Why Stablecoin Payments Are Finally Going Mainstream with Jess Houlgrave of Wallet Connect
The Rollup28 Jan

Why Stablecoin Payments Are Finally Going Mainstream with Jess Houlgrave of Wallet Connect

WalletConnect just grew into 40 million payment terminals worldwide.

Jess Houlgrave, CEO of Wallet Connect explains how their Ingenico partnership lets customers pay with stablecoins at checkout while merchants receive instant fiat settlement without any off-ramping or Visa rails, and includes lower fees.


We cover:

- WalletConnect x Ingenico: 40M Terminals Now Accept Crypto

- Why B2B Stablecoin Payments Will Explode

- Keeping Transactions On-Chain vs. Crypto Cards

- 2% Cashback Rewards & Merchant Incentives

- The Path to $2 Quadrillion Onchain Payments

- Agent-to-Agent Payment Infrastructure


Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:42 Why B2B Stablecoin Payments Now?

03:48 WalletConnect x Ingenico Partnership Deep Dive

05:51 The Payment Experience: QR vs NFC

08:10 Handling Crypto Complexity for Merchants

10:34 Trezor,Halliday, infiniFi Ads

11:16 B2B vs Remittance vs Retail Growth

14:26 Cashback Incentives & Rewards

15:57 The Convenience Gap Problem

19:37 YEET, KalshI, Hibachi Ads

21:06 On-Chain vs Off-Chain Settlement

24:11 Biggest Obstacles to Full On-Chain Payments

28:09 AI Agents & The Future of Payments

29:30 2026 Goals & Closing Thoughts


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