A stablecoin pegged to a currency other than your own carries real exchange rate exposure between its peg currency and yours, on top of the peg's own reliability.
A business accepts crypto in one of three ways: its own wallet, a payment processor or an exchange account. How they compare, and the set-up each one needs.
Book the token at fair value on receipt, track it by lot and by wallet, remeasure as your framework requires, and reconcile to the chain each month.
Shorten the time you hold a volatile asset: take a dollar stablecoin or convert on receipt, cap any balance you keep, and write the rule in a one-page policy.
Set the price in your home currency, convert it to a token quantity at a stated rate and moment, and write down the quote window, rounding, fees and refund.
In the US, crypto received for work is ordinary income at its dollar value when received. That value becomes your basis for a later gain or loss.
Seven ways to pay a team in stablecoins compared: who holds the funds, approvals, payslips, and why employees and contractors need different tools.
A batch-send wallet feature, a multisend contract, a splitter contract or an onchain payment router. What separates them is who holds the funds first.
Regulated providers must identify the sender and recipient of a crypto transfer (the travel rule). What they ask a business, and the file to prepare.
A plain-language breakdown of how Ethereum gas is estimated, why fees can jump sharply during business hours, and what that means for professionals routing high-value payments onchain.
A practical guide for settlement professionals, brokers, and OTC desks on the structural differences between exchange wallets and self-custody wallets, and how to match each model to the mechanics of getting paid onchain.
A practical guide for settlement professionals on what blockchain finality really means, how it varies by network, and how onchain payment routing eliminates ambiguity before goods change hands.
A practical guide for professionals handling onchain payments — covering wallet architecture, legal exposure, accounting hygiene, and how routing tools like Shaka.deal enforce clean separation at settlement.
A step-by-step operational guide for settlement professionals on safely moving received crypto payments from a hot wallet into cold storage, with specific mechanics and real-world scenarios.
A field-by-field walkthrough of an Ethereum transaction on Etherscan, written for settlement professionals who need to verify, audit, and confirm onchain payments with confidence.
When gas spikes, large multi-party payments on Ethereum carry real cost risk. Here is how settlement professionals can plan, time, and structure transactions to protect every party's proceeds.
A practical guide for settlement professionals on how onchain payments work on Ethereum Layer 2 networks, what changes from mainnet, and how to route multi-party deals with certainty.
A practical guide for settlement professionals and B2B operators on receiving onchain payments directly to self-custody wallets and routing multi-party disbursements in a single transaction.
A practical guide for professionals — brokers, settlement agents, attorneys, and title officers — on receiving their first stablecoin payment, from wallet setup to final distribution.
When two people run a business together, the question of who receives client payments and how both parties get their share creates real operational and trust problems — here is how onchain payment routing solves it.
A practical breakdown of what actually changes when you receive USDC instead of ETH — covering price stability, accounting, finality, and multi-party deal distribution.
A professional's guide to understanding why onchain payments stall, how to recover them safely, and how structured routing eliminates the problem at the source.
A field guide for settlement professionals and deal parties on identifying genuine stablecoins, spotting dangerous lookalikes, and routing high-value payments with certainty.
A clear, professional guide to multisig wallets — what they are, how different configurations work, and which business scenarios genuinely call for one.
A plain-language breakdown of the Ethereum nonce — what it is, why it exists, and exactly how one stuck transaction can hold an entire payment queue hostage.
A seed phrase is the master key to every crypto wallet your business touches. Here is how it works, why losing it is permanent, and exactly how professional teams store it safely.
A plain-language guide to how smart-contract wallets work on Ethereum and what settlement professionals need to know when a payment lands at one.
A clear-eyed guide to what a blockchain testnet actually is, how it differs from mainnet, and why any real commercial payment must settle on mainnet — every time.
A plain-language breakdown of what a crypto wallet address is, how it is generated, what sharing it does and does not expose, and the concrete verification habits that protect professionals handling high-value onchain transactions.
A clear explanation of how wrapped tokens work, the risks they carry, and the practical framework professionals need before accepting one as payment in a deal.
A plain-language guide to what ENS and onchain names actually do at the moment money moves — and why that matters for every professional who coordinates multi-party settlements.
A clear, professional explanation of how token decimals work in ERC-20 transactions and why the precision they encode becomes a critical operational concern when moving large sums onchain.
A practical guide to Ethereum transaction finality — how the network achieves it, how long it takes, and what that means for settlement professionals handling high-value deals.
A detailed explainer on what actually happens when a crypto payment lands on the wrong blockchain network, why it happens, who bears the consequences, and how onchain payment routing prevents the problem from arising.
Stablecoin issuers can freeze funds at the smart-contract level — and recipients, not just senders, carry the risk. Here is how the mechanics work and what professionals need to know.
What it means that an onchain payment is final, why there are no chargebacks, and why that protects the person getting paid.
How a professional turns a received crypto payment into local currency, what the options are, and what to keep in mind.
Whether you can accept crypto straight to a self-custody wallet without any exchange account, how it works, and what it means for control.
What USDC is, how the peg works, why it suits large settlements. Covers reserves, regulation, settlement mechanics, and practical considerations for professionals moving serious money.
What a layer 2 is, how it makes onchain payments faster and cheaper, and why it matters when settling real transactions.
A complete guide to accepting crypto for a large transaction — how it works, what to set up, and how funds settle safely to your wallet.
How stablecoins maintain their peg, what backs them, and how a recipient can be confident the value will hold through settlement.
A forensic look inside the moments a crypto payment settles onchain — what the network is doing, and why those minutes replace days of banking.
What a block explorer is, how to look up a transaction, and how to use it to confirm and prove a payment independently.
What self-custody means, why holding your own keys matters when receiving payment, and the responsibility that comes with it.
How network congestion affects a payment's speed and cost, what to do when it's slow, and how to still settle reliably.
What a confirmation is at the network level, why more confirmations mean more certainty, and how many to wait for by amount.