Businesses are Using Crypto for More Than Just Payments

In 2025, a big change happened in how businesses use crypto. They started using it for more than just buying things. They now use it to manage money, pay people, and even automate payments. This shift shows that crypto is becoming a normal part of business. Last year, over 1. 42 million crypto payments were made. That's a lot! But the number went down a bit because one type of crypto, USDT, was used less. Instead of fewer payments, businesses started using crypto for bigger and more important things. They also started using it in smarter ways. Bitcoin was the most popular crypto for payments. It made up 22. 1% of all payments. Stablecoins, which are cryptos that don't change much in value, were also big. They made up 29. 8% of all payments. USDC, a type of stablecoin, became the most popular. It grew by 1264%! Litecoin also became more popular, making up 14. 4% of all payments.Businesses are now using crypto to settle payments. In 2025, 37. 5% of all payments were settled in crypto. That's up from 27% in 2024. USDC was the most popular for this, with its share going from 0. 01% to 12. 6%. This shows that businesses are using crypto to manage their money and pay people. Payouts also changed. USDC made up 83. 4% of all payouts. Businesses also started converting their money into crypto at the moment of payout. This shows that they prefer using crypto for payments. Automation became the norm. 85% of merchants used API to make payouts. This means that crypto payments are now a normal part of business. They are not just an experiment anymore. In 2025, CoinGate got a license under the MiCA framework. This gives businesses more legal clarity when using crypto payments. All of this shows that crypto payments are becoming more mature. They are not going away. They are just becoming more a part of how businesses manage money.