Sup NOSTR! Check out our newest edition:
Bitcoin Commerce. African Scale.
This was one of those times where picking the headline was a tough decision. The Square point-of-sale integration story easily has the potential to be the industry story of the year.
On the other hand, from all the sources I can gather, right now that integration is still in a beta phase. I even signed up to be part of the beta during the Bitcoin Conference last year and haven’t heard anything.
The good news is that both the Square Bitcoin integration and the beta program seem to be very real, and a careful read of their recent press release and splash page even has a hard date for the rollout: November 10, 2025.
But that’s all about what isn’t the headline.
Africa is quietly experiencing a Bitcoin Commerce explosion. I think this gets so under-noticed and we needed to feature it and keep featuring it.
Based on my research there are enough widespread integration and adoption stories out there that it can be hard to feature them all. But that being said I really wanted to focus on the work being done by nostr:nprofile1qyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttjv4kxz7fwwak8vuewwdcxzcm9qythwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnxd46zuamf0ghxy6t6qqsz85k206vm3vqdmlvcy9l4kyfqchlnf4hnctasxufa3ph0ck9decgv95m3a in this edition.
MoneyBadger seems to be an integral part of both the continued success of the South African Pick n’ Pay supermarket integration, and the Scan-to-Pay integration featured in this edition.
It’s so interesting to see how Bitcoin Commerce exists and grows in two such distinct worlds: African fintech and brick & mortar retail USA. These stories are superficially different but they share a common, entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm that I think is the real backbone of Bitcoin Commerce.
If you’re interested, I hope you get a chance to check it out and let me know what you think!
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