Stablecoin Payments Firm ‘SmartyPay’ Acquired by Rezolve AI

TheCryptoTimesPublished on 2025-10-07Last updated on 2025-10-07

SmartyPay, a stablecoin payment company with over $1 billion yearly traction volume, has been acquired by Rezolve AI, a platform merging AI, commerce, and payments. This strategic acquisition marks a significant push for the world’s most advanced digital asset payment platforms.

The announcement was made on October 7 with a press release which discusses that the acquisition provides Rezolve with the base to integrate digital assets, including stablecoins like USDT, into mainstream retail payments, leveraging Smartypay’s proven infrastructure, which has already processed over $19 million commercial transactions. 

Building a Fee-Free Blockchain Network

This deal is crucial to Rezolve’s initiative with Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin. By combining Smartypay’s payment rails with Rezolve’s proprietary “Brain Checkout” technology, the company aims to build a blockchain-based payment network that eliminates traditional merchant fees.

“Smartypay gives Rezolve a proven, transaction-tested foundation to scale our digital asset payment initiative globally,” said Daniel M. Wagner, CEO of Rezolve AI. “By combining Smarty

pay’s live payment rails with Rezolve’s Brain Checkout technology, we can deliver merchants a fast, simple, and fee-free way to accept digital assets, bridging the gap between blockchain and everyday commerce.”

The new infrastructure will allow consumers to pay instantly using a variety of digital assets, including USDT, Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum (ETH), while merchants receive instant settlement in fiat currency.

Global expansion of the company

Smartypay’s existing network is already active in key high-growth markets, including Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Angola, where it handles millions of stablecoin transactions annually. This instantly extends Rezolve’s reach across major emerging markets and provides a tested model for scaling digital asset payments across North America, Asia, and Europe.

The acquisition is expected to accelerate Rezolve’s roadmap toward Agentic Commerce, where AI agents conduct transactions autonomously. With Smartypay’s digital asset payment capabilities, Rezolve is ready to build the first platform where these AI agents can not only discover and compare products but also negotiate and complete transactions instantly using digital assets.

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