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Crypto Payments Blog

Non-custodial, crypto-only payments — explained for the operators and developers who actually run the money. Pain, mechanics, and how Payzum solves it.

Stablecoins

The stablecoin market shrank — and that's the best news merchants have had all year

Stablecoin supply fell about $10 billion from its May peak — the first sustained contraction in four years, with June's $7.7 billion drop the largest monthly decline since Terra collapsed in 2022. The same month, adjusted transaction volume hit an all-time record of $1.79 trillion, up 125% year over year, and turnover doubled to roughly six times a month. The reason: the GENIUS Act's yield ban pushed idle, parked balances into tokenized Treasury funds, leaving working money that actually moves. Analysis of why velocity — not market cap — is the adoption signal that matters, and why merchants should be on the receiving end of it: USDC/USDT accepted non-custodially, straight to your own wallet.

13 min read
Affiliate payouts

Pay Affiliates in Crypto: One Batch, Every Country

PayPal fees, wire minimums and unsupported countries bleed affiliate programs dry. Here's how to pay hundreds of affiliates in USDC/USDT from your own wallet — one CSV, minutes, non-custodial.

12 min read
Stablecoins

Stripe's $53B bid for PayPal — what payment consolidation means for merchants

On July 15, 2026, Stripe and Advent International offered $60.50 a share — about $53 billion — for PayPal, the largest fintech takeover bid in history. PayPal's board rejected it as inadequate on July 20 and is holding out for more, with the consortium pushing to close before the end of July. Whatever the final price, the direction is set: the two biggest names in online payments are converging, and the asset being bought is merchant relationships and their fee streams. Analysis of what consolidation does to fees, account risk and choice — and why a non-custodial stablecoin rail is the one no acquirer can buy out from under you.

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Remittances & Exchange Houses

Stablecoin Remittances for Money Transfer Businesses

How licensed money transfer businesses and exchange houses use stablecoin remittances: settle corridors in seconds instead of pre-funding, pay agent networks in USDC/USDT by CSV, and keep their funds in wallets they control.

12 min read
Regulation & Analysis

South Korea's won stablecoin roadmap — what it means for merchants

On July 19, 2026, South Korea unveiled its Won Internationalization Roadmap: legal rules for won-backed stablecoins, an offshore won settlement network, and sweeping FX reforms — with the enabling bill targeted for September. The motive is openly defensive: with the U.S. GENIUS Act taking full effect in January 2027 and roughly 97% of stablecoin supply pegged to the dollar, Seoul wants a regulated won alternative before dollar coins saturate its market. Analysis of what the roadmap actually says, why local-currency stablecoins are multiplying worldwide, and why the merchant playbook stays the same: coin-agnostic, non-custodial acceptance today.

12 min read
iGaming

Affiliate Payouts for Casinos in Stablecoins

Wires that cost $30 a transfer, e-wallet accounts that close overnight, payout thresholds that hold your partners' money for months: what paying casino affiliates really costs — and how licensed operators replace it with one non-custodial USDC/USDT batch.

13 min read
Stablecoins

Samsung Wallet is adding stablecoin payments — what it means for merchants

At Galaxy Unpacked on July 22, 2026, Samsung said Samsung Wallet will add native stablecoin support, demoing Circle's USDC with send, receive and top-up. That puts a dollar-stablecoin balance one tap away on hundreds of millions of Galaxy phones — the biggest consumer on-ramp yet. The buyer side is being solved; the open question is whether merchants can accept it. Analysis of what the announcement really means, its caveats, and how to be ready to take USDC/USDT non-custodially — in person and online — before the feature ships.

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Payment Fees

Avoid 3% Card Fees With Stablecoin Payments

Card processing quietly takes 2–3.5% of every sale. Here's how to avoid 3% card fees by accepting USDC/USDT stablecoin payments for 0.5% per sale plus cents in gas: non-custodial, no chargebacks.

13 min read
Agentic payments

Coinbase just made selling to AI agents a product for ordinary businesses — its 'most high-conviction bet'

On July 23, 2026 Coinbase opened agent payments to its ~5,000 business customers: any of them can now sell to AI agents over x402, no extra work. The Head of Coinbase Business called agentic payments the company's 'most high-conviction bet' — and revealed that 53% of Base documentation traffic already comes from AI agents. Analysis of why the seller side of agentic commerce just became the story, and how any business can be agent-payable this week without an SDK, non-custodially.

11 min read