Кофейня Compass Coffee первой в мире приняла оплату в биткоинах через Square

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  • Проект Square запустил первый биткоин-платеж в США, который провела Compass Coffee.
  • Таким образом он протестировал Lightning-оплату в реальном бизнесе.
  • Майлз Сутер сравнил простоту платежей в биткоинах с карточными.

Американская сеть кофеен Compass Coffee в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия, стала первым торговцем в мире, который принял оплату в биткоинах через обычный терминал Square.

Big moves today – just deployed the first Square terminal in the world accepting bitcoin.

Thank you @jack ! Cannot wait to see this come to Square devices worldwide soon.

Tested on a huge range of wallets, all worked seamlessly. The beauty of open standards. ⚡️

Thanks… pic.twitter.com/QxigKGIao7

— Compass Coffee (@CompassCoffeeDC) October 15, 2025

Во время DC Fintech Week клиенты смогли рассчитываться криптовалютой с помощью Lightning Network, причем все транзакции были мгновенными.

Майкл Хафт, генеральный директор и соучредитель Compass Coffee, сообщил в соцсети X:

«Мы протестировали Lightning-платежи с 10 различных кошельков быстро, надежно и, честно говоря, довольно весело. Все проходили мгновенно».

Пилот стал первым реальным использованием новой системы оплаты в биткоинах, разработанной материнской компанией Block (которую возглавляет Джек Дорси). Square планирует начать глобальное развертывание технологии уже 10 ноября, когда продавцы смогут принимать платежи в биткоинах и конвертировать до 50% ежедневных продаж в криптовалюту, без комиссии за обработку в течение первого года.

Майлз Сутер, руководитель направления биткоин-продуктов в Block, заявил:

«Мы делаем платежи в биткойнах такими же простыми, как и карточные, одновременно предоставляя малым бизнесам доступ к финансовым инструментам, которые ранее были доступны только крупным корпорациям».

Эксперты называют это событие переломом в развитии расчетов криптовалютой. По словам Пранава Агарвала, независимого директора Jetking Infotrain India:

«Lightning Network это изменила, и теперь системы приема платежей на точках продаж в масштабах PoS откроют новую эру принятия биткоина».

Он пояснил, что традиционные карточные платежи привлекают банк-эмитент, банк-получатель и платежную сеть, тогда как «биткоин-платежи могут быть самостоятельно сохраняющимися с одним лишь посредником — Square», что может «открыть новую ценность через программы лояльности, кэшбек или низкие цены, ведь продавцам не нужно покрывать высокие комиссии».

Несмотря на технологический прорыв, регуляторные барьеры остаются. Дорси недавно призвал к освобождению мелких биткоин-платежей от федеральных налогов, продолжая инициативу, которая ранее не прошла через Конгресс, но над которой, по словам сенатора Синтии Ламмис, «работа продолжается».

В то же время Из Нг, руководитель продукта в UR, подчеркнул, что скорость — лишь часть уравнения:

«Демонстрация Compass Coffee показала, как далеко продвинулись DeFi-технологии, но настоящая паритетность требует большего, чем просто скорость».

Он добавил, что для полноценного принятия криптоплатежей необходимо, чтобы UX, интеграция с торговцами и четкая нормативная база работали согласованно:

«Принятие придет вслед за пользой — когда криптоплатежи будут ощущаться как любой другой бесконтактный платеж, без трения или неопределенности».

Напомним, что недавно испанская сеть кофеен Vanadi Coffee приняла решение создать биткоин-резерв на $1,2 млрд.

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