PayFi Odyssey, built on Stellar, targets real-world crypto card payments across Asia, Africa, and Latin America through July 2026
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, June 13, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Bitget Wallet, a self-custodial wallet and everyday finance app, has launched PayFi Odyssey, a multi-phase initiative built on the Stellar network to drive everyday crypto card and stablecoin payment adoption across emerging markets. The initiative includes a $300,000 incentive program running through July 2026, rewarding users for completing real payment actions — crypto card transactions, QR code payments, and onchain transfers — across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The launch addresses a structural gap in stablecoin adoption. Despite $35 trillion in stablecoin transaction volume in 2025, less than 1% — approximately $390 billion — reached real-world payments for goods and services. The remainder was concentrated in trading and large-value institutional movements. By tying incentives to everyday payment behavior rather than speculative activity, PayFi Odyssey is designed to position Bitget Wallet among the top crypto card options for real-world stablecoin spending.
Stellar provides the underlying settlement infrastructure. Its fee structure keeps small everyday transfers economically viable — a practical requirement for top crypto card performance in markets where average transaction values are low and traditional payment rails remain expensive and inaccessible to large segments of the population. Within Bitget Wallet's Onchain Payments Matrix, a coordination layer connecting blockchains, banks, and payment networks for unified stablecoin settlement, Stellar operates as a core settlement layer while users transact without managing cross-chain complexity.
"Stablecoin activity has scaled rapidly, but much of it remains concentrated in large-value transfers rather than daily transactions," said Alvin Kan, COO of Bitget Wallet. "Our focus is to make digital assets usable in daily scenarios. By expanding payment infrastructure on Stellar, we are connecting fragmented systems into a single flow and bringing crypto closer to the last mile of everyday use."
The regional focus reflects where the gap is closing fastest. In Latin America, 71% of firms already use stablecoins for cross-border settlement. Stablecoin payment volume across Asia reached approximately $245 billion in 2025. In Sub-Saharan Africa, stablecoin-denominated peer-to-peer transfers are increasingly replacing high-cost remittance channels. Across all three regions, the barrier to everyday crypto spending is no longer awareness — it is infrastructure and incentives. PayFi Odyssey is structured to address both.
For more information on PayFi Odyssey and participation details, visit the Bitget Wallet website.
About Bitget Wallet
Bitget Wallet is an everyday finance app designed to make crypto simple, secure, and usable in daily life. Serving over 90 million users worldwide, it offers an all-in-one platform to swap and earn crypto, and pay in stablecoins with crypto cards. The app enables faster and borderless onchain finance, supported by advanced security and a $300 million user protection fund. Bitget Wallet operates as a fully self-custodial wallet and does not hold or control user funds, private keys, or user data. Transactions are signed by users and executed on public blockchains.
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