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Binance Pay Enables Crypto Payments at Millions of PayPay Merchants in Japan

  • —Payments work at millions of PayPay merchants with real-time crypto-to-JPY conversion
  • —USDT, USDC, BTC, BNB and ETH are supported with no blockchain gas fees
  • —The feature is limited to Binance ID-verified tourists and unavailable to Japanese residents
  • —Active Binance Pay tourist users grew 20% from July to August 2026
Why it matters: The deal expands real-world crypto and stablecoin payments and sets a template for other Asian markets with established QR infrastructure.
Source: CryptoNinjas