Crypto Payments Expansion

Bitget Wallet is pushing the boundaries of crypto payments by expanding its support beyond major stablecoins and blue-chip tokens. This update enables users to fund Bitget Wallet Card balances and make QR payments across over 50 markets using a wide range of on-chain assets, including regional stablecoins, ecosystem tokens, and memecoins.

The first stage of this expansion adds support for more than 40 tokens, including BRZ, a Brazilian real-pegged stablecoin, XSGD, a Singapore dollar-pegged stablecoin, and popular memecoins like SHIB, PENGU, and BONK. Thousands of additional tokens across multiple networks are planned for inclusion in the coming months.

Crypto payments have long been dominated by a handful of assets, with stablecoins, BTC, LTC, TRX, ETH, and SOL making up roughly 93% of all payment activity, according to CoinGate's 2025 payment data. Bitget Wallet's expansion addresses this issue by connecting more user-held assets to card and QR payment channels, giving users greater flexibility at checkout while keeping the experience within the wallet.

"Crypto should be as easy to spend as it is to hold," said Alvin Kan, COO of Bitget Wallet. Kan emphasized the importance of allowing users to spend crypto already in their wallets, rather than relying on a narrow list of assets selected by payment providers. Extending support to thousands of on-chain assets is part of making self-custodial finance useful in daily life, beyond storage and trading.

The rollout also highlights the potential of regional stablecoins in crypto payments. While dollar stablecoins dominate global liquidity, local currency-pegged tokens can make wallet balances easier to use in markets where people earn, price, and spend in other currencies. BRZ and XSGD provide examples of this model in Brazil and Singapore, with future additions potentially expanding local currency coverage across more regions.

Bitget Wallet's Onchain Payments Matrix, a payment engine connecting tokens, networks, and payment channels across over 10 blockchains, powers this expansion. The system handles asset routing in the background, linking the token a user holds with the payment format needed for card funding or QR checkout, thereby removing several steps from the user journey and facilitating the entry of more assets into daily payment use.

Polygon Chain plays a significant role in the expansion, supporting the first phase through its backing of BRZ and XSGD. Polygon Labs has been developing payment-focused blockchain services for high-volume on-chain value transfer, stablecoin use cases, and consumer applications. Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs, noted that Polygon Chain "was built for large payment volume" and described Bitget Wallet's rollout as "part of turning held crypto into usable payment balances".

As more assets join the system, the focus will be on network performance, transaction cost, and wallet usability. The involvement of major network partners like Polygon adds credibility to the rollout and provides regional stablecoins with a payment path inside Bitget Wallet.