Stablecoins won’t win at checkout by asking merchants to become crypto companies.
They’ll win by plugging into the payment providers merchants already use, with regulated rails underneath.
That’s what we’re building with @Anchorage
Most point of sale providers can’t touch stablecoins directly. That’s the gap keeping stablecoins away from everyday merchants.
@Lydianpay builds the acceptance layer so they can. Anchorage Digital Bank now provides the stablecoin minting, redemption, and custody behind it.
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“The more ways a merchant has to receive money for the goods they’re selling, the better it is for the merchant.”
THE WHITE PAPERS: At TOKEN2049, Nikolas Huth of @LydianPay spoke about bringing stablecoin payments to merchants.
THE WHITE PAPERS: Dollars, euros, pesos. Merchants already accept them without thinking twice.
@LydianPay’s Nikolas Huth says digital assets should be no different:
“Take that complexity away and make it as simple as anything else.”
THE WHITE PAPERS: AI agent, POS device, or checkout page. The front end keeps changing, but the merchant’s question stays the same: can you pay?
@LydianPay’s Nikolas Huth on being the last-mile layer of payments:
“Whatever form that front end takes is less relevant to us.”
From morning coffee to monthly rent.
Our first Digital Asset Appetite Index, covered today by @ThePaypers, found consumers in frontier markets want stablecoins across the full range of payments:
☕ 76%: small everyday purchases
🏠 73%: recurring bills
7,500 consumers. 5 markets.
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Three in four consumers in frontier markets would pay for coffee, groceries and transit with stablecoins.
Nearly as many would use them for rent.
Our first Digital Asset Appetite Index: 7,500 consumers across 5 markets. Here's what they told us
What's driving it?
📉 76% say inflation reduced their purchasing power over the past year
🛡️ 71% see a payment method that protects against currency devaluation as very or extremely valuable
🌍 73% would use stablecoins internationally to avoid FX markups and fees