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The Steak ’n Shake restaurant chain just bought an additional 5 million USD worth of Bitcoin, after having invested 10 million USD in BTC earlier this month, bringing the total allocation for Bitcoin to 15 million USD.

📌 Not just stopping at holding, Steak ’n Shake also:
Accept payments in BTC via the Lightning Network
Reduce transaction processing fees by about 50% compared to traditional payment systems
Attract a young customer group, knowledgeable about crypto
🔍 Why is this move noteworthy?

According to a PayPal survey, about 40% of stores in the US now allow customers to pay with crypto.

📌 Notably:
Nearly 90% of sellers reported that they have been asked by customers about crypto payment options
Indicating that actual demand from users is increasing, not just a speculative trend
🏪 Where is crypto used the most?
Crypto is currently used extensively in the following fields:
✈️ Travel & hotels

Imagine paying at a café, tapping your phone, and settling money globally in under a second — without worrying about price swings. That’s Plasma’s core idea: a payments-first blockchain built to make stablecoins behave like actual cash, not volatile crypto experiments.
Most blockchains weren’t designed for everyday payments. Volatility scares merchants, slow confirmations frustrate users, and juggling fee tokens breaks UX. Plasma’s mission is simple: remove volatility and waiting from digital payments.
At its core, Plasma combines familiar tools with payment-grade upgrades. It stays EVM-compatible (via Reth), so existing wallets and smart contracts work with minimal changes. But instead of slow, probabilistic confirmations, Plasma uses PlasmaBFT, delivering sub-second to one-second deterministic finality. Once a transaction is confirmed, it’s done — no nervous waiting.
User experience is where Plasma really shines. Transfers can be gasless, meaning users don’t need to hold a second token just to pay fees. Fees can also be paid directly in stablecoins, letting people use the money they already trust. The native token works quietly in the background for staking, governance, and incentives — not daily spending.
To strengthen neutrality and security, @Plasma periodically anchors cryptographic checkpoints to Bitcoin. These anchors don’t slow the chain down; they simply provide an immutable public timestamp, making any attempt to rewrite history obvious to auditors.
Who is Plasma for? Not just crypto natives. Merchants get instant settlement and predictable costs. Remittance services reduce settlement time and risk. Enterprises gain an auditable, programmable settlement layer. Wallets can offer one-tap payments that feel closer to Apple Pay than DeFi.
Plasma’s roadmap is intentionally cautious because payments demand trust: launch with reputable validators, integrate major stablecoins, ship merchant and wallet SDKs, harden bridges and liquidity, and layer compliance tooling where required. The biggest risks remain regulation, bridge security, and liquidity bootstrapping — all areas Plasma must get right early.
If Plasma succeeds, it won’t replace banks overnight. Instead, it offers a neutral, fast, auditable settlement rail for parts of the global payments stack that are overdue for an upgrade.
The real win? Making blockchain invisible. Your grandmother doesn’t need to know what finality or Merkle roots are — she just wants money to move quickly, safely, and without surprises. Plasma is built for exactly that.
@Plasma $XPL
#Plasma #Stablecoins #XPL #Payment Web3

Head of Circle, the issuer of the popular stablecoin USDC, Jeremy Allaire stated at the World Economic Forum in Davos that in the next three to five years, billions of AI agents will use stablecoins for everyday payments. In his opinion, AI agents simply have no other alternative for conducting economic activities.

In the world of cryptocurrency, we often hear the slogan 'disrupt traditional finance,' but in practice, high Gas fees and slow confirmation speeds often undermine this vision. When we are looking for a blockchain that can truly support 'daily payment' functions, @undefined is undoubtedly one of the most noteworthy contenders. Today, I want to talk to you about why Plasma and $XPL may be the golden key to unlocking Web3 payment doors.
1. The ultimate form of payment: seamless and instant
Bitcoin is digital gold, Ethereum is the world computer, and Plasma is striving to become a true 'digital cash flow' network. The network architecture of Plasma is designed for high-frequency interactions, meaning that transfers and payments on this network can achieve near-instant confirmation speeds (Finality). For merchants and everyday users, this experience of 'instant arrival' at a very low cost is the key step for blockchain technology to move out of the geek circle and into the lives of the general public.

In the context of a blockchain application explosion in 2026, the market is gradually realizing that general-purpose public chains still struggle with handling high-frequency, compliant financial payments. It is against this narrative backdrop that @plasma stands out with its architecture designed specifically for 'stablecoin nativization.' It is no longer just a cold ledger but is building a decentralized payment settlement network that serves global commerce.
1. Core technical logic: Solving the 'last mile' of Web3 payments
$XPL Protocol's core advantage lies in its extreme optimization of stablecoin payment pathways. Through a unique Paymaster mechanism, @plasma enables users to conduct cross-border transfers without needing to hold native tokens for gas fees, but rather allows direct payment using stablecoins. This 'zero-threshold' interaction logic clears the largest barrier for Web2 users entering Web3.

The Walrus Pay-for-Storage model using $WAL L is often described in the context of static file storage, but its true potential is far more transformative. By integrating this fixed-duration storage primitive directly with smart contract functionality, Walrus is enabling a new paradigm of programmable data permanence, opening doors for revolutionary dApp and business model innovation.

Imagine a will or a legal document that is programmed to become publicly verifiable only 50 years after its storage contract begins, paid for upfront in $WAL . Envision a novel "subscription NFT" where access to premium content is granted as long as the creator's storage contract, funded by initial sales, remains active. Consider a scientific research DAO that pays $WAL to guarantee the immutable preservation of its experimental data for a century, ensuring reproducibility for future generations.

Developers can build these scenarios directly into their applications. A smart contract can be programmed to automatically spend its treasury's $WAL to renew its own critical operational data storage, ensuring a dApp runs autonomously "forever" without manual intervention. The fixed-cost, duration-locked model provides the predictable economics needed for such long-term planning. This transforms $WAL from a simple payment token into the key that locks vital digital information into the fabric of time itself, enabling trustless agreements that span decades. This is the ultimate utility: not just storing bytes, but programming legacy and truth into the decentralized future.
@Walrus 🦭/acc #walrus #Payment

In a digital world where our most precious memories, work, and data are held hostage on centralized servers and subscription-based cloud platforms, the need for a truly permanent and user-owned storage solution has never been greater. Today, we are excited to unveil the core economic engine of the Walrus decentralized storage network: a straightforward, transparent, and powerful Pay-for-Storage model powered by the $WAL token.

This model operates on a simple yet revolutionary premise. Users pay a fixed amount of $WAL to secure their data—whether personal files, a dApp's critical state, or a digital art collection—for a predetermined, guaranteed storage period. The fee is calculated based on the amount of data and the chosen duration, locked in a smart contract. Once paid, the data is fragmented into "slivers" using our Red Stuff encoding, distributed redundantly across the global node network, and guaranteed to persist for the entire term. This is not a monthly bill; it is a one-time payment for a verified, immutable promise of data integrity.

This shift from a recurring rent to a one-time purchase of digital permanence has profound implications. It eliminates the risk of data loss due to failed payments or a provider going out of business. It provides absolute predictability in cost, empowering individuals and developers to build for the long term. The $WAL used for payments then circulates to reward the node operators who provide the physical storage and bandwidth, creating a perfectly balanced, self-sustaining economy where every token spent directly reinforces the network's security and resilience. Welcome to the future of data sovereignty.
@Walrus 🦭/acc #walrus #Payment

Making a Pix using Bitcoin may seem like something from a distant future — but this reality has already arrived, and it's within reach for those who use Binance Pay. Imagine taking the balance of your cryptocurrencies and sending it directly to someone with a Pix key, without needing to sell, convert, or leave the app. That's right: it is possible to pay anyone using crypto, even if they don't have an account on Binance.
With Binance Pay, you can combine the world of cryptocurrencies with the practicality of Pix in just a few clicks. In this article, we will show how this feature works, how to use this option within the Binance app, and why this is an intelligent and secure solution to use your cryptos in everyday transactions.