Bringing Blockchain Payments to Supermarkets

About this episode

The episode discusses the implementation of blockchain payments in supermarkets, featuring insights from industry experts.

Join us as we speak with Joshua Krüger, Head of Growth at DFX Swiss, alongside Ralph Hofacker, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Brick Towers, about how blockchain payments are being used in everyday retail settings. This episode explores how ada payments are enabled in over 130 Spar supermarkets across Switzerland, including the infrastructure behind Open CryptoPay and how fiat and crypto systems interact in real time. The conversation also covers merchant incentives, user experience challenges, and ...

People in this episode

Guests: Joshua Krüger, Ralph Hofacker

Topics covered

• blockchain payments
• retail
• cryptocurrency
• user experience
• merchant incentives

Keywords

• blockchain
• payments
• supermarkets
• cryptocurrency
• Spar
• Switzerland
• Open CryptoPay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DFX Swiss, Brick Towers, Spar, Open CryptoPay

Places: Switzerland

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