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Straits has no advertising, no venture funding, and no paywall on the facts. Everything here is free and stays free; tips are what keep it independent.

This is a tip, not a subscription: no account, no login, no recurring charge. Card takes about a minute below; XRP is one tap further down.

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Tip by card

One-time charge through Stripe’s hosted checkout. No account is created, nothing recurs, and your card details never touch straits.live. The statement line reads STRAITS.LIVE TIP.

Amounts are in US dollars. You will be sent to checkout.stripe.com to finish, then returned here.

Or tip in XRP

Tip in one tap with Xaman

You sign in your own Xaman wallet. No account, no email, no card, and nothing moves until you approve it on your device.

XRP

Note (optional)Notes need a wallet that supports XRP memos. Exchange accounts like Coinbase do not.

Or send manually

Scan to tip

Scan the code with any XRP wallet, or copy the address below. Send XRP on the XRP Ledger mainnet only. No destination tag is needed.

XRP Ledger address

rU5hCrJBZzN3iifReqoBzmt1mQVehFXGs1

Verify before you send: the address bar reads straits.live; the address starts rU5h… and ends …FXGs1 and is the only address on this page; and it publishes straits.live as its on-ledger Domain, a two-way link an impostor cannot fake. Confirm it on Bithomp or XRPSCAN.

Sending from an exchange like Coinbase, Kraken, or Binance? That works as a tip and is counted, but exchange sends cannot attach a note, so they will not appear on the supporter wall (shown here once tips with notes arrive). Notes need a self-custody wallet, such as the one-tap option above.

Who is asking? Straits is an independent, unfunded tracker run by one person, with every figure linked to its source. How it is run and funded is on about, and hello@straits.live reaches a real inbox.

Tips are non-refundable and not tax-deductible; Straits is not a registered nonprofit. Card tips run through Stripe’s hosted checkout, so your card details never touch this site. Only XRP on the XRP Ledger is accepted at the address above; any other asset or network will not reach us and cannot be recovered. If your wallet asks for a destination tag, leave it blank.