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Why use a fiat-to-crypto onramp aggregator?
One onramp will never be enough. Neither will five. An aggregator can solve the inherent issues the industry faces today.
The promise of the fiat-to-crypto onramp is an enticing one: with minimal effort, your platform can integrate a widget that allows your customers to turn their fiat money into bitcoin, ether or any other crypto.
In practice, however, onramping is far from the seamless process it’s made out to be. Your provider doesn’t want you to know this, but an estimated 50% of transactions fail after KYC has been passed.
That’s a little alarming, isn’t it? It gets worse. Our October 2022 report identified that abandonment rates during the checkout process can reach as high as 90%.
Why aren’t the onramps working?
To be clear, they do work. And when they do, they’re an excellent way to get new customers up and running in the crypto ecosystem. The problem is getting them to work consistently.
It’s impossible for any given onramp to cater to all demographics. With so much global variance in payment methods, proof of address/identity documents, and fiat currencies used, every solution must make trade-offs.
Unfortunately, those trade-offs come at the expense of user experience for a majority of customers — who are repeatedly hit with the dreaded ‘transaction failed’ error.
Aggregation fixes this
Simply switching your provider won’t solve an issue that impacts every player in the industry.
Introducing multiple onramps could reduce dropouts, in theory, but it’s an expensive solution that isn’t guaranteed to work:
- Integrating and maintaining several stacks eats a significant amount of resources
- Customers will still need to find an onramp that works for them via trial and error
The right aggregator can remove these points of friction: resulting in lower integration costs for you, and streamlined onboarding into the crypto ecosystem for your customers.
The secret sauce: dynamic transaction routing
At the heart of aggregation lies an engine that can identify (and understand) your customers profile and their needs — their location, the fiat currency they’re using, the KYC documentation they have available, etc. The engine takes these factors into account before intelligently matching them with the onramp most likely to ensure a successful transaction.
Our research shows that there are 70+ such inputs that can influence a fiat-to-crypto swap. To be effective, the aggregator’s engine must consider them all.
Truly global coverage
Want consistent completion in fiat-to-crypto transactions? Increase access to local payment methods.
Across the board, these routes are tied to higher success rates. But, frustratingly, there isn’t a single onramp that can provide access to them all — different solutions excel in local payment methods for different regions.
By aggregating them, you instantly broaden your access to location-specific rails. Which, in turn, allows you to equip your customer segments with the best path to crypto available.
Lower fees. Higher outputs.
You might know that your onramp’s fee isn’t actually representative of what your customers are paying. Far from it.
When presented with a single onramp, they’re tied to its conversion rates, its bid-ask spreads and its chosen network fees. All of these hidden costs add up to take a chunk out of the amount of crypto received.
Here, aggregation works as it does on any booking website: it weighs up the different onramps and (all) their rates to calculate the cheapest option — meaning that your customers get the best bang for their buck on every transaction.
Onboarding made easy
The crypto landscape can be difficult enough for newcomers to grasp. Their very first step shouldn’t be a massive hurdle.
With a fiat onramp aggregator, it won’t be. You’ll make sure your customers are repeatedly enjoying seamless swaps (for better rates, too) — all while reducing your own technological overhead.
Want to find out how Onramper can turbocharge your success rates with streamlined aggregation? Book a call with our experts today.
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Helio Partners with Onramper to Power Unique Card to Stablecoin Payments for Global Merchants
Onramper’s industry-leading aggregator will localize payment methods for merchants looking to accept instant stabelcoin payments.
May 20, 2025 – Onramper, the world’s leading fiat-to-crypto on-ramp aggregator, today announced a partnership with Helio to supercharge stablecoin payments for global merchants. Helio, a leading crypto checkout app used by over 6,000 merchants and millions of users, has advanced the adoption of crypto payments by offering a faster, more affordable alternative to traditional methods.
To date, Helio has processed over $1.5 billion in transactions and integrates with leading digital platforms, including Shopify, where it powers the popular Solana Pay plugin. Now, the company is launching a revamped payment flow that enhances the onboarding experience for new users that don’t already have a crypto wallet when completing purchases with stablecoins such as USDC.
Now when Helio users select “Pay with Card”, they’re guided through a localized payment method selection screen tailored to their region powered by Onramper’s industry leading on-ramp aggregator and smart routing engine. Users can quickly fund a virtual crypto wallet tied to their email by purchasing USDC and easily complete their payment to the merchant. This seamless fiat-to-crypto flow unlocks valuable new commerce use cases for merchants, including instant settlement from credit card purchases (instead of next day settlement), zero chargeback risk, seamless iGaming deposits via cards, global support for high risk payments and more.
Stablecoin usage continues to rise – recent reports show retail usage increased by 35% in 2024 as consumers increasingly turn to stablecoins for e-commerce to avoid banking delays.
“Collaborating with Helio to enable stablecoin payments is a major step toward bringing crypto commerce to Web2-native users,” said Thijs Maas, CEO of Onramper. “Our aggregation engine delivers localized on-ramps and payment methods, making it easier for users to check out.”
Onramper accepts 130+ payment methods and enables users to purchase crypto across 190+ countries. This extensive geographic coverage is complemented by sophisticated routing engines that recommend the best conversion for users in real-time – maximizing users’ odds of a successful transaction and ensuring they receive the most crypto for their fiat.
"Helio is known as the market leader in native crypto payments, offering low fees and instant settlement. With the integration of Onramper, we’ve expanded backwards compatibility with the traditional financial system. This allows Helio merchants like Liquid Brokers and Bizcuits to accept instant card payments in over 130 countries through seamless fiat to stablecoin onramps. This results in increased sales for our merchants and a faster, smoother checkout experience for customers at Helio-powered stores. It’s a big step toward making crypto payments as seamless as traditional ones, especially for those new to crypto or looking to top up quickly." said Stijn Paumen, CEO of Helio.
“At Bizcuits, we support trading brokers and prop firms with operational solutions, including payments infrastructure. We integrated Helio for card-to-crypto payments because of its seamless experience, transparent pricing, and global reach. It enables our partners to offer reliable fiat-to-crypto onramps without added complexity, making Helio a natural fit for our ecosystem.” Debbie Colerio, Payments and Compliance Manager, Bizcuits
To learn more, please visit onramper.com and hel.io.
About Helio
Helio provides a suite of payment tools for merchants, creators and platforms, making it easy for anyone to accept USDC and other digital currencies. Designed for ease of use, especially those new to crypto payments, Helio is a faster and more cost effective alternative to traditional payment methods. Empowering over 6,000 sellers and over one million users, Helio supports major blockchains including Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum and L2s.
About Onramper
Onramper is the leading fiat-to-crypto payments aggregator, providing a turnkey API-based solution for dynamically routing fiat-to-crypto onramp flows based on algorithms optimizing for conversion, fees and payment methods. Onramper’s platform allows users of clients to buy 2000+ digital assets, in over 190 countries with over 130 payment methods in 120 currencies, with advanced routing options and unified analytics. The company is based in the Netherlands. To learn more about Onramper, visit www.onramper.com.
Onramper Partners with Opera’s MiniPay to Expand Global Access to Stablecoins
MiniPay will tap into Onramper’s industry-leading on- and off-ramp aggregation infrastructure to broaden stablecoin accessibility.
May 13, 2025 – Onramper, the world’s leading fiat-to-crypto on-ramp aggregator, today announced a partnership with MiniPay – Opera’s stablecoin wallet – to expand the accessibility and utility of stablecoins for users worldwide. Stablecoins are rapidly gaining momentum as a medium of exchange, facilitating remittances and streamlining cross-border payments while promoting financial stability and inclusion. In 2024 alone, annual stablecoin transfer volume reached $27.6 trillion – surpassing the volumes of Visa and Mastercard combined.
Opera, the global web innovator with nearly 300 million users, first unveiled MiniPay in September of 2023 as an embedded feature within Opera Mini – the browser of choice for users across Africa. A dollar stablecoin wallet built on Celo, MiniPay offers seamless global peer-to-peer transfers at sub-cent fees using simply mobile phone numbers. It features easy onboarding with key backup through Google and now iCloud.
Since its launch, MiniPay has grown to over 7 million activations across 50+ countries, enabling fast, secure, and intuitive stablecoin transactions with an emphasis on accessibility and utility.
Today, MiniPay will tap into Onramper’s industry-leading on- and off-ramp aggregation infrastructure to broaden stablecoin accessibility.Onramper supports 25+ onramps and 130+ local payment methods, while its off-ramp product covers seven off-ramps, supporting 46 fiat currencies and 500+ cryptocurrencies.
“Stablecoins have emerged as one of the most impactful use cases for digital assets, with regions like Latin America embracing them for low-cost remittances and as a hedge against monetary instability,” said Thijs Maas, CEO of Onramper. “Collaborating with MiniPay allows us to onboard more users in SEA, LatAm, and beyond into the stablecoin ecosystem, using a gateway as simple as a mobile phone number to get them started.”
As of May 13, 2025, MiniPay officially launches as a standalone app for iOS, meaning it is now present both within Opera Mini and the Google Play and App Stores, making it a truly global stablecoin wallet. Key features of MiniPay include:
- Send and receive stablecoins in seconds using just a phone number
- Buy and sell USDT, USDC, and cUSD stablecoins with zero fees
- Access real-world use cases like paying for utilities, buying gift cards, redeeming vouchers, and more
- Localized cash-in and cash-out across a variety of local currencies
“MiniPay isn’t just another Web3 wallet, it’s a product designed for people who live globally, work remotely, and need fast, affordable access to digital dollars. Onramper gives us the rails to make that experience seamless for users around the globe,” said Jørgen Arnesen, EVP of Mobile at Opera.
MiniPay is now live across iOS and Android in countries including the US, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, and more. You
To learn more, please visit onramper.com and minipay.xyz.
Xverse Partners with Onramper to Expand Global Accessibility to Bitcoin
Xverse Partners with Onramper to Expand Global Accessibility to Bitcoin
May 8, 2025 – Onramper, the world’s leading fiat-to-crypto onramp aggregator, today announced a partnership with Xverse to expand global accessibility to Bitcoin and its related assets. As crypto adoption accelerates – driven by rising institutional activity and favorable regulatory conditions – Xverse’s Bitcoin wallet provides a seamless gateway to Bitcoin, Runes, Ordinals, BRC-20 tokens, Rare Sats, STX, and more.
In Q1 2025, Bitcoin’s market dominance surged by 4.6%, accounting for over 59% of the total crypto market cap – its highest level since early 2021. As more users worldwide look to engage with the digital asset, Onramper’s partnership with Xverse enables them to fund their Bitcoin wallets using 130+ payment methods, from Apple Pay and Google Pay, to hyper-local payment methods across 190+ countries.
Further, Onramper’s industry-leading onramp aggregator is complemented by sophisticated routing engines that recommend the best conversion for users in real-time — maximizing their odds of a successful transaction and ensuring they receive the most crypto for their fiat.
“Bitcoin has demonstrated remarkable maturity and growth over the past year, driven by factors like Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. and increasingly friendly crypto policies,” said Thijs Maas, CEO of Onramper. “Collaborating with Xverse enables us to help onboard more users into the Bitcoin ecosystem and enhance the experience of those already engaging in the Bitcoin economy.”
With a growing userbase and nearly 2 million downloads, Xverse is the leading Bitcoin Web3 wallet supporting Ordinals, Runes trading and BRC-20 inscriptions. Its user-friendly interface on iOS, Android, and Chrome extension sets a new standard for Bitcoin wallets and plays a key role in driving mainstream adoption.
"Xverse, powered by our new Onramper integration, makes advanced Bitcoin capabilities like on-chain trading and DeFi seamlessly accessible worldwide,” said Ken Liao, Xverse founder and CEO. “We're bridging the gap from enthusiasts to everyday users, unlocking Bitcoin's full potential for everyone with unparalleled speed and simplicity."
To learn more, please visit onramper.com and xverse.app.
About Xverse
Xverse is the leading Bitcoin wallet for Web3, providing first-class support for Runes, Ordinals, NFTs, DeFi and decentralized applications. With a beautifully designed, easy-to-use wallet available on iOS, Android and desktop as a Chrome browser extension, Xverse lets users securely manage Bitcoin on layer 1 as well as layer 2 networks like Stacks, and soon, the Lightning Network.
About Onramper
Onramper is the leading fiat-to-crypto payments aggregator, providing a turnkey API-based solution for dynamically routing fiat-to-crypto onramp flows based on algorithms optimizing for conversion, fees and payment methods. Onramper’s platform allows users of clients to buy 2000+ digital assets, in over 190 countries with over 130 payment methods in 120 currencies, with advanced routing options and unified analytics. The company is based in the Netherlands. To learn more about Onramper, visit www.onramper.com.
