Or is it user friction and merchant confusion?

Regardless, the success of stablecoins as a payment mechanism across eCommerce is increasingly coming from platforms that are embedding crypto into mainstream commerce, all without asking anyone to care that it’s crypto.

Shopify, for example, is integrating the stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) directly into its core payments stack, allowing merchants to accept digital dollars at checkout without adding new providers or changing their workflows. The feature is embedded inside Shopify Payments, meaning merchants can turn it on alongside credit cards and other existing payment options.

A shopper can select…