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Can you accept crypto payments on Shopify?

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At a glance
Short answer
Yes, via a third-party crypto processor, or USDC natively through Shopify Payments where eligible.
USDC regions
US except Alaska, New York and Texas; Mexico; 29 European countries; Asia-Pacific only via Shopify Payments Hong Kong.
USDC orders can't
Be partially captured, used for subscription products or followed by post-purchase upsells; customers can't dispute them.
Third-party crypto refunds
Manual, through the processor; Shopify issues no automatic refunds for cryptocurrency payments.
Third-party transaction fee
Might still be charged on these payments; the amount depends on your Shopify plan.
Before you accept crypto
Verify that cryptocurrencies are acceptable as a form of payment in your region.

Can Shopify Payments accept USDC?

Shopify Payments can offer USDC, a dollar-linked stablecoin, as a payment method at checkout; to offer it, you must meet three requirements:

  • Shopify Payments is activated on your store.
  • Your store is in an eligible region: the US except Alaska, New York and Texas; Mexico; 29 European countries; or Asia-Pacific through Shopify Payments Hong Kong.
  • Your account representative has a residential address in a USDC-eligible region.

You don't have to hold crypto: USDC sales can be paid out in your chosen payout currency as part of your Shopify Payments payouts. In some regions you can instead claim them manually as a USDC balance.

USDC orders can't be partially captured, used for subscription products or followed by post-purchase upsells, and customers can't dispute them.

How do third-party crypto processors work on Shopify?

Beyond Shopify Payments, Shopify's cryptocurrency page lists nine processors you activate as additional payment methods from Settings > Payments: Solana Pay, Crypto.com, BitPay, DePay, OpenNode, Strike, Lunu, Bit2Me Commerce and IBEX Pay; Solana Pay and Lunu are listed as taking USDC. Coinbase Commerce was not among the nine when we read the page on September 24, 2026.

Refunds are the main trade-off:

There are no automatic refunds for cryptocurrency payments through Shopify. You need to refund payments manually through your payment gateway.
Shopify Help Center — Cryptocurrency, read September 24, 2026 ·

Shopify's third-party transaction fee might still be charged on these payments, and the amount depends on your plan. Shopify also asks you to verify that cryptocurrencies are acceptable as a form of payment in your region before accepting them.

Orders paid with cryptocurrency through an additional provider can also sit in Payment pending, where some order actions can be restricted.

What are the limits of crypto on a Shopify store?

Accepting crypto isn't selling it. Shopify Payments prohibits products or services related to virtual currencies and cryptocurrencies.

For NFTs, see whether PayPal Seller Protection covers NFT sales on Shopify.


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