Crypto payments have moved beyond experimentation. Today, payment service providers (PSPs) and merchants are actively looking for production-ready onchain payment rails that behave like modern payment methods, fast, predictable, compliant, and easy to integrate.
WalletConnect Pay makes it simple to accept crypto payments on Arbitrum, one of the most widely adopted Ethereum Layer 2 networks. Together, WalletConnect Pay and Arbitrum enable global crypto and stablecoin payments that fit directly into existing PSP stacks, without introducing new operational complexity.
Why Arbitrum Is Built for Payments
Arbitrum has become a core settlement layer for crypto payments. Built to extend Ethereum’s security while dramatically reducing transaction costs and confirmation times, Arbitrum is designed for real-world usage, not experimental workloads.
The network has already processed billions of transactions in production, with millions of transactions occurring daily across payments, transfers, and commerce. This sustained throughput is critical for payments, where consistency, uptime, and predictable behavior matter as much as speed.
Arbitrum’s financial depth further reinforces its role as a payments infrastructure:
- $19B+ in total value locked (TVL) across the ecosystem
- $4B+ in stablecoin supply, primarily USDC and USDT
- One of the largest shares of Ethereum Layer 2 transaction volume
- Millions of active wallets are transacting on the network
For merchants and PSPs, these metrics translate into payment rails that can support high-frequency checkout flows without congestion or fee volatility.
Arbitrum offers:
- Low transaction costs, often measured in fractions of a cent
- Fast confirmation times, supporting real-time checkout experiences
- Deep stablecoin liquidity, enabling predictable settlement
- Full Ethereum compatibility, ensuring long-term security and ecosystem support
Increasingly, Arbitrum has become the invisible payments layer behind modern crypto commerce, powering money movement while staying out of the user experience.
The Challenge with Accepting Crypto Payments
Despite growing user demand, many businesses still struggle to accept crypto payments at scale.
Common challenges include:
- Fragmentation across chains, wallets, and assets
- Payment flows that don’t align with existing PSP infrastructure
- Unclear settlement behavior and reconciliation complexity
- Check out experiences that feel unfamiliar or unreliable
For most PSPs and merchants, crypto adoption has been delayed not by lack of interest but by lack of payment-grade solutions.
How WalletConnect Pay Works on Arbitrum
WalletConnect Pay removes this complexity.
It is a complete, end-to-end crypto payment solution that makes wallets compatible with existing PSP payment flows. Supporting Arbitrum through WalletConnect Pay does not require new routing logic, new reconciliation systems, or crypto-specific operational changes.
With a single, APM-style integration, PSPs and merchants can:
- Accept crypto and stablecoin payments on Arbitrum
- Support payments from any WalletConnect-enabled wallet
- Maintain familiar authorization, checkout, and reconciliation flows
- Settle quickly and predictably
From the user’s perspective, the experience is simple: they pay with the wallet they already trust, using the asset they prefer. From the merchant’s perspective, the payment behaves like any other modern alternative payment method.
Built for PSP Reality, Not Crypto Experiments
High transaction volume alone is not enough for payments. What matters is whether a network behaves reliably under real-world conditions.
Arbitrum’s sustained usage, billions of lifetime transactions, millions daily, and billions of dollars in stablecoin liquidity, demonstrate production-grade behavior suitable for PSP and merchant requirements.
WalletConnect Pay is built specifically for this reality.
On Arbitrum, PSPs and merchants benefit from:
- Fast, predictable settlement suitable for everyday commerce
- Lower acceptance costs compared to traditional card networks
- No chargebacks, reducing fraud and operational risk
- Compliance-ready flows, designed to work within existing PSP frameworks
Crypto payments should feel like payments, not infrastructure projects. WalletConnect Pay ensures Arbitrum payments integrate cleanly into the systems businesses already use today.
Unlocking Wallet-Agnostic, Global Payments
Arbitrum’s scale is matched by its reach. The network supports a large and active wallet ecosystem, making it an ideal environment for wallet-native payments.
When combined with the WalletConnect network, connecting 700+ wallets and hundreds of millions of users, Arbitrum enables truly wallet-agnostic, global crypto payments.
Merchants can:
- Accept payments directly from self-custody wallets already funded on Arbitrum
- Offer stablecoin checkout without cross-chain routing
- Support cross-border payments without banking intermediaries or FX friction
- Enable 24/7 settlement, without cutoffs or regional constraints
Users pay with the wallet they already trust. Merchants receive payments through systems they already rely on. The complexity stays in the infrastructure, not the experience.
Real-World Use Cases on Arbitrum
Accepting crypto payments on Arbitrum with WalletConnect Pay supports a wide range of real-world commerce use cases:
- E-commerce checkout using stablecoins
- In-store payments via QR-based wallet checkout
- Cross-border payments and remittances
All delivered through a single integration.
Live Worldwide with WalletConnect Pay
WalletConnect Pay is now live worldwide, with pilots and deployments rolling out across key global markets. Arbitrum support allows PSPs and merchants to offer onchain payments wherever their customers are, without changing how payments operate today.
The Simple Way to Accept Crypto on Arbitrum
WalletConnect Pay removes the fragmentation that has held crypto payments back.
With Arbitrum support, businesses can confidently offer:
- Onchain payments
- Stablecoin checkout
- Wallet-based commerce
- all through one familiar integration.
Accept crypto on Arbitrum. Reach users globally. Settle faster. Operate exactly as you do today.
That’s WalletConnect Pay.