BitPay, a leading provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, announced on Jan. 21 the launch of XRP payments and cross-border transfers. BitPay has likewise added support for XRP — the cryptocurrency used by Ripple's payment network — to the BitPay Wallet app.

Although rumors were circulating on Jan. 20 beyond Twitter and Reddit that BitPay had added support for XRP, the visitor officially confirmed its piece of work with Ripple'due south developer platform Xpring to complete the integration.

According to BitPay's CMO, Bill Zielke, BitPay merchants around the world are at present able to accept XRP without any additional integrations required. Zielke said:

"With the addition of XRP, BitPay continues to expand consumers' power to transact in the currency of their choice and give merchants new exposure to a large base of loyal XRP users intent on driving existent-globe adoption."

eGifter volition be amid beginning to have XRP

Zielke besides noted that east-commerce site eGifter is scheduled to be one of the first merchants to accept XRP, though technical implementation is all the same pending.

eGifter allows users to easily purchase gift cards that tin can be used at hundreds of popular retailers. The online gifting platform has been an early adopter of Bitcoin, letting users purchase souvenir cards with the cryptocurrency since 2022.

Commenting on the XRP integration, eGifter's CEO, Tyler Roye, said:

"We're excited to add XRP equally a payment pick on the eGifter platform, and nosotros welcome XRP early adopters in the aforementioned way we did those of Bitcoin in 2022."

In Jan. 2022, eGifter announced support for Nuance payments. The platform as well accepts Litecoin.

According to a recent article on Yahoo Finance regarding vacation spending in 2022, eGifter noted that while the exact numbers have not yet been adamant, there was growth in overall crypto sales.

Bill Egan, eGifter's VP of Marketing, told Yahoo Finance, "We saw more gifting with crypto in 2022, compared to buy-for-self utilise cases in prior years."