[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":589},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content-\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fstablecoins-vs-bitcoin-for-business-payments":3,"resources-category-stablecoins-vs-bitcoin-for-business-payments":383},{"id":4,"title":5,"authors":6,"body":7,"categories":6,"category":350,"categoryType":6,"compare":6,"contributors":6,"date":351,"description":352,"extension":353,"faq":354,"howto":6,"isBlog":373,"isChangelog":373,"meta":374,"navigation":376,"path":377,"pillar":373,"products":6,"rawbody":378,"role":6,"seo":379,"seoTitle":380,"stem":381,"thumbnail":6,"updated":351,"__hash__":382},"content\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fstablecoins-vs-bitcoin-for-business-payments.md","Stablecoins vs Bitcoin for business payments: price risk, settlement, accounting, and rules",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":337},"minimark",[10,14,17,23,42,67,72,75,84,88,91,190,200,204,213,216,219,223,231,240,248,252,255,264,272,276,279,287,291,294,302,306,318,322,330],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Businesses should use stablecoins, not Bitcoin, for most payments. A dollar stablecoin like USDC or USDT keeps an invoice amount steady from sending to receiving. Bitcoin's price moves during the transfer, which turns every payment into a currency trade with tax and accounting consequences. Bitcoin fits only when the counterparty wants Bitcoin itself.",[11,15,16],{},"That is the short version. The rest of this page is the comparison behind it, and the cases where the answer changes.",[11,18,19],{},[20,21,22],"strong",{},"Key takeaways",[24,25,26,30,33,36,39],"ul",{},[27,28,29],"li",{},"Stablecoins track the dollar. Bitcoin floats. For invoices and payroll, a floating price is a bug.",[27,31,32],{},"In the US, every payment made in a digital asset is a reportable disposition. With Bitcoin the gain or loss is real; with a stablecoin it is usually tiny.",[27,34,35],{},"The GENIUS Act regulates payment stablecoin issuers. Bitcoin has no issuer and is not a payment stablecoin.",[27,37,38],{},"Stablecoins carry issuer and depeg risk. Hold them for the length of the payment, not as a treasury bet.",[27,40,41],{},"Most business stablecoin payments start and end in a bank account, so neither side has to hold the token.",[43,44,45],"blockquote",{},[11,46,47,50,51,54,55,58,59,62,63,66],{},[20,48,49],{},"Definition:"," A ",[20,52,53],{},"stablecoin"," is a token designed to hold a fixed value, usually one US dollar, backed by reserves that the issuer promises to redeem at par. ",[20,56,57],{},"USDC"," is issued by Circle and ",[20,60,61],{},"USDT"," by Tether. ",[20,64,65],{},"Bitcoin"," is a crypto asset with no issuer and a price set by the market.",[68,69,71],"h2",{"id":70},"what-is-the-difference-between-a-stablecoin-and-bitcoin-for-payments","What is the difference between a stablecoin and Bitcoin for payments?",[11,73,74],{},"Price behavior. A stablecoin is built to stay at one dollar, so 10,000 USDC sent is 10,000 USDC received and still worth about 10,000 dollars. Bitcoin has no target price, so the same transfer can be worth more or less by the time it lands and gets sold.",[11,76,77,78,83],{},"Everything else follows from that. Pricing, accounting, reconciliation, and tax all get harder when the unit of payment moves. ",[79,80,82],"a",{"href":81},"\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fwhat-is-a-stablecoin","What is a stablecoin?"," explains how the peg works.",[68,85,87],{"id":86},"how-do-stablecoins-and-bitcoin-compare-side-by-side","How do stablecoins and Bitcoin compare side by side?",[11,89,90],{},"On every axis that matters for a business payment, stablecoins are easier. The table summarizes the differences for a US-based business.",[92,93,94,109],"table",{},[95,96,97],"thead",{},[98,99,100,103,106],"tr",{},[101,102],"th",{},[101,104,105],{},"Stablecoins (USDC, USDT)",[101,107,108],{},"Bitcoin and other floating crypto",[110,111,112,124,135,146,157,168,179],"tbody",{},[98,113,114,118,121],{},[115,116,117],"td",{},"Price stability",[115,119,120],{},"Designed to stay at 1 USD",[115,122,123],{},"Market price, moves continuously",[98,125,126,129,132],{},[115,127,128],{},"Settlement",[115,130,131],{},"Seconds to minutes on payment networks",[115,133,134],{},"Blocks about every 10 minutes; recipients often wait for several",[98,136,137,140,143],{},[115,138,139],{},"Accounting treatment (US tax)",[115,141,142],{},"Digital asset (property); gains and losses usually small",[115,144,145],{},"Digital asset (property); real gain or loss on each payment",[98,147,148,151,154],{},[115,149,150],{},"US regulatory status",[115,152,153],{},"Payment stablecoins covered by the GENIUS Act",[115,155,156],{},"Not a payment stablecoin; no issuer",[98,158,159,162,165],{},[115,160,161],{},"Issuer risk",[115,163,164],{},"Yes: depends on reserves and redemption",[115,166,167],{},"None: no issuer, but full price risk",[98,169,170,173,176],{},[115,171,172],{},"Typical payment use",[115,174,175],{},"B2B invoices, payroll, payouts, remittances",[115,177,178],{},"Paying a counterparty that wants Bitcoin",[98,180,181,184,187],{},[115,182,183],{},"Conversion to local currency",[115,185,186],{},"Common through regulated off-ramps",[115,188,189],{},"Possible, but price must be fixed first",[11,191,192,193,199],{},"The settlement row has one subtlety. Bitcoin's protocol retargets difficulty every 2,016 blocks to keep that batch at about two weeks, which means roughly one block every 10 minutes (",[79,194,198],{"href":195,"rel":196},"https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.bitcoin.org\u002Fdevguide\u002Fblock_chain.html",[197],"nofollow","Bitcoin developer guide","). The guide also notes that the cost to modify a block grows with every block added after it, which is why recipients wait for more blocks on larger payments.",[68,201,203],{"id":202},"how-does-accounting-differ-between-stablecoins-and-bitcoin","How does accounting differ between stablecoins and Bitcoin?",[11,205,206,207,212],{},"Both are property for US tax purposes, but only one moves enough to matter. The IRS says digital assets are considered property, not currency, and it lists stablecoins as digital assets alongside cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (",[79,208,211],{"href":209,"rel":210},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.irs.gov\u002Ffiling\u002Fdigital-assets",[197],"IRS",").",[11,214,215],{},"Using a digital asset to pay for goods or services is a disposition that must be reported, according to the same page. Pay a supplier in Bitcoin and you may realize a gain or loss on every invoice, depending on what you paid for that Bitcoin. Pay in a stablecoin and the gain or loss is usually close to zero, because the price barely moves.",[11,217,218],{},"This is general information, not tax advice. Treatment outside the US differs, and your advisor should confirm how your entity books each flow. The practical point stands: fewer moving prices means fewer journal entries.",[68,220,222],{"id":221},"how-are-payment-stablecoins-regulated","How are payment stablecoins regulated?",[11,224,225,226,212],{},"In the US, by the GENIUS Act. A Federal Reserve note from March 2026 says Congress passed the law in July 2025, that it defines what an authorized payment stablecoin issuer is, that payment stablecoins must be backed by relatively safe assets with low exposure to credit or valuation risk, and that issuers may not pay interest directly (",[79,227,230],{"href":228,"rel":229},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.federalreserve.gov\u002Feconres\u002Fnotes\u002Ffeds-notes\u002Fpayment-stablecoins-and-cross-border-payments-benefits-and-implications-for-monetary-policy-20260330.html",[197],"Federal Reserve, 2026",[11,232,233,234,239],{},"Implementation is still underway. The OCC says the law's effective date is the earlier of 18 months after enactment on July 18, 2025, or 120 days after regulators issue final rules (",[79,235,238],{"href":236,"rel":237},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.occ.gov\u002Fnews-issuances\u002Fbulletins\u002F2026\u002Fbulletin-2026-3.html",[197],"OCC Bulletin 2026-3","). As of late September 2026, that points to January 18, 2027 as the outside date.",[11,241,242,243,247],{},"Bitcoin sits outside this framework. It has no issuer to license and no reserves to audit. Other regions have their own regimes; the ",[79,244,246],{"href":245},"\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fstablecoin-regulation-tracker-2026","stablecoin regulation tracker"," covers MiCA, Brazil, and Japan.",[68,249,251],{"id":250},"what-are-the-risks-of-using-stablecoins","What are the risks of using stablecoins?",[11,253,254],{},"Issuer and depeg risk. A stablecoin is only as good as its reserves and the issuer's ability to redeem. If the market doubts either, the token can trade below one dollar.",[11,256,257,258,263],{},"There is a well-known example. On March 13, 2023, Circle said 3.3 billion dollars of USDC reserves, about 8% of the total, had been held at Silicon Valley Bank, and that the deposit would be fully available once US banks reopened (",[79,259,262],{"href":260,"rel":261},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.circle.com\u002Fpressroom\u002F3-3-billion-of-usdc-reserve-risk-removed-dollar-de-peg-closes",[197],"Circle, 2023","). The token traded below a dollar until that was clear.",[11,265,266,267,271],{},"The fix for a payments business is simple: hold stablecoins only for the duration of the payment. If funds come in from a bank and go out to a bank within minutes, exposure is short. ",[79,268,270],{"href":269},"\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fare-stablecoin-payments-safe","Are stablecoin payments safe?"," lists the other risks to check.",[68,273,275],{"id":274},"when-does-paying-in-bitcoin-make-sense","When does paying in Bitcoin make sense?",[11,277,278],{},"Rarely, for an operating business. It fits when the counterparty explicitly wants Bitcoin, holds it as a treasury asset, and both sides agree on a price at the moment of payment. Some crypto-native vendors and contractors fall into this group.",[11,280,281,282,286],{},"Even then, fix the amount in dollars on the invoice and convert at payment time. Otherwise your supplier is quietly speculating on your behalf, or you are on theirs. Price-floating tokens marketed for payments carry the same issue; ",[79,283,285],{"href":284},"\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fis-xrp-a-stablecoin","is XRP a stablecoin?"," walks through why.",[68,288,290],{"id":289},"what-is-the-decision-rule","What is the decision rule?",[11,292,293],{},"Pay in a dollar stablecoin when the payment has a fixed dollar or local-currency amount, which covers almost every invoice, payroll run, and payout. Pay in Bitcoin only when the recipient asks for Bitcoin and both sides accept the price risk in writing.",[11,295,296,297,301],{},"Then pick between USDC and USDT based on what the counterparty holds and which network it uses. The ",[79,298,300],{"href":299},"\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fusdc-vs-usdt-for-payments","USDC vs USDT comparison"," covers that choice.",[68,303,305],{"id":304},"how-does-blindpay-handle-stablecoin-payments","How does BlindPay handle stablecoin payments?",[11,307,308,309,313,314,212],{},"BlindPay settles payments in USDC or USDT behind a bank-style API, so neither side has to hold a token unless it wants to. A business can fund with a bank deposit, and the recipient gets local currency over ACH, wire, SWIFT (POBO\u002FCOBO), RTP, Pix, SPEI, Transfers, ACH COP, or SEPA (",[79,310,312],{"href":311},"\u002Fdocs\u002Foverview","overview","). Teams that do hold stablecoins can fund payouts from their own wallet on any of nine chains (",[79,315,317],{"href":316},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fkb\u002Fsupported-chains","supported chains",[68,319,321],{"id":320},"what-to-do-next","What to do next",[11,323,324,325,329],{},"List the payments your business makes in a month and mark which ones have a fixed amount. Those are stablecoin candidates. Anything left is either a crypto-native counterparty or a payment that should stay on a bank rail; ",[79,326,328],{"href":327},"\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fblockchain-payments-vs-crypto-payments","blockchain payments vs crypto payments"," helps sort the difference.",[11,331,332,333,336],{},"To see how a stablecoin-settled payout to a bank account is quoted and executed, read the ",[79,334,335],{"href":311},"BlindPay overview",".",{"title":338,"searchDepth":339,"depth":339,"links":340},"",2,[341,342,343,344,345,346,347,348,349],{"id":70,"depth":339,"text":71},{"id":86,"depth":339,"text":87},{"id":202,"depth":339,"text":203},{"id":221,"depth":339,"text":222},{"id":250,"depth":339,"text":251},{"id":274,"depth":339,"text":275},{"id":289,"depth":339,"text":290},{"id":304,"depth":339,"text":305},{"id":320,"depth":339,"text":321},"stablecoins","2026-09-28","Stablecoins or Bitcoin for business payments? Compare price stability, settlement, US tax, the GENIUS Act, and issuer risk, with a clear decision rule.","md",[355,358,361,364,367,370],{"q":356,"a":357},"Should a business use stablecoins or Bitcoin for payments?","For paying invoices, payroll, and suppliers, stablecoins are the practical choice. A dollar stablecoin like USDC or USDT keeps the amount steady from sending to receiving, while Bitcoin's price moves during the transfer and turns each payment into a small currency trade. Bitcoin can make sense only when the counterparty specifically wants Bitcoin and both sides accept the price risk.",{"q":359,"a":360},"Is paying with Bitcoin taxable for a US business?","Usually yes. The IRS says digital assets are property, not currency, and using them to pay for goods or services is a disposition that must be reported. A business that pays in Bitcoin can realize a gain or loss on each payment. Stablecoins are also digital assets under the IRS definition, but their gains and losses tend to be small because they track the dollar. Ask a tax advisor.",{"q":362,"a":363},"How are payment stablecoins regulated in the US?","Under the GENIUS Act, which Congress passed in July 2025. A March 2026 Federal Reserve note says it defines who can issue a payment stablecoin, requires reserves in relatively safe assets, and stops issuers from paying interest directly. The OCC says the law takes effect on the earlier of January 18, 2027 or 120 days after final regulations. Bitcoin is not a payment stablecoin.",{"q":365,"a":366},"What is the main risk of using a stablecoin for payments?","Issuer risk. A stablecoin is a claim on a company's reserves, so its value depends on those reserves being safe and available. In March 2023 Circle disclosed that 3.3 billion dollars of USDC reserves, about 8% of the total, sat at Silicon Valley Bank when it failed. Holding stablecoins only for the length of a payment keeps this exposure short.",{"q":368,"a":369},"How long does a Bitcoin payment take compared with a stablecoin payment?","Bitcoin's protocol targets about one block every 10 minutes, and many recipients wait for several blocks before treating a payment as settled. Stablecoins run on networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, Polygon, and Tron, where new blocks arrive in seconds. For a business payment the slower part is usually the bank leg at either end, not the chain.",{"q":371,"a":372},"Are USDC and USDT the same thing?","Both are dollar stablecoins, but they come from different issuers. Circle issues USDC and Tether issues USDT. They differ in reserve disclosures, regulatory status, and which networks carry most of their volume. Many payment providers accept both, and the choice often depends on what the counterparty already holds and which network it uses.",false,{"author":375},"BlindPay Team",true,"\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fstablecoins-vs-bitcoin-for-business-payments","---\ntitle: \"Stablecoins vs Bitcoin for business payments: price risk, settlement, accounting, and rules\"\nseoTitle: \"Stablecoins vs Bitcoin for business payments\"\ndescription: \"Stablecoins or Bitcoin for business payments? Compare price stability, settlement, US tax, the GENIUS Act, and issuer risk, with a clear decision rule.\"\ndate: \"2026-09-28\"\nupdated: \"2026-09-28\"\ncategory: \"stablecoins\"\nauthor: \"BlindPay Team\"\nfaq:\n  - q: \"Should a business use stablecoins or Bitcoin for payments?\"\n    a: \"For paying invoices, payroll, and suppliers, stablecoins are the practical choice. A dollar stablecoin like USDC or USDT keeps the amount steady from sending to receiving, while Bitcoin's price moves during the transfer and turns each payment into a small currency trade. Bitcoin can make sense only when the counterparty specifically wants Bitcoin and both sides accept the price risk.\"\n  - q: \"Is paying with Bitcoin taxable for a US business?\"\n    a: \"Usually yes. The IRS says digital assets are property, not currency, and using them to pay for goods or services is a disposition that must be reported. A business that pays in Bitcoin can realize a gain or loss on each payment. Stablecoins are also digital assets under the IRS definition, but their gains and losses tend to be small because they track the dollar. Ask a tax advisor.\"\n  - q: \"How are payment stablecoins regulated in the US?\"\n    a: \"Under the GENIUS Act, which Congress passed in July 2025. A March 2026 Federal Reserve note says it defines who can issue a payment stablecoin, requires reserves in relatively safe assets, and stops issuers from paying interest directly. The OCC says the law takes effect on the earlier of January 18, 2027 or 120 days after final regulations. Bitcoin is not a payment stablecoin.\"\n  - q: \"What is the main risk of using a stablecoin for payments?\"\n    a: \"Issuer risk. A stablecoin is a claim on a company's reserves, so its value depends on those reserves being safe and available. In March 2023 Circle disclosed that 3.3 billion dollars of USDC reserves, about 8% of the total, sat at Silicon Valley Bank when it failed. Holding stablecoins only for the length of a payment keeps this exposure short.\"\n  - q: \"How long does a Bitcoin payment take compared with a stablecoin payment?\"\n    a: \"Bitcoin's protocol targets about one block every 10 minutes, and many recipients wait for several blocks before treating a payment as settled. Stablecoins run on networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, Polygon, and Tron, where new blocks arrive in seconds. For a business payment the slower part is usually the bank leg at either end, not the chain.\"\n  - q: \"Are USDC and USDT the same thing?\"\n    a: \"Both are dollar stablecoins, but they come from different issuers. Circle issues USDC and Tether issues USDT. They differ in reserve disclosures, regulatory status, and which networks carry most of their volume. Many payment providers accept both, and the choice often depends on what the counterparty already holds and which network it uses.\"\n---\n\nBusinesses should use stablecoins, not Bitcoin, for most payments. A dollar stablecoin like USDC or USDT keeps an invoice amount steady from sending to receiving. Bitcoin's price moves during the transfer, which turns every payment into a currency trade with tax and accounting consequences. Bitcoin fits only when the counterparty wants Bitcoin itself.\n\nThat is the short version. The rest of this page is the comparison behind it, and the cases where the answer changes.\n\n**Key takeaways**\n\n- Stablecoins track the dollar. Bitcoin floats. For invoices and payroll, a floating price is a bug.\n- In the US, every payment made in a digital asset is a reportable disposition. With Bitcoin the gain or loss is real; with a stablecoin it is usually tiny.\n- The GENIUS Act regulates payment stablecoin issuers. Bitcoin has no issuer and is not a payment stablecoin.\n- Stablecoins carry issuer and depeg risk. Hold them for the length of the payment, not as a treasury bet.\n- Most business stablecoin payments start and end in a bank account, so neither side has to hold the token.\n\n> **Definition:** A **stablecoin** is a token designed to hold a fixed value, usually one US dollar, backed by reserves that the issuer promises to redeem at par. **USDC** is issued by Circle and **USDT** by Tether. **Bitcoin** is a crypto asset with no issuer and a price set by the market.\n\n## What is the difference between a stablecoin and Bitcoin for payments?\n\nPrice behavior. A stablecoin is built to stay at one dollar, so 10,000 USDC sent is 10,000 USDC received and still worth about 10,000 dollars. Bitcoin has no target price, so the same transfer can be worth more or less by the time it lands and gets sold.\n\nEverything else follows from that. Pricing, accounting, reconciliation, and tax all get harder when the unit of payment moves. [What is a stablecoin?](\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fwhat-is-a-stablecoin) explains how the peg works.\n\n## How do stablecoins and Bitcoin compare side by side?\n\nOn every axis that matters for a business payment, stablecoins are easier. The table summarizes the differences for a US-based business.\n\n| | Stablecoins (USDC, USDT) | Bitcoin and other floating crypto |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Price stability | Designed to stay at 1 USD | Market price, moves continuously |\n| Settlement | Seconds to minutes on payment networks | Blocks about every 10 minutes; recipients often wait for several |\n| Accounting treatment (US tax) | Digital asset (property); gains and losses usually small | Digital asset (property); real gain or loss on each payment |\n| US regulatory status | Payment stablecoins covered by the GENIUS Act | Not a payment stablecoin; no issuer |\n| Issuer risk | Yes: depends on reserves and redemption | None: no issuer, but full price risk |\n| Typical payment use | B2B invoices, payroll, payouts, remittances | Paying a counterparty that wants Bitcoin |\n| Conversion to local currency | Common through regulated off-ramps | Possible, but price must be fixed first |\n\nThe settlement row has one subtlety. Bitcoin's protocol retargets difficulty every 2,016 blocks to keep that batch at about two weeks, which means roughly one block every 10 minutes ([Bitcoin developer guide](https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.bitcoin.org\u002Fdevguide\u002Fblock_chain.html)). The guide also notes that the cost to modify a block grows with every block added after it, which is why recipients wait for more blocks on larger payments.\n\n## How does accounting differ between stablecoins and Bitcoin?\n\nBoth are property for US tax purposes, but only one moves enough to matter. The IRS says digital assets are considered property, not currency, and it lists stablecoins as digital assets alongside cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin ([IRS](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.irs.gov\u002Ffiling\u002Fdigital-assets)).\n\nUsing a digital asset to pay for goods or services is a disposition that must be reported, according to the same page. Pay a supplier in Bitcoin and you may realize a gain or loss on every invoice, depending on what you paid for that Bitcoin. Pay in a stablecoin and the gain or loss is usually close to zero, because the price barely moves.\n\nThis is general information, not tax advice. Treatment outside the US differs, and your advisor should confirm how your entity books each flow. The practical point stands: fewer moving prices means fewer journal entries.\n\n## How are payment stablecoins regulated?\n\nIn the US, by the GENIUS Act. A Federal Reserve note from March 2026 says Congress passed the law in July 2025, that it defines what an authorized payment stablecoin issuer is, that payment stablecoins must be backed by relatively safe assets with low exposure to credit or valuation risk, and that issuers may not pay interest directly ([Federal Reserve, 2026](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.federalreserve.gov\u002Feconres\u002Fnotes\u002Ffeds-notes\u002Fpayment-stablecoins-and-cross-border-payments-benefits-and-implications-for-monetary-policy-20260330.html)).\n\nImplementation is still underway. The OCC says the law's effective date is the earlier of 18 months after enactment on July 18, 2025, or 120 days after regulators issue final rules ([OCC Bulletin 2026-3](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.occ.gov\u002Fnews-issuances\u002Fbulletins\u002F2026\u002Fbulletin-2026-3.html)). As of late September 2026, that points to January 18, 2027 as the outside date.\n\nBitcoin sits outside this framework. It has no issuer to license and no reserves to audit. Other regions have their own regimes; the [stablecoin regulation tracker](\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fstablecoin-regulation-tracker-2026) covers MiCA, Brazil, and Japan.\n\n## What are the risks of using stablecoins?\n\nIssuer and depeg risk. A stablecoin is only as good as its reserves and the issuer's ability to redeem. If the market doubts either, the token can trade below one dollar.\n\nThere is a well-known example. On March 13, 2023, Circle said 3.3 billion dollars of USDC reserves, about 8% of the total, had been held at Silicon Valley Bank, and that the deposit would be fully available once US banks reopened ([Circle, 2023](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.circle.com\u002Fpressroom\u002F3-3-billion-of-usdc-reserve-risk-removed-dollar-de-peg-closes)). The token traded below a dollar until that was clear.\n\nThe fix for a payments business is simple: hold stablecoins only for the duration of the payment. If funds come in from a bank and go out to a bank within minutes, exposure is short. [Are stablecoin payments safe?](\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fare-stablecoin-payments-safe) lists the other risks to check.\n\n## When does paying in Bitcoin make sense?\n\nRarely, for an operating business. It fits when the counterparty explicitly wants Bitcoin, holds it as a treasury asset, and both sides agree on a price at the moment of payment. Some crypto-native vendors and contractors fall into this group.\n\nEven then, fix the amount in dollars on the invoice and convert at payment time. Otherwise your supplier is quietly speculating on your behalf, or you are on theirs. Price-floating tokens marketed for payments carry the same issue; [is XRP a stablecoin?](\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fis-xrp-a-stablecoin) walks through why.\n\n## What is the decision rule?\n\nPay in a dollar stablecoin when the payment has a fixed dollar or local-currency amount, which covers almost every invoice, payroll run, and payout. Pay in Bitcoin only when the recipient asks for Bitcoin and both sides accept the price risk in writing.\n\nThen pick between USDC and USDT based on what the counterparty holds and which network it uses. The [USDC vs USDT comparison](\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fusdc-vs-usdt-for-payments) covers that choice.\n\n## How does BlindPay handle stablecoin payments?\n\nBlindPay settles payments in USDC or USDT behind a bank-style API, so neither side has to hold a token unless it wants to. A business can fund with a bank deposit, and the recipient gets local currency over ACH, wire, SWIFT (POBO\u002FCOBO), RTP, Pix, SPEI, Transfers, ACH COP, or SEPA ([overview](\u002Fdocs\u002Foverview)). Teams that do hold stablecoins can fund payouts from their own wallet on any of nine chains ([supported chains](\u002Fdocs\u002Fkb\u002Fsupported-chains)).\n\n## What to do next\n\nList the payments your business makes in a month and mark which ones have a fixed amount. Those are stablecoin candidates. Anything left is either a crypto-native counterparty or a payment that should stay on a bank rail; [blockchain payments vs crypto payments](\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fblockchain-payments-vs-crypto-payments) helps sort the difference.\n\nTo see how a stablecoin-settled payout to a bank account is quoted and executed, read the [BlindPay overview](\u002Fdocs\u002Foverview).\n",{"title":5,"description":352},"Stablecoins vs Bitcoin for business payments","resources\u002Fmore\u002Fstablecoins-vs-bitcoin-for-business-payments","kmUvjnWLac1y5g0EUlSznuJbMctmdcAT8R5KmU7bA-Q",[384,388,391,395,399,403,407,411,415,419,423,427,431,435,439,443,447,451,455,459,462,466,470,474,478,482,486,490,494,498,502,503,507,511,514,518,522,526,530,534,538,542,546,550,554,557,561,565,569,573,577,581,585],{"path":385,"title":386,"description":387},"\u002Fresources\u002Fmore\u002Fare-stablecoin-cards-safe","Are stablecoin cards safe? 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