How money moves: cards, on-ramps, wallets and payment networks.
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At Consensus 2026, Transak's Sami Start and Andy Werner argued that crypto's future may be invisible—powered by stablecoins and blockchain infrastructure quietly embedded into payments, banking, and everyday financial services.
Coins.ph has expanded its QRPh crypto payment system to support Bitcoin and Ethereum, allowing users to spend crypto at more than 700,000 merchants across the Philippines through the country's national QR code network.
AntSeed launched a peer-to-peer marketplace for AI model access, allowing users and providers to transact directly through onchain USDC payments without centralized aggregators sitting in the middle.
MoonPay launched Headless Onramps, enabling one-tap crypto purchases through Apple Pay, Google Pay, and cards across 100+ countries with fully embedded checkout flows.
From Bitcoin’s first pizza purchase to $intCLAW’s push into travel, crypto is shifting from speculation to real-world utility.
Crypto firms still face widespread debanking in 2026, as risk-averse banks lag regulatory shifts—forcing businesses to build independent payment infrastructure.
Consensus Miami 2026 highlights show strong momentum across stablecoins, RWAs, Bitcoin infrastructure, and AI-driven systems — with three days of networking helping shape the next global growth cycle in blockchain.
New data from OKX Card shows crypto is being used for everyday spending across Europe, with groceries, dining, and ecommerce leading usage — signaling a shift from speculation to real-world payments.
MoonPay has acquired crypto security startup Sodot and launched MoonPay Institutional — a new division focused on institutional trading, stablecoin infrastructure, custody, DeFi access, and tokenized asset services.
Meta has quietly reentered the stablecoin market, rolling out USDC payouts for creators in Colombia and the Philippines through the Solana Labs and Polygon Labs networks — four years after abandoning Libra.
TON Tech has launched Agentic Wallets on TON Blockchain, enabling AI agents on Telegram to manage funds and execute onchain transactions through self-custodial wallets.
Startale Group has selected Privacy Boost as the official privacy partner for the Startale App, bringing self-custodial private transactions to the Soneium ecosystem.
