Oobit brings wallet-native crypto payments to the US

Oobit, the global crypto payments app backed by Tether, is formally launching in the United States. For the first time, US users will be able to connect self-custody wallets such as MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Base, and others to pay directly at any Visa-accepting checkout worldwide.The US debut represents Oobit’s most significant expansion to date and introduces a payment experience not previously available to American consumers: the ability to make real crypto payments directly from the wallets they already use.For years, crypto has been effective for storing and transferring value, but not for everyday spending. Users could hold, send, and trade assets, yet when it came time to pay, crypto consistently fell short. “Stablecoins are ready, wallets are ready, finally, real money gets used. Crypto promised financial freedom, but Americans were limited the moment they reached checkout. We built Oobit to solve that. Now, anyone can walk into a store with the wallet they already use and pay the Oobit way. This shift is much bigger than people imagine. It feels like watching ChatGPT in its first days before the world understood how fast everything would change. This is that moment for money״ said Oobit CEO, Amram Adar.Oobit addresses this long-standing industry gap by enabling seamless, real-world payments from any Web3 wallet—without custodial transfers, without merchant onboarding, and without added complexity. Built for ease of use, Oobit makes crypto practical and accessible from any wallet, anywhere.To support nationwide availability, Oobit has partnered with Bakkt, a publicly listed US digital asset company with licensing and compliance coverage across all 50 states. Bakkt provides the regulated infrastructure, while Oobit delivers the technology, user experience, and on-chain settlement layer. Together, they establish the first wallet-agnostic crypto payment solution available across the entire United States.“Bakkt is proud to partner with Oobit as they expand into the U.S. Our digital-asset infrastructure is built for scale and stability, and coupled with our US-wide compliance framework, we are perfectly positioned to ensure their successful launch,” said Akshay Naheta, Chief Executive Officer of Bakkt.The GENIUS Act marked a major turning point in the US regulatory landscape by finally providing clarity for stablecoins and the deposit-like infrastructure that allows digital dollars to function at scale. But regulatory clarity alone isn’t enough—not when money still needs to work in the real world, at real merchants, for everyday transactions.That is the gap Oobit closes. Oobit converts regulated stablecoin value into instant, merchant-ready fiat at the point of sale, allowing users to pay directly from their wallets while merchants receive fiat immediately. Users retain full control of their assets until the moment of payment, supported by seamless connectivity to external wallets and transparent, straightforward economics. There are no hidden spreads, no staking requirements, and no token-gated tiers—just simple, spendable crypto that finally behaves like real money.The post Oobit brings wallet-native crypto payments to the US appeared first on Invezz