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Paris Blockchain Week Brings European Web3 Together

Alchemy Pay was in attendance at one of Europe’s premier crypto events – Paris Blockchain Week. The event was the first major European event of 2023 and brought together Founders, CEOs, and projects come together to build relationships and share developments. It showcases sectors like wallet issuers, DeFi, gaming, NFTs, metaverse projects, and DAOs, and brought together thousands of attendees, sponsors, and speakers.

 

Fiat-crypto payment provider, Alchemy Pay, was there to showcase its mainstream-friendly services to European projects. Last year the Singapore-based company took its payment network infrastructure and moved into direct-to-customer services, with its highly versatile and customizable NFT checkout and on & off ramp solutions.

 

Panels Discuss the Future of Web3 in Europe

Featured on a panel discussion was Alchemy Pay’s Ecosystem Lead, Robert McCracken, who spoke alongside Thijs Maas, CEO of Onramper and Upland founder, Dirk Lueth. The panel discussed the issues of accessibility to new and seasoned users – something that both Onramper and Alchemy Pay are focused on by making crypto purchases more direct and accessible for users in Europe.

 

Another discussion that grabbed the headlines was on the implications and potential impact of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation led by Janet Ho, head of EU policy at Chainalysis. The panel ultimately agreed that forthcoming regulations would support the European crypto industry and would set a certain standard for other nations to follow.

 

Alchemy Pay Crypto Payments for Instpower in Paris

The Alchemy Pay team was also joined at Paris Blockchain Week by representatives from Flash Development, who have been instrumental in deploying Instpower powerbanks in locations around Paris. These powerbanks are ideal for those on the move and Alchemy Pay has enabled users to pay to power their electronic devices using crypto. 

 

Alchemy Pay On & Off Ramp for Web3 Platforms

The primary purpose for Alchemy Pay however was to showcase its ramp solution which is now serving users on crypto platforms and dApps across multiple sectors of the Web3 industry. Alchemy Pay enables users in 173 countries to buy crypto easily with Visa and Mastercard. It also enables Google Pay, Apple Pay, Discover and Diners Club card payments for users in multiple currencies, as well as support for countless regional mobile wallets in regions like Southeast Asia and Latin America that are now seeing high adoption rates.

 

Being based in Singapore, Alchemy Pay has witnessed the explosion in popularity of APMs and ensures that users are able to purchase crypto using them. Alchemy Pay supports e-wallets such as: GCash in the Philippines (60M users); OVO (92M users) & Dana (115M users) in Indonesia; MoMo in Vietnam (23M users); Paynow in Singapore (4.9M users); Pix in Brazil (116M users).

 

Alchemy Pay’s founding team’s experience in the traditional finance and fintech payments space has given an advantage where competitors have struggled. In recent months, it has formed partnerships with networks like, for example, Polygon, Avalanche, Algorand, and Arbitrum.

 

About Alchemy Pay

Founded in Singapore in 2018, Alchemy Pay is a payment gateway that seamlessly connects crypto and global fiat currencies for businesses, developers, and users. The Alchemy Pay on & off ramp solution is integrated, via plugin or API, with platforms and dApps, providing an easy onboarding from fiat currency to crypto. Alchemy Pay supports payments from 173 countries with Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay, regional mobile wallets, and domestic bank transfers, with a focus on emerging markets. Its offramping capability remits to users in 50+ local fiat currencies.ACH is the Alchemy Pay network token on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

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