🏦 Institutions Driving Merchant Crypto Adoption

🚀 Square (Block, Inc.)

⚪️What’s New: Launched native Bitcoin payments via Lightning Network on July 22, 2025, targeting 4 million U.S. merchants through existing POS systems

⚪️Benefits: Near-instant, low-fee BTC payments; merchants can keep Bitcoin or convert it instantly. Cuts processing fees up to 50% vs. cards.

🧾 BitPay

✅Role: Established crypto payment processor operating globally since 2011, enabling merchants to accept BTC, ETH, and stablecoins and automatically convert to fiat.

🏙️ Retail & City-Level Adoption Examples

🌟Detroit: Largest U.S. city planning to accept crypto payments for taxes and fees via PayPal mid-2025

🌟Luxury and Retail Brands: Brands like Printemps, Tag Heuer, Ferrari, and others have tested or adopted crypto checkout via providers like BitPay

✅🚀From city governments to luxury stores and cafes, crypto is becoming everyday money.

Welcome to the era of crypto as conventional commerce.🌟✴️

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