Abu Dhabi — The Kaia DLT Foundation has teamed up with digital payments platform Oobit to launch the first-ever Visa-enabled tap-to-pay solution powered by the Kaia blockchain. The integration allows users in South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines to make seamless in-store and online payments using USDT on Kaia and the native $KAIA token—all without leaving their wallet apps.
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Crypto Spending, Made Simple
Through Oobit’s NFC-powered app, users can now tap their phones at any Visa point-of-sale terminal to pay directly with digital assets. Merchants don’t need new hardware, contracts, or training—transactions flow through existing Visa infrastructure, with real-time crypto-to-fiat conversion happening in the background.
Kaia wallets such as Klip and Kaia Wallet will support the service, with Klip integration arriving within days and Kaia Wallet rolling out in the coming weeks.
Crypto payments have to be as simple as tapping your card or phone, and now they are. By embedding Kaia wallets natively into crypto payments, we’re bringing millions of users a frictionless way to spend their digital assets in everyday life, starting with Asia’s most active crypto markets.
Amram Adar, CEO of Oobit
Expanding USDT and Stablecoin Adoption
The launch comes on the heels of Tether’s partnership with LINE, bringing USDT payments to 196 million users across Asia for in-app payments, P2P transfers, and DeFi services. Now, with Oobit, those same stablecoins can move seamlessly into offline retail and e-commerce payments.
Kaia will collaborate with Oobit to pioneer the digital asset-powered hybrid payment segment, reaching as many consumers as possible with more asset options available.
Dr. Sam Seo, Chairman of Kaia DLT Foundation.
A Growing Crypto User Base in Asia
Asia is already leading crypto adoption, with 25% of South Koreans aged 20–50 owning digital assets. Kaia itself is scaling rapidly, averaging 13.6 million weekly transactions and adding 6 million new users in July 2025 alone.
This rollout positions Kaia and Oobit at the center of crypto’s push into everyday payments, bridging digital assets with Visa’s global merchant network of over 100 million retailers.
Stablecoins go mainstream in Asia.....
We’ve partnered with @KaiaChain to launch the first tap-to-pay on the Kaia network!
Available in Thailand, South Korea and the Phillipines, pay with $USDT on Kaia @Tether_to & $KAIA directly from the Oobit app.
👉Read More:… pic.twitter.com/jyd7HeVDFW— Oobit (@oobit) August 28, 2025
Oobit, a crypto payment gateway app, already enables users to pay at those 100 million+ retailers worldwide via Visa’s rails. With tap-to-pay and online support, it removes the friction between crypto and traditional commerce.
Kaia, Asia’s largest Web3 ecosystem, was formed through the merger of Kakao’s Klaytn and LINE’s Finschia blockchains. With direct integration into Kakaotalk and LINE messengers, Kaia brings Web3 experiences to more than 250 million users across the region.
Why It Matters
For users: Spend USDT or $KAIA directly at stores or online, just like Apple Pay.
For merchants: Zero disruption—payments settle in fiat automatically.
For stablecoins: A major step toward mass adoption in Asia’s most active crypto markets.
