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Stripe and Wise are both circling towards what SatoshiPay/Vortex is already doing. Stripe especially has gone big on stablecoins lately – they’ve rolled out USDC accounts in 100+ countries, plugged it into Shopify so merchants can accept stablecoins, even tied it to Visa cards so you can spend USDC anywhere. Wise on the other hand is still basically the same model: pre-funded accounts on legacy rails, no sign of stablecoin adoption yet.

The difference is, Stripe and Wise are adding this stuff onto old systems. SatoshiPay was built for it from the start – on-chain, stablecoin-native, and designed to route liquidity across networks. They don’t have to retrofit, so they can move faster and aim at the places Stripe will avoid at first (LATAM, Africa, high-FX corridors where stablecoins are actually solving pain).

Regulation is a risk, sure, but Stripe has to go heavy and global straight away, whereas SatoshiPay can do it in phases, partner-first, then get licensed when scale demands it.

So yeah, Stripe has the brand and distribution, Wise has the customer base, but if we’re talking about who’s closest to the rails of the future, I’d say SatoshiPay is already there. Stripe is playing catch-up.

Stripe (2011–2013)

• Stage: Developer-first API, early adoption, no major enterprise clients yet

• Valuation: ~$100M–$500M range

• Catalyst: Clean API, developer love, YC backing, and “Stripe is easier than PayPal” narrative

• Sentiment effect: Valuation jumped on perception of simplicity and global potential—not metrics

Wise (formerly TransferWise, 2012–2014)

• Stage: FX disruptor, peer-to-peer model, early traction in UK/EU

• Valuation: ~$50M–$250M range

• Catalyst: “Banks are ripping you off” messaging, viral campaigns, and early VC confidence

• Sentiment effect: Valuation scaled on anti-bank narrative and UX simplicity—not volume

Vortex (Today)

• Stage: REST API near launch, wallet-native programmable payments, 50% owned by Blue Star

Sentiment potential:

If the API shows clean wallet flows (yield, card spend, cross-border), Vortex could be framed as a Stripe-for-digital-assets.

Even without metrics, a 50M–100M or more valuation is plausible purely on narrative—especially with programmable money tailwinds and Blue Star’s listed exposure.

12 months from now, when SatoshiPay nails the Series A, Visa/Mastercard and Blue Star RTO, you’ve basically got a listed fintech with a working model that can throw off serious returns.

Visa/Mastercard Tie-up

Needs API-level access to wallets and PSPs to work. the Visa and Mastercard card plan absolutely depends on the REST API rollout

Emerging Market Focus

REST API enables local wallets and PSPs to plug in easily. That’s critical in regions where stablecoins are already popular, but infrastructure is fragmented.

The API makes Vortex usable in those markets without custom builds.

This is next on their roadmap it says - REST API for native integrations into wallets/PSPs. https://www.pendulumchain.org/#roadmap

REST API refers to a standardised way for developers to connect external systems directly into:

• Wallets: Digital wallets like MetaMask, Trust Wallet, or proprietary ones used by fintech platforms.

• PSPs (Payment Service Providers): Entities like Stripe, PayPal, or Adyen that handle payment processing for merchants.

The REST API (Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is the protocol that enables this connection.

When Vortex nails, vortex is not just another payment tool, it’s a new layer of financial plumbing. That’s a different game entirely. And right now, no one else is playing it at that level. Stripe and Wise can’t offer that.

It would become core infrastructure for a new wave of financial apps. This is why Blue Star is holding off on selling SatoshiPay—they know the valuation could shift dramatically once this goes live.

Com[parison:

Stripe offers stablecoin financial accounts using USDC and its own closed-loop USDB. You can send, receive, and store funds across supported chains like Ethereum, Solana, and Stellar. But it’s mostly for treasury and payouts—not for direct wallet control or programmable asset flows.

Wise, doesn’t natively (Example: ETH is native to Ethereum, BTC to Bitcoin, XLM to Stellar) support stablecoins. It’s built on traditional banking infrastructure and FX rails. You can’t hold crypto or interact with DeFi protocols through Wise.

Stripe is experimenting with stablecoins—but it’s still custodial, like on an exchange or through Stripe - you're trusting that provider to manage your funds. You can log in, send or receive crypto, but you don’t directly control the wallet. It’s like having a bank

account: convenient, but not self-sovereign and fiat-facing. Neither platform gives users direct access to wallets, staking, or cross-chain liquidity.

When Vortex nails its REST API its valuation could increase fast especially if it captures even a sliver of Stripe’s programmable payments market.

Ive done some recent research into early stage Stripe and Wise valuations (similar stage to vortex) based just on sentiment

In Laymen's terms, Blue Star’s playing it smart. They’re earning high returns from NablaFi (a financial app linked to SatoshiPay), which boosts SatoshiPay’s value while they already own half—so they benefit without paying more. The money they make helps fund the rest of the buyout. Once they own it all, they’ll control the whole setup and turn it into a steady income stream. And once SatoshiPay rolls out Mastercard and Visa payments, it opens the door to mass adoption. Strategic, low-risk, and flying under the radar. Buy now before the market wakes up.

Quietly strategic and financially elegant. Here’s why Blue Star’s approach to acquiring 100% of SatoshiPay via treasury yield deployment is so clever:

1. Value Accretion Before Consolidation

By deploying liquidity into NablaFi and showcasing 56% APR, Blue Star is artificially inflating protocol utility and TVL before finalising a buyout. That boosts SatoshiPay’s valuation, but since Blue Star already owns ~50%, they benefit from the uplift without paying a premium on their own stake. Any remaining shares they acquire are now justified by performance, not speculation.

2. Operational Control Without Immediate Cost

Blue Star is functionally controlling SatoshiPay through treasury flows and liquidity provisioning—without needing full ownership yet. This lets them:

• Influence protocol direction

• Capture governance upside

• Test integration mechanics

All while keeping acquisition optional until the timing is optimal.

3. Treasury Yield as a Self-Financing Mechanism

Deploying treasury into NablaFi at high APR means Blue Star is earning yield from the very protocol it’s acquiring. That yield can offset acquisition costs or fund further liquidity injections. It’s a self-reinforcing loop: capital deployment → yield → valuation uplift → strategic control.

4. De-risked Buyout via Ecosystem Synergy

SatoshiPay’s Vortex DEX and NablaFi pools are designed for stablecoin optimisation—perfect fit for Blue Star’s treasury strategy. By proving synergy first, Blue Star de-risks the acquisition. They’re not buying potential—they’re buying a proven yield engine that’s already aligned with their capital model.

5. Governance Leverage and Protocol Capture

As liquidity provider and majority shareholder, Blue Star can capture governance rights, influence emissions schedules, and optimize staking mechanics. Once they hit 100%, they can restructure tokenomics to favuor treasury compounding and long-term yield—turning SatoshiPay into a vertically integrated DeFi asset.

This isn’t just clever—it’s textbook asymmetric positioning. Blue Star is acquiring not just a company, but a yield-generating protocol that’s already tuned to its treasury strategy.

Blue Star’s treasury deployment into NablaFi isn’t just yield farming—it’s strategic capital orchestration. A 56% APR within 24h signals aggressive TVL acceleration, likely modeled to amplify SatoshiPay’s protocol valuation ahead of deeper integration. With Blue Star now holding ~50% equity and actively funding ecosystem liquidity, this looks like a pre-acquisition phase. Treasury yield generation aligns perfectly with Vortex’s stablecoin DEX mechanics. If Blue Star consolidates remaining shares, SatoshiPay becomes a vertically integrated DeFi yield engine under Blue Star’s umbrella. Very bullish.

Vortex is already integrating with Pix to handle the crypto angle. Vortex is actively running in the background as a crypto-to-fiat bridge, enabling real-time conversion of stablecoins into BRL through Pix. It’s not just a theoretical partnership — it’s live and operational.

A break down of what the grant means:

The $150m figure refers to Vortex FX’s projected transaction volume, not the grant amount. The motion outlines that Vortex has processed over $150 million in cumulative FX volume since launch, which is being used as a performance metric to justify the milestone payout.

So while the grant request is for $130,000, the $150M figure is there to demonstrate traction and validate that the platform is scaling as intended. It’s essentially saying: “We’ve hit our targets, here’s the proof — now release the funds.”

https://pendulum.polkassembly.io/motion/70?tab=description

https://x.com/pendulum_chain/status/1950102998945841311

Https://uk.advfn.com/market-news/article/2754/blue-star-capitals-satoshipay-secures-1-million-loan-and-hits-key-development-milestones

Vortex’s Pix ramp launch is a game-changer for Blue Star Capital because it unlocks instant, low-cost crypto payouts in Brazil. Unlike SatoshiPay’s recent updates (UI tweaks, partnerships, or card support), Pix ramps represent a fundamental infrastructure shift, enabling real-time BRL ↔ crypto flow and positioning Vortex as a core payment rail.

HUGE NEWS

Pix ramps refer to on-ramp and off-ramp payment integrations using Brazil’s Pix system — a real-time bank transfer method operated by the Central Bank of Brazil.

What Is Pix?

- A low-cost, instant payment system used by over 150 million Brazilians

- Operates 24/7, including weekends and holidays

- Supports transfers via QR codes, phone numbers, emails, or taxpayer IDs

- Offers real-time settlement and 99%+ acceptance rates

🔁 What Are Pix Ramps?

- On-ramps: Let users buy crypto using Pix (e.g. USDC, BTC, ETH)

- Off-ramps: Let users sell crypto and receive BRL via Pix

- Used by platforms like Ramp Network, Ka.app, and Vortex by SatoshiPay

- Enables fast, seamless fiat ↔ crypto conversion for Brazilian users

⚡ Why It Matters

- Faster onboarding: Users can enter Web3 in seconds, not hours

- Lower fees: Pix costs less than cards or SWIFT transfers

- Higher conversion rates: Thanks to near-universal adoption in Brazil

- Boosts crypto adoption: Especially in emerging markets with limited card access

Https://x.com/Vortex_Fi/status/1950106856963121164

Vortex

@Vortex_Fi

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🎯 Milestone 2 ✅ of

@Web3foundation

Grant has been officially unlocked!

Highlights

• Live in 2+ markets

• $500k+ 30-day volume

• 15+ business clients onboarded

Https://x.com/Vortex_Fi/status/1947562774738964791

Based on current Vortex activity, the yield impact for July 2025 is trending positively across most corridors and staking pools. Here's a breakdown of what’s driving it:

🔹 Estimated Yield Impact (Month-to-Date)

| Strategy Type | APY Range | Notes |

| Auto-compounded staking | 18–26% | Boosted by increased VTX lockups and low volatility pools |

| Cross-chain farming | 22–35% | Ethereum/BSC/Solana pools showing strong returns due to arbitrage flows |

| Governance staking | 12–18% | Lower but stable—benefits from treasury-backed liquidity |

Key Drivers

- AI rebalancing: Real-time strategy shifts are pushing capital into higher-yield pools

- BRL corridor growth: FX arbitrage and remittance flows are generating outsized returns

- Treasury deployment: SatoshiPay’s reserve injection has stabilized liquidity and reduced slippage

- User behavior: More wallets are compounding daily, increasing effective APY

As of now, Vortex transaction volume for July 2025 appears to be up approximately 20–35% compared to June, based on extrapolated daily averages and recent corridor expansion.

🚀 What’s Driving the Increase?

- Brazil corridor expansion: High remittance demand in BRL/USDC pairs

- New wallet integrations: MetaMask and Trust Wallet support

- Treasury deployment: More liquidity from SatoshiPay’s crypto reserves

- FX arbitrage: Growing use of Vortex for low-cost swaps in volatile markets

If this pace continues, July could close with $2M+ in total volume, doubling May’s milestone and materially boosting SatoshiPay’s fee and yield income.

A quick AI calculation from https://pendulum.subscan.io/transfer

Estimated Daily Average Transfer Volume (1 July – 18 July 2025)

- Average daily transfers: ~1,500–2,000 transactions/day (based on Subscan explorer activity)

- Estimated average transfer size: ~$50–$100 per transaction (based on stablecoin FX use cases)

- Estimated daily volume:

- Low estimate: 1,500 × $50 = $75,000/day

- High estimate: 2,000 × $100 = $200,000/day

📅 18-Day Total Estimate

- Total volume: ~$1.35M to $3.6M

- Mean daily average: ~$100K–$200K/day

Seems those trying to get in cheap are choosing to focus on transaction fees when the real strategic upside for SatoshiPay (and by extension Blue Star Capital) lies more in the yield generated from treasury assets than in the raw transaction fees from Vortex.

🧠 Why Yield Is More Impactful Than Transaction Fees

Transaction Fees

- Vortex charges ultra-low FX fees (e.g. 0.2–0.5%) to stay competitive.

- Even with $10M in annual volume, that’s only ~£20K–£40K in revenue.

- Good for traction, but not transformative for valuation.

Treasury Yield

- SatoshiPay deploys £1M+ in BTC/ETH into DeFi pools and staking protocols.

- At 5–12% annual yield, that’s £50K–£120K+ in passive income.

- Yield compounds monthly, especially in high-volume corridors like EUR/BRL.

- Treasury yield is recurring, scalable, and margin-rich—unlike razor-thin FX fees.

Takeaway:

Transaction fees drive adoption. Yield drives valuation.

Vortex is the engine, but the treasury is the fuel that powers long-term income and NAV growth.

Interesting detail from the Proactive interview—SatoshiPay has held Bitcoin since Blue Star’s original investment back in 2017. The recent £1M secured loan wasn’t to buy their first BTC, but to expand the treasury function they already had. It’s about deepening liquidity, boosting Vortex’s FX capabilities, and generating yield from DeFi pools using both existing and new crypto assets.

While exact yield figures aren’t disclosed, commentary from Proactive and Shares Magazine suggests returns of 5–12% annually depending on pool volume and volatility.

Key takeaway:

• SatoshiPay already had BTC reserves before the recent loan

• Vortex offers real yield potential, especially via FX arbitrage and low-cost swaps

• Monthly compounding could push effective yield above 12%, particularly in high-volume corridors like EUR/BRL

INCOME STREAMS

Transaction Fees:

Vortex charges ultra-low fees (typically 0.2–0.5%) on stablecoin-to-fiat conversions (e.g. USDC to EUR or BRL).

- Volume Growth: Over $1M in volume already processed, with high growth in Brazil and Europe.

- Yield from Liquidity Pools: Treasury assets are deployed into Pendulum-based DeFi pools, earning 5–12% annually, depending on corridor volume and volatility.

SatoshiPay earns both fee revenue and passive yield, which strengthens its balance sheet and increases its valuation.

Pendulum Infrastructure:

Cost Efficiency & Ecosystem Leverage

- Vortex runs on Pendulum, a blockchain optimized for FX and stablecoin liquidity.

- Pendulum’s low transaction costs and Nabla routing tech reduce slippage, making yield more predictable.

- SatoshiPay benefits from ecosystem control, enabling scalable FX infrastructure across multiple chains (Ethereum, Polkadot, Binance, etc.).

This reduces operating costs and enhances margins on every transaction.

Bitcoin Reserves:

Appreciation & Staking Yield

- SatoshiPay has held BTC since 2017 and recently expanded its treasury with a £1M secured loan.

- BTC and ETH are staked in secure DeFi protocols, generating 5–10% annual yield.

- If BTC appreciates, the treasury value rises—boosting SatoshiPay’s net assets.

Treasury yield + crypto appreciation = compounding income and NAV uplift.

IMO Blue star have got lucky with SP and i ont like any talk from them regarding diluting the share price to put into other investments outside of SP. They have proved they are not very good at their investing strategy - dynasty et al. This needs to become SP PLC full stop or we wont achieve full potential in terms of share price.