Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion

Stripe has closed a $1.1 billion acquisition of stablecoin firm Bridge The company re-established support for crypto payments in April, adding USDC on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon in October 2024 Stripe has completed the acquisition of Bridge, a stablecoin platform that helps companies and businesses accept payments in stablecoins. According to TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, […]

P2P platform LocalBitcoins is shutting down

LocalBitcoins to shut down peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto platform Finland-based Bitcoin trading service has been in operation for over 10 years. The team cites a difficult crypto winter for the reason the exchange is calling it a day. LocalBitcoins, a peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchange that counts as one of the oldest crypto platforms in the world, […]