Practical Ecommerce Merchant

June 23, 2025

Stablecoin

Stablecoins Ease International Payments

A June 2025 deal to bring stablecoin payments to Shopify will simplify cross-border commerce, but challenges remain.

Shopify merchants can now accept USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin cryptocurrency tied to the value of the U.S. dollar.

Payments are processed via Coinbase’s Base Network. In most cases, the digital currency makes selling internationally less expensive and more straightforward.

“Small businesses should be able to sell to a customer on the other side of the world as easily as their next-door neighbor,” according to Shopify’s stablecoin product announcement.

Almost since Satoshi Nakamoto first released bitcoin in January 2009, merchants have understood many of the technology’s potential benefits, including low cost, speed, and simplicity.

Each benefit applies in some way to Shopify’s USDC feature and cryptocurrency more generally. Digital tokens have long been a means to bypass borders and trade more directly.

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