You Won’t Believe What Crypto Wallets Can Do in Vietnam Now 🚀

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Bitget Wallet has just pulled a Bridget Jones—yes, made itself the first self-custody wallet (i.e. does exactly what it wants, nobody can tell it otherwise) to squeeze into Vietnam’s highly official, highly national VietQR payment system. All so you can stand in line for bánh mì, scan a code, pay in crypto with a self-satisfied smirk. 🥖💸

Apparently, to the horror/amusement of traditional banks everywhere, you can now wave your phone, scan the magical VietQR code—Vietnam’s national QR code standard, no less—and pay for your groceries, your street-food noodles, or your third iced coffee of the day, without fumbling for local dong or explaining to your grandmother why you’re suddenly interested in blockchains.

To recap: Bitget Wallet has made it possible to do everyday things in Vietnam—like eating dinner out, shopping for veggies, or impulse-buying yet another silk scarf—all with a reckless swipe of your crypto stack. Fiat who?

This integration is Bitget Wallet’s latest scheme (they call it “PayFi” but I’m assuming they threw darts at a fintech-themed word cloud), with plans to push this self-custody QR party all over Southeast Asia, then Latin America, then presumably, the universe. 🌏💃

The “first in world/nation/solar system” bit? Can confirm, Bitget is out here winning the innovation Olympics by being the first self-custodial wallet to nestle straight into a country’s own QR code payment system. Cue finance nerd applause. 👏

On the menu: Payments in all the cryptocurrencies you’ve googled at least once, including stablecoins like USDT and USDC, marching proudly along blockchains such as Ethereum, Tron, Solana, Base, TON, and BNB Chain. Future blockchains will presumably appear at random, like surprise party guests.

And because nobody likes limits, Bitget Wallet is plotting an “auto-swap” feature—so you’ll be able to pay with any token, no frantic fiat-to-crypto-to-fiat detours required. Frankly, your shopping cart’s biggest problem will now be deciding which meme coin to splurge.

The CMO, Jamie Elkaleh (who I assume owns several excellent hats), declared this would transform crypto from “an investment asset into a usable currency.” Translation: Crypto isn’t just for speculating wildly and then regretting things—it’s officially for dinner. And socks.

By partnering up with AEON (big-deal retailer, absolutely everywhere), the wallet lets users spend assets as easily as they hoard them. Vietnam is just the starting point for this QR-powered crypto whirlwind, so your cousin in Manila or cousin’s dog in Bogota might get their turn next.

As a cherry on top—or perhaps a giant airdropped cake—Bitget Wallet is launching with a mouthwatering 50% cashback promo for payments via national QR. Only for the first 50,000 users though, and it all kicks off June 16 to July 30. No word if they’ll throw in a complimentary therapy session after you realize how much you actually spend on noodles.

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2025-06-17 14:35