Meridian conference panel featuring Arculus tap-to-pay hardware wallets, PwC guidance on enterprise blockchain adoption, Alfred's stablecoin payment infrastructure across Latin America, and Mercado Bitcoin's 1.5B reais in tokenized credit on Stellar.
At Meridian, speakers discussed real-world crypto payments and enterprise blockchain adoption. Arculus demonstrated tap-to-pay stablecoin transactions on Stellar using hardware wallet cards, enabling direct on-chain payments faster than traditional payment networks. PwC outlined how enterprises move from POC pilots to production-grade blockchain solutions by embedding compliance, security, and operational teams early. Alfred, a regulated PSP across six Latin American markets, shared how it powers cross-border remittances and trade finance using stablecoins and local payment rails, having processed 1.3M users and 5M transactions. Mercado Bitcoin announced tokenizing 1 billion Brazilian reais in credit and receivables on Stellar, becoming the fifth largest private credit tokenizer globally with 1.5B reais distributed to 4M clients.
