Top 10 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateways for Eastern Europe

2025. Elon Musk launches xMoney payment system in partnership with Visa



Elon Musk, one of the co-founders of PayPal, is now launching his own (similar) payment system, called (of course) xMoney. It's linked to an X/Twitter account and allows for peer-to-peer payments, online payments, and acceptance of cryptocurrency and fiat payments. Naturally, all of this works within the mobile app. A partnership with Visa allows for secure and instant deposits to your X wallet via Visa Direct and withdrawals to your bank account. An API is also available for online merchants to easily integrate payments into their system. Musk thus aims to create a fintech service that seamlessly connects fiat, digital currencies, and cryptocurrencies.


2024. Fastex Pay - crypto payments processing system for online stores.



Fastex Pay is an Armenian crypto payment system that allows merchants to accept the most popular cryptocurrencies in their e-commerce stores. FastexPay offers crypto processing services for accepting cryptocurrency payments. The system supports most well-known cryptocurrencies, such as BTC, ETH-based coins, Tron, and, of course, FTN—the cryptocurrency of our infrastructure. FastexPay will soon introduce its payment system, which will be the optimal choice for various types of businesses. This will be a comprehensive, global solution that will help meet the needs of your business in any market. Users will be able to accept payments from numerous providers, such as Skrill, ApplePay, Pix, Astropay, and many others.


2022. CityPay.io - cryptocurrency payment service for business



Georgian startup CityPay.io aims to make cryptocurrency payments accessible to any business. The startup has created an omnichannel crypto payment acceptance system that has demonstrated significant success both in Georgia and globally since 2021. The service allows for mass payments from crypto wallets online or by sending a personalized QR code. The developers claim that thanks to security and anonymity, customers spend twice as much in cryptocurrency as with traditional payment instruments. Furthermore, CityPay.io plans to implement cryptocurrency POS payments nationwide, thanks to special POS terminals that will soon be installed in pharmacies in several Georgian cities.

2016. WebMoney Merchant now accepts payments in Bitcoin



WebMoney payment system has added support for paying for goods and services with Bitcoin. This feature is available to merchants connected to the WebMoney Merchant. WebMoney has ensured the legal use of Bitcoin in payments by launching X-wallets with WMX title units (1000 WMX = $629 WMZ). When using these wallets, the exchange of Bitcoin for WMX is recorded in the public database bitcoin.org. Merchants whose stores operate on the Digiseller platform were among the first to receive the ability to accept Bitcoin payments. To do this, they need to set up an X-wallet on the Merchant WebMoney service. Cryptocurrency is credited to the merchant's account in WMX title units, which they can then exchange for other types of title units or Bitcoin.


2014. PayPal allows merchants selling digital goods to accept Bitcoin



Earlier this month PayPal announced that its subsidiary unit, Braintree, will accept bitcoin via integration with Coinbase. And today PayPal is dipping its toes even more into the world of bitcoin. PayPal has entered into agreements with leading Bitcoin payment processors BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin. Starting today, these agreements let PayPal digital goods merchants accept Bitcoin with a simple integration through the PayPal Payments Hub. This will be available to merchants in North America first. Though users still won’t be able to start stashing their bitcoin in their PayPal accounts, the news had an immediate impact on Bitcoin price - it now stands at around $450 - up more than 10%.