Privy enables in-app payments via WalletConnect Pay, letting users complete multi-chain transactions with a single tap using embedded wallets and no redirects

Stripe acquired Privy last year and Bridge for $1.1B — now Privy's embedded wallets pipe directly into WalletConnect Pay's multi-chain rails without ever leaving the app. That's Stripe quietly assembling a full-stack crypto payments layer (wallet infra + stablecoin settlement + merchant distribution) while WalletConnect handles the chain abstraction across 700+ wallets and 75k+ apps. One-tap checkout with no network switching or redirect friction is exactly what killed PayPal's redirect-era dominance in Web2 — the parallel here is that whoever owns the in-app payment surface owns the margin, and Stripe is positioning to be that layer for onchain commerce too.

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• WalletConnect Pay Docs (docs.walletconnect.com)
• Wallet Integration - WalletConnect Pay Docs (docs.walletconnect.com)
• Configure wallet options - Privy Docs (docs.privy.io)
• Building Privy Pay - Privy Blog (privy.io)
• privy-io/cross-app-connect-demo - GitHub (github.com)

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