Mongolian taxi riders can now pay their drivers in stablecoins routed through the Terra blockchain.
In a press release Thursday, Terra announced its stablecoin issuance protocol would act as Mongolian messaging app memeChat's new financial backbone.
The partnership will let users transact with local merchants, drivers and other users' digital wallets in Terra MNT stablecoins, tied 1:1 with the Mongolian currency.
Terra and memeChat designed the system to need no additional infrastructure, according to the company.
Instead, merchants can settle payments in fiat or stablecoin within the memeChat app.
Uuganbayar B, a driver for the Ulaanbaatar Taxi Company, said that gas stations accept the stablecoins his riders pay him in.
The launch is Terra's first foray into Central Asia.
Co-founder Daniel Shin runs Terra from his home country, Korea, where he has turned its $32 million fund raise into a fast-growing network of online retailers, brick-and-mortar stores and entertainment services accepting the stablecoin protocol.
Now, with a foothold in Mongolia's capital city Ulaanbaatar, he hopes to find ever more use-cases, and partners, for Terra.
"Our local collaborations will enable stablecoins to reach thousands," he said in a statement.
Stablecoin Startup Terra Expands to Mongolia With Taxi Payment Service
Published on Dec 13, 2019
by Coindesk | Published on Coinage
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