stablecoins have already won the infrastructure battle
>$300B+ in supply
>trillions in annual onchain volume
>banks, fintechs and payment giants are already building around them
"why can’t I just use them to buy stuff?"
this is where crypto payments are still stuck
96% of active crypto users say they want to pay with crypto, while fewer than 4% of merchants accept it
the demand is clearly there
the problem is everything that happens between the wallet and the checkout:
>wrong chain
>wrong token
>gas fees
>bridges
>multiple integrations
>confusing UX
most users don't want to understand any of that
they just want to pay
and honestly, that's how it should work
you shouldn't have to know that your USDC is sitting on Ethereum while the merchant wants USDT on Solana.
you shouldn't have to open a bridge before buying coffee
you shouldn't even have to think about which chain the payment happens on
that complexity should disappear behind the checkout.
this is why
@WalletConnect Pay makes sense to me.
one integration for merchants, access to hundreds of millions of wallets, and the messy crypto infrastructure handled underneath
@wctclub