Sequoia Capital. Tarsnap, in turn, is helmed by Colin Percival, credited with creating the password-based key derivation function scrypt now widely used in digital currency. The announcement is notable as....
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It's Sunday again, and you know what that means. It's time for another CCN Week in Review. This week, from 31 March - 6 April, payments processor Square began accepting bitcoin, Neo & Bee became insolvent, altcoin exchange Crypto Rush collapsed, and more. Our in-house media specialist Calvin Tran has got another informative and entertaining video about this week's news, so be sure to check that out. After that, scroll down to get more details on this week's top stories. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejYvvj-cYH0?rel=0]. Square Market Accepts Bitcoin. Merchants who use Square....
Payment giant Stripe has brought back crypto support after it stopped processing bitcoin payments four years ago. The company now says, “Our optimism for the future of crypto was not unfounded … Crypto is going mainstream.”
Stripe Brings Back Crypto Support
Payment giant Stripe has re-entered the crypto space after four years, with the launch of a suite of products to support crypto businesses.
Stripe is a payment infrastructure company headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, with 14 global offices. According to its website, millions of....