Helio updates plugin and enables payments in Shopify stores via Solana Pay – DiarioBitcoin

Yes ok Shopify already accepted payments via Solarium through its api, the plugin Helium opens even more possibilities for tokens hosted on said network, which can now be used to purchase products and services in digital stores.

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• Helium updates its plugin and now offers support for payments via Solana Pay through Shopify
• The measure allows payments with operational tokens on the network of Solarium
• The plan is to bring the possibility of acquiring products and services with tokens that have recently gained fame
• The integration comes at an interesting time for Solarium as a crypto project / Blockchain

The cryptocurrency payment platform, Helium, made a series of updates to their plugin related to Solana Pay, which now allows users to make payments with coins and tokens from the ecosystem of Solarium through Shopify.

Payments via Solana Pay in Shopify via Helium

According to information published by the Helio team on its official X account (Twitter), The measure now allows stores and businesses that operate in Shopify accept payments through the Solana network, this under a commission of 0.75% per operation. The measure applies both to payments with SUN, the native currency of the network, as for many others that operate in said ecosystem, this through exchange for stablecoins.

As indicated by the Helio team in an official statement, in addition to the low operating costs, they highlight that payments via Solana Pay are confirmed in approximately 1 second over the network Solarium, so the experience is practically immediate. For the merchant, he automatically receives his crypto payments in fiat money, deposited directly into his bank account.

The team indicates that the measure seeks to open possibilities for the many communities that make life in the ecosystem of Solarium. They specifically cite the case of memecoin holders such as BONK, WIF, WEN and many others, allowing them to exchange their assets for products and services marketed through Shopify

Although hundreds of merchants Shopify They accepted payments via Solana Paythe new version of the plugin Helium seeks to expand entry channels for all interested parties. It is estimated that the trading platform has already capitalized more than USD $50 million in payments via USDC through the network of Solarium, and now, after the arrival of PYUSD of PayPal to said ecosystem, this currency could see greater usability.

Solarium and use cases

Although this is an update by the team at Helium, comes to place at a time when there is a lot of attention on Solarium.

The network of Solarium It has stood out since its inception precisely for offering great scalability at a very low cost, but it has not been free of operational problems that occurred in times of high congestion, where it has experienced interruptions for several hours, although this situation has been corrected with patches. and updates.

Currently, the network of Solarium has seen high volumes of activity due to the proliferation of memecoins, the most successful being those mentioned WONK and WIF. Hand in hand with this activity, the SOL token has also seen a notable rise in major markets in recent months.

At the time of publication, SOL is trading at around USD $147.4 per unit, a figure that corresponds to a 5% drop in the last 24 hours.

Article by Angel Di Matteo / DailyBitcoin

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