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2014
CURRENCY AND CRYPTO The brothers announce that Stripe is able to facilitate transactions in 130 currencies . In the same year , they also revealed the company will also support Bitcoin .
2017
GOING APAC Stripe launches in Hong Kong and then partners with AllPay - China ’ s largest commercial transactional platform . John Collison is also named the youngest self – made billionaire in the world
WORLD DOMINATION Following a US $ 600mn funding round in March , Stripe is valued at $ 95bn and is currently considered to be the world ’ s fastest-growing fintech startup .
2016
A BUSY YEAR Following commendations from US president Barack Obama , Stripe teams up with ApplePay and Stripe acquires Tonic , an app development and prototyping solution that boosts Stripe ' s developer offering .
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