Cryptocurrencies

Stripe Teams Up With Twitter in Renewed Crypto Payments Push

  • Select Twitter creators can get paid with USD stablecoin
  • Payment firm’s move is latest in series of new crypto efforts

Stripe plans to add support for other cryptocurrencies beyond USD Coin.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Payments company Stripe Inc., one of the world’s most valuable startups, is stepping up its return to cryptocurrencies.

Stripe said in a statement Friday that its first partner in the expansion will be Twitter Inc., allowing a select group of creators on the social-media platform to get crypto payments via the Stripe Connect platform.