The Ledger

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Collison: Stripe partnered with Shopify to roll out stablecoin checkout payments
“We just worked with Shopify to, like they now offer a stablecoin Payments on all of their checkouts, or they're rolling that out on all of their checkouts. That's just not a thing that would have made sense even three or four years ago.”
John Collison Oct 1, 2025 ▶ 1:23:15 Marc Andreessen and Charlie Songhurst on the past, present, and future of Silicon Valley
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Lütke: Shopify lets merchants accept stablecoins settled directly into USD via Bridge
“Through, like, the work that Bridge is doing, we can settle into US dollars directly. So the merchants They've just gained a new ability without having to make a strategic choice to go into a new industry.”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 57:23 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
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Lütke: Some Shopify businesses reach one million sales within 18 months
“Some of these businesses that had like a 100,000 or million sales are like, 18 months old.”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:08:45 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
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