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Cardano’s ADA Now Accepted at 137 SPAR Supermarkets in Switzerland

Merchants receive instant Swiss‑franc settlement through DFX’s Open Crypto Pay, lowering typical card processing costs.

Overview

  • Customers pay from native ADA wallets by scanning a QR code at checkout, with no custodial exchange account required.
  • DFX.swiss integrated Cardano into its regulated crypto‑to‑fiat platform, enabling point‑of‑sale processing on Open Crypto Pay terminals.
  • Reporting cites approximately two‑thirds lower fees for participating stores compared with conventional card processors.
  • The rollout covers 137 of roughly 300 SPAR locations, with Geneva, Bern and Davos not yet onboarded and expansion targeted.
  • This is a live, production deployment rather than a pilot, and Open Crypto Pay does not add specific in‑person double‑spend protections, which it characterizes as a theoretical risk.