Stripe co-founder John Collison says it’s considering bringing back cryptocurrency payments

Stripe co-founder John Collison has hinted that the company may start accepting crypto as a method of payment again after ending Bitcoin support in 2018.

Stripe isn’t ruling out accepting cryptocurrency, according to one of its co-founders.

Speaking at the Fintech Abu Dhabi festival Tuesday, Stripe co-founder John Collison hinted that cryptocurrency payments were not out of the question for the financial services company.

When asked whether Stripe would start accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment method again, Collison said that while the firm doesn’t yet, it’s “not implausible” that it will in the future.

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