{"id":83526,"date":"2023-08-24T13:41:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T10:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=83526"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:37:55","slug":"shopify-expands-cryptocurrency-payments-through-solana-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/shopify-expands-cryptocurrency-payments-through-solana-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopify expands cryptocurrency payments through Solana Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Solana Pay decentralised payment protocol has integrated its plugin with the e-commerce platform Shopify, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/23\/solana-pay-plug-in-with-shopify-for-usdc-payments\">TechCrunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the initial phase, only the stablecoin USDC will be available for payments. Later, Solana Pay will consider adding the cryptocurrencies SOL and BONK.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-5-1024x579.webp\" alt=\"0-5\" class=\"wp-image-214288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-5-1024x579.webp 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-5-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-5-768x434.webp 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-5-1536x869.webp 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-5-2048x1158.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Solana Pay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the developers, the integration will also allow merchants to create loyalty programs for customers.<\/p>\n<p>Several crypto firms, including Helius, Mad Lads and MonkeDAO, have already said they are ready to integrate Solana Pay into their Shopify stores. Wallet owners with Solana-oriented wallets can connect to the plugin.<\/p>\n<p>The average on-chain transaction cost is $0.00025.<\/p>\n<p>Shopify accounts for 10% of total US e-commerce, while the Solana ecosystem comprises more than 11.5 million active accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, the Solana Foundation opened a <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/solana-to-open-a-physical-store-in-a-prestigious-new-york-mall\">physical store<\/a> in a prestigious New York mall with Solana Pay payments accepted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solana Pay decentralised payments protocol integrated its plugin with the Shopify e-commerce platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1198,1821,1159,910],"class_list":["post-83526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crypto-payments","tag-shopify","tag-solana-sol","tag-usdc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83528,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83526\/revisions\/83528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}