AFTER 6-YEAR HIATUS, STRIPE TO START TAKING CRYPTO PAYMENTS, STARTING WITH USDC STABLECOIN

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Stripe has announced it will allow customers to accept cryptocurrency payments on its platform. It will start this Summer with USDC on Solana, Ethereum, and Polygon, showing a demo of crypto payments using Solana at their developer conference. Stripe previously supported Bitcoin in 2014 but halted crypto efforts in 2018, citing its use as a store of value instead of as a medium of exchange. It processed $1 trillion in payments in 2023.