Circle’s Eurocoin at Cryptorefills
Amsterdam
Amsterdam, June 30th, 2022, CryptoRefills launches the EUROC payment option for its customers, the first e-commerce in the world to process and accept Circle’s new Euro-backed digital currency.
CryptoRefills, the crypto shopping platform that allows people to shop for everyday needs with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies today adds EUROC as a new payment option for its users. “Euro Coin (EUROC) is issued by Circle under the same full-reserve model as USD Coin (USDC)”i. EUROC payments will be offered to CryptoRefills customers over the Ethereum network.
CryptoRefills welcomes EUROC to its portfolio of accepted currencies. The crypto-shopper community served by CryptoRefills is vast and diverse, with different needs. EUROC will mainly meet the needs of the European customers of CryptoRefills, those looking to mitigate exchange rate volatility and see prices in a currency they can easily relate to, and customers actively engaged in the European defi and web3 scene.
Massimiliano Silenzi, CEO of CryptoRefills, commenting the news: “In the past 18 months we have concentrated on the innovation of the blockchain payment experience, with a mission to be the fastest company in the world to bring to market as real-world payment rails, the most promising technologies and digital currencies, typically those used in Defi and Web3 projects. Our launch of EUROC on June 30th, the day this currency is officially issued on the market, and only two weeks after it was announced by the issuer, is further evidence of our commitment to innovate and to offer our customers the newest crypto payment experiences possible”.
About Cryptorefills
Cryptorefills empowers people in over 180 countries to meet their everyday needs by purchasing products and services with cryptocurrency. From topping up mobile credit and purchasing gift cards from the world’s leading brands to booking flights across 300 airlines and stays across over 1 million hotels and properties, Cryptorefills offers a seamless blockchain-purchase experience. As an early adopter of the Bitcoin Lightning Network and the first ecommerce in the world to adopt Ethereum Layer 2 and scalable blockchain stablecoin payments, Cryptorefills is leading the innovation in decentralized payments. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Cryptorefills is a fast-growing fintech and a proud member of the Holland Fintech Association and Blockchain Netherlands Foundation.
Cryptorefills is also very active in researching and educating on consumer spending of cryptocurrency in retail through its Labs initiative and publishes an annual report on the global use of crypto for purchasing goods and services.
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