Hey besties, good afternoon! ~ Recently I've been seeing so many messages about crypto payments, and it really feels like this track is becoming increasingly mainstream – no longer the small-scale stuff from before, it's mainstream now!

Especially the news about Mastercard joining forces with 85 crypto companies to launch a global payments alliance – I was honestly quite surprised!

Turns out crypto payments have been gradually moving toward the mainstream, and it's getting closer to our daily use too.

While paying attention to this sector, I happened to come across @AEON_Community, and the overall vibe is pretty solid.

It has partnerships with top exchanges like Binance Wallet, OKX, and Bybit. Users can directly use crypto assets from their wallets to scan and pay offline. It's very convenient for daily use.

At the same time, it's integrated with local mainstream payment networks like Pix and QR Ph, covering over 50 million offline merchants across Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America – truly bridging crypto assets and real-world consumption.

For example, if you're traveling or on a business trip in these regions, buying a coffee or shopping at the supermarket, you can just scan to pay without needing to exchange currency separately – much more hassle-free.

The variety of coins it supports is growing too. Beyond stablecoins, it's partnered with Zano to integrate privacy coins into payment scenarios. Privacy coins, which had limited use cases before, can now actually be used for offline consumption.

Technically, it's built on BNB Chain, supporting the x402 protocol and ERC-8004 standard, also preparing for future AI agent autonomous payments.

In the future, you might just tell AI "book me a plane ticket," and it automatically compares prices and pays with crypto assets – no need to worry about anything yourself. This aligns perfectly with the current trend of AI and crypto combining.

Plus, it was selected as one of over 500 projects for BNB Chain Season 10 MVB, and is one of only two PayFi projects this season – recognition from the ecosystem is pretty high.

Since we've discussed crypto payments for a while now, many projects are still stuck with on-chain data, but AEON is actually doing real offline implementation. Now that traditional payments giants are entering the space, it really shows this direction has increasingly great prospects.

I'll keep following it myself, and we'll catch up next time!