Trip.com has started to allow some overseas users to pay for prepaid hotel and flight bookings with the stablecoins USDT and USDC – also known as Tether and USD Coin – in a sign of growing acceptance of the US dollar-pegged tokens.
The Shanghai-based online travel group enabled stablecoin payments on October 9, according to a customer service agent, with the option appearing for users in certain regions when they booked prepaid deals through Trip.com’s international platform.
The move – which…
Source: Trip.com tests stablecoin payments overseas, offering USDT and USDC for prepaid bookings
