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Crypto Payments
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Latest Crypto Payments stories
- Base Adds USD Coin Payments for AI Search Through ExaAILabs
AI agents can buy searches without opening an account or using an API key.
· Technology
- Thailand Tourist Crypto Payment Claim Lacks Rollout Details
The claim describes nationwide access and cites 35 million visitors a year, but names no accepted assets or payment process.
· Regulation
- Thailand’s WORPT Payment Pilot Targets $440 Million in Tourist Spending
The 18-month trial is aimed at visitors from South Korea, Japan, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. They can pay merchants without opening a Thai bank account.
· Business
- Telegram Adds Widgets With TON Payments to Private Bot Chats
Production access is limited to private chats with bots; group use and forwarding remain on Telegram’s test server.
· Technology
- Tangem Chooses Polygon for Virtual Visa Card Settlement
Tangem’s separate physical card had an initial release capped at 5,000 cards.
· Business
- Square's Bitcoin Payment Rollout Nears Expected Nov. 10 Finish
Eligible U.S. sellers receive dollars by default when customers pay through the Lightning Network, but can choose to receive Bitcoin.
· Business
- Overchain Wins Broker Crypto Payments Award After Finance Magnates Gala
Community votes and an expert panel each accounted for 50% of the result, and voting closed Oct. 16.
· Business
- Bakkt Integrates Payments Stack With Fireblocks Network for Institutional Settlement
The integration is intended to open settlement corridors for institutions while preserving their existing custody arrangements.
· Business
- Video Claims Samsung Has Launched Crypto Payments for 82 Million Users
The Bitcoin Historian’s Nov. 5 post did not identify a Samsung service, supported assets or rollout markets.
· Business
- Mastercard and Base Partner to Expand Everyday Crypto Payments
Base framed the partnership around wider crypto payment options and making digital assets more useful in everyday transactions.
· Business
- KAST CEO Defends No-Token Plan as Standard Points Move to Units
Pathy said planned cash-out events have no promised amount or timing. U.S. users remain on a separate conversion track with no date announced.
· Business
- Alchemy Pay Announces Fiat Purchase Integration for Walt App on Telegram
The Nov. 3 announcement covers purchases of supported assets. Walt’s providers, payment methods and available assets vary by region.
· Business
- OKX Opens U.S. Mastercard Card Backed by Three Stablecoins
WebBank issues the virtual card as a secured charge card, with USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT) and Global Dollar (USDG) in OKX Pay backing purchases.
· Business
- WalletConnect Names LOBSTR First Wallet Live With WalletConnect Pay on Stellar
WalletConnect and Penrose Partners plan a Bermuda rollout, with Premier Tickets payments expected to begin in Q2 2027.
· Technology
- Travala Builds AVA Lockups Into New Crypto Payment Partner Program
Approved projects would buy AVA, acquire a Travel Tiger NFT, activate Smart Diamond membership and keep tokens locked while their token is accepted on Travala.
· Business
- Bermuda Selects WalletConnect for Merchant Crypto Payments
Bermuda-based Premier Tickets is expected to be the first merchant in a rollout targeted for the second quarter of 2027.
· Business
- Matthew Mellon Says XRP Helped Pay His Bills During Greece’s 2015 Banking Crisis
Mellon said a Mykonos restaurant accepted XRP after refusing his credit card, while ATMs he tried had no euros.
· People
- CZ Wants BNB Chain to Become a Primary Network for AI Payments
He said AI agents may use Bitcoin, stablecoins or AI-issued tokens, and raised the possibility of bringing computing-resource tokens onto BNB Chain.
· Technology
- Travala Promotes Shiba Inu for Car Rentals, Citing 50,000+ Locations
Travala’s February launch announcement listed 10 payment options but omitted SHIB; its general payment list includes SHIB among 129 options for more than 3 million travel products.
· Business
- Redotpay Targets at Least $5 Billion Valuation for Planned U.S. IPO
The company is discussing pre-IPO financing at a $4 billion to $5 billion valuation and has more than nine million customers.
· Business
- Binance Founder Says Crypto Will Become AI’s Native Currency
He said AI may use Bitcoin, stablecoins or AI company tokens, and urged crypto startups to prioritize underserved markets and remittances.
· Technology
- Match2Pay Says NAGA Integration Is Live for Deposits, Withdrawals
NAGA listed Match2Pay deposits and Binance Pay funding on Aug. 21. Match2Pay also described support for more than 500 wallets.
· Business
- Pavel Kashuba Discusses Why Crypto Checkout Does Not Ensure Use
His Sept. 9 Stablecon USA talk in Washington addressed why offering crypto at checkout does not necessarily lead customers to use it. Separate U.S. surveys measured merchant acceptance and use among crypto holders.
· People
- Circle Opens Hourly USD Coin Auctions for Institutional Minting and Redemptions
Matched redeemers pay a uniform auction fee that matched minters receive as rebates, with fees capped at Circle’s Express redemption rate.
· Business
- Jupiter Mobile Adds Revolut Pay for Crypto Purchases on Solana
JupiterExchange runs on Solana and routes orders across liquidity sources. Revolut has more than 80 million customers worldwide.
· Business
- AI Agents Need Spending Limits Alongside Crypto Payment Rails
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments pair x402 with per-session spending limits, while Base settlement totals cannot confirm whether off-chain services were delivered.
· Technology
- Bitcoin Lightning Dashboard Shows Capacity 37% Below December 2025 High
The Oct. 20, 2026, check showed 3,545.89 BTC in public channels. A separate payment estimate covers November 2025.
· Technology
- UK Crypto Banking Campaign Logs 10,092 Payment Complaints
Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and NatWest Group accounted for 5,144 submissions directed to them, about 51% of the campaign’s stated total.
· Regulation
- Dragonfly's Qureshi Says AI Agents Favor Cards Over Crypto Payments
His own agent mostly paid by card despite having a crypto wallet. He also claimed that reward farming accounted for 90% of x402 payment volume.
· Technology
- 1inch Card Begins Wind-Down, Urges Users to Move Funds by Dec. 18
Existing cards and accounts remain usable for now, while new applications are closed. Crypto Life and its service provider will set the shutdown schedule.
· Business
- Rakuten Pay Adds XRP as Binance Offers 22.25% APR to Holders
The Rakuten Pay change concerns payments in Japan. Binance's separate program offers rewards to XRP holders.
· Business
- Mesh and Visa Plan Crypto Wallet Spending at Visa Merchants
The planned service would let users pay from existing crypto, stablecoin and fiat balances. Mesh would handle funding and conversion during each purchase.
· Business
- TRON’s Energy Rules Can Raise Costs for Businesses Accepting USDT
A modeled 1,200-transfer merchant flow uses 8,110.2 TRX in Energy, about $2,668 at an Oct. 12 reference price, before Bandwidth and processing costs.
· Technology
- David Schwartz Says XRP Ledger Adoption Needs Everyday Finance Links
He cited payments, investment access and on- and off-ramps as gaps. Evernorth plans to accumulate and deploy from its 473 million XRP treasury with four partners starting in the fourth quarter of 2026.
· People
- Circle Spent 59% of First-Half Revenue on USDC Partners and Transaction Costs
USDC settled more than $36 trillion in onchain transaction volume, while Circle minted and redeemed more than $315 billion of the stablecoin.
· Business
- Stablecoin Payments Hit $482 Billion as Transaction Count Climbs 71%
Payment value grew 45% through Sept. 30 as stablecoin supply increased 0.4% to $305 billion.
· Investing
- Travala lets AI book hotels and pay via crypto wallets, with flights and rentals next
Travala's AI travel agent lets users book from more than 2.2 million hotels and pay through a crypto wallet. Flights, activities and car rentals are planned next.
· Business
- SoFi Shares Fall 6.69%, Extending Decline Since Oct. 9
The $14.22 close was $1.58 below Oct. 9’s $15.80 finish; the September CPI report came out before the market closed Wednesday.
· Investing
- Slash Vision Debuts Japan App as Slash Card Applications Open
The Visa card uses USD Coin (USDC) and is operated with Orient Corporation (Orico) and iKitas.
· Business
- U.S. Wallets Account for 88.1% of Identifiable AI Inference Payments
China-linked wallets represented 0.1% of identifiable inference payments and about 90% of identifiable security and code-analysis payments.
· Technology