Payments Pulse: The Future of Crypto Payments, Explained

Описание: Payments Pulse Ep. 01 | Jess Houlgrave, CEO of WalletConnect

Crypto payments are finally becoming real.

In the first episode of Payments Pulse, WalletConnect CEO Jess Houlgrave sits down to talk about what it actually takes to make crypto payments work in the real world.

From lessons learned in traditional payments to why stablecoins are driving a new wave of adoption, this conversation breaks down:

Why payments live or die on user experience
What’s broken in today’s global payment system
Why closed-loop crypto payments don’t scale
How WalletConnect Pay enables open, wallet-agnostic checkout
What merchants and consumers actually gain from onchain payments
Where stablecoins and payments are headed next

This episode is for builders, payment leaders, merchants, and anyone curious about how money moves onchain today, not in theory.

Watch the full episode to understand why payments are the next major frontier for crypto adoption.

00:00 – Welcome to Payments Pulse
00:36 – Jess’s journey from TradFi to crypto
02:20 – What crypto payments can learn from card networks
05:59 – Why WalletConnect Pay exists
08:33 – What makes WalletConnect an open payments network
09:11 – How WalletConnect Pay works (simple walkthrough)
13:41 – Why QR codes are key to onchain payments
14:25 – Stablecoins and the current payments landscape
18:35 – Why merchants should accept crypto payments
22:26 – Benefits of crypto payments for consumers
25:37 – What’s broken in today’s payment system
29:09 – Crypto cards vs onchain-native payments
31:11 – Can WalletConnect Pay compete with card networks?
32:34 – The future of stablecoins and payments

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