Cross-border Payments

MoonPay 为 Solana Mobile 的 Seeker 手机推出了一款新的购物应用，让用户可以浏览商店并直接在设备上用加密货币支付。该应用的特色是精选商家和购物奖励，旨在让数字资产消费变得简单而安全。

法国金融科技公司Lyzi与保时捷和兰博基尼合作，让客户使用加密货币（包括比特币、USDC和其他80多种数字资产）支付豪华汽车的费用。付款会立即转换成欧元，保护经销商免受加密货币价格变动的影响，并提供从钱包到终端的流畅体验。

Tempo 启动了公共测试网络，允许公司在专为快速、低费用交易设计的区块链上构建稳定币支付应用。该项目得到了银行、金融科技公司和科技公司的支持，早期测试包括汇款、代币化存款和人工智能驱动的计费。

两名前 Citadel 工程师推出了一款基于稳定币的应用程序 Fin，用于快速、低成本的大额跨境支付。这家初创公司已融资 1700 万美元，计划为经常进行大额国际转账的企业提供试点服务。

Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement in parts of Europe, the Middle East and Africa by working with Aquanow, allowing banks to move money using USDC. This shifts payments behind the scenes by making cross-border transfers faster and less dependent on traditional banking hours and middlemen.

South Africa’s central bank is saying no to crypto after calling the digital asset a new risk to the country's financial system. In a report released on Tuesday, the South African central bank noted the growing popularity of crypto in the country, quoting a total of 7.8 million people who are active users.

UBS and Ant International are joining forces to launch a deposit-tokenization initiative in Singapore, marking one of the most ambitious attempts yet to modernize cross-border treasury flows using blockchain.

Visa launched a pilot allowing US marketplaces to pay freelancers and creators in stablecoins such as USDC. It aims to make cross-border payments faster and more direct through instant transfers to crypto wallets.

Block Inc.’s Square platform now lets over four million merchants accept Bitcoin using the Lightning Network, enabling near-instant payments and low fees. Bitcoin-related transactions contributed nearly $2 billion to the company’s revenue, highlighting growing adoption of crypto in everyday commerce.

Bybit Pay, the payments arm of the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, has officially set foot in Sri Lanka after launching operation in a country where tourism and crypto meets.