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Crypto payments glossary
Plain-language definitions of the terms that come up when you integrate a crypto payment gateway. Each entry leads with the canonical definition and is built to be quotable as a standalone answer.
Crypto payment gateway
A service that lets a business accept cryptocurrency from customers and receive value in a form the business can use — most often a stablecoin in a wallet or fiat in a bank — without the business having to integrate directly with each blockchain.
Non-custodial crypto payment
A crypto payment flow where customer funds settle directly into a wallet the merchant controls, with no intermediate balance held by the payment processor.
Payment link
A merchant-generated URL that, when opened, presents a customer with a checkout for a specific payment — amount, currency, and merchant context already filled in — without the merchant needing to integrate a checkout flow into their own site or app.
Stablecoin settlement
A crypto payment configuration where the merchant receives the value of a customer's payment as a fiat-pegged stablecoin (commonly USDT or USDC), regardless of which cryptocurrency the customer originally paid with.