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Martin Call
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Klarna goes on-chain!

๐Ÿ› Klarna is stepping into crypto with $KlarnaUSD - its new stablecoin launched on Tempo, the payments-focused chain backed by Stripe & Paradigm.

For a company with 114M users and $112B GMV, this isnโ€™t an experiment. Itโ€™s a restructuring of their global payments stack. The logic is simple:

Cross-border payments cost businesses nearly $120B a year. While stablecoins offer a 3-in-1 advantage: they are cheaper, faster and secure enough to replace major parts of legacy rails.

At the same time, demand is shifting fast - users are increasingly open to on-chain payments ๐Ÿ“ˆ

When business incentives (lower costs) meet user appetite (faster UX), companies naturally look for ways to integrate crypto features.

The simplest way to crypto today lies through Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) - ready-made infrastructure that plugs directly into apps and enables crypto payments without rebuilding the entire backend.

If your team is exploring this direction, here are two leading CaaS models worth checking:

  • WhiteBIT CaaS - plug-and-play infrastructure for crypto payments and on-chain operations.

  • Coinbase CaaS - another example of a ready-made integration model used by global businesses.

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