Stripe: Bitcoin Has Future in Global Payments if Issues Solved
San Francicso-based Stripe, a company that offers API-based payment systems, has published a blog post examining how it expects the bitcoin market to develop. Titled "Bitcoin: The Stripe Perspective", the article examines what the company believes it may take for mainstream consumer adoption of digital currency to ignite. The blog post explores bitcoin's possible use as a financial solution in nations with high-inflation currencies, as well as the technology's role in global payments infrastructure. Though largely positive in its conclusions, the company said that consumer protections....
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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....