Stripe Extends Its Crypto Payout Options 

Payments Giant Stripe Adds More Crypto Payouts

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Stripe aims to target a majority of the people in Djibouti, El Salvador, and Bhutan that don't have bank accounts.

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Nikhil Chandhok, chief product officer at Circle tweeted, “Such an important use case enabled by USDC!”

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Earlier, the US Government proposed a bill that seeks to ban Terra Luna-like algorithmic stablecoins.

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The payment gateway giant Stripe estimates that roughly 4.4 billion people could potentially receive payments in USDC with the latest addition.

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