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WalletConnect Brings Stellar Payments to Bermuda Merchants

  • —Stellar wallets and apps can now connect to WalletConnect, reaching 900 million end users
  • —Launch partners include Fireblocks, Utila, LOBSTR and Arculus; LOBSTR was first to enable WalletConnect Pay
  • —PTIX will accept non-custodial payments, with funds moving directly from customer to event organizer
  • —Penrose Partners will handle merchant onboarding and apply to the Bermuda Monetary Authority's Innovation Hub
Why it matters: The rollout shows crypto payments moving into everyday retail and could speed stablecoin adoption in small economies.
Source: CoinTrust