Coinbase on 12 June announced two partnerships designed to weave digital assets deeper into everyday commerce, aligning with e-commerce platform Shopify on stablecoin payments and with American Express on a Bitcoin-reward credit card. Under the agreement with Shopify, merchants will be able to accept USD Coin (USDC) through Coinbase’s Base layer-2 network using a newly developed Commerce Payments Protocol. A pilot program begins in late June for select merchants in the United States and Europe, with an opt-out option, before the service is expanded platform-wide to millions of Shopify stores worldwide by the end of 2025. Payment processing will be integrated with Stripe. Separately, at the State of Crypto Summit, Coinbase introduced its first branded credit product, the Coinbase One Card, which will run on the American Express network. The metal card, scheduled to launch in fall 2025, will return up to 4 percent of every purchase in Bitcoin and will be offered to subscribers of the company’s Coinbase One service. Together, the initiatives pair one of the largest online retail ecosystems and a leading card issuer with a major U.S. crypto exchange, underscoring rising acceptance of stablecoins for payments and of cryptocurrency rewards within traditional financial infrastructure.